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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 50 49
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 -13
Contract jobs citing SCCM 18 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.62% 1.66% 2.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 16.82% 15.71% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 15
10th Percentile £163 £244 -
25th Percentile £199 £300 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £450 £200
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +125.00% -36.51%
75th Percentile £294 £525 £343
90th Percentile £433 - £474
England median daily rate £354 £375 £343
% change year-on-year -5.55% +9.49% -8.67%
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 £22.27 £28.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year -20.48% +17.65% +19.00%

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 107 70 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.64% 10.57% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 45 86
10th Percentile £181 £303 £163
25th Percentile £262 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £420 £453
Median % change year-on-year +5.30% -7.18% -4.74%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £564
90th Percentile £656 £537 £624
England median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -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% +15.13%
75th Percentile - - £26.15
90th Percentile £74.25 - -
England median hourly rate £58.94 £42.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year +39.49% +40.83% -43.77%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 £212 -0.12%
Derbyshire -4 2 £500 +66.67%
Northamptonshire -5 1 - -
Leicestershire -7 1 £438 - 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 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (38.89%) Entra ID
3 6 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Law
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Desktop Support
2 5 (27.78%) Deskside Support
2 5 (27.78%) IT Support
3 4 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Desktop Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Desktop Support
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Support Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Support Technician
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Rollout Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Rollout Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Rollout Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Smartphone
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Device Driver
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 5 (27.78%) Apple iOS
4 4 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 4 (22.22%) Windows 8
5 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (38.89%) Migration
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) BCP
4 5 (27.78%) Business Continuity
4 5 (27.78%) Business Continuity Planning
4 5 (27.78%) Customer Service
4 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
5 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
5 4 (22.22%) Logistics
6 3 (16.67%) Change Management
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (16.67%) Supplier Management
7 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (11.11%) Validation
8 1 (5.56%) Deployment Automation
8 1 (5.56%) Operational Stability
8 1 (5.56%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) BitLocker
2 1 (5.56%) Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Dell
3 1 (5.56%) NetApp
3 1 (5.56%) Sophos
3 1 (5.56%) VMware