SCCM Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 101 112
Rank change year-on-year +62 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing SCCM 135 51 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.02% 1.74% 1.64%
As % of the Systems Management category 41.80% 13.97% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 43 37
10th Percentile £205 £185 £169
25th Percentile £213 £275 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -9.47%
75th Percentile £608 £440 £488
90th Percentile - £551 £561
South East median daily rate £310 £325 £380
% change year-on-year -4.62% -14.47% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £10.83
25th Percentile - - £12.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £81.37 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% +424.97% -
75th Percentile - - £18.69
90th Percentile - - £20.38
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £16.23 £21.50
% change year-on-year +300.49% -24.51% +7.50%

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 323 365 395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.00% 12.42% 11.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 274 281
10th Percentile £205 £300 £238
25th Percentile £300 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% +2.25% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £606
90th Percentile £650 £722 £656
South East median daily rate £475 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -12.44% +8.50% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 7
10th Percentile £21.34 £48.50 £16.20
25th Percentile £28.41 £54.69 £21.84
Median hourly rate £38.75 £66.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.29% +5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £52.81 £75.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £66.50 £81.37 £76.25
South East median hourly rate £43.00 £61.38 £21.50
% change year-on-year -29.94% +185.47% -23.89%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Berkshire +60 115 £450 - 11
Oxfordshire +4 11 £325 - 5
Buckinghamshire +28 9 £225 -35.25% 1
SCCM
South East

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 26 (19.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.48%) nginx
3 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (32.59%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 41 (30.37%) Azure
2 31 (22.96%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (14.07%) Entra ID
4 16 (11.85%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (11.85%) Azure Storage
5 13 (9.63%) OCI
6 2 (1.48%) AWS
6 2 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.48%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.48%) IaaS
6 2 (1.48%) PaaS
6 2 (1.48%) SaaS
7 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 37 (27.41%) DNS
2 35 (25.93%) DHCP
3 34 (25.19%) Firewall
4 26 (19.26%) LAN
5 15 (11.11%) SAN
6 10 (7.41%) WAN
7 6 (4.44%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (4.44%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.96%) Skype
8 4 (2.96%) VPN
9 2 (1.48%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) MySQL
1 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Axure RP
1 1 (0.74%) MSI
General
1 110 (81.48%) Social Skills
2 38 (28.15%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (5.19%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.74%) Police
6 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (19.26%) Support Engineer
2 25 (18.52%) Desktop Engineer
3 24 (17.78%) Windows Engineer
4 23 (17.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 22 (16.30%) Desktop Support
5 22 (16.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 21 (15.56%) Build Engineer
6 21 (15.56%) Windows Build Engineer
7 20 (14.81%) Support Specialist
8 18 (13.33%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
8 18 (13.33%) Hardware Engineer
9 17 (12.59%) Active Directory Support
10 15 (11.11%) Azure Specialist
11 14 (10.37%) Active Directory Specialist
12 9 (6.67%) Storage Engineer
13 6 (4.44%) Technical Specialist
13 6 (4.44%) Technical Support
13 6 (4.44%) Technical Support Specialist
14 5 (3.70%) Active Directory Engineer
14 5 (3.70%) Break Fix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.11%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.48%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (27.41%) Driving Licence
2 18 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (12.59%) PKI
4 13 (9.63%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.48%) CCTV
5 2 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.74%) BYOD
6 1 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 128 (94.81%) Windows
2 95 (70.37%) Windows 10
3 60 (44.44%) Windows Server
4 55 (40.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 53 (39.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 42 (31.11%) Windows 7
7 40 (29.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 35 (25.93%) Linux
9 21 (15.56%) Windows NT
10 13 (9.63%) Windows XP
11 3 (2.22%) Android
12 2 (1.48%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.48%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (67.41%) ITIL
2 65 (48.15%) Customer Service
3 55 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (28.15%) Release Management
4 38 (28.15%) Service Management
5 25 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (15.56%) Deployment Automation
6 21 (15.56%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (14.07%) Agile
7 19 (14.07%) Service Delivery
7 19 (14.07%) Software Deployment
8 18 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
8 18 (13.33%) Hardware Maintenance
8 18 (13.33%) Software Testing
9 17 (12.59%) Analytics
10 16 (11.85%) Converged Infrastructure
10 16 (11.85%) Identity Management
10 16 (11.85%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 16 (11.85%) Privileged Identity Management
10 16 (11.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.19%) PowerShell
2 16 (11.85%) C#
2 16 (11.85%) VB
2 16 (11.85%) VBScript
3 15 (11.11%) Bicep
4 2 (1.48%) SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (76.30%) Security Cleared
2 98 (72.59%) DV Cleared
3 57 (42.22%) Degree
4 32 (23.70%) SC Cleared
5 16 (11.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (9.63%) CCNA
6 13 (9.63%) CCNP
6 13 (9.63%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.56%) QA
2 12 (8.89%) SLA
3 1 (0.74%) COBIT
3 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 80 (59.26%) Active Directory
2 39 (28.89%) Firmware
3 19 (14.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (11.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (11.85%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (9.63%) Hyper-V
7 8 (5.93%) XenApp
7 8 (5.93%) XenDesktop
8 4 (2.96%) Docker
9 2 (1.48%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 51 (37.78%) WSUS
2 36 (26.67%) SCOM
3 24 (17.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (15.56%) Sysprep
5 17 (12.59%) EMC NetWorker
6 16 (11.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 16 (11.85%) Kubernetes
7 13 (9.63%) NetBackup
7 13 (9.63%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.48%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.74%) Ansible
Vendors
1 107 (79.26%) Microsoft
2 59 (43.70%) HP
3 28 (20.74%) VMware
4 20 (14.81%) Cisco
5 17 (12.59%) EMC
6 15 (11.11%) Veeam
7 14 (10.37%) ServiceNow
8 13 (9.63%) 3PAR
8 13 (9.63%) Dell
8 13 (9.63%) Extreme Networks
8 13 (9.63%) Juniper
8 13 (9.63%) Oracle
8 13 (9.63%) Palo Alto
8 13 (9.63%) Symantec
9 12 (8.89%) Citrix
10 4 (2.96%) FireEye
10 4 (2.96%) Tanium
11 2 (1.48%) Meraki
11 2 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (1.48%) Red Hat