SCCM Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring SCCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 56 28
Rank change year-on-year -34 -28 +70
Contract jobs citing SCCM 25 47 123
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.69% 3.09% 7.08%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.96% 24.74% 48.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 107
10th Percentile £158 £238 £148
25th Percentile £255 £325 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £350 £215
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +62.79% -30.08%
75th Percentile £273 £593 £575
90th Percentile £480 £608 £615
South East median daily rate £274 £350 £215
% change year-on-year -21.86% +62.79% -25.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £17.36 - £65.73
25th Percentile £18.33 - £66.82
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £68.63
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 - £66.82
% change year-on-year - - +203.70%

All Systems Management Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 251 190 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.96% 12.51% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 133 204
10th Percentile £318 £330 £150
25th Percentile £406 £390 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +15.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £540 £638 £615
90th Percentile £610 £688 £696
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile £18.44 - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £48.40
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £49.73
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.58%
75th Percentile £80.00 - £66.82
90th Percentile £82.80 - £68.63
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year +17.65% -29.75% +14.87%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

SCCM job vacancy trend in Berkshire

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SCCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SCCM

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in Berkshire

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SCCM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SCCM

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Reading +19 17 £260 -57.02% 1
Slough +1 6 £129 -35.59%
SCCM
South East

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
1 11 (44.00%) OneDrive
2 4 (16.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) IaaS
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (8.00%) PaaS
3 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (44.00%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (36.00%) 4G
3 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.00%) Firewall
4 1 (4.00%) VLAN
General
1 19 (76.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Support Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Windows Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Windows Support Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 6 (24.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) IT Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Service Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (8.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Architect
7 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (8.00%) SCCM Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (88.00%) Windows
2 20 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (24.00%) ITIL
3 5 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.00%) Application Packaging
5 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (8.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (8.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (8.00%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (8.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (8.00%) Time Management
5 2 (8.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.00%) User Experience
6 1 (4.00%) Commercialisation
6 1 (4.00%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.00%) Service Management
6 1 (4.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (56.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.00%) CISSP
4 2 (8.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) SLA
2 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.00%) GDPR
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
3 1 (4.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (56.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.00%) Tenable