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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 188 172
Rank change year-on-year -142 -16 -12
Contract jobs citing SCCM 311 394 534
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.45% 1.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.17% 9.37% 11.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 272 398
10th Percentile £171 £200 £177
25th Percentile £225 £218 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £363
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £521 £538 £519
90th Percentile £613 £593 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £325 £360
% change year-on-year +15.38% -9.72% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 33
10th Percentile £17.25 - £17.14
25th Percentile £17.42 £18.87 £22.08
Median hourly rate £21.03 £28.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -24.91% +8.91% +28.55%
75th Percentile £23.77 £59.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.59 £59.60 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £25.71
% change year-on-year +54.32% -46.44% +28.55%

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 6,014 4,205 4,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.37% 15.45% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,118 2,791 3,344
10th Percentile £319 £305 £300
25th Percentile £420 £407 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £601 £608 £625
90th Percentile £694 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £516
% change year-on-year +2.48% -2.20% -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 54 84
10th Percentile £20.09 £21.39 £17.22
25th Percentile £32.06 £27.06 £22.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% +81.97% -43.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.88 £50.94
90th Percentile £79.30 £82.07 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year +43.75% +26.98% -45.22%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -81 115 £375 -6.25% 15
Midlands -43 55 £300 - 6
South East -81 51 £425 +6.25% 22
North of England -90 46 £298 +40.83% 21
West Midlands -53 39 £288 +5.02% 2
North West -49 33 £344 +63.81% 17
South West -38 29 £413 +3.13% 4
East Midlands -10 13 £298 -39.53% 4
East of England -56 11 £450 -18.18% 9
Yorkshire -50 8 £195 -2.50% 1
North East -38 5 £188 -28.57% 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 42 (13.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (10.29%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.89%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.61%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (11.25%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.64%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.32%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 121 (38.91%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (31.83%) Azure
3 66 (21.22%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.36%) OneDrive
5 16 (5.14%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.54%) SaaS
7 10 (3.22%) AWS
8 9 (2.89%) IaaS
9 8 (2.57%) Datadog
9 8 (2.57%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.57%) PaaS
10 7 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.93%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.61%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.29%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.29%) Rubrik
14 3 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 49 (15.76%) DNS
2 42 (13.50%) DHCP
2 42 (13.50%) VPN
3 31 (9.97%) Firewall
4 29 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (7.72%) TCP/IP
6 15 (4.82%) Skype
7 12 (3.86%) LAN
7 12 (3.86%) SAN
8 10 (3.22%) VLAN
8 10 (3.22%) WAN
9 9 (2.89%) DMZ
10 6 (1.93%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (1.93%) NetScaler
10 6 (1.93%) Network Security
11 5 (1.61%) Internet
11 5 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.61%) Wireless
12 4 (1.29%) WAAS
13 3 (0.96%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.22%) Power BI
3 3 (0.96%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.79%) MSI
2 12 (3.86%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.57%) Chocolatey
3 8 (2.57%) JIRA
4 7 (2.25%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.32%) WiX
General
1 111 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.76%) Finance
3 38 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.43%) Banking
5 16 (5.14%) Legal
6 12 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.86%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.22%) Front Office
8 8 (2.57%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.29%) Law
9 4 (1.29%) Police
9 4 (1.29%) Retail
10 3 (0.96%) Billing
10 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.64%) Advertising
11 2 (0.64%) Games
11 2 (0.64%) Local Government
11 2 (0.64%) Military
11 2 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (11.25%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.93%) Desktop Engineer
3 31 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.65%) Analyst
5 28 (9.00%) Senior
6 20 (6.43%) IT Support
7 19 (6.11%) Desktop Support
8 17 (5.47%) Administrator
9 15 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (4.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 14 (4.50%) IT Analyst
10 14 (4.50%) Lead
11 13 (4.18%) Deployment Engineer
11 13 (4.18%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 12 (3.86%) Consultant
13 10 (3.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (3.22%) Applications Packager
13 10 (3.22%) SCCM Engineer
14 9 (2.89%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.50%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.29%) ADO
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.96%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.96%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.64%) .NET
4 2 (0.64%) JSON
4 2 (0.64%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.64%) Qt
4 2 (0.64%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.86%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.50%) CMDB
3 12 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.54%) Smartphone
5 10 (3.22%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.57%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.25%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.25%) iPhone
8 6 (1.93%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.93%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.93%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.61%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.61%) PKI
9 5 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.96%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (0.96%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 244 (78.46%) Windows
2 86 (27.65%) Windows 10
3 61 (19.61%) Windows Server
4 29 (9.32%) Mac OS
5 17 (5.47%) Apple iOS
6 16 (5.14%) Android
6 16 (5.14%) Linux
7 12 (3.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.54%) Windows 7
9 10 (3.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.32%) AIX
11 1 (0.32%) Debian
11 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.32%) Unix
11 1 (0.32%) VMS
11 1 (0.32%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (24.76%) ITIL
2 71 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (17.68%) ITSM
4 52 (16.72%) Service Management
5 50 (16.08%) Application Packaging
6 45 (14.47%) Migration
7 42 (13.50%) Customer Service
8 36 (11.58%) Asset Management
9 34 (10.93%) User Experience
10 33 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (7.72%) Patch Management
12 24 (7.72%) Service Delivery
13 22 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (6.11%) Problem Management
14 19 (6.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 18 (5.79%) Project Delivery
16 17 (5.47%) Agile
16 17 (5.47%) Data Protection
16 17 (5.47%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 89 (28.62%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.50%) VBScript
3 9 (2.89%) VB
4 6 (1.93%) Bash
4 6 (1.93%) Python
4 6 (1.93%) SQL
5 3 (0.96%) Bicep
6 2 (0.64%) C#
6 2 (0.64%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (27.33%) Security Cleared
2 52 (16.72%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.93%) Degree
4 30 (9.65%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.93%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.93%) MCSA
6 6 (1.93%) MCSE
7 5 (1.61%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.29%) CCA
8 4 (1.29%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) ACSP
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.97%) SLA
2 8 (2.57%) QA
3 5 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.64%) COBIT
5 2 (0.64%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 156 (50.16%) Active Directory
2 42 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.11%) BitLocker
3 19 (6.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (5.47%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.47%) Microsoft App-V
5 13 (4.18%) vSphere
6 9 (2.89%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.61%) Docker
9 4 (1.29%) Firmware
9 4 (1.29%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.96%) XenApp
11 2 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (32.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.11%) WSUS
3 14 (4.50%) SCOM
4 13 (4.18%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (3.54%) Nessus
6 8 (2.57%) Ansible
7 7 (2.25%) Terraform
8 6 (1.93%) AirWatch
8 6 (1.93%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.29%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.96%) Backup Exec
11 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
11 3 (0.96%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (0.96%) SCSM
12 2 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.64%) Packer
12 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.64%) vMotion
12 2 (0.64%) WMI
Vendors
1 193 (62.06%) Microsoft
2 53 (17.04%) VMware
3 52 (16.72%) ServiceNow
4 34 (10.93%) Citrix
5 21 (6.75%) Cisco
6 19 (6.11%) Tenable
7 16 (5.14%) HP
8 15 (4.82%) Apple
9 13 (4.18%) Bloomberg
10 12 (3.86%) Qualys
11 10 (3.22%) Dynatrace
11 10 (3.22%) Reuters
12 8 (2.57%) AppDynamics
12 8 (2.57%) McAfee
13 7 (2.25%) ION Trading
13 7 (2.25%) Zscaler
14 6 (1.93%) Canon
14 6 (1.93%) Veeam
15 5 (1.61%) Google
15 5 (1.61%) SolarWinds