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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 188 145
Rank change year-on-year -99 -43 +18
Contract jobs citing SCCM 326 333 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 1.35% 1.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.93% 8.69% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 244 466
10th Percentile £167 £182 £160
25th Percentile £206 £212 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £363 £300
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% +20.92% -14.29%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £500
90th Percentile £613 £604 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £310
% change year-on-year +7.14% +12.90% -15.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 55
10th Percentile £16.25 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £14.46 £16.40
Median hourly rate £21.76 £17.16 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +26.78% -22.53% -1.56%
75th Percentile £23.85 £20.60 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.67 £28.30 £52.12
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £14.98 £22.15
% change year-on-year +41.86% -32.37% -1.16%

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 5,501 3,834 4,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.80% 15.59% 11.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,804 2,656 3,180
10th Percentile £320 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £516
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.68% -9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 35 121
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £40.94 £22.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £56.50 £27.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.34% +0.93% -52.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £61.63 £53.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.22 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £30.75
% change year-on-year +107.94% -13.98% -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 25 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 25 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 -71 136 £413 +3.13% 17
South East -56 55 £425 -5.97% 17
Midlands -50 54 £225 +6.51% 5
North of England -80 45 £394 +63.96% 17
North West -39 37 £405 +37.87% 11
East Midlands -12 32 £225 -52.63% 2
South West -47 19 £406 +8.33% 2
West Midlands -76 19 £300 +50.00% 3
East of England -37 15 £301 +22.96% 9
North East -20 4 £184 -52.58% 4
Yorkshire -67 4 £195 -13.33% 3
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 (14.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (9.20%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.07%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.53%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.84%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.61%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 140 (42.94%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (31.90%) Azure
3 60 (18.40%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.75%) AWS
5 16 (4.91%) SaaS
6 11 (3.37%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.37%) PaaS
6 11 (3.37%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.07%) GCP
7 10 (3.07%) IaaS
7 10 (3.07%) Nutanix
8 9 (2.76%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.15%) Datadog
10 6 (1.84%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.23%) Cohesity
12 3 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.61%) GitHub
13 2 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (18.10%) DNS
2 51 (15.64%) DHCP
3 35 (10.74%) VPN
4 33 (10.12%) Firewall
5 30 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (8.90%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.75%) LAN
8 20 (6.13%) WAN
9 18 (5.52%) VLAN
10 14 (4.29%) Skype
11 11 (3.37%) SAN
12 10 (3.07%) NetScaler
12 10 (3.07%) Wireless
13 7 (2.15%) DMZ
14 4 (1.23%) IPv4
14 4 (1.23%) WAAS
15 3 (0.92%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.92%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.92%) Softphone
15 3 (0.92%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.15%) Power BI
3 3 (0.92%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.60%) MSI
2 12 (3.68%) InstallShield
3 9 (2.76%) Chocolatey
3 9 (2.76%) JIRA
4 6 (1.84%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.61%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.61%) Git
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.31%) WiX
General
1 99 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.42%) Finance
3 35 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.28%) Banking
5 23 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.83%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.99%) Legal
8 9 (2.76%) Front Office
8 9 (2.76%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.15%) Law
10 6 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.53%) Police
11 5 (1.53%) Retail
12 4 (1.23%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.61%) Billing
14 2 (0.61%) Games
14 2 (0.61%) Local Government
14 2 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (11.35%) Support Engineer
2 36 (11.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (9.51%) Senior
4 29 (8.90%) IT Support
5 25 (7.67%) IT Engineer
6 24 (7.36%) Analyst
7 23 (7.06%) Desktop Support
8 22 (6.75%) Architect
9 21 (6.44%) Deployment Engineer
10 20 (6.13%) Desktop Engineer
11 18 (5.52%) Windows Engineer
12 14 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.99%) 2nd Line Support
14 12 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 10 (3.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 10 (3.07%) Applications Packager
15 10 (3.07%) IT Analyst
15 10 (3.07%) Lead
15 10 (3.07%) Support Technician
16 9 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.99%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.23%) ADO
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.92%) Middleware
4 2 (0.61%) .NET
4 2 (0.61%) BREW
4 2 (0.61%) JSON
4 2 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.13%) CMDB
2 19 (5.83%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.21%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.60%) Driving Licence
5 14 (4.29%) Client/Server
6 13 (3.99%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.45%) iPhone
9 7 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.84%) PKI
10 6 (1.84%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.84%) Replication
10 6 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.23%) Clustering
11 4 (1.23%) iPad
11 4 (1.23%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.23%) Smartcard
11 4 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.23%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 269 (82.52%) Windows
2 107 (32.82%) Windows 10
3 74 (22.70%) Windows Server
4 31 (9.51%) Mac OS
5 23 (7.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (6.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (5.83%) Linux
8 18 (5.52%) Apple iOS
8 18 (5.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (4.60%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.76%) Android
11 5 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.23%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.92%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.61%) AIX
14 2 (0.61%) Unix
14 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.31%) Solaris
15 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (19.94%) ITIL
3 63 (19.33%) Migration
4 48 (14.72%) Application Packaging
5 46 (14.11%) ITSM
6 42 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 40 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (11.35%) Customer Service
9 33 (10.12%) Service Management
10 30 (9.20%) Asset Management
11 28 (8.59%) User Experience
12 23 (7.06%) Change Management
13 22 (6.75%) Agile
14 20 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
15 19 (5.83%) Patch Management
16 18 (5.52%) Data Protection
17 17 (5.21%) Business Continuity
17 17 (5.21%) Project Delivery
18 16 (4.91%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 91 (27.91%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.91%) SQL
2 16 (4.91%) VBScript
3 11 (3.37%) VB
4 8 (2.45%) Bash
5 3 (0.92%) Python
6 2 (0.61%) C#
6 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.31%) Java
7 1 (0.31%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (24.23%) Security Cleared
2 51 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.96%) DV Cleared
4 36 (11.04%) Degree
5 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.53%) CCA
7 5 (1.53%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.23%) MCSA
9 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.61%) CCNP
10 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.61%) CISSP
10 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.61%) MCSE
10 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.31%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.06%) SLA
2 8 (2.45%) GDPR
3 5 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.61%) NIST
5 2 (0.61%) QA
6 1 (0.31%) COBIT
6 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 174 (53.37%) Active Directory
2 56 (17.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.44%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.52%) BitLocker
4 18 (5.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (3.07%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (2.76%) vSphere
7 8 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.45%) XenApp
7 8 (2.45%) XenDesktop
8 7 (2.15%) Docker
9 5 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.53%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 100 (30.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (7.06%) WSUS
3 20 (6.13%) SCOM
4 12 (3.68%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.84%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.84%) Ansible
6 6 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.84%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.53%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.23%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.23%) Nessus
9 3 (0.92%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.92%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.92%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.92%) SCSM
9 3 (0.92%) Terraform
10 2 (0.61%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.61%) WMI
Vendors
1 186 (57.06%) Microsoft
2 70 (21.47%) VMware
3 44 (13.50%) ServiceNow
4 42 (12.88%) Citrix
5 22 (6.75%) HP
6 17 (5.21%) Cisco
7 15 (4.60%) Bloomberg
8 14 (4.29%) Apple
8 14 (4.29%) Tenable
9 12 (3.68%) Veeam
10 10 (3.07%) Google
10 10 (3.07%) Reuters
11 9 (2.76%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.15%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.15%) Dell
12 7 (2.15%) F5
12 7 (2.15%) ION Trading
12 7 (2.15%) Sophos
13 6 (1.84%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.84%) Remedy