Configuration Manager Contracts

Configuration Manager
UK

The median Configuration Manager daily rate in the UK is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 640 807
Rank change year-on-year +127 +167 -102
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Manager 89 55 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.099% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.10% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 41 27
10th Percentile £347 £400 £420
25th Percentile £356 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £560 £488
Median % change year-on-year -17.41% +14.87% +15.38%
75th Percentile £534 £619 £563
90th Percentile £575 £688 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £600 £485
% change year-on-year -39.58% +23.71% +14.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 5 0
10th Percentile £41.42 £49.08 -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile - £65.00 -
90th Percentile - £66.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -23.08% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

Configuration Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Configuration Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Manager over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Manager in the UK

Configuration Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
England +129 82 £363 -34.09% 10
UK excluding London +89 77 £363 -39.58% 5
East of England +63 64 £363 -
Work from Home +104 12 £575 -2.13% 28
North of England +15 7 £488 -4.88% 2
North West +14 7 £488 -2.50% 2
London +71 5 £401 -25.35% 4
Midlands +17 3 £363 -39.58% 1
East Midlands +12 2 £356 +1.79%
Scotland - 2 - -
South East +12 1 £363 -46.30% 2
West Midlands +8 1 £363 -39.58% 1

Configuration Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Configuration Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Configuration Manager in the job title.

1 81 (91.01%) Configuration Management
2 61 (68.54%) Aerospace
3 59 (66.29%) PLM
4 56 (62.92%) Coaching
5 55 (61.80%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (17.98%) SC Cleared
6 16 (17.98%) Security Cleared
7 12 (13.48%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
8 11 (12.36%) Social Skills
8 11 (12.36%) Service Management
9 10 (11.24%) CMDB
10 8 (8.99%) Public Sector
11 7 (7.87%) Asset Management
12 6 (6.74%) Management Information System
13 5 (5.62%) Quality Management
13 5 (5.62%) Statistics
13 5 (5.62%) JIRA
13 5 (5.62%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (5.62%) Virtual Team Management
13 5 (5.62%) Virtual Team
13 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
13 5 (5.62%) Mentoring
14 4 (4.49%) User Stories
14 4 (4.49%) IT Asset Management
14 4 (4.49%) Internal Audit
14 4 (4.49%) User Research
14 4 (4.49%) Release Management
14 4 (4.49%) Data Quality
15 3 (3.37%) PTC
15 3 (3.37%) Windchill

Configuration Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.12%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (5.62%) JIRA
General
1 61 (68.54%) Aerospace
2 11 (12.36%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.99%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Military
6 1 (1.12%) Banking
6 1 (1.12%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) CMDB
2 6 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.62%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Windows
1 1 (1.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (91.01%) Configuration Management
2 59 (66.29%) PLM
3 56 (62.92%) Coaching
4 55 (61.80%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (13.48%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
6 11 (12.36%) Service Management
7 7 (7.87%) Asset Management
8 5 (5.62%) Mentoring
8 5 (5.62%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (5.62%) Quality Management
8 5 (5.62%) Statistics
8 5 (5.62%) Virtual Team Management
9 4 (4.49%) Internal Audit
9 4 (4.49%) IT Asset Management
9 4 (4.49%) Release Management
9 4 (4.49%) User Research
9 4 (4.49%) User Stories
10 3 (3.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (3.37%) Records Management
11 2 (2.25%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (17.98%) SC Cleared
1 16 (17.98%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (3.37%) PTC
2 1 (1.12%) Cisco