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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 194 175
Rank change year-on-year -111 -19 -3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 362 390 471
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.41% 1.43%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.15% 10.18% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 273 344
10th Percentile £185 £198 £180
25th Percentile £240 £213 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £388 £380
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +1.97% -5.00%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £525
90th Percentile £584 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £380
% change year-on-year +7.14% -7.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 15
10th Percentile £17.25 £18.42 £23.80
25th Percentile £17.59 - £25.03
Median hourly rate £22.80 £18.87 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -31.38% +41.06%
75th Percentile £25.75 £35.75 £60.00
90th Percentile - £59.30 £68.55
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £27.50
% change year-on-year +54.32% -49.93% +37.57%

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 5,063 3,831 3,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.03% 13.81% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,392 2,537 2,767
10th Percentile £308 £282 £300
25th Percentile £418 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -5.01%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £712
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +3.50% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 60 59
10th Percentile £21.27 £18.87 £20.00
25th Percentile £44.86 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £51.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.37% +36.00% -24.27%
75th Percentile £74.00 £66.63 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.20 £82.96 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +111.60% -20.00% -30.23%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -90 120 £375 -4.76% 36
North of England -44 74 £340 +60.71% 27
Midlands -20 65 £335 +11.67% 11
North West -24 61 £354 +68.67% 23
South East -93 53 £425 -1.31% 22
West Midlands -21 42 £250 -28.57% 5
South West -51 29 £413 +8.91% 14
East Midlands -6 21 £400 +100.00% 6
East of England -52 15 £400 -27.27% 8
North East -37 7 £200 -20.00% 2
Yorkshire -53 6 £223 -11.00% 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 51 (14.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.29%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.70%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.38%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 45 (12.43%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.55%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 135 (37.29%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (33.15%) Azure
3 82 (22.65%) Entra ID
4 30 (8.29%) OneDrive
5 13 (3.59%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.31%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (2.76%) AWS
7 10 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.76%) SaaS
8 9 (2.49%) IaaS
9 8 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.21%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.93%) GitHub
10 7 (1.93%) PaaS
11 6 (1.66%) Datadog
12 5 (1.38%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.38%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.38%) Rubrik
13 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 77 (21.27%) DNS
2 68 (18.78%) VPN
3 64 (17.68%) DHCP
4 35 (9.67%) Firewall
5 33 (9.12%) TCP/IP
6 29 (8.01%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (6.08%) Skype
8 14 (3.87%) WAN
9 13 (3.59%) LAN
9 13 (3.59%) VLAN
10 12 (3.31%) Network Security
10 12 (3.31%) SAN
11 9 (2.49%) DMZ
12 7 (1.93%) Wireless
13 6 (1.66%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (1.66%) Internet
14 4 (1.10%) SSH
15 3 (0.83%) NetScaler
15 3 (0.83%) WAAS
16 2 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.31%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.93%) Power BI
3 3 (0.83%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (5.80%) MSI
2 11 (3.04%) InstallShield
3 7 (1.93%) AdminStudio
4 6 (1.66%) Chocolatey
5 3 (0.83%) JIRA
6 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) Git
7 1 (0.28%) WiX
General
1 134 (37.02%) Social Skills
2 60 (16.57%) Finance
3 43 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.80%) Legal
5 19 (5.25%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.70%) Banking
6 17 (4.70%) Front Office
7 12 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.93%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.66%) Law
10 6 (1.66%) Military
11 5 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.10%) Police
12 4 (1.10%) Retail
13 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.55%) Advertising
14 2 (0.55%) German Language
Job Titles
1 45 (12.43%) Support Engineer
2 44 (12.15%) Desktop Engineer
3 39 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (9.67%) Analyst
5 29 (8.01%) Desktop Support
6 27 (7.46%) IT Support
7 26 (7.18%) Senior
8 23 (6.35%) IT Engineer
9 22 (6.08%) Windows Engineer
10 21 (5.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 18 (4.97%) Administrator
12 17 (4.70%) Deployment Engineer
13 16 (4.42%) Consultant
13 16 (4.42%) IT Analyst
14 12 (3.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (3.31%) Lead
14 12 (3.31%) SCCM Engineer
14 12 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.04%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.42%) Software Packaging
2 14 (3.87%) Terraform
3 8 (2.21%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.66%) JSON
5 4 (1.10%) ADO
5 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (0.83%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.83%) REST
7 2 (0.55%) .NET
7 2 (0.55%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.55%) Qt
8 1 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.26%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.52%) CMDB
3 13 (3.59%) Data Centre
3 13 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.31%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.21%) ARM Cortex
5 8 (2.21%) iPhone
5 8 (2.21%) Smartphone
6 6 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.66%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (1.66%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.38%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.38%) Smartcard
7 5 (1.38%) YubiKey
8 4 (1.10%) Blackberry
8 4 (1.10%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 302 (83.43%) Windows
2 116 (32.04%) Windows 10
3 78 (21.55%) Windows Server
4 34 (9.39%) Linux
5 26 (7.18%) Mac OS
6 22 (6.08%) Windows 7
7 20 (5.52%) Android
8 19 (5.25%) Apple iOS
9 10 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.38%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.55%) Unix
13 1 (0.28%) AIX
13 1 (0.28%) Debian
13 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (29.56%) ITIL
2 89 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (22.10%) ITSM
4 67 (18.51%) Service Management
5 55 (15.19%) Application Packaging
6 49 (13.54%) Customer Service
7 45 (12.43%) Migration
8 44 (12.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 38 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (9.94%) Asset Management
11 34 (9.39%) Patch Management
12 33 (9.12%) User Experience
13 31 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (7.73%) Service Delivery
15 27 (7.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 26 (7.18%) Task Automation
17 23 (6.35%) Software Deployment
18 20 (5.52%) Change Management
19 19 (5.25%) DevOps
19 19 (5.25%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 125 (34.53%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.08%) VBScript
3 16 (4.42%) VB
4 12 (3.31%) Bash
5 10 (2.76%) Python
6 8 (2.21%) Bicep
6 8 (2.21%) SQL
7 2 (0.55%) C#
7 2 (0.55%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (35.08%) Security Cleared
2 88 (24.31%) SC Cleared
3 34 (9.39%) DV Cleared
4 33 (9.12%) Degree
5 20 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.04%) Azure Certification
6 11 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.66%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.66%) MCSA
9 6 (1.66%) MCSE
9 6 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.38%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.83%) CCA
12 3 (0.83%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.29%) SLA
2 8 (2.21%) QA
3 5 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.83%) NIST
6 2 (0.55%) COBIT
6 2 (0.55%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.55%) NCSC
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 194 (53.59%) Active Directory
2 48 (13.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (7.18%) BitLocker
4 25 (6.91%) Hyper-V
5 18 (4.97%) vSphere
6 17 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (4.42%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (2.49%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.10%) Docker
10 4 (1.10%) Firmware
10 4 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.55%) XenApp
11 2 (0.55%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 128 (35.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (6.35%) WSUS
3 17 (4.70%) SCOM
4 13 (3.59%) Ansible
5 10 (2.76%) Nessus
6 9 (2.49%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (1.93%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.66%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.83%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.83%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.83%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.83%) SCSM
10 2 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.55%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.55%) Packer
10 2 (0.55%) vMotion
11 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.28%) WMI
Vendors
1 246 (67.96%) Microsoft
2 68 (18.78%) ServiceNow
3 62 (17.13%) VMware
4 35 (9.67%) Citrix
5 21 (5.80%) Cisco
6 17 (4.70%) Apple
7 16 (4.42%) Tenable
8 15 (4.14%) Bloomberg
9 13 (3.59%) HP
10 12 (3.31%) CyberArk
10 12 (3.31%) Qualys
11 11 (3.04%) McAfee
12 10 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (2.49%) BeyondTrust
13 9 (2.49%) Reuters
13 9 (2.49%) Tanium
14 8 (2.21%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.93%) ION Trading
15 7 (1.93%) Remedy
15 7 (1.93%) Zscaler