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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 177 144
Rank change year-on-year -39 -33 +21
Contract jobs citing SCCM 406 384 620
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 1.43% 1.72%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.17% 9.87% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 283 470
10th Percentile £173 £185 £150
25th Percentile £200 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £500 £499 £475
90th Percentile £588 £588 £575
UK median daily rate £330 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -5.71% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 51
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.68 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +13.31% -22.02%
75th Percentile £23.71 £39.50 £38.04
90th Percentile £25.00 £62.70 £68.63
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £22.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -15.36% +11.50% -20.02%

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 4,967 3,892 4,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.69% 14.53% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,439 2,524 3,469
10th Percentile £312 £313 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -8.51%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.19% -1.64% -7.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 51 143
10th Percentile £18.72 £15.22 £15.05
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.02 £21.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £26.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +98.11% -42.62% +23.15%
75th Percentile £63.32 £61.25 £66.63
90th Percentile £79.10 £77.50 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £53.25 £24.84 £46.18
% change year-on-year +114.37% -46.21% +31.94%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -37 134 £475 +35.62% 13
South East -30 75 £274 -21.86% 31
Midlands -8 69 £223 +11.25% 11
North of England -39 67 £330 +34.69% 22
North West -4 54 £350 -3.45% 12
South West -16 44 £438 +16.67% 14
East Midlands +8 40 £225 +5.88% 8
West Midlands -33 29 £215 +7.50% 3
East of England -11 21 £225 -35.25% 13
Yorkshire -51 9 £255 +9.68% 8
North East -11 4 £195 -49.02% 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 69 (17.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (11.58%) SharePoint
3 21 (5.17%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.72%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.48%) Confluence
6 3 (0.74%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) Apache
7 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 50 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.96%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.49%) assyst
3 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 185 (45.57%) Microsoft 365
2 126 (31.03%) Azure
3 59 (14.53%) Entra ID
4 40 (9.85%) OneDrive
5 35 (8.62%) AWS
6 20 (4.93%) GCP
7 16 (3.94%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.94%) SaaS
8 9 (2.22%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.72%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.23%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.23%) PaaS
11 3 (0.74%) IaaS
11 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.74%) ShareGate
12 2 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (17.98%) DNS
2 59 (14.53%) DHCP
3 38 (9.36%) Wi-Fi
4 37 (9.11%) VPN
5 36 (8.87%) TCP/IP
6 32 (7.88%) Firewall
7 21 (5.17%) Skype
7 21 (5.17%) WAN
8 15 (3.69%) LAN
9 14 (3.45%) VLAN
10 12 (2.96%) Unified Communications
11 9 (2.22%) 4G
11 9 (2.22%) Internet
12 7 (1.72%) NetScaler
12 7 (1.72%) Wireless
13 5 (1.23%) IPv4
14 4 (0.99%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.99%) WAAS
15 3 (0.74%) Network Security
15 3 (0.74%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.96%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.48%) Power BI
3 3 (0.74%) Metadata
4 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (3.69%) MSI
2 11 (2.71%) JIRA
3 10 (2.46%) InstallShield
4 8 (1.97%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.23%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.99%) Git
7 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.49%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.49%) Postman
8 1 (0.25%) GCC
8 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.25%) MLflow
General
1 148 (36.45%) Social Skills
2 58 (14.29%) Finance
3 44 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.64%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.16%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.94%) Banking
7 12 (2.96%) Legal
8 8 (1.97%) Front Office
9 7 (1.72%) Law
9 7 (1.72%) Spanish Language
9 7 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.74%) Marketing
12 3 (0.74%) Military
12 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (15.52%) Support Engineer
2 46 (11.33%) Analyst
3 45 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (10.59%) Deployment Engineer
5 42 (10.34%) IT Support
5 42 (10.34%) Windows Engineer
6 33 (8.13%) Desktop Support
6 33 (8.13%) IT Engineer
7 28 (6.90%) Desktop Engineer
7 28 (6.90%) Senior
8 22 (5.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (5.17%) Support Analyst
10 20 (4.93%) Architect
11 19 (4.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 16 (3.94%) 2nd Line Support
12 16 (3.94%) Administrator
12 16 (3.94%) Security Engineer
13 15 (3.69%) Lead
13 15 (3.69%) Windows Deployment Engineer
14 14 (3.45%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.72%) Middleware
2 5 (1.23%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.74%) LDAP
3 3 (0.74%) OAuth
3 3 (0.74%) OpenID
3 3 (0.74%) SAML
4 2 (0.49%) BREW
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
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
5 1 (0.25%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.16%) Data Centre
2 20 (4.93%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.94%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (3.69%) Smartphone
5 11 (2.71%) PKI
6 10 (2.46%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.22%) CMDB
7 9 (2.22%) Replication
8 8 (1.97%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.97%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.97%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.48%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.99%) NHS
12 4 (0.99%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.74%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 344 (84.73%) Windows
2 162 (39.90%) Windows 10
3 66 (16.26%) Windows Server
4 33 (8.13%) Mac OS
5 29 (7.14%) Linux
6 20 (4.93%) Apple iOS
7 15 (3.69%) Windows 7
7 15 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (2.71%) Android
10 9 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.48%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.74%) Unix
12 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.49%) AIX
13 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (23.40%) ITIL
2 79 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (16.26%) Migration
4 55 (13.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (12.56%) Customer Service
6 49 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (10.84%) ITSM
8 37 (9.11%) Application Packaging
9 35 (8.62%) Change Management
10 33 (8.13%) Service Management
11 32 (7.88%) User Experience
12 29 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (6.40%) Agile
13 26 (6.40%) Patch Management
14 24 (5.91%) Zero Trust
15 23 (5.67%) Problem Management
16 22 (5.42%) Roadmaps
16 22 (5.42%) Vulnerability Management
17 21 (5.17%) Business Continuity
18 20 (4.93%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 123 (30.30%) PowerShell
2 24 (5.91%) SQL
2 24 (5.91%) VBScript
3 17 (4.19%) Bash
4 9 (2.22%) Python
4 9 (2.22%) VB
5 3 (0.74%) Java
6 1 (0.25%) Perl
6 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (25.62%) Security Cleared
2 81 (19.95%) SC Cleared
3 46 (11.33%) Degree
4 35 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (6.16%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.48%) CCNA
8 6 (1.48%) CCNP
8 6 (1.48%) MCP
8 6 (1.48%) MCSE
9 5 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.23%) MCDST
9 5 (1.23%) MCSA
10 4 (0.99%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.99%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.99%) CCA
10 4 (0.99%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.68%) GDPR
3 13 (3.20%) SLA
4 4 (0.99%) NIST
5 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.25%) NCSC
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 225 (55.42%) Active Directory
2 55 (13.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.69%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.45%) BitLocker
4 14 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.20%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (2.22%) Firmware
8 8 (1.97%) vSphere
9 6 (1.48%) Docker
10 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.23%) XenApp
11 4 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.99%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (0.99%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 132 (32.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.42%) SCOM
3 21 (5.17%) WSUS
4 15 (3.69%) Ansible
5 10 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (2.22%) SCOrch
7 7 (1.72%) Norton AntiVirus
8 6 (1.48%) CASB
8 6 (1.48%) Terraform
8 6 (1.48%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.99%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.99%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.74%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.49%) Puppet
12 2 (0.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 242 (59.61%) Microsoft
2 68 (16.75%) VMware
3 56 (13.79%) ServiceNow
4 43 (10.59%) Citrix
5 26 (6.40%) Cisco
6 18 (4.43%) Apple
7 14 (3.45%) Veeam
8 13 (3.20%) McAfee
9 12 (2.96%) Google
9 12 (2.96%) SolarWinds
10 11 (2.71%) HP
11 9 (2.22%) Dell
11 9 (2.22%) Sophos
12 8 (1.97%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.97%) Remedy
13 7 (1.72%) BMC
13 7 (1.72%) Symantec
13 7 (1.72%) Tenable
14 5 (1.23%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.23%) Reuters