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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 198 169
Rank change year-on-year -140 -29 -6
Contract jobs citing SCCM 316 388 494
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.41% 1.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.21% 9.06% 11.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 266 377
10th Percentile £181 £200 £179
25th Percentile £239 £219 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £380
Median % change year-on-year - -1.32% -1.94%
75th Percentile £525 £537 £530
90th Percentile £622 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £331 £380
% change year-on-year +13.21% -12.83% -2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 15
10th Percentile - - £19.10
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £19.85 £28.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.13% +3.70% +38.46%
75th Percentile £24.64 £59.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £25.75 £59.60 £75.30
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £27.00
% change year-on-year +54.32% -49.00% +36.74%

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 6,068 4,282 4,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.26% 15.51% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,136 2,856 3,208
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £610 £625
90th Percentile £700 £694 £708
UK median daily rate £520 £504 £523
% change year-on-year +3.23% -3.73% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 56 66
10th Percentile £20.09 £20.13 £20.50
25th Percentile £38.50 £26.45 £23.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.75 £36.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% +48.65% -26.34%
75th Percentile £71.22 £65.80 £65.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.48 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £35.14 £34.00
% change year-on-year +79.69% +3.34% -40.87%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -83 118 £379 +0.93% 26
Midlands -41 57 £325 +4.00% 9
South East -92 49 £400 -8.57% 17
North of England -88 43 £318 +37.30% 32
West Midlands -44 39 £275 -15.38% 6
North West -37 33 £335 +11.67% 26
South West -45 30 £413 +3.13% 8
East Midlands -11 16 £355 +18.33% 3
East of England -50 13 £450 -18.18% 10
North East -46 5 £200 -11.11% 4
Yorkshire -53 5 £245 -2.00% 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 43 (13.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (9.49%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.85%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.58%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (11.08%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.32%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 123 (38.92%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (34.81%) Azure
3 74 (23.42%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.54%) OneDrive
5 13 (4.11%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.48%) SaaS
7 10 (3.16%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.85%) AWS
8 9 (2.85%) IaaS
9 8 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.53%) Datadog
9 8 (2.53%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.53%) PaaS
10 7 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.90%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.90%) GitHub
12 5 (1.58%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.58%) Rubrik
13 4 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.95%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 64 (20.25%) DNS
2 55 (17.41%) VPN
3 52 (16.46%) DHCP
4 33 (10.44%) Firewall
5 29 (9.18%) TCP/IP
6 24 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (4.75%) Skype
8 13 (4.11%) SAN
9 10 (3.16%) Network Security
10 9 (2.85%) DMZ
10 9 (2.85%) VLAN
10 9 (2.85%) WAN
11 8 (2.53%) LAN
12 7 (2.22%) Wireless
13 6 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (1.58%) Internet
15 4 (1.27%) NetScaler
15 4 (1.27%) SSH
16 3 (0.95%) WAAS
17 2 (0.63%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.22%) Power BI
3 3 (0.95%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (6.01%) MSI
2 11 (3.48%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.53%) Chocolatey
4 7 (2.22%) AdminStudio
5 4 (1.27%) JIRA
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) WiX
General
1 116 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.77%) Finance
3 40 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.01%) Banking
5 18 (5.70%) Legal
6 16 (5.06%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.11%) Front Office
8 11 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.22%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.27%) Law
10 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.27%) Police
10 4 (1.27%) Retail
11 3 (0.95%) Billing
11 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.95%) Military
12 2 (0.63%) Advertising
12 2 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (12.03%) Support Engineer
2 35 (11.08%) Desktop Engineer
3 34 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (10.13%) Analyst
5 30 (9.49%) Senior
6 22 (6.96%) Desktop Support
7 19 (6.01%) IT Support
8 18 (5.70%) Administrator
9 17 (5.38%) IT Engineer
10 16 (5.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 15 (4.75%) IT Analyst
11 15 (4.75%) Windows Engineer
12 14 (4.43%) Consultant
13 13 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support
13 13 (4.11%) Lead
14 12 (3.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.80%) Deployment Engineer
15 11 (3.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 10 (3.16%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 10 (3.16%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.11%) Software Packaging
2 7 (2.22%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.90%) JSON
4 4 (1.27%) ADO
5 3 (0.95%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.95%) REST
6 2 (0.63%) .NET
6 2 (0.63%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.63%) Qt
7 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.92%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.38%) CMDB
3 14 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.16%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.16%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.53%) iPhone
6 8 (2.53%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.22%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (1.90%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.90%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.90%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.90%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.27%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.27%) PKI
10 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 256 (81.01%) Windows
2 92 (29.11%) Windows 10
3 67 (21.20%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.86%) Linux
5 25 (7.91%) Mac OS
6 19 (6.01%) Apple iOS
7 16 (5.06%) Android
8 12 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (3.48%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (2.85%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.63%) Unix
12 1 (0.32%) AIX
12 1 (0.32%) Debian
12 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (27.85%) ITIL
2 81 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (20.25%) ITSM
4 53 (16.77%) Service Management
5 46 (14.56%) Application Packaging
6 45 (14.24%) Migration
7 43 (13.61%) Customer Service
8 39 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (10.13%) Asset Management
11 31 (9.81%) User Experience
12 30 (9.49%) Patch Management
13 28 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (7.91%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 24 (7.59%) Service Delivery
16 19 (6.01%) Incident Management
16 19 (6.01%) Problem Management
16 19 (6.01%) Task Automation
17 18 (5.70%) Data Protection
18 17 (5.38%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 99 (31.33%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.43%) VBScript
3 11 (3.48%) Bash
4 8 (2.53%) Python
4 8 (2.53%) SQL
4 8 (2.53%) VB
5 7 (2.22%) Bicep
6 2 (0.63%) C#
6 2 (0.63%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (32.91%) Security Cleared
2 68 (21.52%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.39%) Degree
4 32 (10.13%) DV Cleared
5 21 (6.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.85%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.90%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.90%) MCSA
8 6 (1.90%) MCSE
8 6 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.27%) CCA
9 4 (1.27%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (0.95%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.18%) SLA
2 7 (2.22%) QA
3 4 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.95%) NIST
5 2 (0.63%) COBIT
5 2 (0.63%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.32%) GRC
6 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 165 (52.22%) Active Directory
2 41 (12.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.91%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.70%) BitLocker
5 16 (5.06%) Microsoft App-V
6 15 (4.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (4.75%) vSphere
7 9 (2.85%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.27%) Firmware
9 4 (1.27%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.95%) Docker
10 3 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.95%) XenApp
11 2 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 109 (34.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.96%) WSUS
3 14 (4.43%) SCOM
4 13 (4.11%) Ansible
4 13 (4.11%) Terraform
5 11 (3.48%) Nessus
6 9 (2.85%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.90%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.58%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.95%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.95%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.95%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.95%) SCSM
10 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.63%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.63%) Packer
10 2 (0.63%) vMotion
10 2 (0.63%) WMI
11 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 209 (66.14%) Microsoft
2 59 (18.67%) ServiceNow
3 52 (16.46%) VMware
4 34 (10.76%) Citrix
5 21 (6.65%) Cisco
6 19 (6.01%) Tenable
7 17 (5.38%) Apple
8 14 (4.43%) Bloomberg
8 14 (4.43%) HP
9 12 (3.80%) Qualys
10 10 (3.16%) Dynatrace
10 10 (3.16%) McAfee
10 10 (3.16%) Reuters
11 9 (2.85%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (2.53%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.22%) ION Trading
13 7 (2.22%) Zscaler
14 6 (1.90%) Remedy
14 6 (1.90%) Sophos
14 6 (1.90%) Tanium