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

 6 months to
11 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 178 172
Rank change year-on-year -122 -6 -16
Contract jobs citing SCCM 389 424 475
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 1.51% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.61% 10.56% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 288 337
10th Percentile £191 £180 £188
25th Percentile £240 £200 £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £511 £500
90th Percentile £624 £575 £608
UK median daily rate £400 £300 £360
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% -8.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 15
10th Percentile £17.25 £15.50 £22.87
25th Percentile £20.25 £15.97 £23.80
Median hourly rate £24.05 £18.87 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% -30.11% +35.03%
75th Percentile £25.75 £23.82 £41.25
90th Percentile - £59.30 £62.70
UK median hourly rate £24.05 £17.75 £27.00
% change year-on-year +35.49% -34.26% +20.00%

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 5,109 4,017 3,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.05% 14.31% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,404 2,636 2,603
10th Percentile £313 £277 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £630
90th Percentile £705 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 76 51
10th Percentile £20.60 £17.58 £21.05
25th Percentile £31.25 £19.75 £23.99
Median hourly rate £65.00 £34.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -10.53% -27.62%
75th Percentile £74.00 £63.49 £63.50
90th Percentile £89.75 £78.13 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +147.59% -32.00% -31.82%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -85 115 £375 -6.25% 45
North of England -46 91 £354 +68.67% 29
North West -11 74 £375 +76.47% 15
Midlands -29 69 £400 +52.38% 11
South East -95 59 £450 +64.53% 16
West Midlands -47 39 £383 +70.00% 5
East Midlands +4 30 £400 +7.10% 6
South West -55 29 £450 +10.77% 16
East of England -55 20 £425 -22.73% 13
Yorkshire -38 9 £223 +8.54% 12
North East -39 8 £200 - 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 58 (14.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (7.71%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.37%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.03%) IIS
5 2 (0.51%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 44 (11.31%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.51%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.51%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 154 (39.59%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (35.73%) Azure
3 95 (24.42%) Entra ID
4 33 (8.48%) OneDrive
5 19 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
6 13 (3.34%) AWS
6 13 (3.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (2.83%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.06%) GitHub
10 7 (1.80%) IaaS
11 6 (1.54%) SaaS
12 5 (1.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.29%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.29%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.29%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.29%) PaaS
12 5 (1.29%) Rubrik
13 4 (1.03%) Datadog
14 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 85 (21.85%) DNS
2 84 (21.59%) VPN
3 72 (18.51%) DHCP
4 39 (10.03%) Firewall
4 39 (10.03%) TCP/IP
5 28 (7.20%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (5.91%) Skype
7 17 (4.37%) LAN
8 16 (4.11%) WAN
9 15 (3.86%) Network Security
10 13 (3.34%) VLAN
11 11 (2.83%) SAN
12 9 (2.31%) Internet
13 8 (2.06%) Wireless
14 7 (1.80%) DMZ
15 6 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (1.54%) SSH
16 3 (0.77%) NetScaler
17 2 (0.51%) PCoIP
17 2 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (5.40%) MSI
2 7 (1.80%) JIRA
3 4 (1.03%) AdminStudio
3 4 (1.03%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.03%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 149 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.68%) Finance
3 47 (12.08%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.68%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.40%) Legal
6 19 (4.88%) Banking
7 16 (4.11%) Front Office
8 12 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.08%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.31%) Military
12 8 (2.06%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.54%) Law
14 4 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.77%) Retail
16 2 (0.51%) Advertising
16 2 (0.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 57 (14.65%) Support Engineer
2 55 (14.14%) Desktop Engineer
3 47 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (10.54%) Desktop Support
5 36 (9.25%) Analyst
6 35 (9.00%) IT Support
7 32 (8.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 29 (7.46%) IT Engineer
9 27 (6.94%) Senior
10 23 (5.91%) Windows Engineer
11 19 (4.88%) Deployment Engineer
12 18 (4.63%) Administrator
12 18 (4.63%) Consultant
13 17 (4.37%) IT Analyst
14 15 (3.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
16 13 (3.34%) Azure Engineer
16 13 (3.34%) Lead
17 11 (2.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 11 (2.83%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.14%) Terraform
2 14 (3.60%) Software Packaging
3 12 (3.08%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.54%) JSON
4 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.77%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.77%) REST
6 2 (0.51%) ADO
6 2 (0.51%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.51%) Qt
7 1 (0.26%) Middleware
7 1 (0.26%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.88%) Onboarding
2 31 (7.97%) CMDB
3 17 (4.37%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.86%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.60%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.08%) ARM Cortex
6 12 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.83%) Smartphone
8 9 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.06%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (2.06%) PKI
10 5 (1.29%) iPhone
10 5 (1.29%) Smartcard
10 5 (1.29%) YubiKey
11 4 (1.03%) Blackberry
11 4 (1.03%) Clustering
11 4 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.77%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 334 (85.86%) Windows
2 127 (32.65%) Windows 10
3 95 (24.42%) Windows Server
4 49 (12.60%) Linux
5 31 (7.97%) Android
6 27 (6.94%) macOS
7 25 (6.43%) Apple iOS
8 23 (5.91%) Windows 7
9 12 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (1.54%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.77%) Unix
15 1 (0.26%) AIX
15 1 (0.26%) CentOS
15 1 (0.26%) Debian
15 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (34.45%) ITIL
2 95 (24.42%) ITSM
3 84 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (21.59%) Service Management
4 67 (17.22%) Customer Service
5 54 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 49 (12.60%) Migration
7 48 (12.34%) Application Packaging
8 40 (10.28%) Asset Management
9 39 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (9.51%) Patch Management
10 37 (9.51%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 33 (8.48%) Software Deployment
12 32 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (7.97%) Service Delivery
14 26 (6.68%) User Experience
15 25 (6.43%) Task Automation
16 23 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
16 23 (5.91%) Security Hardening
17 22 (5.66%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 136 (34.96%) PowerShell
2 21 (5.40%) VBScript
3 19 (4.88%) Bash
4 16 (4.11%) VB
5 12 (3.08%) Bicep
6 11 (2.83%) Python
7 8 (2.06%) SQL
8 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 137 (35.22%) Security Cleared
2 95 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 37 (9.51%) DV Cleared
4 28 (7.20%) Degree
5 19 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.57%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (2.06%) A+ Certification
10 7 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.54%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.54%) MCSE
11 6 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.03%) MCSA
14 3 (0.77%) CCA
14 3 (0.77%) Citrix Certification
15 2 (0.51%) CCNP
15 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.97%) SLA
2 9 (2.31%) QA
3 6 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.77%) NIST
6 2 (0.51%) COBIT
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.51%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 224 (57.58%) Active Directory
2 59 (15.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (8.74%) Hyper-V
4 22 (5.66%) BitLocker
5 21 (5.40%) vSphere
6 20 (5.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (3.86%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.29%) Docker
10 5 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.51%) XenApp
11 2 (0.51%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.26%) Firmware
12 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 162 (41.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.66%) Ansible
2 22 (5.66%) WSUS
3 17 (4.37%) SCOM
4 10 (2.57%) Nessus
5 7 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.80%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.77%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.77%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.77%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.51%) Packer
7 2 (0.51%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.51%) vMotion
8 1 (0.26%) OPNET
8 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 275 (70.69%) Microsoft
2 73 (18.77%) VMware
3 69 (17.74%) ServiceNow
4 43 (11.05%) Citrix
5 21 (5.40%) Cisco
6 17 (4.37%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (4.11%) Apple
8 13 (3.34%) CyberArk
8 13 (3.34%) Tenable
9 12 (3.08%) Bloomberg
9 12 (3.08%) Qualys
10 11 (2.83%) BeyondTrust
10 11 (2.83%) Tanium
10 11 (2.83%) Zscaler
11 9 (2.31%) Ivanti
12 8 (2.06%) McAfee
13 7 (1.80%) HP
13 7 (1.80%) NetApp
13 7 (1.80%) Remedy
14 6 (1.54%) Reuters
136 SCCM jobs in England