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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 194 162
Rank change year-on-year -123 -32 +2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 295 339 555
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 1.41% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.34% 9.04% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 256 439
10th Percentile £163 £188 £165
25th Percentile £212 £206 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £375 £310
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +20.97% -17.33%
75th Percentile £478 £538 £500
90th Percentile £607 £586 £608
UK median daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 39
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.09 - £16.67
Median hourly rate £22.21 £18.13 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -18.70% +11.50%
75th Percentile £24.00 £28.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.13 £28.60 £44.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.30
% change year-on-year +54.32% -38.25% +11.50%

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 5,526 3,752 4,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.35% 15.65% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,806 2,580 3,238
10th Percentile £314 £311 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £688 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 35 97
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £37.64 £22.60 £17.78
Median hourly rate £56.50 £29.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.83% +7.41% -48.39%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.78 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +98.20% -7.50% -45.45%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -88 114 £375 -6.25% 19
Midlands -57 53 £225 +4.65% 14
South East -65 47 £294 -26.56% 12
North of England -84 46 £340 +69.75% 15
North West -36 38 £355 +77.25% 13
East Midlands -5 28 £225 -52.63% 5
West Midlands -79 22 £225 +9.76% 9
South West -33 21 £385 -3.75% 3
East of England -56 10 £450 -18.18% 2
North East -30 4 £184 -33.18% 1
Yorkshire -66 4 £195 -2.50% 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 47 (15.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (12.20%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.39%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.03%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (11.53%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.69%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.02%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 131 (44.41%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (33.22%) Azure
3 68 (23.05%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.12%) AWS
4 21 (7.12%) OneDrive
5 14 (4.75%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.07%) SaaS
7 9 (3.05%) Nutanix
7 9 (3.05%) PaaS
8 8 (2.71%) GCP
8 8 (2.71%) Google Workspace
8 8 (2.71%) IaaS
9 7 (2.37%) Datadog
10 6 (2.03%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.69%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.02%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.68%) GitHub
13 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.61%) DNS
2 42 (14.24%) DHCP
3 30 (10.17%) VPN
4 25 (8.47%) Firewall
5 24 (8.14%) TCP/IP
6 23 (7.80%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (5.42%) Skype
8 13 (4.41%) LAN
9 12 (4.07%) VLAN
9 12 (4.07%) WAN
10 10 (3.39%) SAN
11 8 (2.71%) NetScaler
12 6 (2.03%) DMZ
12 6 (2.03%) Wireless
13 5 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.36%) WAAS
15 3 (1.02%) BIG-IP
15 3 (1.02%) SD-WAN
16 2 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
16 2 (0.68%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.71%) Power BI
3 3 (1.02%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.08%) MSI
2 12 (4.07%) InstallShield
3 9 (3.05%) JIRA
4 7 (2.37%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.37%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.34%) WiX
General
1 92 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.24%) Finance
3 36 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.12%) Banking
5 14 (4.75%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.75%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.73%) Legal
7 8 (2.71%) Front Office
7 8 (2.71%) Law
8 7 (2.37%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.69%) Police
9 5 (1.69%) Retail
10 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.02%) Games
11 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.68%) Back Office
12 2 (0.68%) Billing
12 2 (0.68%) Local Government
12 2 (0.68%) Publishing
12 2 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (11.19%) Support Engineer
2 31 (10.51%) Desktop Engineer
3 27 (9.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (9.15%) Senior
4 26 (8.81%) Desktop Support
5 23 (7.80%) Analyst
6 20 (6.78%) IT Support
7 17 (5.76%) Architect
7 17 (5.76%) Deployment Engineer
8 15 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (4.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 14 (4.75%) IT Engineer
10 13 (4.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 12 (4.07%) Support Technician
11 12 (4.07%) Windows Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) Lead
14 9 (3.05%) Administrator
14 9 (3.05%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.41%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.36%) ADO
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.02%) Middleware
3 3 (1.02%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.68%) .NET
4 2 (0.68%) JSON
4 2 (0.68%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.68%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.46%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.78%) Smartphone
3 19 (6.44%) CMDB
4 11 (3.73%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.73%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.39%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.71%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.37%) iPhone
9 6 (2.03%) Smartcard
9 6 (2.03%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.36%) iPad
11 4 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.36%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.36%) PKI
11 4 (1.36%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.36%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.02%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 229 (77.63%) Windows
2 95 (32.20%) Windows 10
3 59 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 28 (9.49%) Mac OS
5 24 (8.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (6.44%) Apple iOS
6 19 (6.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (5.08%) Linux
7 15 (5.08%) Windows 7
7 15 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (2.37%) Android
9 4 (1.36%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.34%) AIX
11 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.34%) Unix
11 1 (0.34%) VMS
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (19.32%) ITIL
3 55 (18.64%) Migration
4 48 (16.27%) Application Packaging
5 44 (14.92%) ITSM
6 42 (14.24%) Customer Service
7 36 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (11.53%) Asset Management
9 32 (10.85%) User Experience
10 28 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (9.15%) Service Management
12 24 (8.14%) Change Management
13 21 (7.12%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (6.78%) Agile
14 20 (6.78%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (6.78%) Patch Management
15 18 (6.10%) Roadmaps
16 17 (5.76%) Business Continuity
16 17 (5.76%) Data Protection
17 16 (5.42%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 80 (27.12%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.75%) VBScript
3 13 (4.41%) SQL
4 10 (3.39%) VB
5 7 (2.37%) Bash
6 3 (1.02%) Python
7 2 (0.68%) C#
7 2 (0.68%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 69 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 46 (15.59%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.53%) Degree
4 27 (9.15%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.36%) CCA
7 4 (1.36%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.36%) MCSA
8 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.68%) CCNP
9 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.68%) MCSE
9 2 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.14%) SLA
2 5 (1.69%) GDPR
2 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.68%) COBIT
4 2 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 159 (53.90%) Active Directory
2 47 (15.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.44%) Hyper-V
3 19 (6.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (6.10%) BitLocker
5 16 (5.42%) Microsoft App-V
6 11 (3.73%) vSphere
7 9 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.71%) Docker
9 7 (2.37%) XenDesktop
10 6 (2.03%) XenApp
11 5 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (1.36%) VMware NSX
13 3 (1.02%) Firmware
14 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (29.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (7.12%) WSUS
3 12 (4.07%) SCOM
4 10 (3.39%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.37%) Nessus
6 5 (1.69%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.69%) Ansible
6 5 (1.69%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (1.36%) SCVMM
8 3 (1.02%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.02%) SCSM
8 3 (1.02%) Terraform
8 3 (1.02%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.68%) Packer
9 2 (0.68%) WMI
10 1 (0.34%) Nagios
10 1 (0.34%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 174 (58.98%) Microsoft
2 59 (20.00%) VMware
3 45 (15.25%) ServiceNow
4 34 (11.53%) Citrix
5 19 (6.44%) HP
6 16 (5.42%) Cisco
7 15 (5.08%) Tenable
8 13 (4.41%) Apple
9 11 (3.73%) Bloomberg
9 11 (3.73%) Dynatrace
10 10 (3.39%) Google
11 8 (2.71%) Reuters
11 8 (2.71%) Veeam
12 7 (2.37%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.37%) F5
12 7 (2.37%) Sophos
13 5 (1.69%) Dell
13 5 (1.69%) ION Trading
13 5 (1.69%) McAfee
13 5 (1.69%) SolarWinds