Configuration Specialist Contracts

Configuration Specialist
UK

The median Configuration Specialist daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 691 845
Rank change year-on-year +132 +154 -115
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Specialist 25 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.011% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 2
10th Percentile £361 - £461
25th Percentile £397 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.26% +79.91%
75th Percentile £538 - £553
90th Percentile £554 - £574
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - £451
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £25.95 £31.65 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £33.35 -
Median hourly rate £55.20 £40.08 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.71% - -
75th Percentile £70.39 £45.08 -
90th Percentile - £45.74 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.20 £40.08 -
% change year-on-year +37.71% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Configuration Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Specialist in the UK

Configuration Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Configuration Specialist in the UK

Configuration Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Specialist over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Specialist in the UK

Configuration Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Specialist in the UK

Configuration Specialist
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Specialist over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Specialist in the UK

Configuration Specialist
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London +46 19 £450 -
England +97 17 £438 -20.45% 1
Work from Home +126 11 £513 -
South East - 10 £375 -
Wales - 6 £553 -
London +83 5 £500 -9.09% 1
Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 £350 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £525 -
North of England - 1 £350 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Configuration Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 11 (44.00%) Configuration Management
2 7 (28.00%) Change Management
3 6 (24.00%) LIMS
3 6 (24.00%) InterSystems
3 6 (24.00%) ITIL
3 6 (24.00%) Service Management
4 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (20.00%) Change Control
5 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
5 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (16.00%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (16.00%) Information Management
6 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (12.00%) NEC
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.00%) NHS
6 3 (12.00%) Housing Management
6 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.00%) User Experience
6 3 (12.00%) NEC Housing
7 2 (8.00%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (8.00%) Progress Chef
7 2 (8.00%) Ansible
7 2 (8.00%) SaltStack
7 2 (8.00%) Puppet
7 2 (8.00%) Git
7 2 (8.00%) Housing Association
7 2 (8.00%) Social Skills

Configuration Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) NEC Housing
2 2 (8.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (4.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Boomi
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Local Government
4 1 (4.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) LIMS
2 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) NHS
3 2 (8.00%) Housing Association
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Configuration Management
2 7 (28.00%) Change Management
3 6 (24.00%) ITIL
3 6 (24.00%) Service Management
4 5 (20.00%) Change Control
5 4 (16.00%) Information Management
6 3 (12.00%) Housing Management
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.00%) User Experience
7 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
7 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.00%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (8.00%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (4.00%) Business Development
8 1 (4.00%) Data Cleansing
8 1 (4.00%) Data Migration
8 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (4.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Ansible
1 2 (8.00%) Progress Chef
1 2 (8.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) InterSystems
2 3 (12.00%) NEC
3 2 (8.00%) BMC
3 2 (8.00%) Cerner
3 2 (8.00%) Northgate
3 2 (8.00%) Remedy
3 2 (8.00%) SaltStack
3 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) Kronos
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.00%) Workday