SCCM Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring SCCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	58	57	47
Rank change year-on-year	-1	-10	+2
Contract jobs citing SCCM	33	16	16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands	2.37%	1.88%	2.10%
As % of the Systems Management category	39.76%	21.33%	21.33%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	12	9
10^th Percentile	£260	£139	£130
25^th Percentile	£306	£196	£153
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£374	£300
Median % change year-on-year	+7.10%	+24.50%	+33.33%
75^th Percentile	£444	£488	£311
90^th Percentile	£486	£492	£474
England median daily rate	£400	£325	£350
% change year-on-year	+23.08%	-7.14%	-6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	15	0	0
10^th Percentile	£20.01	-	-
25^th Percentile	£23.41	-	-
Median hourly rate	£25.75	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£23.83	£18.87	£25.75
% change year-on-year	+26.26%	-26.72%	+15.73%

All Systems Management Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills	83	75	75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands	5.95%	8.83%	9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	51	58	48
10^th Percentile	£230	£249	£290
25^th Percentile	£309	£360	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£415	£453
Median % change year-on-year	+2.41%	-8.29%	+1.69%
75^th Percentile	£500	£473	£500
90^th Percentile	£545	£529	£541
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	18	4	1
10^th Percentile	£19.69	-	-
25^th Percentile	£22.37	-	-
Median hourly rate	£25.75	£21.39	£13.52
Median % change year-on-year	+20.38%	+58.21%	-23.70%
75^th Percentile	-	-	-
90^th Percentile	£25.98	-	-
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£34.00	£36.17
% change year-on-year	+91.18%	-5.99%	-27.67%

SCCM Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

SCCM Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SCCM.

SCCM Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the East Midlands

SCCM Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SCCM.

SCCM Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 October 2026. 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
Derbyshire	0	16	£500	+273.13%
Leicestershire	-6	8	£385	+102.63%
Nottinghamshire	-	8	£400	-
Northamptonshire	+12	1	£250	-48.19%
SCCM England

SCCM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SCCM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for SCCM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows	100.0%	33
2	Active Directory	78.8%	26
3	Microsoft	69.7%	23
4	Azure	63.6%	21
4	SC Cleared	63.6%	21
4	Security Cleared	63.6%	21
7	Microsoft 365	60.6%	20
8	Microsoft Intune	57.6%	19
8	Windows 10	57.6%	19
10	Entra ID	54.5%	18
11	VPN	45.5%	15
12	Migration	42.4%	14
13	Windows Server	27.3%	9
14	VMware	18.2%	6
15	VMware Infrastructure	15.2%	5
15	vSphere	15.2%	5
17	PowerShell	12.1%	4
17	Server Management	12.1%	4
17	Windows Server 2012	12.1%	4
20	Apple iOS	9.1%	3
20	Continuous Improvement	9.1%	3
20	Infrastructure Engineering	9.1%	3
20	Microsoft Exchange	9.1%	3
20	SharePoint	9.1%	3
25	BCP	6.1%	2
25	Business Continuity	6.1%	2
25	Business Continuity Planning	6.1%	2
25	Customer Service	6.1%	2
25	Data Migration	6.1%	2
25	DHCP	6.1%	2

SCCM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Systems Management

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Intune	57.6%	19
2	SCOM	6.1%	2