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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 189 154
Rank change year-on-year -118 -35 +10
Contract jobs citing SCCM 302 338 567
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.40% 1.55%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.53% 8.98% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 255 446
10th Percentile £163 £186 £163
25th Percentile £213 £209 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £375 £310
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +20.97% -11.43%
75th Percentile £500 £528 £500
90th Percentile £613 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £333 £325 £311
% change year-on-year +2.31% +4.42% -15.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 47
10th Percentile £16.25 £14.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.09 £15.22 £16.67
Median hourly rate £22.21 £18.13 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -18.15% +10.75%
75th Percentile £24.00 £23.07 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.13 £28.40 £48.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.15
% change year-on-year +54.32% -37.83% +10.75%

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 5,457 3,765 4,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.43% 15.61% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,776 2,592 3,162
10th Percentile £316 £313 £256
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £524
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +0.24% -8.91%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £689 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.14% -8.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 37 106
10th Percentile £20.09 £16.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £41.30 £23.80 £17.72
Median hourly rate £56.50 £28.00 £25.74
Median % change year-on-year +101.79% +8.79% -52.49%
75th Percentile £69.38 £63.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £80.40 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £25.77
% change year-on-year +107.55% +2.85% -53.15%

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 May 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 14 May 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 -70 120 £375 -6.25% 19
Midlands -56 51 £225 +4.65% 10
South East -55 50 £400 -17.70% 14
North of England -74 46 £340 +69.75% 14
North West -30 39 £365 +82.50% 12
East Midlands -11 28 £225 -52.63% 2
West Midlands -75 20 £300 +46.34% 8
South West -36 19 £363 -2.03% 3
East of England -49 12 £450 -12.20% 5
North East -21 4 £184 -33.18%
Yorkshire -63 3 £195 -13.33% 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 47 (15.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (11.59%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.31%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.66%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (11.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.66%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.99%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 129 (42.72%) Microsoft 365
2 100 (33.11%) Azure
3 66 (21.85%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.95%) AWS
5 17 (5.63%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.30%) SaaS
7 12 (3.97%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.98%) Nutanix
8 9 (2.98%) PaaS
9 8 (2.65%) GCP
9 8 (2.65%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.65%) IaaS
10 7 (2.32%) Datadog
11 6 (1.99%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.99%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.66%) GitHub
13 2 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 55 (18.21%) DNS
2 47 (15.56%) DHCP
3 29 (9.60%) VPN
4 27 (8.94%) Firewall
5 26 (8.61%) TCP/IP
6 25 (8.28%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (5.30%) Skype
8 15 (4.97%) LAN
9 13 (4.30%) WAN
10 12 (3.97%) VLAN
11 9 (2.98%) NetScaler
11 9 (2.98%) SAN
12 8 (2.65%) Wireless
13 5 (1.66%) DMZ
13 5 (1.66%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.32%) WAAS
15 3 (0.99%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.99%) IPv4
15 3 (0.99%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.99%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.30%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.32%) Power BI
3 3 (0.99%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.63%) MSI
2 13 (4.30%) InstallShield
3 9 (2.98%) JIRA
4 7 (2.32%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.32%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.33%) WiX
General
1 93 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.24%) Finance
3 36 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.28%) Banking
5 16 (5.30%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.97%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.30%) Legal
8 9 (2.98%) Law
9 7 (2.32%) Front Office
9 7 (2.32%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.66%) Police
10 5 (1.66%) Retail
11 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.99%) Games
12 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.99%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.66%) Billing
13 2 (0.66%) Local Government
13 2 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (11.92%) Support Engineer
2 31 (10.26%) Desktop Engineer
3 30 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (9.60%) Senior
5 26 (8.61%) Desktop Support
6 23 (7.62%) IT Support
7 22 (7.28%) Analyst
8 17 (5.63%) Architect
8 17 (5.63%) Deployment Engineer
8 17 (5.63%) IT Engineer
9 14 (4.64%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (4.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 13 (4.30%) Windows Engineer
11 12 (3.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 12 (3.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (3.31%) Applications Packager
12 10 (3.31%) Support Technician
13 9 (2.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 9 (2.98%) Lead
14 8 (2.65%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.30%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.32%) ADO
3 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.99%) Middleware
3 3 (0.99%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.66%) .NET
4 2 (0.66%) JSON
4 2 (0.66%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.66%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.29%) Onboarding
1 19 (6.29%) Smartphone
2 18 (5.96%) CMDB
3 13 (4.30%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.97%) Client/Server
4 12 (3.97%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.65%) iPhone
7 7 (2.32%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.32%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.99%) PKI
8 6 (1.99%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.99%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.32%) iPad
10 4 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.32%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 242 (80.13%) Windows
2 99 (32.78%) Windows 10
3 65 (21.52%) Windows Server
4 32 (10.60%) Mac OS
5 23 (7.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (6.62%) Apple iOS
6 20 (6.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (5.63%) Linux
8 15 (4.97%) Windows 7
9 14 (4.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (2.32%) Android
11 4 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.32%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.33%) AIX
13 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.33%) Solaris
13 1 (0.33%) VMS
13 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (19.87%) ITIL
3 57 (18.87%) Migration
4 48 (15.89%) Application Packaging
5 46 (15.23%) ITSM
6 41 (13.58%) Customer Service
7 37 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (10.60%) User Experience
10 30 (9.93%) Asset Management
11 28 (9.27%) Service Management
12 23 (7.62%) Change Management
13 22 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (6.95%) Agile
14 21 (6.95%) Disaster Recovery
15 18 (5.96%) Patch Management
16 17 (5.63%) Business Continuity
16 17 (5.63%) Data Protection
16 17 (5.63%) Roadmaps
17 16 (5.30%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 85 (28.15%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.30%) SQL
2 16 (5.30%) VBScript
3 11 (3.64%) VB
4 8 (2.65%) Bash
5 3 (0.99%) Python
6 2 (0.66%) C#
6 2 (0.66%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.33%) Java
7 1 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 71 (23.51%) Security Cleared
2 46 (15.23%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.92%) Degree
4 30 (9.93%) DV Cleared
5 16 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.32%) CCA
8 4 (1.32%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.32%) MCSA
9 3 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.66%) CCNP
10 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.66%) MCSE
10 2 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.62%) SLA
2 6 (1.99%) GDPR
3 5 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.66%) QA
6 1 (0.33%) COBIT
6 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 166 (54.97%) Active Directory
2 49 (16.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.62%) Hyper-V
3 20 (6.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (5.96%) BitLocker
5 17 (5.63%) Microsoft App-V
6 10 (3.31%) vSphere
7 9 (2.98%) Docker
7 9 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.32%) XenApp
8 7 (2.32%) XenDesktop
9 6 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.32%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.99%) Firmware
12 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (28.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (7.62%) WSUS
3 15 (4.97%) SCOM
4 12 (3.97%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.99%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.99%) Ansible
6 6 (1.99%) Nessus
6 6 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.66%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.66%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.32%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.99%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.99%) SCSM
9 3 (0.99%) Terraform
10 2 (0.66%) Packer
10 2 (0.66%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.66%) WMI
11 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 178 (58.94%) Microsoft
2 62 (20.53%) VMware
3 44 (14.57%) ServiceNow
4 38 (12.58%) Citrix
5 20 (6.62%) HP
6 15 (4.97%) Apple
7 14 (4.64%) Cisco
7 14 (4.64%) Tenable
8 13 (4.30%) Bloomberg
9 11 (3.64%) Dynatrace
10 10 (3.31%) Veeam
11 9 (2.98%) Google
12 8 (2.65%) Reuters
13 7 (2.32%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.32%) F5
13 7 (2.32%) Sophos
14 6 (1.99%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.66%) Dell
15 5 (1.66%) ION Trading
15 5 (1.66%) McAfee