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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 184 138
Rank change year-on-year -85 -46 +27
Contract jobs citing SCCM 356 358 644
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.46% 1.70%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.59% 9.21% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 259 502
10th Percentile £173 £178 £163
25th Percentile £205 £217 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £340
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £613 £606 £575
UK median daily rate £333 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 60
10th Percentile £15.95 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.72 £15.22 £16.47
Median hourly rate £22.27 £18.13 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% -18.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £25.00 £23.66 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.55 £24.18 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £22.24 £18.13 £22.15
% change year-on-year +22.66% -18.15% -11.40%

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 5,405 3,887 4,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.67% 15.82% 11.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,734 2,618 3,293
10th Percentile £313 £314 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 42 137
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +107.55% -18.46% -40.91%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.38 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.45 £85.02 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £25.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +115.69% -21.54% -38.38%

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 17 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

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 17 March 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 -43 136 £450 +12.50% 17
South East -28 76 £274 -31.44% 21
North of England -78 53 £330 +34.69% 13
Midlands -60 50 £218 +8.75% 4
North West -36 40 £425 +17.24% 6
East Midlands -13 31 £223 -41.25% 1
South West -28 25 £450 +36.36% 5
East of England -24 18 £225 -10.00% 9
West Midlands -89 17 £200 - 3
Yorkshire -61 7 £195 -13.33% 6
North East -12 6 £184 -47.50% 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 62 (17.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (10.11%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.09%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.84%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (11.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.56%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) assyst
3 1 (0.28%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 163 (45.79%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (31.18%) Azure
3 65 (18.26%) Entra ID
4 26 (7.30%) OneDrive
5 24 (6.74%) AWS
6 18 (5.06%) SaaS
7 16 (4.49%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.37%) GCP
9 11 (3.09%) Nutanix
9 11 (3.09%) PaaS
10 10 (2.81%) IaaS
11 7 (1.97%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.69%) Datadog
12 6 (1.69%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.56%) GitHub
14 2 (0.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (18.54%) DNS
2 57 (16.01%) DHCP
3 48 (13.48%) Wi-Fi
4 40 (11.24%) VPN
5 34 (9.55%) Firewall
6 30 (8.43%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.18%) WAN
8 21 (5.90%) LAN
9 20 (5.62%) VLAN
10 12 (3.37%) Skype
11 10 (2.81%) NetScaler
12 9 (2.53%) 4G
12 9 (2.53%) SAN
13 8 (2.25%) Wireless
14 5 (1.40%) Internet
14 5 (1.40%) IPv4
14 5 (1.40%) Unified Communications
15 4 (1.12%) DMZ
16 3 (0.84%) BIG-IP
16 3 (0.84%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.25%) Power BI
3 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (3.37%) JIRA
2 11 (3.09%) MSI
3 8 (2.25%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.12%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.56%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.56%) Git
6 1 (0.28%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.28%) GCC
6 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 121 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.64%) Finance
3 38 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.58%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.46%) Banking
7 12 (3.37%) Legal
8 7 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.97%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.97%) Law
8 7 (1.97%) Spanish Language
9 6 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.40%) Front Office
11 4 (1.12%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.12%) Police
12 3 (0.84%) Local Government
12 3 (0.84%) Military
12 3 (0.84%) Retail
13 2 (0.56%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (14.61%) Support Engineer
2 45 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (10.96%) IT Support
4 35 (9.83%) IT Engineer
5 34 (9.55%) Senior
6 31 (8.71%) Analyst
7 28 (7.87%) Desktop Support
7 28 (7.87%) Windows Engineer
8 27 (7.58%) Deployment Engineer
9 22 (6.18%) Architect
10 20 (5.62%) IT Support Engineer
11 19 (5.34%) Desktop Engineer
12 14 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support
13 13 (3.65%) Lead
13 13 (3.65%) Support Technician
14 12 (3.37%) Security Engineer
15 11 (3.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 11 (3.09%) Platform Engineer
16 10 (2.81%) Senior IT Engineer
16 10 (2.81%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.81%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.40%) Middleware
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.56%) BREW
4 2 (0.56%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.28%) ADO
5 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.28%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.28%) LangChain
5 1 (0.28%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.28%) LDAP
5 1 (0.28%) OAuth
5 1 (0.28%) OpenID
5 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.28%) SAML
5 1 (0.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.62%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.06%) CMDB
3 18 (5.06%) Smartphone
4 17 (4.78%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (2.81%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.97%) Replication
8 6 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.69%) iPhone
8 6 (1.69%) PKI
8 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.12%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.12%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.12%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 301 (84.55%) Windows
2 144 (40.45%) Windows 10
3 66 (18.54%) Windows Server
4 31 (8.71%) Mac OS
5 22 (6.18%) Linux
6 19 (5.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.78%) Apple iOS
7 17 (4.78%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.21%) Windows 7
9 14 (3.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (3.37%) Android
11 6 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.40%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.56%) AIX
14 2 (0.56%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.56%) Unix
14 2 (0.56%) VMS
14 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (20.22%) ITIL
3 68 (19.10%) Migration
4 53 (14.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 52 (14.61%) ITSM
6 48 (13.48%) Customer Service
7 40 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (10.11%) Service Management
9 34 (9.55%) Application Packaging
10 30 (8.43%) User Experience
11 28 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (7.30%) Asset Management
13 23 (6.46%) Change Management
14 21 (5.90%) Knowledge Transfer
15 19 (5.34%) Project Delivery
16 18 (5.06%) Business Continuity
16 18 (5.06%) Disaster Recovery
16 18 (5.06%) Service Delivery
17 17 (4.78%) Incident Management
17 17 (4.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (27.81%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.62%) VBScript
3 18 (5.06%) SQL
4 12 (3.37%) VB
5 10 (2.81%) Bash
6 7 (1.97%) Python
7 1 (0.28%) Java
7 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 90 (25.28%) Security Cleared
2 68 (19.10%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.39%) Degree
4 31 (8.71%) DV Cleared
5 26 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.40%) CCA
7 5 (1.40%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.84%) MCSE
9 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.56%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.56%) CCNA
10 2 (0.56%) CCNP
10 2 (0.56%) CISSP
10 2 (0.56%) HNC
10 2 (0.56%) HND
10 2 (0.56%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.90%) SLA
2 14 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.81%) GDPR
4 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.84%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 199 (55.90%) Active Directory
2 52 (14.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (4.21%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.93%) BitLocker
6 10 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.53%) vSphere
8 8 (2.25%) Docker
9 7 (1.97%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.69%) XenApp
10 6 (1.69%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.40%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.28%) Firmware
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 121 (33.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.90%) SCOM
3 16 (4.49%) WSUS
4 12 (3.37%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (3.09%) Ansible
6 9 (2.53%) SCOrch
7 7 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.69%) CASB
8 6 (1.69%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.40%) Kubernetes
9 5 (1.40%) Norton AntiVirus
9 5 (1.40%) SCVMM
10 4 (1.12%) Terraform
11 3 (0.84%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.84%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.56%) WMI
13 1 (0.28%) Backup Exec
13 1 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 207 (58.15%) Microsoft
2 68 (19.10%) VMware
3 62 (17.42%) ServiceNow
4 40 (11.24%) Citrix
5 19 (5.34%) Cisco
6 17 (4.78%) HP
7 13 (3.65%) Apple
7 13 (3.65%) Veeam
8 10 (2.81%) Bloomberg
8 10 (2.81%) Google
8 10 (2.81%) Tenable
9 9 (2.53%) McAfee
10 8 (2.25%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.97%) BMC
11 7 (1.97%) F5
11 7 (1.97%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.69%) Dell
12 6 (1.69%) Remedy
12 6 (1.69%) Reuters
12 6 (1.69%) Sophos