SCCM Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SCCM skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 74 56
Rank change year-on-year +24 -18 -4
Contract jobs citing SCCM 47 22 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.63% 1.44% 3.07%
As % of the Systems Management category 29.01% 17.74% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 25
10th Percentile £200 £188 £193
25th Percentile £236 £225 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -11.76% +30.77%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £560
90th Percentile - £538 £575
England median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.25
Median hourly rate £59.00 £50.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% +244.83% -30.95%
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - £24.25
England median hourly rate £18.87 £27.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.75% +39.74% -13.33%

All Systems Management Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 162 124 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.50% 8.13% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 79 153
10th Percentile £213 £211 £273
25th Percentile £406 £319 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £581 £700
England median daily rate £504 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.05% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 16
10th Percentile £53.74 £32.00 -
25th Percentile £61.06 £35.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £66.50 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.25% -18.37% -23.44%
75th Percentile £67.00 £45.00 £73.75
90th Percentile - £48.00 £74.38
England median hourly rate £40.73 £40.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.81% -21.95% +114.35%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the East of England

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SCCM

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the East of England

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SCCM

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Hertfordshire +15 23 £550 +4.76% 5
Bedfordshire +2 15 £338 -15.63% 1
Cambridgeshire +7 6 £200 -11.11% 7
Suffolk +3 1 - - 1
Essex 0 1 £238 -32.14% 4
Norfolk - 1 £200 - 1
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (17.02%) IBM Domino
3 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (44.68%) Cohesity
2 12 (25.53%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.26%) Azure
4 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (48.94%) DNS
2 21 (44.68%) SAN
3 8 (17.02%) Cisco IOS
3 8 (17.02%) Firewall
4 2 (4.26%) LAN
4 2 (4.26%) WAN
5 1 (2.13%) DHCP
5 1 (2.13%) Skype
5 1 (2.13%) VLAN
5 1 (2.13%) VoIP
5 1 (2.13%) VPN
5 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.13%) InstallShield
2 1 (2.13%) MSI
2 1 (2.13%) WiX
General
1 8 (17.02%) Games
1 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Legal
3 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Finance
4 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (19.15%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (8.51%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (6.38%) Analyst
3 3 (6.38%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) Business Analyst
4 2 (4.26%) Desktop Support
4 2 (4.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (2.13%) Deskside Engineer
5 1 (2.13%) ICT Analyst
5 1 (2.13%) ICT Business Analyst
5 1 (2.13%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (2.13%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.13%) IT Support
5 1 (2.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (2.13%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (2.13%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (2.13%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.13%) EPoS
2 1 (2.13%) NHS
2 1 (2.13%) Smartcard
2 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.13%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 46 (97.87%) Windows
2 23 (48.94%) Windows Server
3 21 (44.68%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (44.68%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (21.28%) Mac OS
5 9 (19.15%) Windows 10
6 8 (17.02%) Android
7 2 (4.26%) Linux
8 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (46.81%) Deployment Automation
2 21 (44.68%) SIEM
3 20 (42.55%) Build Automation
3 20 (42.55%) Operations Management
4 8 (17.02%) E-Commerce
5 5 (10.64%) ITIL
5 5 (10.64%) Migration
6 4 (8.51%) Asset Management
6 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.51%) Software Rationalisation
7 3 (6.38%) Application Packaging
7 3 (6.38%) Business Analysis
7 3 (6.38%) Business Case
7 3 (6.38%) Data Analysis
7 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.38%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.38%) TOGAF
7 3 (6.38%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 32 (68.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (48.94%) Security Cleared
2 22 (46.81%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) CBAP
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (76.60%) Active Directory
2 22 (46.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (42.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 20 (42.55%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.13%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (48.94%) WSUS
2 22 (46.81%) Ansible
3 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.13%) AppManager
4 1 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 34 (72.34%) Microsoft
2 29 (61.70%) Splunk
3 22 (46.81%) VMware
4 21 (44.68%) NetApp
5 8 (17.02%) Cisco
5 8 (17.02%) Meraki
6 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.38%) Tenable
7 1 (2.13%) Apple
7 1 (2.13%) Ivanti
7 1 (2.13%) Progress
7 1 (2.13%) Qualys
7 1 (2.13%) Rapid7