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

 6 months to
25 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 185 132
Rank change year-on-year -50 -53 +38
Contract jobs citing SCCM 398 362 673
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.13% 1.42% 1.80%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.40% 9.31% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 254 520
10th Percentile £170 £182 £157
25th Percentile £200 £213 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £345 £340
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% +1.47% -2.86%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £599 £607 £575
UK median daily rate £330 £340 £350
% change year-on-year -2.94% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 62
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.22 £16.32
Median hourly rate £21.30 £18.13 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +17.48% -18.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £24.18 £23.66 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £24.18 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £21.30 £20.11 £22.15
% change year-on-year +5.92% -9.21% -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 5,379 3,888 4,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.25% 15.20% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,724 2,547 3,344
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -9.48%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 41 141
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% -33.75% -23.27%
75th Percentile £63.32 £63.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -21.57%

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 February 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 25 February 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 25 February 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 -48 138 £450 +20.00% 15
South East -27 75 £274 -31.63% 22
North of England -61 67 £330 +34.69% 16
Midlands -41 65 £220 +10.00% 4
North West -30 51 £429 +18.34% 11
East Midlands 0 38 £225 -13.46% 1
South West -21 37 £450 +32.35% 7
West Midlands -66 26 £205 +2.50% 3
East of England -10 21 £225 -30.77% 9
Yorkshire -64 10 £195 -13.33% 5
North East -16 6 £189 -46.07%
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 72 (18.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (11.81%) SharePoint
3 20 (5.03%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.26%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.50%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 50 (12.56%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.51%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.50%) assyst
3 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 192 (48.24%) Microsoft 365
2 126 (31.66%) Azure
3 70 (17.59%) Entra ID
4 34 (8.54%) OneDrive
5 31 (7.79%) AWS
6 20 (5.03%) SaaS
7 19 (4.77%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.27%) GCP
9 9 (2.26%) PaaS
10 8 (2.01%) IaaS
10 8 (2.01%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.76%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.51%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.01%) Datadog
14 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.75%) ShareGate
15 2 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.50%) GitHub
15 2 (0.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (19.60%) DNS
2 65 (16.33%) DHCP
3 49 (12.31%) Wi-Fi
4 44 (11.06%) VPN
5 36 (9.05%) Firewall
6 35 (8.79%) TCP/IP
7 23 (5.78%) WAN
8 21 (5.28%) LAN
8 21 (5.28%) Skype
9 20 (5.03%) VLAN
10 12 (3.02%) Unified Communications
11 10 (2.51%) NetScaler
12 9 (2.26%) 4G
13 8 (2.01%) Internet
13 8 (2.01%) Wireless
14 7 (1.76%) SAN
15 5 (1.26%) IPv4
16 4 (1.01%) DMZ
16 4 (1.01%) SD-WAN
17 3 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.26%) Power BI
3 3 (0.75%) Metadata
4 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 13 (3.27%) JIRA
2 11 (2.76%) MSI
3 6 (1.51%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.26%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.50%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.50%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.50%) Git
6 1 (0.25%) GCC
6 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.25%) MLflow
General
1 150 (37.69%) Social Skills
2 50 (12.56%) Finance
3 49 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.54%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (7.29%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.03%) Banking
7 11 (2.76%) Legal
8 7 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.76%) Law
8 7 (1.76%) Spanish Language
9 6 (1.51%) Front Office
9 6 (1.51%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.51%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.26%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.75%) Local Government
12 3 (0.75%) Military
12 3 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.75%) Retail
13 2 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (15.33%) Support Engineer
2 48 (12.06%) IT Support
3 45 (11.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (10.80%) Analyst
5 38 (9.55%) IT Engineer
6 35 (8.79%) Deployment Engineer
7 33 (8.29%) Senior
7 33 (8.29%) Windows Engineer
8 31 (7.79%) Desktop Support
9 23 (5.78%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (5.53%) Architect
10 22 (5.53%) Desktop Engineer
11 21 (5.28%) 2nd Line Support
12 16 (4.02%) Support Technician
13 15 (3.77%) Security Engineer
13 15 (3.77%) Support Analyst
14 14 (3.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 14 (3.52%) Lead
15 13 (3.27%) Windows Deployment Engineer
16 12 (3.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.26%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.26%) Middleware
3 3 (0.75%) LDAP
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.75%) OAuth
3 3 (0.75%) OpenID
3 3 (0.75%) SAML
4 2 (0.50%) BREW
4 2 (0.50%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.25%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.25%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.25%) LangChain
5 1 (0.25%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.53%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.28%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.52%) CMDB
3 18 (4.52%) Smartphone
4 16 (4.02%) Video Conferencing
5 15 (3.77%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.02%) PKI
7 10 (2.51%) Client/Server
8 9 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.01%) Replication
9 8 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (1.26%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.01%) iPhone
12 4 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.01%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.01%) NHS
12 4 (1.01%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 335 (84.17%) Windows
2 156 (39.20%) Windows 10
3 72 (18.09%) Windows Server
4 36 (9.05%) Mac OS
5 24 (6.03%) Linux
6 18 (4.52%) Apple iOS
7 17 (4.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (4.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (3.77%) Windows 7
10 12 (3.02%) Android
10 12 (3.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.26%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.75%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.50%) AIX
14 2 (0.50%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.50%) Unix
14 2 (0.50%) VMS
14 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (21.11%) ITIL
3 77 (19.35%) Migration
4 58 (14.57%) Customer Service
5 55 (13.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 53 (13.32%) ITSM
7 49 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (10.30%) Service Management
9 37 (9.30%) User Experience
10 33 (8.29%) Application Packaging
11 32 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (7.29%) Change Management
13 25 (6.28%) Asset Management
14 24 (6.03%) Problem Management
15 22 (5.53%) Zero Trust
16 21 (5.28%) Project Delivery
16 21 (5.28%) Roadmaps
16 21 (5.28%) Service Delivery
17 20 (5.03%) Patch Management
18 19 (4.77%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 109 (27.39%) PowerShell
2 21 (5.28%) SQL
3 20 (5.03%) VBScript
4 15 (3.77%) Bash
5 12 (3.02%) VB
6 7 (1.76%) Python
7 1 (0.25%) Java
7 1 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (24.12%) Security Cleared
2 73 (18.34%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.81%) Degree
4 30 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (6.78%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (1.51%) CCNA
7 6 (1.51%) CCNP
7 6 (1.51%) MCSE
7 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (1.26%) CCA
8 5 (1.26%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.26%) MCDST
9 3 (0.75%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.27%) GDPR
3 16 (4.02%) SLA
4 4 (1.01%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.01%) NIST
5 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 224 (56.28%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.52%) Hyper-V
4 17 (4.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (3.52%) BitLocker
6 12 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.26%) vSphere
8 8 (2.01%) Docker
8 8 (2.01%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.51%) XenApp
10 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.26%) XenDesktop
11 4 (1.01%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 143 (35.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.53%) SCOM
3 21 (5.28%) WSUS
4 12 (3.02%) Ansible
4 12 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (2.26%) SCOrch
6 8 (2.01%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.51%) CASB
8 6 (1.51%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.26%) Kubernetes
9 5 (1.26%) SCVMM
9 5 (1.26%) Terraform
10 3 (0.75%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.50%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 239 (60.05%) Microsoft
2 73 (18.34%) VMware
3 62 (15.58%) ServiceNow
4 44 (11.06%) Citrix
5 21 (5.28%) Cisco
6 16 (4.02%) Apple
6 16 (4.02%) Veeam
7 15 (3.77%) HP
8 12 (3.02%) Google
9 11 (2.76%) McAfee
9 11 (2.76%) SolarWinds
10 10 (2.51%) Tenable
11 8 (2.01%) Sophos
11 8 (2.01%) Symantec
12 7 (1.76%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.76%) BMC
12 7 (1.76%) Dell
12 7 (1.76%) Remedy
13 6 (1.51%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.51%) F5
66 SCCM jobs in England