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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 183 166
Rank change year-on-year -143 -17 -2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 308 402 545
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.48% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.14% 9.58% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 276 405
10th Percentile £170 £200 £175
25th Percentile £219 £214 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £381 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +8.93% -12.50%
75th Percentile £520 £537 £525
90th Percentile £613 £594 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £325 £350
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 35
10th Percentile £17.25 - £17.29
25th Percentile £17.42 £18.87 £22.08
Median hourly rate £21.03 £28.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -24.91% +8.91% +28.55%
75th Percentile £23.77 £59.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.59 £59.60 £52.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £25.71
% change year-on-year +54.32% -46.44% +28.55%

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 5,989 4,198 4,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.39% 15.47% 12.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,116 2,788 3,352
10th Percentile £320 £305 £300
25th Percentile £418 £406 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £519
% change year-on-year +1.98% -2.60% -5.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 53 94
10th Percentile £20.09 £21.39 £16.85
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.45 £22.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% +74.40% -43.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.57 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £79.74 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £37.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +50.67% +15.38% -43.48%

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 15 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 15 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 -94 114 £375 -6.25% 13
Midlands -44 55 £288 +2.68% 8
South East -90 49 £419 +4.69% 28
North of England -84 47 £310 +46.75% 26
West Midlands -58 39 £288 +29.21% 2
North West -42 34 £344 +63.81% 18
South West -34 28 £413 +3.13% 6
East Midlands -10 13 £270 -45.12% 6
East of England -58 11 £450 -18.18% 13
Yorkshire -62 8 £195 -2.50% 3
North East -44 5 £188 -28.57% 5
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 44 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (10.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.25%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.62%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 36 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.65%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.32%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 122 (39.61%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (30.84%) Azure
3 63 (20.45%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.44%) OneDrive
5 16 (5.19%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.57%) SaaS
7 10 (3.25%) AWS
8 9 (2.92%) Google Workspace
8 9 (2.92%) IaaS
9 8 (2.60%) Datadog
9 8 (2.60%) PaaS
10 6 (1.95%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.62%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.30%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.30%) Rubrik
13 3 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (15.26%) DNS
2 41 (13.31%) VPN
3 40 (12.99%) DHCP
4 30 (9.74%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (9.42%) Firewall
6 22 (7.14%) TCP/IP
7 16 (5.19%) Skype
8 13 (4.22%) LAN
9 12 (3.90%) SAN
10 11 (3.57%) VLAN
10 11 (3.57%) WAN
11 10 (3.25%) DMZ
12 6 (1.95%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (1.95%) NetScaler
13 5 (1.62%) Internet
13 5 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.62%) Wireless
14 4 (1.30%) Network Security
14 4 (1.30%) WAAS
15 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.25%) Power BI
3 3 (0.97%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.84%) MSI
2 12 (3.90%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.60%) Chocolatey
3 8 (2.60%) JIRA
4 7 (2.27%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.32%) WiX
General
1 111 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.23%) Finance
3 38 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.82%) Banking
5 17 (5.52%) Legal
6 12 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.57%) Front Office
7 11 (3.57%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.92%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.30%) Law
10 4 (1.30%) Police
10 4 (1.30%) Retail
11 3 (0.97%) Billing
11 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.65%) Advertising
12 2 (0.65%) Games
12 2 (0.65%) Local Government
12 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (11.36%) Support Engineer
2 34 (11.04%) Desktop Engineer
3 29 (9.42%) Analyst
4 28 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (8.12%) Senior
6 21 (6.82%) IT Support
7 20 (6.49%) Desktop Support
8 17 (5.52%) Administrator
9 15 (4.87%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 14 (4.55%) IT Analyst
10 14 (4.55%) Lead
11 13 (4.22%) Deployment Engineer
11 13 (4.22%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 11 (3.57%) Consultant
14 10 (3.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 10 (3.25%) Applications Packager
14 10 (3.25%) Architect
14 10 (3.25%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.87%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.30%) ADO
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.97%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.65%) .NET
4 2 (0.65%) JSON
4 2 (0.65%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.65%) Qt
4 2 (0.65%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.69%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.55%) CMDB
3 12 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.57%) Smartphone
5 10 (3.25%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.60%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.27%) Client/Server
7 7 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.27%) iPhone
8 6 (1.95%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.95%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.62%) PKI
9 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.97%) iPad
11 3 (0.97%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 242 (78.57%) Windows
2 87 (28.25%) Windows 10
3 58 (18.83%) Windows Server
4 30 (9.74%) Mac OS
5 16 (5.19%) Apple iOS
6 15 (4.87%) Android
7 13 (4.22%) Windows 7
8 12 (3.90%) Linux
8 12 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.65%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.32%) AIX
12 1 (0.32%) Debian
12 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.32%) Unix
12 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (23.70%) ITIL
2 72 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (18.18%) ITSM
4 50 (16.23%) Application Packaging
5 49 (15.91%) Service Management
6 45 (14.61%) Migration
7 41 (13.31%) Customer Service
8 36 (11.69%) Asset Management
9 34 (11.04%) User Experience
10 30 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (7.79%) Patch Management
12 24 (7.79%) Service Delivery
13 20 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (6.17%) Problem Management
15 18 (5.84%) Agile
15 18 (5.84%) Project Delivery
16 17 (5.52%) Data Protection
17 16 (5.19%) Incident Management
17 16 (5.19%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 87 (28.25%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.87%) VBScript
3 10 (3.25%) VB
4 6 (1.95%) Python
4 6 (1.95%) SQL
5 3 (0.97%) Bash
6 2 (0.65%) C#
6 2 (0.65%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (26.30%) Security Cleared
2 52 (16.88%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.39%) Degree
4 26 (8.44%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.95%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.95%) MCSA
6 6 (1.95%) MCSE
7 5 (1.62%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.30%) CCA
8 4 (1.30%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) ACSP
10 1 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.06%) SLA
2 7 (2.27%) QA
3 4 (1.30%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.65%) COBIT
5 2 (0.65%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 152 (49.35%) Active Directory
2 43 (13.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.49%) BitLocker
4 19 (6.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (5.52%) Microsoft App-V
6 16 (5.19%) Hyper-V
7 12 (3.90%) vSphere
8 10 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.62%) Docker
11 4 (1.30%) Firmware
11 4 (1.30%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.97%) XenApp
13 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 97 (31.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.49%) WSUS
3 14 (4.55%) SCOM
4 13 (4.22%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (3.57%) Nessus
6 6 (1.95%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.95%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.30%) Ansible
8 4 (1.30%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.97%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.97%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.97%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.97%) SCSM
9 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.97%) Terraform
10 2 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.65%) Packer
10 2 (0.65%) vMotion
10 2 (0.65%) WMI
Vendors
1 191 (62.01%) Microsoft
2 54 (17.53%) VMware
3 52 (16.88%) ServiceNow
4 36 (11.69%) Citrix
5 21 (6.82%) Cisco
6 19 (6.17%) Tenable
7 17 (5.52%) HP
8 15 (4.87%) Apple
9 14 (4.55%) Bloomberg
10 12 (3.90%) Qualys
11 11 (3.57%) Reuters
12 10 (3.25%) Dynatrace
13 8 (2.60%) AppDynamics
13 8 (2.60%) ION Trading
13 8 (2.60%) McAfee
14 7 (2.27%) Zscaler
15 6 (1.95%) Canon
15 6 (1.95%) Veeam
16 5 (1.62%) Google
16 5 (1.62%) SolarWinds