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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 169 150
Rank change year-on-year -40 -19 +15
Contract jobs citing SCCM 424 428 623
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.52% 1.70%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.48% 10.47% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 310 460
10th Percentile £165 £185 £148
25th Percentile £200 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -
75th Percentile £500 £513 £480
90th Percentile £595 £608 £608
UK median daily rate £338 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 53
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.09 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +13.31% -22.02%
75th Percentile £23.71 £43.55 £39.23
90th Percentile £25.00 £63.15 £67.90
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.58% +10.48% -16.37%

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 5,000 4,087 4,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.81% 14.48% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,436 2,652 3,590
10th Percentile £312 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £542
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.05% -7.83%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.05% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 51 152
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £16.59
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.02 £21.25
Median hourly rate £48.72 £26.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +83.85% -42.62% +31.94%
75th Percentile £64.88 £61.25 £67.13
90th Percentile £79.60 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +96.44% -47.64% +34.83%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 -34 145 £475 +18.75% 43
South East -23 82 £274 -21.86% 43
Midlands -15 67 £223 +11.25% 18
North of England -39 67 £330 +34.69% 26
North West -6 52 £350 -12.50% 17
South West 0 46 £450 +20.00% 20
East Midlands +9 38 £225 +5.88% 10
West Midlands -27 29 £215 +7.50% 8
East of England -11 24 £225 -35.71% 13
Yorkshire -48 11 £255 +6.25% 7
North East -5 4 £195 -42.65% 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 75 (17.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (11.79%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.48%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.42%) Confluence
6 3 (0.71%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 48 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.47%) assyst
3 1 (0.24%) Eikon
3 1 (0.24%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 200 (47.17%) Microsoft 365
2 134 (31.60%) Azure
3 66 (15.57%) Entra ID
4 41 (9.67%) OneDrive
5 37 (8.73%) AWS
6 24 (5.66%) GCP
7 16 (3.77%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.30%) SaaS
9 9 (2.12%) Mimecast
10 7 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.42%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.94%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.71%) IaaS
13 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.71%) PaaS
13 3 (0.71%) ShareGate
14 2 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.47%) GitHub
14 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.45%) DNS
2 60 (14.15%) DHCP
3 36 (8.49%) TCP/IP
3 36 (8.49%) VPN
3 36 (8.49%) Wi-Fi
4 34 (8.02%) Firewall
5 20 (4.72%) Skype
6 19 (4.48%) WAN
7 14 (3.30%) LAN
8 12 (2.83%) Internet
8 12 (2.83%) Unified Communications
8 12 (2.83%) VLAN
9 9 (2.12%) 4G
10 7 (1.65%) Wireless
11 5 (1.18%) IPv4
11 5 (1.18%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.94%) SAN
12 4 (0.94%) WAAS
13 3 (0.71%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.36%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.42%) Power BI
3 3 (0.71%) Metadata
4 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (3.54%) MSI
2 12 (2.83%) JIRA
3 10 (2.36%) InstallShield
4 8 (1.89%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.18%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.94%) Git
7 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.47%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.47%) Postman
8 1 (0.24%) GCC
8 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.24%) MLflow
General
1 164 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 59 (13.92%) Finance
3 48 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.13%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (4.01%) Banking
7 12 (2.83%) Legal
8 8 (1.89%) Front Office
9 7 (1.65%) Law
9 7 (1.65%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.42%) Spanish Language
11 5 (1.18%) Games
11 5 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.71%) Back Office
13 3 (0.71%) Military
13 3 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (16.04%) Support Engineer
2 46 (10.85%) Analyst
2 46 (10.85%) Windows Engineer
3 44 (10.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (10.14%) IT Support
5 42 (9.91%) Deployment Engineer
6 36 (8.49%) IT Engineer
7 32 (7.55%) Desktop Support
8 29 (6.84%) Desktop Engineer
9 28 (6.60%) Senior
10 24 (5.66%) IT Support Engineer
11 21 (4.95%) Support Analyst
12 20 (4.72%) Architect
12 20 (4.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 18 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support
14 17 (4.01%) Administrator
14 17 (4.01%) Security Engineer
15 16 (3.77%) SCCM Engineer
16 15 (3.54%) Lead
16 15 (3.54%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.42%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.18%) Middleware
3 3 (0.71%) LDAP
3 3 (0.71%) OAuth
3 3 (0.71%) OpenID
3 3 (0.71%) SAML
4 2 (0.47%) BREW
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.24%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.24%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.24%) EDI
5 1 (0.24%) LangChain
5 1 (0.24%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.42%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.25%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.77%) Video Conferencing
4 14 (3.30%) Smartphone
5 11 (2.59%) PKI
6 10 (2.36%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.12%) Replication
8 8 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.89%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.65%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.42%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.42%) CMDB
11 5 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.18%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.18%) NHS
12 4 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 364 (85.85%) Windows
2 168 (39.62%) Windows 10
3 69 (16.27%) Windows Server
4 43 (10.14%) Mac OS
5 28 (6.60%) Linux
6 21 (4.95%) Apple iOS
7 14 (3.30%) Android
8 13 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (2.83%) Windows 7
9 12 (2.83%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.18%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.94%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.94%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.47%) AIX
15 2 (0.47%) Unix
15 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (23.82%) ITIL
2 80 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (15.57%) Migration
4 55 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (12.03%) Customer Service
6 50 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (9.67%) Application Packaging
7 41 (9.67%) ITSM
8 39 (9.20%) User Experience
9 34 (8.02%) Change Management
10 30 (7.08%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (6.84%) Service Management
12 27 (6.37%) Zero Trust
13 26 (6.13%) Patch Management
14 25 (5.90%) Data Protection
14 25 (5.90%) Roadmaps
15 24 (5.66%) Agile
16 23 (5.42%) Problem Management
16 23 (5.42%) Vulnerability Management
17 22 (5.19%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 134 (31.60%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.19%) SQL
2 22 (5.19%) VBScript
3 21 (4.95%) Bash
4 10 (2.36%) Python
5 7 (1.65%) VB
6 3 (0.71%) Java
7 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.24%) Perl
7 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (24.29%) Security Cleared
2 80 (18.87%) SC Cleared
3 46 (10.85%) Degree
4 41 (9.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (5.66%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.42%) CCNA
8 6 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.42%) Citrix Certification
8 6 (1.42%) MCP
8 6 (1.42%) MCSE
9 5 (1.18%) CCNP
9 5 (1.18%) MCDST
9 5 (1.18%) MCSA
10 4 (0.94%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.94%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.42%) GDPR
3 16 (3.77%) SLA
4 5 (1.18%) NIST
5 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 237 (55.90%) Active Directory
2 58 (13.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.07%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.07%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (2.83%) BitLocker
7 9 (2.12%) Firmware
8 8 (1.89%) vSphere
9 6 (1.42%) Docker
10 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (0.94%) XenApp
12 2 (0.47%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 152 (35.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.19%) SCOM
3 21 (4.95%) WSUS
4 16 (3.77%) Ansible
5 10 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (2.12%) SCOrch
7 7 (1.65%) Norton AntiVirus
8 6 (1.42%) CASB
8 6 (1.42%) Terraform
8 6 (1.42%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
11 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.71%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.47%) Puppet
12 2 (0.47%) SCVMM
12 2 (0.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 267 (62.97%) Microsoft
2 71 (16.75%) VMware
3 52 (12.26%) ServiceNow
4 44 (10.38%) Citrix
5 27 (6.37%) Cisco
6 20 (4.72%) Apple
7 14 (3.30%) Veeam
8 13 (3.07%) McAfee
9 12 (2.83%) Google
10 10 (2.36%) HP
11 9 (2.12%) Dell
11 9 (2.12%) Remedy
11 9 (2.12%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.12%) Sophos
12 8 (1.89%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.89%) Splunk
12 8 (1.89%) Tenable
13 7 (1.65%) Symantec
14 6 (1.42%) Qualys
15 5 (1.18%) Atlassian