SCCM Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 67 93 93
Rank change year-on-year +26 0 -25
Contract jobs citing SCCM 42 46 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.18% 1.93% 2.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 23.60% 14.84% 22.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 33 59
10th Percentile £188 £190 £146
25th Percentile £200 £350 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £455 £288
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% +58.26% -11.54%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £425
90th Percentile £575 £585 £575
England median daily rate £305 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 14
10th Percentile - £16.78 £11.23
25th Percentile - £17.13 £13.22
Median hourly rate £15.65 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +7.39% -2.94%
75th Percentile - - £19.84
90th Percentile - - £21.58
England median hourly rate £22.23 £22.41 £21.00
% change year-on-year -0.83% +6.71% +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 178 310 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.25% 13.03% 11.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 208 257
10th Percentile £200 £309 £211
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £673 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £625
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 16
10th Percentile £23.52 £17.25 £10.68
25th Percentile £35.33 £17.72 £12.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £18.50 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year +197.30% +14.76% -5.18%
75th Percentile - £43.59 £19.53
90th Percentile - £66.00 £21.13
England median hourly rate £26.38 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -54.12% +167.44% -10.42%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +14 19 £375 -11.76% 8
Worcestershire +8 8 £550 +15.79% 1
Coventry +13 7 £400 +60.00% 1
Solihull -11 4 £225 -57.14%
Shropshire - 2 £117 -
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 13 (30.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) IIS
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.38%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 23 (54.76%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (35.71%) Azure
3 4 (9.52%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.38%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (50.00%) DNS
2 16 (38.10%) DHCP
3 10 (23.81%) TCP/IP
4 7 (16.67%) Firewall
4 7 (16.67%) VPN
5 5 (11.90%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (7.14%) LAN
6 3 (7.14%) VLAN
6 3 (7.14%) VoIP
6 3 (7.14%) WAN
7 2 (4.76%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (4.76%) iSCSI
7 2 (4.76%) NAS
7 2 (4.76%) SAN
7 2 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Legal
4 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.38%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (2.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (38.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Support Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 5 (11.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Consultant
7 2 (4.76%) Deployment Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Deskside Support
7 2 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.76%) Junior
7 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Clustering
1 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
1 3 (7.14%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.76%) iPad
2 2 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (78.57%) Windows
2 19 (45.24%) Windows Server
3 10 (23.81%) Windows 10
4 9 (21.43%) Linux
5 8 (19.05%) Mac OS
6 6 (14.29%) Unix
6 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (11.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (7.14%) Windows 7
9 2 (4.76%) Android
9 2 (4.76%) Apple iOS
9 2 (4.76%) Ubuntu
9 2 (4.76%) VMS
9 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (19.05%) Virtual Environments
3 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (14.29%) Visualisation
5 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (11.90%) Information Management
5 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.90%) Security Hardening
5 5 (11.90%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (11.90%) Server Patching
5 5 (11.90%) SIEM
5 5 (11.90%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
7 3 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 3 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (7.14%) Quality Management
8 2 (4.76%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.76%) DevOps
8 2 (4.76%) Incident Management
8 2 (4.76%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) C#
1 8 (19.05%) Java
1 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 5 (11.90%) Degree
5 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.76%) MCSE
7 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.38%) MCDST
7 1 (2.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) NIST
2 2 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (54.76%) Active Directory
2 10 (23.81%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (11.90%) VMware NSX
5 3 (7.14%) BitLocker
5 3 (7.14%) Hyper-V
6 2 (4.76%) vSphere
7 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (21.43%) vCenter Server
3 3 (7.14%) Autotask
3 3 (7.14%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 17 (40.48%) VMware
3 7 (16.67%) Veeam
4 5 (11.90%) Apple
5 3 (7.14%) Datto
6 2 (4.76%) Aruba
6 2 (4.76%) Cisco
6 2 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.76%) ProCurve
6 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.76%) Synology
6 2 (4.76%) Zerto
7 1 (2.38%) Adobe