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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 156 158
Rank change year-on-year +24 +2 -11
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 643 803 1,298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.74% 1.68% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.87% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 570 862
10th Percentile £357 £363 £413
25th Percentile £441 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £650
90th Percentile £725 £745 £720
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 30 40
10th Percentile £38.75 £37.50 £18.42
25th Percentile £45.31 £42.30 £29.69
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £48.53
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +3.89% +19.83%
75th Percentile £68.56 £58.40 £65.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.42 £47.99
% change year-on-year -0.83% +5.06% +6.64%

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 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 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
London -11 235 £550 +2.23% 88
South East +19 106 £565 -5.24% 38
South West +55 105 £585 +11.43% 39
East of England +50 83 £500 - 18
North of England -4 65 £490 -1.95% 43
Midlands +2 51 £425 -22.02% 32
North West -11 46 £490 -1.95% 24
West Midlands +1 39 £370 -31.48% 25
Yorkshire +23 18 £513 -7.91% 13
East Midlands -2 12 £550 -3.30% 7
North East -2 1 - - 6
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 43 (6.69%) Confluence
2 11 (1.71%) nginx
3 10 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.09%) CMS
5 6 (0.93%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.78%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.78%) IIS
7 4 (0.62%) Apache
8 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.31%) CICS
9 2 (0.31%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.31%) Traefik
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.24%) CATIA
1 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.62%) Windchill
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.87%) Teamcenter
2 9 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.24%) 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 S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 135 (21.00%) AWS
2 92 (14.31%) Azure
3 35 (5.44%) GCP
4 30 (4.67%) Serverless
5 24 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
7 20 (3.11%) GitHub
8 18 (2.80%) Amazon S3
9 16 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (2.49%) OpenShift
10 15 (2.33%) Slack
11 14 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (2.18%) SaaS
12 13 (2.02%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.87%) Apigee
14 10 (1.56%) IaaS
15 9 (1.40%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.13%) Firewall
2 29 (4.51%) DNS
3 28 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 23 (3.58%) Network Security
5 18 (2.80%) Internet
6 16 (2.49%) DHCP
7 15 (2.33%) SAN
8 13 (2.02%) VPN
9 7 (1.09%) LAN
9 7 (1.09%) SSL
10 6 (0.93%) AMQP
10 6 (0.93%) BGP
10 6 (0.93%) HTTP
10 6 (0.93%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.93%) IPsec
11 5 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.78%) IPv4
12 4 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.62%) FTP
12 4 (0.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.60%) MySQL
3 26 (4.04%) Relational Database
4 23 (3.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 20 (3.11%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.56%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.40%) Apache Cassandra
8 9 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.09%) Sybase ASE
11 6 (0.93%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.78%) Power BI
13 4 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.62%) Couchbase
13 4 (0.62%) DB2
14 3 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
14 3 (0.47%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.47%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 143 (22.24%) Jenkins
2 68 (10.58%) JIRA
3 65 (10.11%) Git
4 60 (9.33%) GitLab
5 27 (4.20%) Bitbucket
6 24 (3.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 20 (3.11%) SonarQube
8 18 (2.80%) Selenium
9 16 (2.49%) Cucumber
10 14 (2.18%) TeamCity
11 13 (2.02%) Subversion
12 12 (1.87%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.71%) Artifactory
14 6 (0.93%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.78%) AppScan
15 5 (0.78%) Burp Suite
15 5 (0.78%) Maven
15 5 (0.78%) MSI
15 5 (0.78%) WiX
16 3 (0.47%) Robot Framework
General
1 157 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 87 (13.53%) Aerospace
3 66 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.64%) Finance
5 46 (7.15%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.11%) Banking
7 19 (2.95%) Legal
8 16 (2.49%) Military
9 15 (2.33%) Law
10 14 (2.18%) Electronics
11 13 (2.02%) Marketing
12 8 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.24%) Police
13 7 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.09%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.93%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.93%) Retail
14 6 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (12.44%) Developer
2 78 (12.13%) Configuration Manager
3 76 (11.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 59 (9.18%) Senior
5 46 (7.15%) Analyst
6 42 (6.53%) Architect
7 37 (5.75%) Software Engineer
8 32 (4.98%) Lead
9 25 (3.89%) Consultant
10 23 (3.58%) Embedded Engineer
10 23 (3.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 18 (2.80%) Release Manager
12 17 (2.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 16 (2.49%) AWS Engineer
13 16 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (2.49%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (2.49%) Python Developer
14 15 (2.33%) Network Engineer
14 15 (2.33%) Senior DevOps
15 14 (2.18%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.40%) .NET
2 31 (4.82%) REST
3 28 (4.35%) .NET Core
3 28 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
4 22 (3.42%) YAML
5 19 (2.95%) Elastic Stack
5 19 (2.95%) JSON
6 14 (2.18%) ARM Templates
6 14 (2.18%) Middleware
6 14 (2.18%) XML
7 13 (2.02%) Java EE
7 13 (2.02%) Node.js
8 9 (1.40%) Kafka
8 9 (1.40%) OAuth
8 9 (1.40%) OpenAPI
8 9 (1.40%) SOAP
8 9 (1.40%) Swagger
9 8 (1.24%) SAML
10 7 (1.09%) CSS
10 7 (1.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.44%) CMDB
2 65 (10.11%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.58%) ARM Cortex
4 20 (3.11%) Public Cloud
5 15 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.87%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.09%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.93%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.78%) Social Media
12 5 (0.78%) Web 2.0
13 4 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 159 (24.73%) Linux
2 63 (9.80%) Windows
3 26 (4.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 26 (4.04%) Unix
4 23 (3.58%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (3.42%) Windows Server
6 17 (2.64%) Ubuntu
7 13 (2.02%) Debian
8 10 (1.56%) CentOS
9 4 (0.62%) Android
9 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.31%) VMS
11 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.31%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.31%) zOS
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (24.88%) DevOps
2 135 (21.00%) CI/CD
3 119 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (18.04%) Agile
5 103 (16.02%) ITIL
6 93 (14.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 92 (14.31%) Continuous Integration
8 87 (13.53%) Software Engineering
9 77 (11.98%) Collaborative Working
10 71 (11.04%) Coaching
10 71 (11.04%) PLM
11 67 (10.42%) Service Management
12 55 (8.55%) Containerisation
13 51 (7.93%) ITSM
14 50 (7.78%) Change Management
14 50 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (7.47%) Infrastructure Automation
16 46 (7.15%) Analytics
16 46 (7.15%) Migration
17 43 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (21.62%) Python
2 109 (16.95%) PowerShell
3 74 (11.51%) SQL
4 46 (7.15%) Java
5 42 (6.53%) C#
6 40 (6.22%) Bash
7 34 (5.29%) JavaScript
8 32 (4.98%) C
9 27 (4.20%) Go
10 23 (3.58%) Embedded C
11 19 (2.95%) Ruby
12 18 (2.80%) Shell Script
13 17 (2.64%) C++
13 17 (2.64%) Perl
14 9 (1.40%) Groovy
15 5 (0.78%) Scala
15 5 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.62%) COBOL
16 4 (0.62%) PHP
16 4 (0.62%) REXX
Qualifications
1 252 (39.19%) Security Cleared
2 200 (31.10%) SC Cleared
3 72 (11.20%) Degree
4 62 (9.64%) DV Cleared
5 32 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.64%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.56%) CCNP
9 9 (1.40%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.40%) CCIE
10 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (0.93%) CISSP
12 5 (0.78%) CCNA
13 3 (0.47%) CISA
13 3 (0.47%) CISM
13 3 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.31%) PhD
14 2 (0.31%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.11%) QA
2 17 (2.64%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.71%) GDPR
3 11 (1.71%) SLA
4 10 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.56%) NIST
5 9 (1.40%) PMO
6 7 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.78%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.78%) 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 2 (0.31%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.16%) RMADS
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 88 (13.69%) Docker
2 39 (6.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (5.13%) Active Directory
4 21 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.93%) XenApp
6 4 (0.62%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.47%) Firmware
7 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.31%) KVM
8 2 (0.31%) Samba
8 2 (0.31%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.31%) vSphere
9 1 (0.16%) NFS
9 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 188 (29.24%) Ansible
2 133 (20.68%) Terraform
3 111 (17.26%) Kubernetes
4 67 (10.42%) Puppet
5 53 (8.24%) Progress Chef
6 44 (6.84%) Grafana
7 31 (4.82%) Prometheus
8 23 (3.58%) PowerCLI
9 20 (3.11%) Docker Swarm
9 20 (3.11%) Salt
10 15 (2.33%) Podman
11 10 (1.56%) Nagios
11 10 (1.56%) SCCM
12 9 (1.40%) BladeLogic
12 9 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
13 7 (1.09%) Graylog
13 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.78%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.71%) VMware
3 54 (8.40%) ServiceNow
4 35 (5.44%) Red Hat
5 28 (4.35%) Atlassian
6 27 (4.20%) IBM
7 24 (3.73%) Google
7 24 (3.73%) HP
8 23 (3.58%) Dell
8 23 (3.58%) Lauterbach
8 23 (3.58%) Splunk
9 20 (3.11%) Oracle
10 19 (2.95%) SAP
11 18 (2.80%) Citrix
12 17 (2.64%) Denodo
12 17 (2.64%) SaltStack
12 17 (2.64%) Talend
13 11 (1.71%) Cisco
13 11 (1.71%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.56%) Dynatrace