Configuration Management Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire
Configuration Management
England > Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing Configuration Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 127 | 81 | 68 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -46 | -13 | +29 |
| Contract jobs citing Configuration Management | 37 | 44 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire | 1.29% | 2.62% | 2.26% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.52% | 2.92% | 2.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 33 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £403 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £460 | £481 | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £520 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | -14.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £537 | £622 |
| 90th Percentile | £657 | £690 | £640 |
| England median daily rate | £528 | £525 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.48% | +0.96% | -9.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.17 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £25.42 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £25.84 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £26.92 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £27.57 | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £62.50 | £23.05 | £50.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +171.15% | -54.20% | +3.00% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire
Configuration Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 2,427 | 1,508 | 1,202 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire | 84.36% | 89.82% | 84.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,467 | 980 | 691 |
| 10th Percentile | £348 | £263 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £379 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £653 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 108 | 53 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £17.36 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £15.13 | £18.87 | £12.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.17 | £25.00 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.34% | +31.58% | -10.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £27.01 | £25.15 | £33.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.96 | £75.50 | £50.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £37.24 | £25.15 | £40.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.07% | -37.63% | -9.38% |
Configuration Management Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Configuration Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.
Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Configuration Management.
Configuration Management Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.
Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Configuration Management.
Configuration Management Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Yorkshire | -29 | 30 | £501 | -3.05% | 3 |
| West Yorkshire | -27 | 7 | £425 | -17.07% | 10 |
| Configuration Management England |
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Configuration Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 70.3% | 26 |
| 2 | Infrastructure as Code | 64.9% | 24 |
| 3 | Platform Engineering | 59.5% | 22 |
| 4 | Observability | 56.8% | 21 |
| 5 | GitOps | 54.1% | 20 |
| 6 | Site Reliability Engineering | 51.4% | 19 |
| 7 | Change Management | 45.9% | 17 |
| 8 | Cybersecurity | 37.8% | 14 |
| 8 | Microservices | 37.8% | 14 |
| 10 | Architectural Patterns | 35.1% | 13 |
| 10 | Secrets Management | 35.1% | 13 |
| 10 | Technical Leadership | 35.1% | 13 |
| 13 | Capacity Planning | 32.4% | 12 |
| 13 | Deployment Automation | 32.4% | 12 |
| 13 | Performance Tuning | 32.4% | 12 |
| 13 | Runbook | 32.4% | 12 |
| 17 | Continuous Improvement | 29.7% | 11 |
| 17 | Event-Driven | 29.7% | 11 |
| 17 | Roadmaps | 29.7% | 11 |
| 20 | Data Protection | 27.0% | 10 |