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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 197 170
Rank change year-on-year -116 -27 -7
Contract jobs citing SCCM 311 391 525
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.43% 1.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.20% 9.30% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 269 392
10th Percentile £171 £200 £175
25th Percentile £225 £220 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £523 £538 £520
90th Percentile £613 £594 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £325 £375
% change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 30
10th Percentile - - £16.98
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £18.81
Median hourly rate £18.67 £28.00 £25.11
Median % change year-on-year -33.32% +11.53% +25.53%
75th Percentile £22.39 £59.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £23.53 £59.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £25.11
% change year-on-year +54.32% -45.15% +25.53%

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 5,978 4,206 4,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.33% 15.43% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,081 2,789 3,331
10th Percentile £319 £306 £300
25th Percentile £420 £408 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £603 £613 £625
90th Percentile £691 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £508 £518
% change year-on-year +1.48% -2.03% -5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 54 81
10th Percentile £20.09 £21.39 £17.72
25th Percentile £35.22 £27.06 £22.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% +85.00% -45.45%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.88 £53.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £82.07 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £58.62 £39.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +50.30% +25.81% -46.09%

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 21 July 2026.

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
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 21 July 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
London -88 115 £375 -4.76% 20
Midlands -35 55 £300 - 6
South East -92 53 £438 +9.38% 22
North of England -85 43 £285 +23.24% 23
West Midlands -47 38 £288 +5.02% 3
North West -44 31 £335 +57.65% 18
South West -37 29 £413 +3.13% 4
East Midlands -9 14 £298 -39.53% 3
East of England -57 12 £450 -18.18% 10
Yorkshire -62 8 £195 -2.50% 2
North East -48 4 £194 -26.19% 3
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 39 (12.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (10.29%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.57%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.61%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 33 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.64%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.32%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 116 (37.30%) Microsoft 365
2 100 (32.15%) Azure
3 68 (21.86%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.36%) OneDrive
5 16 (5.14%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.54%) SaaS
7 10 (3.22%) AWS
7 10 (3.22%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.89%) IaaS
9 8 (2.57%) Datadog
9 8 (2.57%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.57%) PaaS
10 6 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.93%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.61%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.29%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.29%) Rubrik
13 3 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 51 (16.40%) DNS
2 43 (13.83%) DHCP
2 43 (13.83%) VPN
3 34 (10.93%) Firewall
4 26 (8.36%) TCP/IP
4 26 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (4.50%) Skype
6 12 (3.86%) SAN
7 11 (3.54%) LAN
8 9 (2.89%) DMZ
8 9 (2.89%) VLAN
8 9 (2.89%) WAN
9 8 (2.57%) Network Security
10 6 (1.93%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (1.93%) NetScaler
11 5 (1.61%) Internet
11 5 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.61%) Wireless
12 4 (1.29%) SSH
13 3 (0.96%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.22%) Power BI
3 3 (0.96%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.79%) MSI
2 12 (3.86%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.57%) Chocolatey
3 8 (2.57%) JIRA
4 7 (2.25%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.32%) WiX
General
1 111 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.43%) Finance
3 39 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.43%) Banking
5 16 (5.14%) Legal
6 12 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.86%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.22%) Front Office
9 8 (2.57%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.29%) Law
10 4 (1.29%) Police
10 4 (1.29%) Retail
11 3 (0.96%) Billing
11 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.64%) Advertising
12 2 (0.64%) Games
12 2 (0.64%) Local Government
12 2 (0.64%) Military
12 2 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (10.61%) Desktop Engineer
1 33 (10.61%) Support Engineer
2 31 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (9.65%) Analyst
4 28 (9.00%) Senior
5 19 (6.11%) Desktop Support
6 18 (5.79%) IT Support
7 17 (5.47%) Administrator
8 15 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (4.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 14 (4.50%) IT Analyst
9 14 (4.50%) Lead
10 13 (4.18%) Deployment Engineer
11 12 (3.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 11 (3.54%) Consultant
12 11 (3.54%) IT Engineer
13 10 (3.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (3.22%) Applications Packager
13 10 (3.22%) SCCM Engineer
13 10 (3.22%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.50%) Software Packaging
2 6 (1.93%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.29%) ADO
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.96%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.64%) .NET
5 2 (0.64%) JSON
5 2 (0.64%) OpenGL
5 2 (0.64%) Qt
5 2 (0.64%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.50%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.50%) CMDB
3 12 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.54%) Smartphone
5 10 (3.22%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.57%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.25%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.25%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.93%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (1.93%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.93%) iPhone
9 6 (1.93%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.93%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.61%) PKI
11 4 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.96%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 245 (78.78%) Windows
2 83 (26.69%) Windows 10
3 64 (20.58%) Windows Server
4 28 (9.00%) Mac OS
5 19 (6.11%) Linux
6 16 (5.14%) Android
6 16 (5.14%) Apple iOS
7 12 (3.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (3.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.89%) Windows 7
9 9 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.32%) Debian
10 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.32%) Unix
10 1 (0.32%) VMS
10 1 (0.32%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.44%) ITIL
2 70 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (17.36%) ITSM
4 53 (17.04%) Service Management
5 49 (15.76%) Application Packaging
6 42 (13.50%) Customer Service
6 42 (13.50%) Migration
7 37 (11.90%) Asset Management
8 34 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 34 (10.93%) User Experience
9 31 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (7.72%) Patch Management
10 24 (7.72%) Service Delivery
10 24 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (6.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 19 (6.11%) Problem Management
13 18 (5.79%) Deployment Automation
13 18 (5.79%) Project Delivery
14 17 (5.47%) Data Protection
14 17 (5.47%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 90 (28.94%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.18%) VBScript
3 9 (2.89%) Bash
4 8 (2.57%) VB
5 6 (1.93%) Bicep
5 6 (1.93%) Python
5 6 (1.93%) SQL
6 2 (0.64%) C#
6 2 (0.64%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (27.97%) Security Cleared
2 51 (16.40%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.93%) Degree
4 32 (10.29%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.93%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.93%) MCSA
6 6 (1.93%) MCSE
7 5 (1.61%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.29%) CCA
8 4 (1.29%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) ACSP
10 1 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.97%) SLA
2 8 (2.57%) QA
3 5 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.64%) COBIT
5 2 (0.64%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.32%) GRC
System Software
1 156 (50.16%) Active Directory
2 41 (13.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (5.47%) BitLocker
4 17 (5.47%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.47%) Microsoft App-V
5 13 (4.18%) vSphere
6 9 (2.89%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.61%) Docker
9 4 (1.29%) Firmware
9 4 (1.29%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.96%) XenApp
11 2 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 99 (31.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.11%) WSUS
3 14 (4.50%) SCOM
4 12 (3.86%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (3.54%) Nessus
6 10 (3.22%) Ansible
6 10 (3.22%) Terraform
7 6 (1.93%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.61%) AirWatch
9 4 (1.29%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.96%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.96%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.96%) SCSM
11 2 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.64%) Packer
11 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.64%) vMotion
11 2 (0.64%) WMI
Vendors
1 192 (61.74%) Microsoft
2 52 (16.72%) VMware
3 51 (16.40%) ServiceNow
4 34 (10.93%) Citrix
5 21 (6.75%) Cisco
6 19 (6.11%) Tenable
7 16 (5.14%) HP
8 15 (4.82%) Apple
9 13 (4.18%) Bloomberg
10 12 (3.86%) Qualys
11 10 (3.22%) Dynatrace
11 10 (3.22%) Reuters
12 8 (2.57%) AppDynamics
12 8 (2.57%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (2.57%) McAfee
13 7 (2.25%) ION Trading
13 7 (2.25%) Zscaler
14 6 (1.93%) Canon
14 6 (1.93%) Veeam
15 5 (1.61%) SolarWinds