Configuration Management Contracts in England

Configuration Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Configuration Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Configuration Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 155 157
Rank change year-on-year +25 +2 -11
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 636 831 1,274
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.75% 1.73% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.92% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 584 849
10th Percentile £356 £355 £413
25th Percentile £450 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £548 £550
% change year-on-year +0.46% -0.45% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 30 41
10th Percentile £38.75 £37.50 £17.70
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.86 £25.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +4.00% +25.92%
75th Percentile £64.25 £58.40 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £47.50
% change year-on-year -0.83% +6.15% +18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Configuration Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,491 43,355 63,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.40% 90.10% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,435 45,445
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,535 1,743
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Configuration Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in England

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
London -15 242 £550 - 88
South East +21 99 £550 -7.17% 54
South West +35 92 £600 +14.29% 48
East of England +56 87 £500 - 19
North of England -12 63 £497 -0.70% 53
North West -11 46 £490 -1.95% 37
Midlands -19 40 £363 -32.87% 43
West Midlands -14 28 £358 -33.70% 23
Yorkshire +8 16 £558 +1.36% 12
East Midlands +1 12 £550 -6.38% 20
North East -2 1 - - 4
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 42 (6.60%) Confluence
2 15 (2.36%) nginx
3 9 (1.42%) Apache
3 9 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.10%) CMS
5 6 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.94%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.79%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.79%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.63%) IIS
7 4 (0.63%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.31%) CICS
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.31%) Traefik
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.26%) CATIA
1 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.10%) Windchill
3 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.89%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.26%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.47%) ENOVIA
4 3 (0.47%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.31%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.16%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.16%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.16%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 138 (21.70%) AWS
2 86 (13.52%) Azure
3 32 (5.03%) GCP
4 31 (4.87%) Serverless
5 25 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
6 22 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (3.30%) GitHub
8 18 (2.83%) Amazon S3
9 16 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 15 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (2.36%) Slack
11 14 (2.20%) OpenShift
12 13 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.04%) PaaS
13 12 (1.89%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.89%) SaaS
14 11 (1.73%) Apigee
15 9 (1.42%) IaaS
15 9 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.35%) Firewall
2 33 (5.19%) TCP/IP
3 30 (4.72%) DNS
4 25 (3.93%) Network Security
5 18 (2.83%) DHCP
5 18 (2.83%) Internet
6 17 (2.67%) VPN
7 16 (2.52%) SAN
8 11 (1.73%) IPsec
9 8 (1.26%) BGP
9 8 (1.26%) HTTP
9 8 (1.26%) HTTPS
10 7 (1.10%) MPLS
10 7 (1.10%) SSL
11 6 (0.94%) FTP
11 6 (0.94%) LAN
11 6 (0.94%) OSPF
11 6 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.79%) Broadband
12 5 (0.79%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.66%) MySQL
3 25 (3.93%) Relational Database
4 24 (3.77%) Amazon Redshift
4 24 (3.77%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
7 10 (1.57%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.42%) Couchbase
8 9 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.10%) Sybase ASE
10 5 (0.79%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.79%) Power BI
11 4 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
11 4 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.63%) DB2
11 4 (0.63%) Redis
12 3 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 137 (21.54%) Jenkins
2 65 (10.22%) JIRA
3 58 (9.12%) Git
4 56 (8.81%) GitLab
5 27 (4.25%) Bitbucket
6 25 (3.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 20 (3.14%) SonarQube
8 18 (2.83%) Selenium
9 16 (2.52%) Cucumber
10 13 (2.04%) Subversion
10 13 (2.04%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.89%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.73%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.94%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.79%) AppScan
14 5 (0.79%) Burp Suite
14 5 (0.79%) Maven
14 5 (0.79%) MSI
14 5 (0.79%) WiX
15 4 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 165 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 87 (13.68%) Aerospace
3 66 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (9.43%) Finance
5 43 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 21 (3.30%) Banking
7 19 (2.99%) Legal
8 16 (2.52%) Military
9 15 (2.36%) Electronics
9 15 (2.36%) Law
10 13 (2.04%) Marketing
11 11 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.26%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.26%) Police
14 7 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 81 (12.74%) Developer
2 78 (12.26%) Configuration Manager
3 74 (11.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 62 (9.75%) Senior
5 47 (7.39%) Analyst
6 45 (7.08%) Architect
7 33 (5.19%) Software Engineer
8 30 (4.72%) Lead
9 25 (3.93%) Consultant
10 20 (3.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 19 (2.99%) Embedded Engineer
11 19 (2.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 18 (2.83%) Release Manager
13 17 (2.67%) Network Engineer
13 17 (2.67%) Python Developer
14 16 (2.52%) AWS Engineer
15 15 (2.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (2.36%) Project Manager
15 15 (2.36%) Senior DevOps
16 14 (2.20%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.49%) .NET
2 31 (4.87%) REST
3 28 (4.40%) .NET Core
4 26 (4.09%) RabbitMQ
5 22 (3.46%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (2.99%) JSON
7 14 (2.20%) ARM Templates
7 14 (2.20%) Middleware
7 14 (2.20%) XML
8 13 (2.04%) Java EE
9 12 (1.89%) Node.js
10 11 (1.73%) Kafka
11 9 (1.42%) LDAP
11 9 (1.42%) OAuth
11 9 (1.42%) OpenAPI
11 9 (1.42%) Swagger
12 8 (1.26%) SAML
12 8 (1.26%) SOAP
13 7 (1.10%) CSS
13 7 (1.10%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.58%) CMDB
2 67 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.93%) Public Cloud
4 19 (2.99%) ARM Cortex
5 15 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.04%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.73%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.10%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.79%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.79%) Social Media
11 5 (0.79%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 148 (23.27%) Linux
2 50 (7.86%) Windows
3 31 (4.87%) Unix
4 23 (3.62%) Ubuntu
5 22 (3.46%) Windows Server
6 19 (2.99%) FreeRTOS
7 15 (2.36%) CentOS
8 14 (2.20%) Debian
9 9 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.10%) VMS
11 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.63%) Android
12 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
12 4 (0.63%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (23.43%) DevOps
2 133 (20.91%) CI/CD
3 118 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (18.24%) Agile
5 103 (16.19%) ITIL
6 89 (13.99%) Continuous Integration
7 82 (12.89%) Software Engineering
8 77 (12.11%) Collaborative Working
8 77 (12.11%) Infrastructure as Code
9 74 (11.64%) PLM
10 68 (10.69%) Coaching
11 67 (10.53%) Service Management
12 51 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (7.86%) ITSM
14 48 (7.55%) Change Management
14 48 (7.55%) Containerisation
15 45 (7.08%) Analytics
15 45 (7.08%) Migration
16 44 (6.92%) SDLC
17 42 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (23.58%) Python
2 90 (14.15%) PowerShell
3 81 (12.74%) SQL
4 48 (7.55%) Java
5 43 (6.76%) Bash
5 43 (6.76%) C#
6 35 (5.50%) JavaScript
7 34 (5.35%) Go
8 28 (4.40%) C
9 20 (3.14%) Perl
9 20 (3.14%) Ruby
10 19 (2.99%) Embedded C
11 17 (2.67%) C++
11 17 (2.67%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.42%) Groovy
13 6 (0.94%) Scala
14 5 (0.79%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.63%) COBOL
15 4 (0.63%) PHP
15 4 (0.63%) REXX
Qualifications
1 234 (36.79%) Security Cleared
2 186 (29.25%) SC Cleared
3 72 (11.32%) Degree
4 62 (9.75%) DV Cleared
5 33 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.57%) CCNP
10 9 (1.42%) CCIE
11 7 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.94%) CISSP
13 5 (0.79%) CCNA
14 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 3 (0.47%) CISA
15 3 (0.47%) CISM
15 3 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
16 2 (0.31%) PhD
16 2 (0.31%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.30%) QA
2 17 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.73%) GDPR
4 10 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.57%) NIST
4 10 (1.57%) SLA
5 9 (1.42%) PMO
6 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.79%) NCSC
8 3 (0.47%) GPG13
8 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.16%) RMADS
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (12.74%) Docker
2 31 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.26%) XenApp
6 6 (0.94%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.63%) Samba
8 3 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 3 (0.47%) Firmware
8 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.31%) KVM
9 2 (0.31%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.31%) vSphere
10 1 (0.16%) NFS
10 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 175 (27.52%) Ansible
2 118 (18.55%) Terraform
3 101 (15.88%) Kubernetes
4 54 (8.49%) Puppet
5 48 (7.55%) Grafana
6 39 (6.13%) Progress Chef
7 34 (5.35%) Prometheus
8 23 (3.62%) PowerCLI
9 19 (2.99%) Docker Swarm
10 15 (2.36%) Podman
11 12 (1.89%) SCCM
12 10 (1.57%) Nagios
13 9 (1.42%) BladeLogic
13 9 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
13 9 (1.42%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.10%) Graylog
14 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
15 5 (0.79%) HP Fortify
15 5 (0.79%) Salt
15 5 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.18%) ServiceNow
3 42 (6.60%) VMware
4 27 (4.25%) Atlassian
5 24 (3.77%) HP
6 23 (3.62%) Dell
6 23 (3.62%) IBM
6 23 (3.62%) Red Hat
6 23 (3.62%) Splunk
7 21 (3.30%) Google
8 20 (3.14%) Citrix
9 19 (2.99%) Lauterbach
9 19 (2.99%) Oracle
9 19 (2.99%) SAP
10 17 (2.67%) Denodo
10 17 (2.67%) Talend
11 13 (2.04%) Cisco
12 11 (1.73%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.57%) Dynatrace
14 9 (1.42%) Remedy