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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 184 161
Rank change year-on-year -146 -23 -2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 289 380 561
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 1.54% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.10% 9.77% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 268 437
10th Percentile £173 £200 £175
25th Percentile £213 £213 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £500 £532 £500
90th Percentile £593 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £347 £325 £343
% change year-on-year +6.77% -5.11% -8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 35
10th Percentile £19.08 £16.97 £14.66
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.27 £28.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% +17.65% +19.00%
75th Percentile £24.29 £44.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.04 £59.40 £52.00
UK median hourly rate £21.73 £14.98 £23.80
% change year-on-year +45.06% -37.06% +19.00%

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 5,669 3,891 4,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.24% 15.76% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,890 2,625 3,365
10th Percentile £320 £305 £290
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 38 92
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.17
25th Percentile £31.25 £22.36 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.94 £42.25 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +39.49% +37.40% -43.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £50.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.89 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +46.67% +15.38% -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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -87 110 £379 -5.38% 22
Midlands -51 55 £244 +10.80% 6
South East -81 49 £406 +1.56% 23
North of England -89 41 £340 +60.71% 15
West Midlands -67 34 £275 +25.00% 5
North West -41 33 £360 +75.41% 10
South West -35 21 £385 -3.75% 7
East Midlands -15 18 £225 -50.00% 1
East of England -61 10 £450 -18.18% 10
Yorkshire -59 5 £195 -2.50% 3
North East -41 3 £180 -34.55% 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 48 (16.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (10.38%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.15%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.73%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 36 (12.46%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.69%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 116 (40.14%) Microsoft 365
2 94 (32.53%) Azure
3 61 (21.11%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.27%) OneDrive
5 15 (5.19%) AWS
5 15 (5.19%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.15%) SaaS
7 10 (3.46%) Google Workspace
8 9 (3.11%) PaaS
9 8 (2.77%) IaaS
9 8 (2.77%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.42%) Datadog
11 6 (2.08%) Cohesity
12 4 (1.38%) GCP
13 3 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.04%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 45 (15.57%) DNS
2 40 (13.84%) DHCP
3 38 (13.15%) VPN
4 27 (9.34%) Firewall
5 26 (9.00%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (7.27%) TCP/IP
7 18 (6.23%) Skype
8 14 (4.84%) LAN
8 14 (4.84%) WAN
9 12 (4.15%) VLAN
10 10 (3.46%) NetScaler
10 10 (3.46%) SAN
11 8 (2.77%) DMZ
12 5 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.38%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (1.38%) WAAS
13 4 (1.38%) Wireless
14 3 (1.04%) BIG-IP
14 3 (1.04%) Internet
14 3 (1.04%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.11%) Power BI
3 3 (1.04%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.19%) MSI
2 12 (4.15%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.77%) JIRA
4 7 (2.42%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.42%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 91 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.30%) Finance
3 40 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.92%) Banking
5 14 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.15%) Front Office
6 12 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.15%) Legal
7 9 (3.11%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.73%) Law
8 5 (1.73%) Police
8 5 (1.73%) Retail
9 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.69%) Back Office
10 2 (0.69%) Billing
10 2 (0.69%) Games
10 2 (0.69%) Local Government
10 2 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (11.42%) Desktop Engineer
2 30 (10.38%) Support Engineer
3 27 (9.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (9.34%) Senior
4 22 (7.61%) Analyst
5 21 (7.27%) Desktop Support
6 19 (6.57%) Administrator
7 17 (5.88%) IT Support
8 16 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.19%) Architect
10 14 (4.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Deployment Engineer
11 12 (4.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 11 (3.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 11 (3.81%) IT Analyst
12 11 (3.81%) IT Engineer
13 10 (3.46%) Support Technician
14 9 (3.11%) Applications Packager
14 9 (3.11%) Help Desk Analyst
14 9 (3.11%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.50%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.38%) ADO
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.04%) Middleware
4 2 (0.69%) .NET
4 2 (0.69%) JSON
4 2 (0.69%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.69%) Qt
4 2 (0.69%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.34%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.23%) CMDB
3 14 (4.84%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.81%) Client/Server
5 10 (3.46%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.11%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.77%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.08%) iPhone
9 6 (2.08%) Smartcard
9 6 (2.08%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.73%) PKI
11 4 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.04%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.04%) Educational Technology
12 3 (1.04%) iPad
12 3 (1.04%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 225 (77.85%) Windows
2 84 (29.07%) Windows 10
3 58 (20.07%) Windows Server
4 26 (9.00%) Mac OS
5 20 (6.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.88%) Apple iOS
6 17 (5.88%) Windows 7
7 16 (5.54%) Linux
7 16 (5.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (4.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (3.81%) Android
10 4 (1.38%) Windows 8
11 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.69%) Unix
13 1 (0.35%) AIX
13 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (21.80%) ITIL
3 54 (18.69%) ITSM
4 48 (16.61%) Migration
5 46 (15.92%) Application Packaging
6 43 (14.88%) Service Management
7 37 (12.80%) Customer Service
8 32 (11.07%) Asset Management
8 32 (11.07%) User Experience
9 28 (9.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (8.65%) Patch Management
12 20 (6.92%) Agile
12 20 (6.92%) Change Management
13 17 (5.88%) Problem Management
13 17 (5.88%) Service Delivery
14 16 (5.54%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (5.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (5.19%) Deployment Automation
16 14 (4.84%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 87 (30.10%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.54%) VBScript
3 12 (4.15%) VB
4 7 (2.42%) SQL
5 6 (2.08%) Python
6 2 (0.69%) Bash
6 2 (0.69%) C#
6 2 (0.69%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.35%) Java
7 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 73 (25.26%) Security Cleared
2 51 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.76%) Degree
4 23 (7.96%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.42%) CCA
6 7 (2.42%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (2.42%) MCSA
7 6 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.73%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.73%) MCSE
8 5 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.69%) CCNP
10 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.34%) SLA
2 5 (1.73%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.69%) COBIT
3 2 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 141 (48.79%) Active Directory
2 42 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.61%) BitLocker
4 19 (6.57%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (5.54%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (4.15%) vSphere
7 9 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.77%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (2.42%) XenDesktop
10 6 (2.08%) Docker
10 6 (2.08%) XenApp
11 4 (1.38%) Firmware
11 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 85 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.92%) WSUS
3 12 (4.15%) SCOM
4 11 (3.81%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (2.77%) Nessus
6 6 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.73%) AirWatch
8 4 (1.38%) Ansible
8 4 (1.38%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.38%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.38%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.04%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.04%) SCSM
9 3 (1.04%) Terraform
10 2 (0.69%) Packer
10 2 (0.69%) vMotion
10 2 (0.69%) WMI
11 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 177 (61.25%) Microsoft
2 52 (17.99%) VMware
3 49 (16.96%) ServiceNow
4 36 (12.46%) Citrix
5 18 (6.23%) HP
6 16 (5.54%) Cisco
7 15 (5.19%) Tenable
8 14 (4.84%) Bloomberg
9 13 (4.50%) Apple
10 12 (4.15%) Reuters
11 11 (3.81%) Dynatrace
11 11 (3.81%) Qualys
12 9 (3.11%) ION Trading
13 7 (2.42%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.42%) Google
13 7 (2.42%) McAfee
13 7 (2.42%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.08%) F5
14 6 (2.08%) Remedy
14 6 (2.08%) Veeam