Configuration Engineer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Configuration Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Configuration Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 - 114
Rank change year-on-year - - +65
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.094% - 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £535 - -
25th Percentile £536 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.79%
75th Percentile £539 - -
90th Percentile £539 - -
England median daily rate £445 £145 £525
% change year-on-year +206.90% -72.38% +23.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,881 1,757 1,837
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.85% 92.77% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,225 1,110 1,262
10th Percentile £256 £213 £220
25th Percentile £396 £383 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £701 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 64 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.56 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.32 £14.36 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.71 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +6.07% +6.83% +25.25%
75th Percentile £34.99 £32.26 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £41.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Configuration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Configuration Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Configuration Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Configuration Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Configuration Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Configuration Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Configuration Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Shropshire - 2 £537 -
Configuration Engineer
England

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Configuration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Configuration Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) SAS
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Visual Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation

Configuration Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle