SCCM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 200 194 251
Rank change year-on-year -6 +57 -30
Contract jobs citing SCCM 147 315 462
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.98% 1.26% 1.05%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.01% 7.59% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 242 346
10th Percentile £184 £176 £213
25th Percentile £313 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% - +13.33%
75th Percentile £552 £538 £524
90th Percentile £608 £684 £588
UK median daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 16
10th Percentile - £14.00 £15.63
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.41 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +4.23% +7.50%
75th Percentile £21.38 £25.71 £22.25
90th Percentile £22.80 £85.00 £23.25
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,632 4,149 7,115
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.83% 16.54% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,216 3,067 5,309
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £470 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -0.89% +9.76%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £660
90th Percentile £700 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 76 49
10th Percentile £19.98 £25.36 £16.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £52.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +65.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £56.88 £76.13 £66.00
90th Percentile £62.75 £87.50 £79.50
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £57.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -55.19% +152.75% -42.77%

SCCM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SCCM trend for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM.

SCCM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SCCM over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

SCCM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM.

SCCM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (27.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (6.80%) IIS
3 6 (4.08%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.68%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) assyst
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 56 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (31.97%) Azure
3 35 (23.81%) Entra ID
4 21 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (10.88%) Azure Storage
6 10 (6.80%) OneDrive
7 9 (6.12%) AWS
8 4 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.72%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 44 (29.93%) Firewall
2 41 (27.89%) DNS
3 33 (22.45%) DHCP
4 11 (7.48%) SAN
5 7 (4.76%) VPN
6 5 (3.40%) SSL
6 5 (3.40%) WAAS
7 4 (2.72%) Network Security
8 3 (2.04%) LAN
8 3 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (2.04%) WAN
9 2 (1.36%) Wireless
10 1 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.68%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.68%) Skype
10 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.84%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.04%) MSI
2 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.68%) TestRail
General
1 37 (25.17%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.49%) Finance
3 14 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.12%) Banking
6 8 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.36%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.36%) Marketing
9 2 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.68%) French Language
10 1 (0.68%) Front Office
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 21 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 19 (12.93%) Support Specialist
3 16 (10.88%) Active Directory Support
4 14 (9.52%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (9.52%) Azure Specialist
5 11 (7.48%) IT Engineer
6 10 (6.80%) IT Support
6 10 (6.80%) Security Engineer
7 9 (6.12%) Windows Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) SCCM Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) Senior
9 7 (4.76%) Architect
9 7 (4.76%) Consultant
9 7 (4.76%) Lead
10 6 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (4.08%) Infrastructure Support
10 6 (4.08%) Server Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Technical Support
11 5 (3.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.61%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.68%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.24%) PKI
2 16 (10.88%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.44%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.72%) Clustering
6 4 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.72%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.04%) Blackberry
7 3 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.04%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.36%) iPad
8 2 (1.36%) NHS
8 2 (1.36%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.68%) BYOD
9 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.68%) iPhone
9 1 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 130 (88.44%) Windows
2 51 (34.69%) Windows Server
3 49 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 40 (27.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (19.73%) Linux
6 22 (14.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (12.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (7.48%) Windows 7
9 8 (5.44%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (4.76%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (3.40%) Unix
12 4 (2.72%) VMS
13 3 (2.04%) Android
13 3 (2.04%) Apple iOS
13 3 (2.04%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.68%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.53%) ITIL
2 23 (15.65%) Agile
2 23 (15.65%) DevOps
3 22 (14.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (13.61%) RBAC
5 18 (12.24%) Release Management
6 17 (11.56%) Analytics
6 17 (11.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (11.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 17 (11.56%) Service Management
7 16 (10.88%) CI/CD
7 16 (10.88%) Identity Management
7 16 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 16 (10.88%) Log Analytics
7 16 (10.88%) Migration
7 16 (10.88%) Mobile Device Management
7 16 (10.88%) Privileged Identity Management
7 16 (10.88%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (7.48%) Application Packaging
Programming Languages
1 50 (34.01%) PowerShell
2 21 (14.29%) VBScript
3 17 (11.56%) VB
4 16 (10.88%) Bicep
4 16 (10.88%) C#
5 7 (4.76%) SQL
6 5 (3.40%) Python
7 3 (2.04%) Bash
Qualifications
1 32 (21.77%) Security Cleared
2 30 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 29 (19.73%) Degree
4 16 (10.88%) DV Cleared
4 16 (10.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 8 (5.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.40%) CCNA
7 5 (3.40%) CCNP
7 5 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.36%) MCSA
10 1 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.68%) MCSE
10 1 (0.68%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.29%) SLA
2 4 (2.72%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (2.72%) GDPR
3 3 (2.04%) QA
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 100 (68.03%) Active Directory
2 19 (12.93%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (11.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (10.88%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (6.80%) XenApp
6 8 (5.44%) Hyper-V
7 6 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (4.08%) XenDesktop
8 3 (2.04%) vSphere
9 2 (1.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.68%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.68%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (14.97%) SCOM
3 19 (12.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 19 (12.93%) WSUS
4 16 (10.88%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (2.04%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.36%) Nessus
6 2 (1.36%) Nexpose
6 2 (1.36%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.68%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 80 (54.42%) Microsoft
2 35 (23.81%) VMware
3 28 (19.05%) Citrix
4 13 (8.84%) Qualys
5 12 (8.16%) HP
6 11 (7.48%) Cisco
7 10 (6.80%) ServiceNow
8 9 (6.12%) Avaya
9 8 (5.44%) CA
9 8 (5.44%) CheckPoint
9 8 (5.44%) EMC
10 4 (2.72%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (2.72%) Ivanti
10 4 (2.72%) Symantec
11 3 (2.04%) F5
11 3 (2.04%) FireEye
11 3 (2.04%) Tanium
12 2 (1.36%) Huawei
12 2 (1.36%) Rapid7
12 2 (1.36%) Varonis