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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 185 132
Rank change year-on-year -53 -53 +29
Contract jobs citing SCCM 399 366 671
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.43% 1.78%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.29% 9.31% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 262 520
10th Percentile £172 £178 £163
25th Percentile £203 £213 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £604 £606 £575
UK median daily rate £328 £350 £340
% change year-on-year -6.43% +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 5,473 3,931 4,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.04% 15.38% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,771 2,594 3,311
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -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 123 41 139
10th Percentile £18.72 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.06 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% -33.75% -24.16%
75th Percentile £63.32 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.45 £85.25 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -23.27%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -34 140 £450 +12.50% 18
South East -30 79 £274 -31.63% 23
Midlands -43 64 £223 +11.25% 5
North of England -66 64 £330 +34.69% 14
North West -18 48 £433 +33.23% 8
East Midlands +3 37 £225 -26.83% 2
South West -22 36 £450 +32.35% 2
West Midlands -63 26 £205 +2.50% 3
East of England -17 20 £225 -10.00% 9
Yorkshire -65 10 £195 -13.33% 5
North East -14 6 £189 -46.07% 1
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 (18.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (11.53%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.26%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.50%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 47 (11.78%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.50%) assyst
3 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 194 (48.62%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (32.33%) Azure
3 73 (18.30%) Entra ID
4 31 (7.77%) AWS
4 31 (7.77%) OneDrive
5 23 (5.76%) SaaS
6 19 (4.76%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.26%) GCP
8 11 (2.76%) Nutanix
8 11 (2.76%) PaaS
9 10 (2.51%) IaaS
10 7 (1.75%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.50%) Datadog
11 6 (1.50%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.75%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (19.55%) DNS
2 66 (16.54%) DHCP
3 49 (12.28%) Wi-Fi
4 43 (10.78%) VPN
5 37 (9.27%) Firewall
6 35 (8.77%) TCP/IP
7 22 (5.51%) WAN
8 21 (5.26%) VLAN
9 20 (5.01%) LAN
10 18 (4.51%) Skype
11 11 (2.76%) Unified Communications
12 10 (2.51%) NetScaler
13 9 (2.26%) 4G
13 9 (2.26%) SAN
14 8 (2.01%) Internet
14 8 (2.01%) Wireless
15 5 (1.25%) IPv4
16 4 (1.00%) DMZ
16 4 (1.00%) SD-WAN
17 3 (0.75%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.76%) 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 (3.26%) JIRA
2 11 (2.76%) MSI
3 8 (2.01%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.25%) 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
1 148 (37.09%) Social Skills
2 49 (12.28%) Finance
3 47 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.52%) Documentation Skills
5 28 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.51%) Banking
7 10 (2.51%) Legal
8 7 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.75%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.75%) Law
8 7 (1.75%) Spanish Language
9 6 (1.50%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.25%) Front Office
10 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.00%) Police
12 3 (0.75%) Local Government
12 3 (0.75%) Military
12 3 (0.75%) Retail
13 2 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (15.29%) Support Engineer
2 48 (12.03%) IT Support
3 44 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (10.03%) Analyst
4 40 (10.03%) IT Engineer
5 35 (8.77%) Senior
6 34 (8.52%) Deployment Engineer
7 33 (8.27%) Windows Engineer
8 30 (7.52%) Desktop Support
9 23 (5.76%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (5.51%) Architect
11 20 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support
11 20 (5.01%) Desktop Engineer
12 16 (4.01%) Support Technician
13 15 (3.76%) Lead
14 14 (3.51%) Security Engineer
15 13 (3.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 13 (3.26%) Support Analyst
15 13 (3.26%) Windows Deployment Engineer
16 12 (3.01%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.26%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.25%) 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%) ADO
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 (5.51%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.51%) CMDB
3 18 (4.51%) Smartphone
4 17 (4.26%) Driving Licence
5 15 (3.76%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (2.76%) PKI
7 10 (2.51%) Client/Server
7 10 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.01%) Replication
10 7 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.25%) iPhone
12 5 (1.25%) Low-Code
13 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (1.00%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 335 (83.96%) Windows
2 159 (39.85%) Windows 10
3 70 (17.54%) Windows Server
4 36 (9.02%) Mac OS
5 24 (6.02%) Linux
6 18 (4.51%) Apple iOS
6 18 (4.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.76%) Windows 7
9 13 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (3.01%) Android
11 6 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.25%) 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 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (20.55%) ITIL
3 79 (19.80%) Migration
4 57 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 54 (13.53%) ITSM
6 53 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 47 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (10.03%) User Experience
9 39 (9.77%) Service Management
10 35 (8.77%) Application Packaging
11 32 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (7.27%) Change Management
13 26 (6.52%) Asset Management
14 22 (5.51%) Problem Management
14 22 (5.51%) Roadmaps
14 22 (5.51%) Service Delivery
15 21 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
15 21 (5.26%) Zero Trust
16 20 (5.01%) Project Delivery
16 20 (5.01%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (27.32%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.01%) SQL
2 20 (5.01%) VBScript
3 15 (3.76%) Bash
4 12 (3.01%) VB
5 7 (1.75%) Python
6 1 (0.25%) Java
6 1 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 98 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 75 (18.80%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.28%) Degree
4 31 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (7.27%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (1.25%) CCA
8 5 (1.25%) CCNA
8 5 (1.25%) CCNP
8 5 (1.25%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.25%) MCDST
8 5 (1.25%) MCSE
9 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.00%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.75%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (5.01%) SLA
3 17 (4.26%) GDPR
4 4 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.75%) NIST
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 (56.14%) Active Directory
2 60 (15.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (4.26%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.51%) BitLocker
6 12 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.26%) vSphere
8 8 (2.01%) Docker
8 8 (2.01%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.50%) XenApp
9 6 (1.50%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.25%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 143 (35.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.51%) SCOM
3 20 (5.01%) WSUS
4 12 (3.01%) Ansible
4 12 (3.01%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (2.26%) SCOrch
6 8 (2.01%) Norton AntiVirus
6 8 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (1.50%) CASB
8 6 (1.50%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
9 5 (1.25%) SCVMM
10 4 (1.00%) Terraform
11 3 (0.75%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.50%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 2 (0.50%) WMI
13 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 238 (59.65%) Microsoft
2 76 (19.05%) VMware
3 65 (16.29%) ServiceNow
4 45 (11.28%) Citrix
5 20 (5.01%) Cisco
6 15 (3.76%) Apple
6 15 (3.76%) HP
6 15 (3.76%) Veeam
7 12 (3.01%) Google
8 11 (2.76%) McAfee
8 11 (2.76%) Tenable
9 10 (2.51%) SolarWinds
10 9 (2.26%) Bloomberg
11 8 (2.01%) Dynatrace
11 8 (2.01%) Sophos
11 8 (2.01%) Symantec
12 7 (1.75%) BMC
12 7 (1.75%) F5
13 6 (1.50%) Dell
13 6 (1.50%) Reuters