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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 189 164
Rank change year-on-year -145 -25 -1
Contract jobs citing SCCM 300 386 556
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 1.48% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.08% 9.43% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 262 422
10th Percentile £180 £200 £175
25th Percentile £213 £216 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £515 £529 £500
90th Percentile £613 £585 £608
UK median daily rate £364 £325 £350
% change year-on-year +11.92% -7.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 37
10th Percentile £18.94 £18.87 £16.58
25th Percentile £20.48 £21.15 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.51 £28.50 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -21.02% +10.85% +28.55%
75th Percentile £25.44 £51.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.50 £59.50 £48.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £25.71
% change year-on-year +54.32% -46.44% +28.55%

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 5,904 4,095 4,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.44% 15.69% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,061 2,727 3,382
10th Percentile £320 £305 £300
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £510 £515
% change year-on-year +0.91% -0.97% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 46 96
10th Percentile £20.09 £20.13 £16.13
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.45 £20.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 £48.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +27.84% +55.20% -43.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £49.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.35 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.25 £32.77 £32.50
% change year-on-year +68.60% +0.83% -43.48%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -84 117 £375 -6.25% 22
Midlands -52 54 £288 +5.02% 9
North of England -77 50 £326 +55.36% 6
South East -92 43 £406 +1.56% 28
West Midlands -57 39 £288 +30.68% 3
North West -36 37 £354 +77.10% 5
South West -30 24 £413 +3.13% 7
East Midlands -13 12 £270 -45.12% 6
East of England -58 9 £450 -18.18% 9
Yorkshire -58 8 £195 -2.50%
North East -43 5 £188 -31.82% 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 46 (15.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (10.33%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.00%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.67%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 39 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.33%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 117 (39.00%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (31.67%) Azure
3 59 (19.67%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.33%) OneDrive
5 16 (5.33%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.00%) AWS
6 12 (4.00%) SaaS
7 9 (3.00%) Google Workspace
7 9 (3.00%) PaaS
8 8 (2.67%) IaaS
9 7 (2.33%) Datadog
10 6 (2.00%) Cohesity
10 6 (2.00%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.33%) Rubrik
12 3 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.00%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.67%) GitHub
13 2 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (15.33%) DNS
2 42 (14.00%) VPN
3 39 (13.00%) DHCP
4 31 (10.33%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (9.33%) Firewall
6 20 (6.67%) TCP/IP
7 18 (6.00%) Skype
8 15 (5.00%) LAN
9 14 (4.67%) WAN
10 12 (4.00%) VLAN
11 11 (3.67%) SAN
12 10 (3.33%) DMZ
13 7 (2.33%) NetScaler
14 6 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
15 5 (1.67%) Internet
15 5 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (1.67%) Wireless
16 4 (1.33%) Network Security
16 4 (1.33%) WAAS
17 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.33%) Power BI
3 3 (1.00%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.67%) MSI
2 12 (4.00%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.67%) JIRA
4 7 (2.33%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.33%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.33%) WiX
General
1 107 (35.67%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.67%) Finance
3 39 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.33%) Banking
5 16 (5.33%) Legal
6 15 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.67%) Front Office
9 8 (2.67%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.00%) Retail
11 5 (1.67%) Police
12 4 (1.33%) Law
13 3 (1.00%) Billing
13 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.67%) Games
14 2 (0.67%) Local Government
14 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.67%) Publishing
15 1 (0.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (11.00%) Support Engineer
2 32 (10.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 29 (9.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (8.67%) Analyst
5 24 (8.00%) Senior
6 19 (6.33%) IT Support
7 17 (5.67%) Administrator
8 16 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (5.33%) Desktop Support
9 14 (4.67%) Architect
10 13 (4.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 13 (4.33%) Deployment Engineer
10 13 (4.33%) IT Engineer
10 13 (4.33%) Lead
11 12 (4.00%) IT Analyst
12 11 (3.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 11 (3.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 9 (3.00%) Applications Packager
13 9 (3.00%) Support Technician
14 8 (2.67%) Help Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.67%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.33%) ADO
2 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.00%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.67%) .NET
4 2 (0.67%) JSON
4 2 (0.67%) Middleware
4 2 (0.67%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.67%) Qt
4 2 (0.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.67%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.67%) CMDB
3 11 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (3.67%) Smartphone
4 9 (3.00%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.00%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.67%) Client/Server
5 8 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.00%) iPhone
7 6 (2.00%) Smartcard
7 6 (2.00%) YubiKey
8 5 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.67%) PKI
8 5 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.00%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.00%) Fat Client
9 3 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 236 (78.67%) Windows
2 85 (28.33%) Windows 10
3 58 (19.33%) Windows Server
4 28 (9.33%) Mac OS
5 16 (5.33%) Windows 7
6 15 (5.00%) Apple iOS
6 15 (5.00%) Linux
7 14 (4.67%) Android
8 13 (4.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.00%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.67%) Unix
13 1 (0.33%) AIX
13 1 (0.33%) Debian
13 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (24.00%) ITIL
2 71 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (19.33%) ITSM
4 51 (17.00%) Service Management
5 48 (16.00%) Application Packaging
6 45 (15.00%) Migration
7 38 (12.67%) Customer Service
8 34 (11.33%) User Experience
9 33 (11.00%) Asset Management
10 31 (10.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 30 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (8.00%) Patch Management
13 23 (7.67%) Service Delivery
14 19 (6.33%) Agile
14 19 (6.33%) Problem Management
14 19 (6.33%) Project Delivery
15 18 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
16 16 (5.33%) Change Management
16 16 (5.33%) Data Protection
16 16 (5.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.00%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.67%) VBScript
3 12 (4.00%) VB
4 7 (2.33%) SQL
5 6 (2.00%) Python
6 3 (1.00%) Bash
7 2 (0.67%) C#
7 2 (0.67%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 52 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.67%) Degree
4 28 (9.33%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.00%) MCSA
6 6 (2.00%) MCSE
7 5 (1.67%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.67%) CCA
7 5 (1.67%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (1.67%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.67%) CCNP
10 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.00%) SLA
2 6 (2.00%) QA
3 5 (1.67%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.67%) COBIT
5 2 (0.67%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 145 (48.33%) Active Directory
2 46 (15.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.33%) BitLocker
4 19 (6.33%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (5.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (4.00%) vSphere
7 10 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.67%) Docker
9 5 (1.67%) XenDesktop
10 4 (1.33%) Firmware
10 4 (1.33%) XenApp
11 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 93 (31.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.67%) WSUS
3 13 (4.33%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (4.00%) SCOM
5 11 (3.67%) Nessus
6 6 (2.00%) AirWatch
6 6 (2.00%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.33%) Ansible
8 4 (1.33%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.00%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.00%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.00%) SCSM
9 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.00%) Terraform
10 2 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.67%) Packer
10 2 (0.67%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.67%) WMI
Vendors
1 182 (60.67%) Microsoft
2 56 (18.67%) VMware
3 53 (17.67%) ServiceNow
4 37 (12.33%) Citrix
5 23 (7.67%) Cisco
6 18 (6.00%) HP
6 18 (6.00%) Tenable
7 15 (5.00%) Apple
8 14 (4.67%) Bloomberg
9 12 (4.00%) Qualys
10 11 (3.67%) Dynatrace
10 11 (3.67%) Reuters
11 8 (2.67%) ION Trading
11 8 (2.67%) McAfee
11 8 (2.67%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.67%) Zscaler
12 7 (2.33%) AppDynamics
13 6 (2.00%) Canon
13 6 (2.00%) Veeam
14 5 (1.67%) Google