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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 57 51
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 -12
Contract jobs citing SCCM 14 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.21% 1.50% 1.90%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.84% 13.41% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 11
10th Percentile £199 £350 -
25th Percentile £219 £425 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £492 £283
Median % change year-on-year -39.53% +74.16% -10.32%
75th Percentile £406 £525 £424
90th Percentile £442 - £474
England median daily rate £375 £375 £350
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 - -
75th Percentile £24.29 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.03 £28.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -24.91% +8.91% +28.55%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 109 82 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.39% 11.20% 12.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 55 73
10th Percentile £202 £308 £235
25th Percentile £294 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -7.47% +4.29%
75th Percentile £581 £500 £560
90th Percentile £656 £538 £622
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.38% -2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile £17.10 - £18.27
25th Percentile £22.44 - £25.38
Median hourly rate £74.00 £21.39 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +245.96% -16.98% +18.90%
75th Percentile - - £26.15
90th Percentile £74.25 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +19.27% +74.40% -43.18%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 13 July 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.

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 13 July 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
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -15 8 £270 - 2
Leicestershire -3 3 £411 - 2
Derbyshire -4 2 £500 +66.67% 1
Northamptonshire +2 1 £250 -49.60%
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) SAN
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Desktop Support
2 3 (21.43%) Deskside Support
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) IT Support
2 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Systems Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Rollout Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Rollout Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Rollout Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Server Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 2 (14.29%) Smartphone
2 1 (7.14%) Device Driver
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 8
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 2 (14.29%) BCP
4 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Logistics
4 2 (14.29%) Server Management
5 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Information Security
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Operational Stability
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
3 1 (7.14%) Firmware
3 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) NetApp