Configuration Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 98 134 127
Rank change year-on-year +36 -7 -16
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 435 438 641
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.09% 1.91% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 2.14% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 300 423
10th Percentile £324 £350 £367
25th Percentile £425 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £530
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +2.36% +21.07%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £638
90th Percentile £700 £676 £680
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 23 37
10th Percentile £40.00 £31.92 £19.40
25th Percentile £45.00 £39.55 £33.59
Median hourly rate £50.00 £49.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% +14.46%
75th Percentile £63.28 £59.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.60 £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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,354 20,436 27,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.24% 89.17% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,295 14,024 19,087
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £579
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,139 1,241 1,336
10th Percentile £12.47 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £62.38
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Configuration Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Configuration Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Configuration Management in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland +5 37 £500 -9.09% 9
Yorkshire +23 18 £513 -7.91% 13
East Midlands -2 12 £550 -3.30% 7
Wales +7 4 £409 -31.83% 7
Northern Ireland +2 2 £550 -15.38% 4
North East -2 1 - - 6
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (6.90%) Confluence
2 9 (2.07%) nginx
3 7 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.15%) CMS
5 4 (0.92%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.69%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.46%) CICS
7 2 (0.46%) SAS
7 2 (0.46%) Traefik
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 9 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.84%) CATIA
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.92%) Windchill
5 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (2.99%) Teamcenter
2 9 (2.07%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.84%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.69%) ENOVIA
4 3 (0.69%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.33%) AWS
2 40 (9.20%) Azure
3 17 (3.91%) GCP
4 12 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (2.53%) Serverless
6 10 (2.30%) Amazon S3
7 9 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (2.07%) GitHub
7 9 (2.07%) OpenShift
8 8 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (1.61%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.38%) CloudBees
11 4 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.69%) AWS CodePipeline
12 3 (0.69%) Datadog
12 3 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.69%) Slack
12 3 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.83%) TCP/IP
2 16 (3.68%) DNS
3 15 (3.45%) SAN
4 11 (2.53%) Internet
4 11 (2.53%) Network Security
5 8 (1.84%) DHCP
6 6 (1.38%) AMQP
6 6 (1.38%) Firewall
6 6 (1.38%) VPN
7 4 (0.92%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.92%) IPsec
8 3 (0.69%) IPv4
8 3 (0.69%) OSPF
8 3 (0.69%) SSL
8 3 (0.69%) VLAN
8 3 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.23%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.23%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.21%) MySQL
2 19 (4.37%) Amazon Redshift
2 19 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.45%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (1.38%) InfluxDB
8 5 (1.15%) Power BI
9 4 (0.92%) Couchbase
9 4 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.69%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.46%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.46%) DB2
11 2 (0.46%) IDMS
12 1 (0.23%) Flink
12 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 68 (15.63%) Jenkins
2 58 (13.33%) JIRA
3 45 (10.34%) Git
4 32 (7.36%) GitLab
5 26 (5.98%) Bitbucket
6 23 (5.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 17 (3.91%) SonarQube
8 15 (3.45%) Selenium
9 13 (2.99%) Cucumber
10 12 (2.76%) REST Assured
11 5 (1.15%) AppScan
11 5 (1.15%) Burp Suite
11 5 (1.15%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.92%) Maven
13 3 (0.69%) gulp
14 2 (0.46%) Appium
14 2 (0.46%) ClearCase
14 2 (0.46%) ClearQuest
14 2 (0.46%) HP UFT
14 2 (0.46%) LoadRunner
General
1 104 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.46%) Aerospace
3 56 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.37%) Finance
6 17 (3.91%) Electronics
7 16 (3.68%) Legal
8 15 (3.45%) Military
9 12 (2.76%) Law
10 9 (2.07%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.84%) Police
12 6 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.38%) Retail
13 5 (1.15%) Banking
14 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.69%) Advertising
15 3 (0.69%) Back Office
15 3 (0.69%) Italian Language
15 3 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (16.09%) Configuration Manager
2 53 (12.18%) Developer
3 34 (7.82%) Senior
3 34 (7.82%) Software Engineer
4 33 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 32 (7.36%) Analyst
6 28 (6.44%) Architect
7 27 (6.21%) Embedded Engineer
7 27 (6.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 20 (4.60%) Lead
9 13 (2.99%) Python Developer
10 12 (2.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 11 (2.53%) Project Manager
11 11 (2.53%) Service Analyst
11 11 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.30%) Configuration Specialist
13 9 (2.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (1.84%) Project Controller
14 8 (1.84%) Senior Developer
14 8 (1.84%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.82%) .NET
2 27 (6.21%) .NET Core
3 18 (4.14%) REST
4 17 (3.91%) YAML
5 13 (2.99%) ARM Templates
5 13 (2.99%) Java EE
6 11 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (1.15%) Kafka
8 5 (1.15%) SAML
9 4 (0.92%) JSON
9 4 (0.92%) LEMP Stack
9 4 (0.92%) OAuth
9 4 (0.92%) Playwright
9 4 (0.92%) RESTful
9 4 (0.92%) SOAP
9 4 (0.92%) WinForms
9 4 (0.92%) WPF
10 3 (0.69%) Apache Beam
10 3 (0.69%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 44 (10.11%) CMDB
3 23 (5.29%) ARM Cortex
4 12 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.07%) Public Cloud
6 8 (1.84%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.61%) VHDL
8 6 (1.38%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.38%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.15%) IoT
10 4 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.92%) Device Driver
10 4 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.92%) PCIe
10 4 (0.92%) Verilog
11 3 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
11 3 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (27.13%) Linux
2 32 (7.36%) Windows
3 23 (5.29%) FreeRTOS
4 19 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (3.68%) Ubuntu
6 13 (2.99%) Debian
7 9 (2.07%) CentOS
8 4 (0.92%) Android
8 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.92%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.92%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.69%) Unix
10 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.46%) zOS
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (20.23%) Agile
2 80 (18.39%) Continuous Integration
2 80 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (17.70%) DevOps
4 74 (17.01%) CI/CD
5 73 (16.78%) Coaching
6 72 (16.55%) PLM
6 72 (16.55%) Software Engineering
7 65 (14.94%) Collaborative Working
8 63 (14.48%) ITIL
9 60 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 52 (11.95%) Service Management
11 43 (9.89%) Infrastructure Automation
12 36 (8.28%) Containerisation
13 35 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (7.59%) Task Automation
15 30 (6.90%) ITSM
15 30 (6.90%) Project Management
16 27 (6.21%) Asset Management
16 27 (6.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 85 (19.54%) Python
2 59 (13.56%) PowerShell
3 35 (8.05%) C
4 32 (7.36%) Java
5 29 (6.67%) SQL
6 27 (6.21%) Embedded C
7 22 (5.06%) Bash
8 19 (4.37%) Go
9 12 (2.76%) Ruby
10 9 (2.07%) C#
10 9 (2.07%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.84%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.61%) Groovy
13 6 (1.38%) C++
14 4 (0.92%) Perl
14 4 (0.92%) PHP
14 4 (0.92%) Scala
14 4 (0.92%) VB
14 4 (0.92%) VB6
15 3 (0.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 197 (45.29%) Security Cleared
2 148 (34.02%) SC Cleared
3 47 (10.80%) Degree
4 45 (10.34%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.84%) PMP
8 7 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.15%) CCNA
9 5 (1.15%) CCNP
10 4 (0.92%) CCIE
11 3 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.46%) CISSP
12 2 (0.46%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.46%) PhD
12 2 (0.46%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.91%) QA
2 11 (2.53%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.53%) GDPR
3 9 (2.07%) SLA
4 8 (1.84%) PMO
5 7 (1.61%) NIST
6 5 (1.15%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.92%) MISRA
7 4 (0.92%) MISRA C
8 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.46%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.46%) NCSC
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.23%) RMADS
10 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (11.95%) Docker
2 28 (6.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.22%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.53%) Firmware
5 9 (2.07%) Active Directory
6 4 (0.92%) XenApp
6 4 (0.92%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.69%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.69%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.46%) KVM
8 2 (0.46%) vSphere
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
9 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (22.53%) Ansible
2 74 (17.01%) Terraform
3 56 (12.87%) Kubernetes
4 34 (7.82%) Grafana
5 33 (7.59%) Puppet
6 32 (7.36%) Progress Chef
7 23 (5.29%) PowerCLI
8 20 (4.60%) Docker Swarm
8 20 (4.60%) Prometheus
9 14 (3.22%) Podman
10 13 (2.99%) Salt
11 7 (1.61%) SCCM
12 6 (1.38%) Nagios
13 5 (1.15%) Graylog
13 5 (1.15%) HP Fortify
13 5 (1.15%) Nessus
13 5 (1.15%) Packer
13 5 (1.15%) WebInspect
14 4 (0.92%) Rancher
14 4 (0.92%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (10.34%) Microsoft
1 45 (10.34%) VMware
2 31 (7.13%) Atlassian
3 30 (6.90%) Red Hat
3 30 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 25 (5.75%) IBM
5 24 (5.52%) HP
6 23 (5.29%) Lauterbach
7 22 (5.06%) Dell
8 16 (3.68%) Denodo
8 16 (3.68%) Talend
9 12 (2.76%) SaltStack
9 12 (2.76%) Splunk
10 11 (2.53%) Google
11 9 (2.07%) Remedy
11 9 (2.07%) SAP
12 8 (1.84%) Siemens
13 7 (1.61%) Oracle
14 5 (1.15%) BMC
14 5 (1.15%) Veracode