SCCM Contracts in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SCCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCCM over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 164 164
Rank change year-on-year -24 0 +25
Contract jobs citing SCCM 387 557 738
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.47% 1.49% 1.55%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.41% 11.83% 10.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 423 531
10th Percentile £200 £175 £185
25th Percentile £217 £213 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £538
90th Percentile £585 £608 £688
UK median daily rate £325 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 36 30
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.90 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.15 £20.99 £14.66
Median hourly rate £28.50 £25.71 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% +28.55% -6.98%
75th Percentile £51.50 £40.00 £25.71
90th Percentile £59.50 £50.00 £25.79
UK median hourly rate £13.77 £25.71 £20.00
% change year-on-year -46.44% +28.55% -6.98%

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 4,114 4,707 7,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.61% 12.60% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,738 3,383 5,194
10th Percentile £305 £300 £350
25th Percentile £408 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £606 £625 £688
90th Percentile £700 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £518 £550
% change year-on-year -1.54% -5.82% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 95 163
10th Percentile £20.13 £16.47 £18.80
25th Percentile £26.45 £21.29 £25.71
Median hourly rate £48.50 £31.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.97% -42.73% +150.00%
75th Percentile £63.40 £49.38 £74.38
90th Percentile £79.35 £71.25 £84.75
UK median hourly rate £31.39 £32.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -3.43% -43.48% +155.56%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in England.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 4 July 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 4 July 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 -32 134 £400 +14.29% 192
South East -18 77 £400 -11.11% 81
North of England +21 56 £210 -4.55% 68
East of England +45 48 £550 +67.94% 32
Midlands -10 45 £274 -31.56% 41
West Midlands -3 34 £220 -45.68% 18
North West -2 31 £200 -9.09% 26
South West +18 28 £400 +110.53% 37
Yorkshire +16 14 £200 -20.00% 40
North East +11 11 £275 -8.33% 2
East Midlands -1 11 £492 +74.16% 23
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 64 (16.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (6.46%) SharePoint
3 24 (6.20%) IBM Domino
4 7 (1.81%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.52%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Alphatax
1 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (32.30%) Microsoft 365
2 101 (26.10%) Azure
3 54 (13.95%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.94%) Cohesity
5 17 (4.39%) OneDrive
6 14 (3.62%) AWS
7 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.55%) IaaS
9 5 (1.29%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.29%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.03%) PaaS
10 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.78%) GCP
12 2 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.52%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.52%) SaaS
13 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 61 (15.76%) DNS
2 58 (14.99%) Firewall
3 37 (9.56%) VPN
4 34 (8.79%) DHCP
5 26 (6.72%) SAN
6 25 (6.46%) Cisco IOS
7 24 (6.20%) LAN
8 23 (5.94%) WAN
9 22 (5.68%) TCP/IP
10 19 (4.91%) VLAN
11 17 (4.39%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (4.13%) Skype
13 6 (1.55%) NetScaler
14 5 (1.29%) VoIP
15 4 (1.03%) Cisco ISE
15 4 (1.03%) Internet
15 4 (1.03%) Network Security
15 4 (1.03%) SD-WAN
15 4 (1.03%) Wireless
16 3 (0.78%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.03%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (5.68%) MSI
2 9 (2.33%) AdminStudio
3 5 (1.29%) Git
3 5 (1.29%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.29%) Postman
4 4 (1.03%) JIRA
5 3 (0.78%) InstallShield
5 3 (0.78%) WiX
General
1 136 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.76%) Finance
3 31 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.72%) Legal
5 25 (6.46%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (6.46%) Games
6 22 (5.68%) Banking
7 18 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.10%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.58%) Local Government
9 10 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.55%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.03%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.78%) Automotive
15 2 (0.52%) Front Office
15 2 (0.52%) Law
15 2 (0.52%) Retail
15 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (14.21%) Support Engineer
2 44 (11.37%) Deployment Engineer
3 37 (9.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 32 (8.27%) Windows Engineer
5 28 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (6.98%) Analyst
6 27 (6.98%) SCCM Engineer
7 26 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support
8 25 (6.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 25 (6.46%) Platform Engineer
9 24 (6.20%) Desktop Support
10 22 (5.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 19 (4.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 18 (4.65%) Senior
13 16 (4.13%) Consultant
14 14 (3.62%) IT Engineer
15 13 (3.36%) Windows Deployment Engineer
16 10 (2.58%) Applications Packager
16 10 (2.58%) IT Support
17 9 (2.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.65%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.26%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.10%) Data Centre
2 9 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (1.81%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.81%) PKI
5 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.29%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.03%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.78%) Blackberry
8 3 (0.78%) BYOD
8 3 (0.78%) iPhone
8 3 (0.78%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.78%) Smartcard
8 3 (0.78%) YubiKey
9 2 (0.52%) Clustering
9 2 (0.52%) iPad
9 2 (0.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 319 (82.43%) Windows
2 120 (31.01%) Windows 10
3 78 (20.16%) Windows Server
4 39 (10.08%) Mac OS
5 35 (9.04%) Android
6 30 (7.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (6.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (4.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (3.62%) Windows 7
10 12 (3.10%) Apple iOS
11 10 (2.58%) Linux
12 7 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (1.29%) Windows 8
13 5 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (1.29%) Windows XP
14 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (16.54%) ITIL
3 43 (11.11%) Migration
4 34 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (8.53%) Deployment Automation
6 29 (7.49%) Customer Service
7 28 (7.24%) Application Packaging
8 24 (6.20%) Agile
8 24 (6.20%) E-Commerce
8 24 (6.20%) SIEM
9 23 (5.94%) Build Automation
10 22 (5.68%) Asset Management
10 22 (5.68%) ITSM
10 22 (5.68%) Patch Management
11 20 (5.17%) Configuration Management
11 20 (5.17%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (5.17%) Operations Management
11 20 (5.17%) Security Patching
12 16 (4.13%) Roadmaps
12 16 (4.13%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (37.21%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.13%) VBScript
3 15 (3.88%) SQL
4 13 (3.36%) VB
5 10 (2.58%) C#
6 6 (1.55%) Python
7 3 (0.78%) Bash
7 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.26%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 94 (24.29%) Security Cleared
2 51 (13.18%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.63%) DV Cleared
4 36 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (5.94%) Degree
6 8 (2.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.81%) MCSE
8 6 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.55%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.03%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.78%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.78%) CBAP
11 3 (0.78%) CCNA
11 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.78%) MCP
11 3 (0.78%) MCSA
11 3 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.98%) SLA
2 13 (3.36%) QA
3 6 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.03%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 204 (52.71%) Active Directory
2 61 (15.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 21 (5.43%) Virtual Servers
4 19 (4.91%) Microsoft App-V
5 17 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (4.13%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.33%) BitLocker
7 9 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.07%) vSphere
9 6 (1.55%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.03%) XenApp
12 2 (0.52%) Firmware
13 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 118 (30.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (10.34%) WSUS
3 26 (6.72%) Ansible
4 14 (3.62%) SCOM
5 11 (2.84%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (2.07%) Nessus
7 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.29%) Puppet
8 5 (1.29%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.03%) AppManager
10 3 (0.78%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.78%) CASB
10 3 (0.78%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.52%) Terraform
11 2 (0.52%) ThinApp
12 1 (0.26%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 235 (60.72%) Microsoft
2 70 (18.09%) VMware
3 45 (11.63%) Splunk
4 44 (11.37%) Cisco
5 33 (8.53%) Citrix
6 32 (8.27%) ServiceNow
7 27 (6.98%) Meraki
8 21 (5.43%) NetApp
9 18 (4.65%) Apple
10 14 (3.62%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.33%) Bloomberg
11 9 (2.33%) Ivanti
12 8 (2.07%) McAfee
12 8 (2.07%) Wyse
13 7 (1.81%) Canon
14 6 (1.55%) Dell
14 6 (1.55%) HP
14 6 (1.55%) Qualys
14 6 (1.55%) Reuters
14 6 (1.55%) Tenable