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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 196 142
Rank change year-on-year -97 -54 +19
Contract jobs citing SCCM 335 336 605
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 1.37% 1.62%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.07% 8.78% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 248 469
10th Percentile £170 £182 £162
25th Percentile £213 £214 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £310
Median % change year-on-year - +20.97% -11.43%
75th Percentile £500 £526 £500
90th Percentile £613 £606 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £375 £325
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 54
10th Percentile £16.25 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.65 £14.46 £15.80
Median hourly rate £22.24 £17.16 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +29.59% -22.27% -11.70%
75th Percentile £24.82 £20.60 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.39 £28.30 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £21.30 £16.19 £22.08
% change year-on-year +31.56% -26.66% -1.89%

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 5,518 3,829 4,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.98% 15.63% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,817 2,657 3,179
10th Percentile £315 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 35 121
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £37.89 £22.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £56.50 £27.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.34% -9.17% -47.83%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £74.41 £78.22 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.48 £30.75
% change year-on-year +107.74% -13.90% -46.52%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -47 141 £425 +6.25% 17
South East -38 59 £413 -15.08% 18
Midlands -60 54 £225 +6.51% 3
North of England -88 44 £370 +59.14% 15
North West -45 35 £429 +46.04% 9
East Midlands -9 32 £225 -52.63% 1
South West -33 20 £450 +12.50% 4
West Midlands -80 19 £300 +50.00% 2
East of England -27 16 £228 -7.14% 12
Yorkshire -64 5 £195 -13.33% 3
North East -17 4 £184 -52.58% 4
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 53 (15.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (9.55%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.99%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.19%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.60%) assyst
3 1 (0.30%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 149 (44.48%) Microsoft 365
2 106 (31.64%) Azure
3 63 (18.81%) Entra ID
4 24 (7.16%) AWS
5 17 (5.07%) SaaS
6 14 (4.18%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.28%) PaaS
8 10 (2.99%) GCP
8 10 (2.99%) IaaS
8 10 (2.99%) Nutanix
8 10 (2.99%) Power Platform
9 9 (2.69%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.09%) Datadog
10 7 (2.09%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.19%) Cohesity
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.60%) GitHub
13 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (18.51%) DNS
2 55 (16.42%) DHCP
3 36 (10.75%) VPN
4 35 (10.45%) Firewall
5 32 (9.55%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (9.25%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.57%) LAN
8 21 (6.27%) VLAN
8 21 (6.27%) WAN
9 14 (4.18%) Skype
10 10 (2.99%) NetScaler
10 10 (2.99%) SAN
10 10 (2.99%) Wireless
11 7 (2.09%) DMZ
12 5 (1.49%) IPv4
13 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.19%) WAAS
14 3 (0.90%) BIG-IP
14 3 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.79%) Power BI
3 3 (0.90%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 11 (3.28%) InstallShield
1 11 (3.28%) MSI
2 10 (2.99%) JIRA
3 9 (2.69%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.49%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.60%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.60%) Git
6 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.30%) WiX
General
1 102 (30.45%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.03%) Finance
3 35 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.76%) Banking
5 23 (6.87%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.57%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.88%) Legal
8 9 (2.69%) Front Office
8 9 (2.69%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.09%) Law
10 6 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.49%) Police
12 4 (1.19%) Retail
12 4 (1.19%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.60%) Billing
14 2 (0.60%) Games
14 2 (0.60%) Local Government
14 2 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (11.94%) Support Engineer
2 37 (11.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (9.55%) IT Support
4 31 (9.25%) Senior
5 29 (8.66%) IT Engineer
6 25 (7.46%) Analyst
7 23 (6.87%) Desktop Support
8 22 (6.57%) Architect
9 21 (6.27%) Deployment Engineer
10 20 (5.97%) Desktop Engineer
11 19 (5.67%) Windows Engineer
12 17 (5.07%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
13 13 (3.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.58%) Lead
15 10 (2.99%) 3rd Line Support
15 10 (2.99%) IT Analyst
15 10 (2.99%) Platform Engineer
15 10 (2.99%) Support Technician
16 9 (2.69%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.69%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.19%) Middleware
3 3 (0.90%) ADO
4 2 (0.60%) .NET
4 2 (0.60%) BREW
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.97%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.67%) CMDB
3 17 (5.07%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.07%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.48%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.88%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.09%) iPhone
7 7 (2.09%) Replication
8 6 (1.79%) PKI
8 6 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.49%) Smartcard
10 4 (1.19%) Clustering
10 4 (1.19%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.19%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.19%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 275 (82.09%) Windows
2 112 (33.43%) Windows 10
3 73 (21.79%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.55%) Mac OS
5 22 (6.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (5.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (5.67%) Apple iOS
7 19 (5.67%) Linux
8 17 (5.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (4.48%) Windows 7
10 10 (2.99%) Android
11 5 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.19%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.60%) AIX
14 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.60%) Unix
14 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (19.40%) ITIL
3 64 (19.10%) Migration
4 49 (14.63%) ITSM
5 44 (13.13%) Application Packaging
6 43 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (11.64%) Customer Service
8 37 (11.04%) Service Management
9 27 (8.06%) Asset Management
9 27 (8.06%) User Experience
10 24 (7.16%) Agile
11 23 (6.87%) Change Management
12 19 (5.67%) Business Continuity
12 19 (5.67%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (5.67%) Patch Management
12 19 (5.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (5.37%) Data Protection
13 18 (5.37%) Service Delivery
14 17 (5.07%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 93 (27.76%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.07%) VBScript
3 15 (4.48%) SQL
4 11 (3.28%) VB
5 8 (2.39%) Bash
6 3 (0.90%) Python
7 2 (0.60%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.30%) Java
8 1 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 80 (23.88%) Security Cleared
2 53 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 38 (11.34%) Degree
3 38 (11.34%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (1.49%) CCA
6 5 (1.49%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.19%) MCSA
8 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.60%) CCNP
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CISSP
9 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.60%) MCSE
9 2 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.30%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.57%) SLA
2 8 (2.39%) GDPR
3 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.60%) NIST
5 2 (0.60%) QA
6 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 180 (53.73%) Active Directory
2 56 (16.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.27%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.37%) BitLocker
5 17 (5.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.69%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (2.69%) vSphere
7 8 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.39%) XenApp
7 8 (2.39%) XenDesktop
8 7 (2.09%) Docker
9 5 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.49%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 108 (32.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (7.16%) SCOM
3 22 (6.57%) WSUS
4 13 (3.88%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (2.39%) Ansible
6 7 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.79%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.49%) AirWatch
8 5 (1.49%) SCVMM
9 4 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.19%) Kubernetes
9 4 (1.19%) Nessus
9 4 (1.19%) SCOrch
10 3 (0.90%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.90%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.90%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.90%) SCSM
10 3 (0.90%) Terraform
11 2 (0.60%) WMI
Vendors
1 190 (56.72%) Microsoft
2 69 (20.60%) VMware
3 46 (13.73%) ServiceNow
4 41 (12.24%) Citrix
5 21 (6.27%) HP
6 17 (5.07%) Cisco
7 16 (4.78%) Apple
8 14 (4.18%) Bloomberg
8 14 (4.18%) Tenable
9 12 (3.58%) Veeam
10 10 (2.99%) Google
10 10 (2.99%) Reuters
11 9 (2.69%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.09%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.09%) Dell
12 7 (2.09%) F5
12 7 (2.09%) ION Trading
12 7 (2.09%) McAfee
12 7 (2.09%) Sophos
13 6 (1.79%) BMC