SCCM Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SCCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 168 158
Rank change year-on-year -29 -10 +14
Contract jobs citing SCCM 435 459 619
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.40% 1.51% 1.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.77% 10.57% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 322 449
10th Percentile £172 £188 £150
25th Percentile £200 £243 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £360
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £588 £599 £615
UK median daily rate £325 £385 £363
% change year-on-year -15.58% +6.06% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 55
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.98% +25.64% -22.00%
75th Percentile £22.50 £41.25 £39.62
90th Percentile £25.00 £62.70 £68.63
UK median hourly rate £18.69 £24.34 £21.00
% change year-on-year -23.23% +15.90% -16.00%

All Systems Management Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,960 4,341 5,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.02% 14.32% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,375 2,785 3,869
10th Percentile £308 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% -3.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £612 £643 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £512 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.57% -3.31% -5.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 60 161
10th Percentile £17.67 £15.05 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £39.50 £32.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% -29.62% +34.83%
75th Percentile £65.57 £60.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £74.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +25.93% -41.53% +44.31%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SCCM job vacancy trend in England

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SCCM

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SCCM

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London -21 155 £475 +30.94% 31
South East -24 88 £274 -24.55% 30
North of England -30 66 £288 +5.50% 10
Midlands -18 59 £223 -30.20% 7
North West +1 49 £315 -21.25% 8
South West -14 45 £425 +13.33% 16
West Midlands -28 32 £215 -41.10% 2
East of England -6 30 £225 -39.43% 3
East Midlands 0 27 £225 -1.10% 5
Yorkshire -43 13 £255 +6.25%
North East -4 4 £195 -39.06% 2
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 88 (20.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (10.57%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.37%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.38%) Confluence
6 3 (0.69%) IIS
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 47 (10.80%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.46%) assyst
3 1 (0.23%) Eikon
3 1 (0.23%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.23%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 195 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (28.28%) Azure
3 56 (12.87%) Entra ID
4 40 (9.20%) OneDrive
5 26 (5.98%) AWS
6 16 (3.68%) GCP
6 16 (3.68%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.22%) SaaS
8 9 (2.07%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.15%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.92%) IaaS
11 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.69%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.69%) PaaS
12 3 (0.69%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.46%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (15.86%) DNS
2 54 (12.41%) DHCP
3 48 (11.03%) Firewall
4 38 (8.74%) Wi-Fi
5 35 (8.05%) VPN
6 34 (7.82%) TCP/IP
7 21 (4.83%) WAN
8 20 (4.60%) Skype
9 19 (4.37%) Cisco IOS
10 15 (3.45%) LAN
11 14 (3.22%) VLAN
12 12 (2.76%) Internet
12 12 (2.76%) Unified Communications
13 9 (2.07%) 4G
14 6 (1.38%) Wireless
15 5 (1.15%) NetScaler
16 4 (0.92%) IPv4
16 4 (0.92%) SAN
16 4 (0.92%) SSL
16 4 (0.92%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.38%) Power BI
3 3 (0.69%) Metadata
4 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (3.45%) MSI
2 13 (2.99%) JIRA
3 10 (2.30%) InstallShield
4 9 (2.07%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.15%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.15%) Git
6 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.69%) Postman
7 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.46%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.23%) GCC
8 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 170 (39.08%) Social Skills
2 62 (14.25%) Finance
3 43 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.60%) Banking
6 20 (4.60%) Games
7 15 (3.45%) Legal
8 9 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.61%) Front Office
10 6 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.38%) Spanish Language
11 5 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.15%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.92%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.92%) Law
12 4 (0.92%) Local Government
12 4 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (15.63%) Support Engineer
2 47 (10.80%) Analyst
3 46 (10.57%) Windows Engineer
4 44 (10.11%) Deployment Engineer
4 44 (10.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 43 (9.89%) IT Support
6 35 (8.05%) IT Engineer
7 29 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
8 25 (5.75%) Desktop Support
8 25 (5.75%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (5.75%) Senior
9 24 (5.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (5.06%) Support Analyst
11 20 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support
12 17 (3.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 17 (3.91%) SCCM Engineer
12 17 (3.91%) Security Engineer
13 15 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 15 (3.45%) Administrator
13 15 (3.45%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.84%) Software Packaging
2 4 (0.92%) Middleware
3 3 (0.69%) LDAP
3 3 (0.69%) OAuth
3 3 (0.69%) OpenID
3 3 (0.69%) SAML
4 2 (0.46%) BREW
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.23%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.23%) EDI
5 1 (0.23%) LangChain
5 1 (0.23%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.23%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.98%) Data Centre
2 21 (4.83%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.91%) Video Conferencing
4 13 (2.99%) PKI
5 11 (2.53%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.07%) Replication
8 8 (1.84%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.84%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.84%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.38%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.15%) CMDB
11 5 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.15%) NHS
12 4 (0.92%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 376 (86.44%) Windows
2 158 (36.32%) Windows 10
3 65 (14.94%) Windows Server
4 53 (12.18%) Mac OS
5 32 (7.36%) Android
6 27 (6.21%) Linux
7 20 (4.60%) Apple iOS
8 12 (2.76%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.92%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.92%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.92%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.46%) AIX
12 2 (0.46%) Unix
12 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.23%) CentOS
13 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (22.76%) ITIL
2 74 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (13.79%) Migration
4 57 (13.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (10.57%) Customer Service
6 41 (9.43%) ITSM
7 40 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (8.97%) Application Packaging
9 36 (8.28%) User Experience
10 30 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (6.67%) Service Management
12 27 (6.21%) Change Management
13 24 (5.52%) Agile
13 24 (5.52%) Problem Management
14 23 (5.29%) Cloud Security
15 22 (5.06%) Patch Management
15 22 (5.06%) Vulnerability Management
16 20 (4.60%) Roadmaps
16 20 (4.60%) Service Delivery
16 20 (4.60%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 143 (32.87%) PowerShell
2 23 (5.29%) VBScript
3 20 (4.60%) SQL
4 16 (3.68%) Bash
5 10 (2.30%) Python
6 7 (1.61%) VB
7 2 (0.46%) Java
8 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.23%) Perl
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (23.45%) Security Cleared
2 79 (18.16%) SC Cleared
3 45 (10.34%) Degree
4 43 (9.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (5.52%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (1.84%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.61%) MCSE
8 6 (1.38%) CCNA
8 6 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.38%) MCP
8 6 (1.38%) MCSA
9 5 (1.15%) CCNP
9 5 (1.15%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (1.15%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.15%) MCDST
10 4 (0.92%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.92%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.14%) GDPR
3 17 (3.91%) SLA
4 5 (1.15%) NIST
5 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.23%) NCSC
7 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 238 (54.71%) Active Directory
2 50 (11.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
5 13 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (2.76%) BitLocker
7 10 (2.30%) Hyper-V
8 9 (2.07%) Firmware
9 6 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.38%) vSphere
10 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.92%) Docker
11 4 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.69%) XenApp
12 3 (0.69%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 160 (36.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.83%) SCOM
3 20 (4.60%) WSUS
4 17 (3.91%) Ansible
5 12 (2.76%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (2.30%) SCOrch
7 7 (1.61%) CASB
7 7 (1.61%) Norton AntiVirus
8 6 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.38%) Terraform
9 4 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.69%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.69%) Puppet
10 3 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.46%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.46%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 273 (62.76%) Microsoft
2 61 (14.02%) VMware
3 54 (12.41%) ServiceNow
4 45 (10.34%) Cisco
5 38 (8.74%) Citrix
6 23 (5.29%) Splunk
7 22 (5.06%) Apple
8 19 (4.37%) Meraki
9 15 (3.45%) McAfee
10 12 (2.76%) Veeam
11 11 (2.53%) Remedy
11 11 (2.53%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.07%) Dell
12 9 (2.07%) HP
13 8 (1.84%) Bloomberg
13 8 (1.84%) Tenable
14 7 (1.61%) Symantec
15 6 (1.38%) Qualys
15 6 (1.38%) Reuters
15 6 (1.38%) Sophos