SCCM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 101 105
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 417 567 735
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.04% 2.42% 2.42%
As % of the Systems Management category 18.05% 16.12% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 409 519
10th Percentile £159 £169 £150
25th Percentile £203 £205 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £350 £315
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% -3.08%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £438
90th Percentile £608 £575 £520
UK median daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 44 47
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.08 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.83 £14.81 £13.87
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.11 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -9.45% +11.11%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.00 £22.25
90th Percentile - £65.53 £22.85
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,310 3,517 4,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.28% 14.99% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,689 2,567 2,950
10th Percentile £213 £286 £237
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £595
90th Percentile £653 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 136 113
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £12.91
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £44.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.72% +124.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £41.50
90th Percentile £70.60 £75.25 £51.69
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £57.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -55.19% +152.75% -42.77%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
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 SCCM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +64 189 £333 +2.31% 31
Midlands -1 54 £350 -6.67% 15
South West -28 50 £180 -55.00% 22
North of England -23 43 £220 -45.00% 15
Scotland +22 42 £275 +37.50% 17
West Midlands +16 41 £375 -17.58% 8
North West -23 38 £220 -50.00% 7
East of England -22 34 £305 +4.27% 18
East Midlands -11 12 £190 -42.42% 7
Wales -2 5 £220 -58.10% 1
Yorkshire +9 4 £250 +11.11% 4
North East +11 2 £155 -31.11% 4
SCCM
UK

SCCM
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 87 (20.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (5.76%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.36%) IIS
4 3 (0.72%) nginx
4 3 (0.72%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.48%) WordPress
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 90 (21.58%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
1 3 (0.72%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 153 (36.69%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (22.06%) Azure
3 28 (6.71%) Entra ID
4 24 (5.76%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (3.84%) Azure Storage
7 14 (3.36%) OCI
8 10 (2.40%) AWS
9 6 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.20%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.72%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.48%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.48%) IaaS
12 2 (0.48%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.48%) PaaS
12 2 (0.48%) SaaS
13 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 107 (25.66%) DNS
2 99 (23.74%) DHCP
3 66 (15.83%) Firewall
4 55 (13.19%) LAN
5 39 (9.35%) WAN
6 36 (8.63%) SAN
7 33 (7.91%) VPN
8 26 (6.24%) TCP/IP
9 21 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (4.80%) Wireless
11 11 (2.64%) VLAN
12 10 (2.40%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (1.92%) MPLS
13 8 (1.92%) Skype
14 7 (1.68%) VoIP
15 6 (1.44%) WAAS
16 4 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
17 3 (0.72%) NAS
17 3 (0.72%) NetScaler
17 3 (0.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
1 2 (0.48%) JIRA
1 2 (0.48%) MSI
2 1 (0.24%) Git
2 1 (0.24%) GitLab
2 1 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 213 (51.08%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (8.87%) Organisational Skills
4 36 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 12 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (1.92%) Aerospace
6 8 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (1.68%) Finance
7 7 (1.68%) Legal
8 6 (1.44%) Telecoms
9 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.72%) French Language
11 2 (0.48%) Banking
11 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.48%) Military
11 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.48%) Police
12 1 (0.24%) Electronics
12 1 (0.24%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.24%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 100 (23.98%) Support Engineer
2 61 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 53 (12.71%) Desktop Engineer
4 48 (11.51%) Desktop Support
5 40 (9.59%) Windows Engineer
6 38 (9.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 38 (9.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 36 (8.63%) IT Engineer
7 36 (8.63%) IT Support
8 35 (8.39%) Analyst
9 27 (6.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 27 (6.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 24 (5.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 24 (5.76%) Build Engineer
10 24 (5.76%) Support Specialist
11 23 (5.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
12 21 (5.04%) SCCM Engineer
13 20 (4.80%) Active Directory Support
13 20 (4.80%) Technical Support
13 20 (4.80%) Windows Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.84%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.44%) .NET
3 3 (0.72%) EDI
3 3 (0.72%) XMPP
4 2 (0.48%) LAMP
4 2 (0.48%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.24%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.51%) Driving Licence
2 26 (6.24%) PKI
3 24 (5.76%) Data Centre
4 21 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.84%) Clustering
6 10 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.92%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.44%) iPad
9 5 (1.20%) CMDB
10 3 (0.72%) BYOD
10 3 (0.72%) CCTV
10 3 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.72%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.72%) Replication
10 3 (0.72%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.48%) NHS
11 2 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
12 1 (0.24%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 371 (88.97%) Windows
2 211 (50.60%) Windows 10
3 129 (30.94%) Windows Server
4 76 (18.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 75 (17.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 67 (16.07%) Linux
7 63 (15.11%) Windows 7
8 59 (14.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 29 (6.95%) Mac OS
10 26 (6.24%) Unix
11 23 (5.52%) Apple iOS
12 20 (4.80%) Windows NT
13 15 (3.60%) Windows XP
14 10 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 10 (2.40%) Windows Server 2008
15 9 (2.16%) Android
16 8 (1.92%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (1.20%) Ubuntu
18 2 (0.48%) VMS
19 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (33.57%) ITIL
2 119 (28.54%) Customer Service
3 108 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (17.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (12.23%) Service Management
6 38 (9.11%) Release Management
7 36 (8.63%) Migration
8 35 (8.39%) Agile
9 32 (7.67%) DevOps
9 32 (7.67%) Mobile Device Management
10 29 (6.95%) Service Delivery
10 29 (6.95%) Software Deployment
11 28 (6.71%) Server Management
12 26 (6.24%) Asset Management
12 26 (6.24%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (6.00%) Break/Fix
14 24 (5.76%) Deployment Automation
15 22 (5.28%) Project Management
16 21 (5.04%) Performance Monitoring
17 20 (4.80%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 117 (28.06%) PowerShell
2 26 (6.24%) C#
3 25 (6.00%) VBScript
4 19 (4.56%) VB
5 16 (3.84%) Bicep
6 13 (3.12%) Python
7 10 (2.40%) Java
7 10 (2.40%) SQL
8 3 (0.72%) Bash
8 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 163 (39.09%) Security Cleared
2 107 (25.66%) DV Cleared
3 105 (25.18%) Degree
4 83 (19.90%) SC Cleared
5 28 (6.71%) CCNA
5 28 (6.71%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (4.80%) CCNP
8 17 (4.08%) MCP
9 16 (3.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 16 (3.84%) MCSE
10 11 (2.64%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.68%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.20%) MCTS
14 2 (0.48%) MCDST
14 2 (0.48%) MOS
15 1 (0.24%) CCIE
15 1 (0.24%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (10.31%) SLA
2 22 (5.28%) QA
3 7 (1.68%) NIST
4 5 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.96%) GDPR
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) COBIT
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 274 (65.71%) Active Directory
2 68 (16.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (9.35%) VMware ESXi
4 36 (8.63%) Firmware
5 35 (8.39%) Hyper-V
6 19 (4.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (4.32%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (3.84%) XenApp
9 11 (2.64%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (2.40%) VMware NSX
11 9 (2.16%) BitLocker
11 9 (2.16%) XenDesktop
12 8 (1.92%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (1.68%) vSphere
14 5 (1.20%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.96%) Docker
16 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 87 (20.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (16.07%) WSUS
3 45 (10.79%) SCOM
4 28 (6.71%) vCenter Server
5 22 (5.28%) NetBackup
6 21 (5.04%) Sysprep
7 20 (4.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (4.32%) Kubernetes
9 16 (3.84%) EMC NetWorker
10 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (2.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 8 (1.92%) Nagios
12 7 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (1.44%) Autotask
13 6 (1.44%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.72%) AppManager
14 3 (0.72%) PaperCut
15 2 (0.48%) Ansible
15 2 (0.48%) Nessus
15 2 (0.48%) OPNET
Vendors
1 245 (58.75%) Microsoft
2 95 (22.78%) VMware
3 58 (13.91%) HP
4 49 (11.75%) Cisco
5 37 (8.87%) Citrix
6 31 (7.43%) Veeam
7 26 (6.24%) ServiceNow
8 23 (5.52%) Apple
9 20 (4.80%) Dell
9 20 (4.80%) Symantec
10 18 (4.32%) EMC
11 16 (3.84%) Palo Alto
12 15 (3.60%) Oracle
13 14 (3.36%) 3PAR
13 14 (3.36%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (3.36%) Juniper
14 13 (3.12%) MobileIron
15 11 (2.64%) Ivanti
16 9 (2.16%) NetApp
17 8 (1.92%) Hitachi