SCCM Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SCCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCCM over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 179 253
Rank change year-on-year -32 +74 -23
Contract jobs citing SCCM 142 317 469
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 1.33% 1.07%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.49% 8.29% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 237 352
10th Percentile £183 £191 £241
25th Percentile £350 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £420
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +5.95% +12.00%
75th Percentile £553 £551 £500
90th Percentile £608 £743 £588
UK median daily rate £340 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -9.33% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 16
10th Percentile - £15.50 £15.63
25th Percentile - £20.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate - £25.36 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - +17.93% +10.26%
75th Percentile - £25.71 £22.38
90th Percentile - £67.21 £29.38
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +22.05% -9.30% +13.16%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

SCCM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,672 3,826 7,034
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.32% 16.03% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 2,830 5,255
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £443 £474 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.88% +7.62%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.55% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 78 45
10th Percentile - £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.01 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.25 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.77% +85.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £55.63 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £60.88 £85.75 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.91% +150.00% -44.30%

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 11 June 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 45 (31.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.93%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) assyst
1 1 (0.70%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 55 (38.73%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (33.80%) Azure
3 36 (25.35%) Entra ID
4 22 (15.49%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (14.08%) Azure Storage
6 10 (7.04%) AWS
7 9 (6.34%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.11%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 45 (31.69%) Firewall
2 40 (28.17%) DNS
3 32 (22.54%) DHCP
4 9 (6.34%) VPN
5 8 (5.63%) SAN
6 4 (2.82%) WAAS
6 4 (2.82%) Wireless
7 2 (1.41%) NetScaler
7 2 (1.41%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (1.41%) VLAN
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.70%) FTP
8 1 (0.70%) Skype
8 1 (0.70%) SSL
8 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.82%) MSI
2 1 (0.70%) TestRail
General
1 40 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 35 (24.65%) Finance
3 16 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.63%) Banking
4 8 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.41%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.41%) Marketing
7 2 (1.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.70%) French Language
8 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 22 (15.49%) Support Engineer
2 21 (14.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (14.08%) Active Directory Support
4 19 (13.38%) Support Specialist
5 14 (9.86%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (9.86%) Azure Specialist
6 10 (7.04%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.63%) Windows Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Active Directory Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) IT Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) IT Support
8 7 (4.93%) SCCM Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) Active Directory Support Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) Analyst
9 6 (4.23%) Architect
9 6 (4.23%) Consultant
9 6 (4.23%) Senior
9 6 (4.23%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.08%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.49%) PKI
2 20 (14.08%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 8 (5.63%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (4.93%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.82%) Clustering
6 4 (2.82%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.11%) Blackberry
7 3 (2.11%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.41%) iPad
8 2 (1.41%) NHS
8 2 (1.41%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.70%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 123 (86.62%) Windows
2 53 (37.32%) Windows Server
3 47 (33.10%) Windows 10
4 41 (28.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (20.42%) Linux
6 24 (16.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (11.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (6.34%) Windows 7
9 8 (5.63%) Android
10 7 (4.93%) Apple iOS
10 7 (4.93%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (4.93%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (3.52%) Unix
12 3 (2.11%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.69%) ITIL
2 26 (18.31%) Agile
3 23 (16.20%) DevOps
3 23 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (15.49%) Release Management
5 21 (14.79%) Identity Management
5 21 (14.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 21 (14.79%) Service Management
6 20 (14.08%) Analytics
6 20 (14.08%) CI/CD
6 20 (14.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (14.08%) Log Analytics
6 20 (14.08%) Privileged Identity Management
6 20 (14.08%) RBAC
7 19 (13.38%) Mobile Device Management
8 17 (11.97%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (11.27%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (8.45%) Application Packaging
11 11 (7.75%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 46 (32.39%) PowerShell
2 25 (17.61%) VBScript
3 22 (15.49%) VB
4 20 (14.08%) Bicep
4 20 (14.08%) C#
5 3 (2.11%) SQL
6 2 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (26.76%) Security Cleared
2 36 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 35 (24.65%) Degree
4 20 (14.08%) DV Cleared
4 20 (14.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 11 (7.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.41%) CCNA
8 2 (1.41%) CCNP
8 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.41%) MCSA
9 1 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.70%) HNC
9 1 (0.70%) MCP
9 1 (0.70%) MCSE
9 1 (0.70%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.08%) SLA
2 4 (2.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (2.82%) GDPR
3 3 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 91 (64.08%) Active Directory
2 24 (16.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 21 (14.79%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (11.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.63%) Hyper-V
6 6 (4.23%) XenApp
7 4 (2.82%) vSphere
8 3 (2.11%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (2.11%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.70%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.70%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.70%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (28.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (18.31%) WSUS
3 25 (17.61%) SCOM
4 22 (15.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (14.08%) Kubernetes
6 6 (4.23%) AirWatch
7 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (2.11%) Nessus
7 3 (2.11%) SCVMM
7 3 (2.11%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.41%) Nexpose
9 1 (0.70%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.70%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.70%) SCDPM
9 1 (0.70%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.70%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 86 (60.56%) Microsoft
2 36 (25.35%) VMware
3 26 (18.31%) Citrix
4 14 (9.86%) Qualys
5 13 (9.15%) HP
6 10 (7.04%) Cisco
7 9 (6.34%) Apple
7 9 (6.34%) Avaya
7 9 (6.34%) CA
8 8 (5.63%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.63%) EMC
9 7 (4.93%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.52%) Symantec
11 4 (2.82%) Ivanti
11 4 (2.82%) Samsung
12 3 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
13 2 (1.41%) Google
13 2 (1.41%) Huawei
13 2 (1.41%) Rapid7
13 2 (1.41%) Trend Micro