Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 161 201
Rank change year-on-year 0 +40 -16
Contract jobs citing SCCM 660 968 1,321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.62% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.97% 10.06% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 709 931
10th Percentile £163 £175 £163
25th Percentile £205 £213 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £365 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.70% -2.67% +8.70%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £494
90th Percentile £608 £613 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £288 £350 £324
% change year-on-year -17.86% +8.11% -0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 57 81
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.61 £15.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.23 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.02% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £54.09 £65.75 £23.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £20.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -11.40% +6.67% +4.17%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,089 9,618 14,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.75% 16.08% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,637 6,947 10,288
10th Percentile £256 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £563 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 211 185
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.54 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £24.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +158.08% -41.37%
75th Percentile £53.75 £72.50 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.75 £82.50 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £46.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -16.30% +130.00% -10.11%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England +18 596 £305 -12.86% 130
UK excluding London +2 422 £288 -17.86% 110
London +38 209 £350 -6.67% 41
South East +67 192 £310 -4.62% 30
Work from Home +2 154 £440 +10.00% 44
Midlands -9 55 £375 - 16
South West -22 55 £179 -55.25% 15
North of England -22 46 £220 -37.14% 15
West Midlands +26 42 £400 -12.09% 11
North West -27 37 £220 -45.00% 10
Scotland +8 35 £320 +60.00% 21
East of England -22 35 £305 +15.09% 11
East Midlands -15 12 £190 -42.42% 5
Yorkshire +10 6 £400 +73.91% 1
Wales -1 5 £220 -58.10% 2
North East +21 4 £131 -41.78% 4

SCCM
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:

Application Platforms
1 145 (21.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (7.42%) SharePoint
3 30 (4.55%) IIS
4 12 (1.82%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.45%) nginx
6 3 (0.45%) WordPress
7 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Confluence
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 133 (20.15%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.45%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.30%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.15%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 271 (41.06%) Microsoft 365
2 172 (26.06%) Azure
3 79 (11.97%) Entra ID
4 46 (6.97%) OneDrive
5 32 (4.85%) AWS
6 22 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (2.42%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (1.97%) OCI
10 9 (1.36%) Mimecast
11 8 (1.21%) Power Platform
12 6 (0.91%) IaaS
13 5 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.61%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.61%) Nutanix
15 3 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.45%) SaaS
15 3 (0.45%) WhatsApp
16 2 (0.30%) Azure Stack
16 2 (0.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 128 (19.39%) DNS
2 116 (17.58%) Firewall
3 98 (14.85%) DHCP
4 64 (9.70%) LAN
5 56 (8.48%) SAN
6 44 (6.67%) WAN
7 41 (6.21%) VPN
8 31 (4.70%) Wireless
9 29 (4.39%) TCP/IP
10 25 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (3.33%) Skype
12 14 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (1.97%) MPLS
13 13 (1.97%) VLAN
14 11 (1.67%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (1.67%) VoIP
15 8 (1.21%) NAS
15 8 (1.21%) SSL
16 7 (1.06%) Internet
17 6 (0.91%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.45%) MySQL
2 3 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (0.61%) MSI
2 3 (0.45%) JIRA
3 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.15%) Git
4 1 (0.15%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) Subversion
4 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 270 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 68 (10.30%) Finance
3 51 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.42%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.79%) Banking
7 19 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (1.36%) Legal
10 8 (1.21%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.21%) French Language
11 7 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.06%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.76%) Front Office
13 4 (0.61%) Billing
13 4 (0.61%) Local Government
13 4 (0.61%) Retail
14 3 (0.45%) Military
14 3 (0.45%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 143 (21.67%) Support Engineer
2 88 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 74 (11.21%) Desktop Support
4 66 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 65 (9.85%) IT Support
6 63 (9.55%) Windows Engineer
7 54 (8.18%) 2nd Line Support
8 52 (7.88%) Analyst
8 52 (7.88%) IT Engineer
9 47 (7.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 34 (5.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 33 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 33 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 32 (4.85%) Support Specialist
13 31 (4.70%) IT Support Engineer
14 29 (4.39%) SCCM Engineer
15 28 (4.24%) Deployment Engineer
15 28 (4.24%) Senior
15 28 (4.24%) Technical Support
16 26 (3.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.03%) ARM Templates
2 13 (1.97%) Software Packaging
3 9 (1.36%) .NET
4 4 (0.61%) EDI
5 3 (0.45%) LAMP
5 3 (0.45%) XMPP
6 2 (0.30%) WSH
7 1 (0.15%) Flash
7 1 (0.15%) LDAP
7 1 (0.15%) Middleware
7 1 (0.15%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.03%) Driving Licence
2 38 (5.76%) Data Centre
3 32 (4.85%) PKI
4 27 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 24 (3.64%) Clustering
7 19 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
8 13 (1.97%) iPad
9 12 (1.82%) iPhone
10 9 (1.36%) CMDB
11 8 (1.21%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.21%) NHS
12 7 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (0.91%) Replication
13 6 (0.91%) Smartphone
13 6 (0.91%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.76%) Handset
15 4 (0.61%) Blackberry
15 4 (0.61%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 583 (88.33%) Windows
2 298 (45.15%) Windows 10
3 192 (29.09%) Windows Server
4 98 (14.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 86 (13.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 85 (12.88%) Linux
7 82 (12.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 75 (11.36%) Windows 7
9 47 (7.12%) Mac OS
10 38 (5.76%) Apple iOS
10 38 (5.76%) Unix
11 28 (4.24%) Android
12 21 (3.18%) Windows NT
13 16 (2.42%) Windows XP
14 14 (2.12%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (1.82%) Windows Server 2003
16 11 (1.67%) Mac OS X
17 10 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (1.52%) VMS
18 6 (0.91%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (27.42%) ITIL
2 150 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (20.61%) Customer Service
4 107 (16.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 62 (9.39%) Service Management
6 61 (9.24%) Mobile Device Management
7 55 (8.33%) Migration
8 46 (6.97%) Release Management
9 44 (6.67%) Agile
9 44 (6.67%) Asset Management
10 42 (6.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 41 (6.21%) DevOps
12 40 (6.06%) Software Deployment
13 37 (5.61%) Server Management
14 32 (4.85%) ITSM
14 32 (4.85%) Service Delivery
15 30 (4.55%) Application Packaging
16 29 (4.39%) Deployment Automation
17 27 (4.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 27 (4.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 170 (25.76%) PowerShell
2 29 (4.39%) VBScript
3 26 (3.94%) C#
4 25 (3.79%) SQL
5 19 (2.88%) VB
6 17 (2.58%) Python
7 15 (2.27%) Bicep
8 10 (1.52%) Java
9 3 (0.45%) Bash
9 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 192 (29.09%) Security Cleared
2 129 (19.55%) Degree
3 123 (18.64%) DV Cleared
4 91 (13.79%) SC Cleared
5 36 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (4.39%) CCNA
6 29 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.18%) CCNP
8 20 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 18 (2.73%) MCSE
10 17 (2.58%) MCP
11 12 (1.82%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.52%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.76%) MCTS
15 4 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
15 4 (0.61%) MCSA
16 2 (0.30%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.24%) SLA
2 25 (3.79%) QA
3 7 (1.06%) NIST
4 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.61%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) COBIT
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 411 (62.27%) Active Directory
2 98 (14.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (8.48%) Hyper-V
4 39 (5.91%) Firmware
4 39 (5.91%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (3.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (2.42%) XenApp
8 12 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
8 12 (1.82%) vSphere
9 11 (1.67%) BitLocker
9 11 (1.67%) VMware NSX
10 10 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (1.36%) XenDesktop
12 8 (1.21%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.91%) Docker
14 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 141 (21.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (11.36%) WSUS
3 69 (10.45%) SCOM
4 31 (4.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 29 (4.39%) vCenter Server
6 27 (4.09%) Jamf Pro
7 24 (3.64%) NetBackup
8 21 (3.18%) Sysprep
9 19 (2.88%) Kubernetes
10 17 (2.58%) EMC NetWorker
11 15 (2.27%) Microsoft Clustering
12 11 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
13 9 (1.36%) SCVMM
13 9 (1.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 8 (1.21%) Nagios
15 6 (0.91%) Autotask
16 4 (0.61%) AirWatch
17 3 (0.45%) Ansible
17 3 (0.45%) AppManager
17 3 (0.45%) OPNET
Vendors
1 380 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 142 (21.52%) VMware
3 89 (13.48%) Citrix
4 80 (12.12%) HP
5 67 (10.15%) Cisco
6 52 (7.88%) Apple
7 49 (7.42%) ServiceNow
8 37 (5.61%) EMC
9 35 (5.30%) Veeam
10 27 (4.09%) Dell
11 19 (2.88%) Symantec
12 17 (2.58%) Avaya
13 16 (2.42%) MobileIron
13 16 (2.42%) Palo Alto
13 16 (2.42%) Qualys
14 15 (2.27%) Juniper
15 14 (2.12%) Oracle
16 13 (1.97%) 3PAR
16 13 (1.97%) CheckPoint
16 13 (1.97%) Extreme Networks