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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 179 137
Rank change year-on-year -96 -42 +28
Contract jobs citing SCCM 350 350 635
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.44% 1.68%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.41% 9.05% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 255 495
10th Percentile £173 £178 £161
25th Percentile £213 £214 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £613 £606 £583
UK median daily rate £333 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 59
10th Percentile £16.25 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.72 £15.22 £16.40
Median hourly rate £21.30 £18.13 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +17.48% -18.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £24.29 £23.66 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £24.18 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £18.13 £22.15
% change year-on-year +17.21% -18.15% -11.40%

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 5,460 3,869 4,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.58% 15.91% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,776 2,635 3,262
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £419 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £630
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 39 132
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £21.05 £19.45
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.55% -11.67% -45.45%
75th Percentile £68.75 £61.63 £57.63
90th Percentile £77.40 £77.74 £69.86
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £25.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +115.69% -20.31% -41.82%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -47 133 £450 +12.50% 22
South East -35 76 £274 -34.70% 29
Midlands -68 51 £225 +12.50% 4
North of England -82 51 £370 +54.17% 14
North West -39 39 £429 +63.43% 7
East Midlands -15 31 £223 -41.25% 1
South West -32 25 £413 +21.32% 2
West Midlands -84 17 £213 +6.29% 3
East of England -28 15 £225 -8.16% 17
Yorkshire -66 7 £195 -13.33% 6
North East -19 5 £180 -48.57% 1
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 56 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (9.43%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.86%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.86%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
Applications
1 37 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.71%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.57%) assyst
3 1 (0.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 160 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (31.71%) Azure
3 65 (18.57%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.14%) AWS
5 24 (6.86%) OneDrive
6 17 (4.86%) SaaS
7 15 (4.29%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.43%) GCP
9 11 (3.14%) Nutanix
9 11 (3.14%) PaaS
10 10 (2.86%) IaaS
11 9 (2.57%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.00%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.71%) Datadog
14 3 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
15 2 (0.57%) GitHub
15 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (17.71%) DNS
2 55 (15.71%) DHCP
3 45 (12.86%) Wi-Fi
4 40 (11.43%) VPN
5 35 (10.00%) Firewall
6 31 (8.86%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.29%) LAN
8 21 (6.00%) WAN
9 20 (5.71%) VLAN
10 11 (3.14%) Skype
11 10 (2.86%) NetScaler
12 9 (2.57%) 4G
12 9 (2.57%) SAN
13 8 (2.29%) Wireless
14 6 (1.71%) DMZ
15 5 (1.43%) IPv4
16 3 (0.86%) BIG-IP
16 3 (0.86%) Internet
16 3 (0.86%) Network Security
16 3 (0.86%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.71%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.29%) Power BI
3 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 11 (3.14%) JIRA
2 9 (2.57%) MSI
3 8 (2.29%) Chocolatey
3 8 (2.29%) InstallShield
4 4 (1.14%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.57%) Git
6 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.29%) MLflow
General
1 118 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.14%) Finance
3 35 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.14%) Banking
5 25 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.43%) Legal
7 9 (2.57%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.29%) Front Office
9 7 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.00%) Law
10 6 (1.71%) Spanish Language
10 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.14%) Police
12 3 (0.86%) Local Government
12 3 (0.86%) Military
12 3 (0.86%) Retail
13 2 (0.57%) Marketing
13 2 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (13.71%) Support Engineer
2 43 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (10.29%) IT Support
4 34 (9.71%) IT Engineer
5 33 (9.43%) Analyst
6 32 (9.14%) Senior
7 27 (7.71%) Desktop Support
8 24 (6.86%) Deployment Engineer
8 24 (6.86%) Windows Engineer
9 22 (6.29%) Architect
10 19 (5.43%) IT Support Engineer
11 18 (5.14%) Desktop Engineer
12 13 (3.71%) 2nd Line Support
12 13 (3.71%) Lead
13 12 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.43%) Support Technician
14 11 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
15 10 (2.86%) Infrastructure Support
15 10 (2.86%) IT Analyst
15 10 (2.86%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.86%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.43%) Middleware
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.57%) ADO
4 2 (0.57%) BREW
4 2 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.29%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.29%) LangChain
5 1 (0.29%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.29%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.29%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.14%) CMDB
2 18 (5.14%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.86%) Driving Licence
3 17 (4.86%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.14%) Client/Server
5 10 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.00%) Replication
8 6 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.71%) iPhone
8 6 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.43%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.43%) PKI
9 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.14%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.14%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 292 (83.43%) Windows
2 135 (38.57%) Windows 10
3 65 (18.57%) Windows Server
4 30 (8.57%) Mac OS
5 20 (5.71%) Linux
6 19 (5.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (4.57%) Apple iOS
9 15 (4.29%) Windows 7
10 14 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (3.43%) Android
12 6 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (1.43%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.57%) AIX
15 2 (0.57%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.57%) Unix
15 2 (0.57%) VMS
15 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (20.00%) ITIL
3 64 (18.29%) Migration
4 52 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (14.57%) ITSM
6 44 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (12.57%) Customer Service
7 38 (10.86%) Service Management
8 34 (9.71%) Application Packaging
9 27 (7.71%) Asset Management
10 26 (7.43%) User Experience
11 23 (6.57%) Change Management
12 22 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
13 21 (6.00%) Agile
14 18 (5.14%) Business Continuity
14 18 (5.14%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (5.14%) Service Delivery
14 18 (5.14%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (4.86%) Knowledge Transfer
15 17 (4.86%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (27.43%) PowerShell
2 19 (5.43%) VBScript
3 15 (4.29%) SQL
4 12 (3.43%) VB
5 10 (2.86%) Bash
6 7 (2.00%) Python
7 1 (0.29%) Java
7 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 93 (26.57%) Security Cleared
2 69 (19.71%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.57%) Degree
4 32 (9.14%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.43%) CCA
7 5 (1.43%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.14%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.86%) MCSA
10 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CISSP
10 2 (0.57%) HNC
10 2 (0.57%) HND
10 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.57%) MCSE
10 2 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.00%) SLA
2 10 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.57%) GDPR
4 4 (1.14%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.86%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.29%) QA
System Software
1 192 (54.86%) Active Directory
2 51 (14.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (4.29%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.00%) BitLocker
6 9 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.57%) vSphere
7 8 (2.29%) Docker
8 6 (1.71%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.71%) XenApp
8 6 (1.71%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.43%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 117 (33.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.00%) SCOM
3 18 (5.14%) WSUS
4 13 (3.71%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (3.14%) Ansible
6 7 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.00%) SCOrch
6 7 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.71%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.43%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.43%) Norton AntiVirus
8 5 (1.43%) SCVMM
9 4 (1.14%) CASB
9 4 (1.14%) Terraform
10 3 (0.86%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.86%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.86%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.57%) WMI
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 202 (57.71%) Microsoft
2 65 (18.57%) VMware
3 60 (17.14%) ServiceNow
4 42 (12.00%) Citrix
5 20 (5.71%) HP
6 18 (5.14%) Cisco
7 13 (3.71%) Apple
7 13 (3.71%) Bloomberg
8 12 (3.43%) McAfee
8 12 (3.43%) Veeam
9 11 (3.14%) Google
9 11 (3.14%) Tenable
10 9 (2.57%) Reuters
11 8 (2.29%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.00%) BMC
12 7 (2.00%) F5
12 7 (2.00%) Sophos
13 6 (1.71%) Dell
13 6 (1.71%) ION Trading
13 6 (1.71%) Remedy