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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 196 163
Rank change year-on-year -119 -33 +2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 300 337 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 1.41% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.39% 9.03% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 255 439
10th Percentile £163 £188 £163
25th Percentile £213 £206 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £375 £310
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +20.97% -17.33%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £500
90th Percentile £604 £587 £608
UK median daily rate £330 £325 £310
% change year-on-year +1.54% +4.84% -17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 40
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.09 - £16.73
Median hourly rate £22.21 £18.13 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -21.34% +15.25%
75th Percentile £24.00 £28.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.13 £28.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £23.05
% change year-on-year +54.32% -40.26% +15.25%

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 5,563 3,730 4,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.39% 15.65% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,830 2,567 3,224
10th Percentile £315 £310 £261
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £625
90th Percentile £688 £714 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 37 97
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £37.64 £23.80 £17.78
Median hourly rate £56.50 £29.00 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +94.83% +12.56% -50.92%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year +98.20% +0.91% -50.00%

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 23 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 23 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 -80 117 £375 -6.25% 18
Midlands -66 53 £225 +4.65% 15
South East -72 49 £350 -12.50% 12
North of England -77 46 £340 +69.75% 15
North West -32 38 £355 +77.25% 13
East Midlands -11 28 £225 -52.63% 5
West Midlands -80 22 £225 +9.76% 10
South West -35 21 £385 -3.75% 3
East of England -55 10 £450 -18.18% 3
North East -30 4 £184 -33.18% 1
Yorkshire -66 4 £195 -2.50% 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 48 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.33%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.00%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (11.33%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.67%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 132 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
2 100 (33.33%) Azure
3 69 (23.00%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.00%) AWS
4 21 (7.00%) OneDrive
5 14 (4.67%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.00%) SaaS
7 9 (3.00%) Nutanix
7 9 (3.00%) PaaS
8 8 (2.67%) GCP
8 8 (2.67%) Google Workspace
8 8 (2.67%) IaaS
9 7 (2.33%) Datadog
10 6 (2.00%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.67%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.00%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.67%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.33%) DNS
2 42 (14.00%) DHCP
3 30 (10.00%) VPN
4 26 (8.67%) Firewall
5 25 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 25 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (5.33%) Skype
7 13 (4.33%) LAN
7 13 (4.33%) WAN
8 12 (4.00%) VLAN
9 10 (3.33%) SAN
10 8 (2.67%) NetScaler
11 6 (2.00%) DMZ
11 6 (2.00%) Wireless
12 5 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.33%) WAAS
14 3 (1.00%) BIG-IP
14 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
15 2 (0.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.67%) Power BI
3 3 (1.00%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.00%) MSI
2 12 (4.00%) InstallShield
3 9 (3.00%) JIRA
4 7 (2.33%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.33%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.33%) WiX
General
1 93 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.33%) Finance
3 36 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.00%) Banking
5 14 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.67%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.67%) Legal
7 8 (2.67%) Front Office
7 8 (2.67%) Law
8 7 (2.33%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.67%) Police
9 5 (1.67%) Retail
10 4 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.00%) Games
11 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.00%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.67%) Back Office
12 2 (0.67%) Billing
12 2 (0.67%) Local Government
12 2 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (11.33%) Support Engineer
2 31 (10.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 29 (9.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (9.00%) Senior
5 26 (8.67%) Desktop Support
6 23 (7.67%) Analyst
7 20 (6.67%) IT Support
8 17 (5.67%) Architect
8 17 (5.67%) Deployment Engineer
9 15 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.00%) IT Engineer
10 14 (4.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 13 (4.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 12 (4.00%) Support Technician
12 12 (4.00%) Windows Engineer
13 11 (3.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 10 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 10 (3.33%) Administrator
14 10 (3.33%) Lead
15 9 (3.00%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.33%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.33%) ADO
2 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.00%) Middleware
3 3 (1.00%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.67%) .NET
4 2 (0.67%) JSON
4 2 (0.67%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.67%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.33%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.00%) Smartphone
3 19 (6.33%) CMDB
4 12 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.67%) Client/Server
5 11 (3.67%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.67%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.33%) iPhone
9 6 (2.00%) Smartcard
9 6 (2.00%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.33%) iPad
11 4 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.33%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.33%) PKI
11 4 (1.33%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.33%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 233 (77.67%) Windows
2 95 (31.67%) Windows 10
3 61 (20.33%) Windows Server
4 29 (9.67%) Mac OS
5 24 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (6.33%) Apple iOS
6 19 (6.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (5.33%) Linux
8 15 (5.00%) Windows 7
8 15 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (2.33%) Android
10 4 (1.33%) Windows 8
11 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.33%) AIX
12 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.33%) Unix
12 1 (0.33%) VMS
12 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (19.33%) ITIL
3 55 (18.33%) Migration
4 48 (16.00%) Application Packaging
5 44 (14.67%) ITSM
6 42 (14.00%) Customer Service
7 37 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (11.33%) Asset Management
9 33 (11.00%) User Experience
10 30 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (9.00%) Service Management
12 24 (8.00%) Change Management
13 21 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (6.67%) Agile
14 20 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (6.67%) Patch Management
15 18 (6.00%) Data Protection
15 18 (6.00%) Roadmaps
16 17 (5.67%) Business Continuity
17 16 (5.33%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.33%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.67%) SQL
2 14 (4.67%) VBScript
3 10 (3.33%) VB
4 7 (2.33%) Bash
5 3 (1.00%) Python
6 2 (0.67%) C#
6 2 (0.67%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 70 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 47 (15.67%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.33%) Degree
4 27 (9.00%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.33%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.33%) CCA
7 4 (1.33%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.33%) MCSA
8 3 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.67%) CCNP
9 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.67%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.67%) MCSE
9 2 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.00%) SLA
2 5 (1.67%) GDPR
2 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.67%) COBIT
4 2 (0.67%) QA
5 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 161 (53.67%) Active Directory
2 48 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (6.00%) BitLocker
6 16 (5.33%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (3.67%) vSphere
8 10 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.67%) Docker
10 7 (2.33%) XenDesktop
11 6 (2.00%) XenApp
12 5 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (1.33%) VMware NSX
14 3 (1.00%) Firmware
15 2 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 87 (29.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.33%) WSUS
3 12 (4.00%) SCOM
4 11 (3.67%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.33%) Nessus
6 6 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.67%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.67%) Ansible
7 5 (1.67%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.33%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.33%) SCVMM
9 3 (1.00%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.00%) SCSM
9 3 (1.00%) Terraform
9 3 (1.00%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.67%) Packer
10 2 (0.67%) WMI
11 1 (0.33%) Nagios
11 1 (0.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 177 (59.00%) Microsoft
2 60 (20.00%) VMware
3 45 (15.00%) ServiceNow
4 35 (11.67%) Citrix
5 19 (6.33%) HP
6 16 (5.33%) Cisco
7 15 (5.00%) Tenable
8 13 (4.33%) Apple
9 11 (3.67%) Bloomberg
9 11 (3.67%) Dynatrace
10 10 (3.33%) Google
11 8 (2.67%) Reuters
11 8 (2.67%) Veeam
12 7 (2.33%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.33%) F5
12 7 (2.33%) Sophos
13 6 (2.00%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.67%) Dell
14 5 (1.67%) ION Trading
14 5 (1.67%) McAfee