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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 176 167
Rank change year-on-year -151 -9 -3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 287 382 558
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 1.54% 1.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.04% 9.75% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 267 432
10th Percentile £173 £200 £175
25th Percentile £213 £213 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £496 £530 £500
90th Percentile £575 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £344 £325 £343
% change year-on-year +5.85% -5.11% -8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 36
10th Percentile £19.08 £16.97 £14.83
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.27 £28.00 £24.76
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% +13.11% +23.78%
75th Percentile £24.29 £44.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.04 £59.40 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £21.73 £14.98 £24.76
% change year-on-year +45.06% -39.49% +23.78%

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 5,692 3,919 4,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.24% 15.80% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,902 2,638 3,367
10th Percentile £320 £307 £293
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £511 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.34% -0.49% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 39 95
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.66
25th Percentile £31.25 £23.32 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.94 £44.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.44% +41.27% -42.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £50.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.59 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +46.67% +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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -73 111 £382 -4.50% 33
Midlands -49 55 £225 +1.12% 8
South East -79 47 £406 +1.56% 22
North of England -87 42 £340 +60.71% 13
West Midlands -56 35 £250 +13.64% 3
North West -36 33 £360 +75.41% 6
South West -34 19 £385 -3.75% 8
East Midlands -15 17 £225 -52.63% 5
East of England -59 10 £450 -18.18% 9
Yorkshire -69 6 £195 -2.50% 5
North East -44 3 £180 -34.55% 2
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 (16.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (10.80%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.18%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.74%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 38 (13.24%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (40.07%) Microsoft 365
2 93 (32.40%) Azure
3 61 (21.25%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.01%) OneDrive
5 15 (5.23%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.53%) AWS
7 12 (4.18%) SaaS
8 10 (3.48%) Google Workspace
9 9 (3.14%) PaaS
10 8 (2.79%) IaaS
11 7 (2.44%) Datadog
11 7 (2.44%) Nutanix
12 6 (2.09%) Cohesity
13 3 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.05%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.70%) GCP
14 2 (0.70%) GitHub
14 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (16.03%) DNS
2 41 (14.29%) VPN
3 39 (13.59%) DHCP
4 27 (9.41%) Firewall
4 27 (9.41%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (7.32%) TCP/IP
6 18 (6.27%) Skype
7 14 (4.88%) LAN
7 14 (4.88%) WAN
8 12 (4.18%) VLAN
9 10 (3.48%) NetScaler
9 10 (3.48%) SAN
10 9 (3.14%) DMZ
11 5 (1.74%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.39%) WAAS
12 4 (1.39%) Wireless
13 3 (1.05%) BIG-IP
13 3 (1.05%) Internet
13 3 (1.05%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.14%) Power BI
3 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.23%) MSI
2 12 (4.18%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.79%) JIRA
4 7 (2.44%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.44%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 92 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.07%) Finance
3 40 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.97%) Banking
5 14 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.18%) Legal
7 11 (3.83%) Front Office
8 9 (3.14%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.74%) Law
9 5 (1.74%) Police
9 5 (1.74%) Retail
10 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.70%) Billing
11 2 (0.70%) Games
11 2 (0.70%) Local Government
11 2 (0.70%) Publishing
11 2 (0.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (11.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 31 (10.80%) Support Engineer
3 28 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (8.71%) Senior
5 22 (7.67%) Analyst
6 21 (7.32%) Desktop Support
7 18 (6.27%) IT Support
8 17 (5.92%) Administrator
9 15 (5.23%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (4.88%) Architect
10 14 (4.88%) Deployment Engineer
11 13 (4.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 12 (4.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 12 (4.18%) IT Engineer
13 11 (3.83%) IT Analyst
13 11 (3.83%) Support Technician
14 10 (3.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 9 (3.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 9 (3.14%) Applications Packager
15 9 (3.14%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.53%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.39%) ADO
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.70%) .NET
3 2 (0.70%) JSON
3 2 (0.70%) Middleware
3 2 (0.70%) OpenGL
3 2 (0.70%) Qt
3 2 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.41%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.27%) CMDB
3 15 (5.23%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.83%) Client/Server
5 9 (3.14%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.79%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.09%) iPhone
8 6 (2.09%) Smartcard
8 6 (2.09%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.74%) PKI
10 4 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.05%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.05%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.05%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 225 (78.40%) Windows
2 85 (29.62%) Windows 10
3 58 (20.21%) Windows Server
4 26 (9.06%) Mac OS
5 18 (6.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.92%) Apple iOS
6 17 (5.92%) Windows 7
7 14 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (4.53%) Linux
8 13 (4.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (4.18%) Android
10 4 (1.39%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.70%) Unix
12 1 (0.35%) AIX
12 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.69%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (21.95%) ITIL
3 55 (19.16%) ITSM
4 47 (16.38%) Migration
5 46 (16.03%) Application Packaging
6 43 (14.98%) Service Management
7 38 (13.24%) Customer Service
8 33 (11.50%) Asset Management
8 33 (11.50%) User Experience
9 29 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (8.71%) Patch Management
12 20 (6.97%) Change Management
13 19 (6.62%) Agile
14 18 (6.27%) Problem Management
14 18 (6.27%) Service Delivery
15 16 (5.57%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (5.23%) Deployment Automation
17 14 (4.88%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 85 (29.62%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.57%) VBScript
3 12 (4.18%) VB
4 7 (2.44%) SQL
5 6 (2.09%) Python
6 2 (0.70%) Bash
6 2 (0.70%) C#
6 2 (0.70%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (24.74%) Security Cleared
2 49 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.85%) Degree
4 22 (7.67%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.44%) CCA
6 7 (2.44%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (2.44%) MCSA
7 6 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.74%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.74%) MCSE
8 5 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.39%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.70%) CCNP
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.76%) SLA
2 5 (1.74%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.70%) COBIT
3 2 (0.70%) QA
4 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 141 (49.13%) Active Directory
2 43 (14.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.67%) BitLocker
4 19 (6.62%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (5.57%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (4.18%) vSphere
7 9 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (2.44%) XenDesktop
10 6 (2.09%) Docker
10 6 (2.09%) XenApp
11 4 (1.39%) Firmware
11 4 (1.39%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (29.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.97%) WSUS
3 12 (4.18%) SCOM
4 11 (3.83%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (3.14%) Nessus
6 6 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.74%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.74%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.39%) Ansible
8 4 (1.39%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.39%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.05%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.05%) SCSM
9 3 (1.05%) Terraform
10 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.70%) Packer
10 2 (0.70%) vMotion
10 2 (0.70%) WMI
Vendors
1 176 (61.32%) Microsoft
2 53 (18.47%) VMware
3 49 (17.07%) ServiceNow
4 37 (12.89%) Citrix
5 19 (6.62%) Cisco
6 18 (6.27%) HP
7 16 (5.57%) Tenable
8 14 (4.88%) Bloomberg
9 13 (4.53%) Apple
10 12 (4.18%) Reuters
11 11 (3.83%) Dynatrace
11 11 (3.83%) Qualys
12 9 (3.14%) ION Trading
13 7 (2.44%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.44%) McAfee
13 7 (2.44%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.09%) F5
14 6 (2.09%) Remedy
14 6 (2.09%) Veeam
14 6 (2.09%) Zscaler