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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 50 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing SCCM 26 12 14
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.95% 1.78% 1.86%
As % of the Systems Management category 32.10% 19.67% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 5 8
10th Percentile £163 - £181
25th Percentile £200 £130 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £155 £220
Median % change year-on-year +93.55% -29.55% -35.06%
75th Percentile £447 £300 £238
90th Percentile £490 £307 -
England median daily rate £330 £350 £360
% change year-on-year -5.71% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.05
25th Percentile £16.25 - £15.49
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £16.36
75th Percentile £16.75 - £17.10
90th Percentile - - £17.47
England median hourly rate £18.87 £24.50 £19.99
% change year-on-year -22.98% +22.56% -20.04%

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 81 61 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.19% 9.02% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 34 65
10th Percentile £202 £182 £213
25th Percentile £360 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £407 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -9.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £478 £505 £625
90th Percentile £609 £550 £700
England median daily rate £513 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.36% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £15.05
25th Percentile £16.25 - £15.49
Median hourly rate £16.50 £13.52 £16.36
Median % change year-on-year +22.04% -17.36% -18.20%
75th Percentile £16.75 - £17.10
90th Percentile - - £17.47
England median hourly rate £40.00 £35.08 £46.18
% change year-on-year +14.02% -24.03% +34.83%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 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
Nottinghamshire -2 9 £223 +71.15% 4
Northamptonshire - 7 £475 -
Derbyshire - 6 £134 -
Lincolnshire -7 2 £200 +29.03%
Leicestershire -13 2 £190 -37.45% 1
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 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 5 (19.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) PuTTY
1 3 (11.54%) SSH
1 3 (11.54%) Telnet
General
1 18 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (15.38%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Break Fix Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support
2 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Programme Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Support Specialist
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Support
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Support Specialist
3 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (3.85%) Analyst
3 1 (3.85%) Architect
3 1 (3.85%) Consultant
3 1 (3.85%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Junior
3 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Support Consultant
3 1 (3.85%) Support Technician
3 1 (3.85%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 24 (92.31%) Windows
2 9 (34.62%) Windows 10
3 6 (23.08%) Mac OS
4 3 (11.54%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 8
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) User Experience
2 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
2 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (23.08%) Thought Leadership
3 5 (19.23%) Data Protection
3 5 (19.23%) Zero Trust
4 4 (15.38%) Break/Fix
4 4 (15.38%) Budgeting
4 4 (15.38%) Business Transformation
4 4 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 4 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (11.54%) Application Packaging
5 3 (11.54%) Customer Experience
5 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (11.54%) Migration
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 5 (19.23%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) GDPR
1 6 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.54%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 9 (34.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (15.38%) BitLocker
4 3 (11.54%) Firmware
4 3 (11.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) VMware
3 7 (26.92%) Cisco
4 6 (23.08%) Citrix
5 3 (11.54%) Dell
5 3 (11.54%) Draytek
5 3 (11.54%) McAfee
6 1 (3.85%) Apple
6 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.85%) Okta
6 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow