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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 44 48
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing SCCM 40 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.35% 1.60% 1.81%
As % of the Systems Management category 47.62% 20.93% 15.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 5 8
10th Percentile £163 £139 £145
25th Percentile £199 £153 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £213 £195
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +8.97% -44.29%
75th Percentile £423 £300 £218
90th Percentile £467 £307 £234
England median daily rate £328 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -6.43% - +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 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 £22.09 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.58% +13.31% -22.02%

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 84 43 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.13% 7.62% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 29 67
10th Percentile £174 £184 £187
25th Percentile £213 £260 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £390 £445
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -12.36% -
75th Percentile £438 £500 £625
90th Percentile £556 £550 £750
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.05
25th Percentile £16.25 - £15.49
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £16.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.50%
75th Percentile £16.75 - £17.10
90th Percentile - - £17.47
England median hourly rate £52.50 £26.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +98.11% -42.62% +19.95%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +6 22 £223 +29.93% 4
Northamptonshire - 10 £456 - 1
Derbyshire - 5 £132 - 1
Lincolnshire -8 2 £200 +29.03% 1
Leicestershire -8 1 £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 7 (17.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (37.50%) Entra ID
3 14 (35.00%) Azure
4 7 (17.50%) AWS
4 7 (17.50%) GCP
5 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) PuTTY
1 3 (7.50%) SSH
1 3 (7.50%) Telnet
2 1 (2.50%) Firewall
General
1 19 (47.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Finance
3 5 (12.50%) Law
4 4 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Desktop Support
2 7 (17.50%) Desktop Support Technician
2 7 (17.50%) Desktop Technician
2 7 (17.50%) Support Technician
3 6 (15.00%) Support Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Senior
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Desktop Support
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Support Technician
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Technician
5 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Deployment Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) IT Support
6 3 (7.50%) Programme Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Support Specialist
6 3 (7.50%) Technical Specialist
6 3 (7.50%) Technical Support
6 3 (7.50%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 38 (95.00%) Windows
2 20 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (17.50%) Apple iOS
3 7 (17.50%) Mac OS
4 5 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 5 (12.50%) Windows 8
5 4 (10.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (7.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (35.00%) Migration
3 12 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (20.00%) User Experience
4 8 (20.00%) Zero Trust
5 7 (17.50%) BCP
5 7 (17.50%) Data Migration
5 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
5 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (17.50%) Project Delivery
5 7 (17.50%) Roadmaps
5 7 (17.50%) Thought Leadership
6 5 (12.50%) Business Continuity
6 5 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
6 5 (12.50%) Change Management
6 5 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.50%) Supplier Management
7 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) PowerShell
2 7 (17.50%) Bash
3 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) GDPR
1 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.50%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (90.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (27.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.00%) BitLocker
3 4 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (7.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (27.50%) VMware
3 8 (20.00%) Cisco
4 7 (17.50%) Citrix
5 3 (7.50%) Dell
5 3 (7.50%) Draytek
5 3 (7.50%) McAfee
6 2 (5.00%) Google
6 2 (5.00%) HP
6 2 (5.00%) Sophos
7 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow