SCCM Contracts in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SCCM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCCM 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 153 165 181
Rank change year-on-year +12 +16 +6
Contract jobs citing SCCM 563 759 1,146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.54% 1.58% 1.63%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.82% 10.17% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 549 812
10th Percentile £163 £180 £165
25th Percentile £205 £215 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £370 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% -1.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £608 £625 £575
UK median daily rate £311 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -17.00% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 48 78
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.61 £15.50 £15.59
Median hourly rate £22.15 £20.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £40.00 £26.00 £23.91
90th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +10.75% -4.76% +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
England

SCCM is in the Systems Management 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 systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,393 7,466 11,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.05% 15.52% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,217 5,412 8,220
10th Percentile £258 £351 £356
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% - +12.20%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £675
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £560 £565
% change year-on-year -8.48% -0.88% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 176 156
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.31
25th Percentile £17.72 £23.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £52.32 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.75% +143.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.56 £36.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £82.75 £58.13
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £55.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -53.15% +150.00% -45.00%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
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 SCCM 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 +14 196 £350 -6.04% 48
South East +51 183 £325 - 39
Midlands -6 55 £350 -6.67% 18
South West -31 50 £179 -55.25% 20
North of England -25 44 £220 -45.00% 16
West Midlands +19 41 £375 -16.67% 9
North West -22 39 £220 -51.11% 9
East of England -19 32 £303 +1.68% 27
East Midlands -18 14 £200 -39.39% 9
Yorkshire +3 4 £250 +11.11% 3
North East +13 2 £155 -47.46% 4
SCCM
UK

SCCM
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
1 118 (20.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (7.46%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.66%) IIS
4 8 (1.42%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.53%) WordPress
7 2 (0.36%) Apache
7 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 104 (18.47%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.36%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 230 (40.85%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (25.58%) Azure
3 68 (12.08%) Entra ID
4 35 (6.22%) OneDrive
5 32 (5.68%) AWS
6 18 (3.20%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (3.02%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.49%) OCI
9 8 (1.42%) Mimecast
10 7 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.07%) IaaS
12 5 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.71%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.53%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.53%) SaaS
14 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.36%) Azure Stack
15 2 (0.36%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 116 (20.60%) DNS
2 105 (18.65%) Firewall
3 95 (16.87%) DHCP
4 53 (9.41%) LAN
5 50 (8.88%) SAN
6 42 (7.46%) VPN
7 37 (6.57%) WAN
8 30 (5.33%) Wireless
9 27 (4.80%) TCP/IP
9 27 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (2.84%) Skype
11 14 (2.49%) VLAN
12 13 (2.31%) MPLS
12 13 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
13 11 (1.95%) VoIP
14 8 (1.42%) Internet
14 8 (1.42%) NAS
15 6 (1.07%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (1.07%) NetScaler
15 6 (1.07%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (0.89%) JIRA
2 4 (0.71%) GitLab
2 4 (0.71%) MSI
3 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.18%) Git
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 226 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 63 (11.19%) Finance
3 44 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.09%) Banking
7 15 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.60%) Legal
9 8 (1.42%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.24%) French Language
10 7 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.07%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.89%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.71%) Front Office
14 3 (0.53%) Billing
14 3 (0.53%) Local Government
14 3 (0.53%) Military
14 3 (0.53%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 133 (23.62%) Support Engineer
2 76 (13.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 66 (11.72%) Desktop Support
4 58 (10.30%) Desktop Engineer
5 52 (9.24%) IT Support
5 52 (9.24%) Windows Engineer
6 46 (8.17%) 2nd Line Support
7 43 (7.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 43 (7.64%) IT Engineer
8 41 (7.28%) Analyst
9 32 (5.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 31 (5.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 30 (5.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 29 (5.15%) Support Specialist
13 27 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
13 27 (4.80%) Technical Support
14 26 (4.62%) Active Directory Support
14 26 (4.62%) Deployment Engineer
14 26 (4.62%) SCCM Engineer
15 24 (4.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.02%) ARM Templates
2 7 (1.24%) .NET
3 6 (1.07%) Software Packaging
4 3 (0.53%) LAMP
4 3 (0.53%) XMPP
5 2 (0.36%) EDI
5 2 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.36%) WSH
6 1 (0.18%) Flash
6 1 (0.18%) Middleware
6 1 (0.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.99%) Driving Licence
2 41 (7.28%) Data Centre
3 28 (4.97%) PKI
4 26 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.09%) Clustering
6 22 (3.91%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.20%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (1.78%) iPad
9 9 (1.60%) iPhone
10 8 (1.42%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.24%) CMDB
12 6 (1.07%) Smartphone
13 5 (0.89%) Handset
13 5 (0.89%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.71%) Blackberry
14 4 (0.71%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.71%) Replication
14 4 (0.71%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 492 (87.39%) Windows
2 275 (48.85%) Windows 10
3 170 (30.20%) Windows Server
4 85 (15.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 78 (13.85%) Linux
6 76 (13.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 74 (13.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 63 (11.19%) Windows 7
9 34 (6.04%) Mac OS
10 32 (5.68%) Apple iOS
11 31 (5.51%) Unix
12 19 (3.37%) Windows NT
13 18 (3.20%) Android
13 18 (3.20%) Windows XP
14 11 (1.95%) Windows Server 2003
15 10 (1.78%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (1.60%) Mac OS X
17 8 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 3 (0.53%) VMS
18 3 (0.53%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (26.47%) ITIL
2 127 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (20.96%) Customer Service
4 88 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 54 (9.59%) Service Management
6 52 (9.24%) Mobile Device Management
7 47 (8.35%) Migration
8 44 (7.82%) Release Management
9 40 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
10 35 (6.22%) Server Management
11 33 (5.86%) Asset Management
12 31 (5.51%) Agile
12 31 (5.51%) Software Deployment
13 30 (5.33%) DevOps
14 29 (5.15%) Information Security
15 28 (4.97%) Infrastructure as Code
16 27 (4.80%) Application Packaging
16 27 (4.80%) ITSM
17 26 (4.62%) Deployment Automation
18 25 (4.44%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 141 (25.04%) PowerShell
2 29 (5.15%) VBScript
3 27 (4.80%) C#
4 21 (3.73%) VB
5 17 (3.02%) Bicep
6 15 (2.66%) SQL
7 10 (1.78%) Java
8 6 (1.07%) Python
9 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 168 (29.84%) Security Cleared
2 118 (20.96%) Degree
3 111 (19.72%) DV Cleared
4 78 (13.85%) SC Cleared
5 26 (4.62%) CCNA
5 26 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (3.20%) CCNP
7 18 (3.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (2.31%) MCP
9 10 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.78%) MCSE
10 7 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.89%) MCTS
12 4 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.53%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.36%) MCDST
14 2 (0.36%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.41%) SLA
2 23 (4.09%) QA
3 7 (1.24%) NIST
4 6 (1.07%) GDPR
5 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.53%) COBIT
6 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 343 (60.92%) Active Directory
2 101 (17.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (8.35%) Hyper-V
4 37 (6.57%) VMware ESXi
5 34 (6.04%) Firmware
6 27 (4.80%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (2.66%) BitLocker
8 15 (2.66%) XenApp
9 12 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (2.13%) VMware NSX
10 11 (1.95%) vSphere
11 8 (1.42%) VMware Workstation
11 8 (1.42%) XenDesktop
12 7 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.71%) Docker
13 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 117 (20.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (11.90%) WSUS
3 61 (10.83%) SCOM
4 29 (5.15%) vCenter Server
5 26 (4.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (4.26%) NetBackup
7 20 (3.55%) Jamf Pro
7 20 (3.55%) Kubernetes
7 20 (3.55%) Sysprep
8 16 (2.84%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
11 9 (1.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 8 (1.42%) Nagios
13 7 (1.24%) SCVMM
14 6 (1.07%) AirWatch
14 6 (1.07%) Autotask
15 5 (0.89%) Ansible
16 3 (0.53%) AppManager
16 3 (0.53%) SCSM
Vendors
1 322 (57.19%) Microsoft
2 135 (23.98%) VMware
3 77 (13.68%) Citrix
4 71 (12.61%) HP
5 54 (9.59%) Cisco
6 49 (8.70%) Apple
7 39 (6.93%) ServiceNow
8 33 (5.86%) EMC
8 33 (5.86%) Veeam
9 24 (4.26%) Dell
10 20 (3.55%) Symantec
11 19 (3.37%) Palo Alto
12 17 (3.02%) Avaya
13 16 (2.84%) Juniper
13 16 (2.84%) Qualys
14 15 (2.66%) MobileIron
14 15 (2.66%) Oracle
15 14 (2.49%) 3PAR
15 14 (2.49%) Extreme Networks
16 12 (2.13%) Ivanti