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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 192 168
Rank change year-on-year -142 -24 -2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 298 372 546
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 1.46% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.09% 9.30% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 256 418
10th Percentile £180 £200 £175
25th Percentile £222 £214 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £500 £526 £500
90th Percentile £602 £585 £608
UK median daily rate £354 £325 £350
% change year-on-year +8.98% -7.14% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 37
10th Percentile £18.94 £28.30 £16.58
25th Percentile £20.48 £28.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.51 £44.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -48.84% +71.14% +28.55%
75th Percentile £25.44 £59.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.50 £59.70 £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 5,859 4,002 4,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.39% 15.69% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,018 2,674 3,353
10th Percentile £320 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.44% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 40 96
10th Percentile £20.09 £21.39 £16.13
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.68 £20.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +68.00% -42.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.49 £49.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.30 £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 30 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 30 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 -97 118 £375 -3.23% 18
Midlands -50 54 £273 +1.87% 6
North of England -86 46 £344 +63.81% 6
South East -89 44 £400 +10.34% 22
West Midlands -51 38 £275 +25.00% 3
North West -44 33 £370 +85.00% 5
South West -33 24 £413 +3.13% 6
East Midlands -13 13 £270 -43.16% 3
East of England -63 9 £450 -18.18% 9
Yorkshire -58 8 £195 -2.50%
North East -40 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 47 (15.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (9.73%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.03%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.68%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 40 (13.42%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.34%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 116 (38.93%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (30.87%) Azure
3 60 (20.13%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.39%) OneDrive
5 15 (5.03%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.03%) AWS
6 12 (4.03%) SaaS
7 10 (3.36%) Google Workspace
8 9 (3.02%) PaaS
9 8 (2.68%) IaaS
10 7 (2.35%) Datadog
11 6 (2.01%) Cohesity
11 6 (2.01%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.01%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.67%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.67%) GitHub
13 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 45 (15.10%) DNS
2 43 (14.43%) VPN
3 38 (12.75%) DHCP
4 31 (10.40%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (9.73%) Firewall
6 21 (7.05%) TCP/IP
7 18 (6.04%) Skype
8 15 (5.03%) LAN
9 14 (4.70%) WAN
10 12 (4.03%) VLAN
11 11 (3.69%) DMZ
11 11 (3.69%) SAN
12 8 (2.68%) NetScaler
13 6 (2.01%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (1.68%) Internet
14 5 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.68%) Wireless
15 4 (1.34%) WAAS
16 3 (1.01%) Network Security
16 3 (1.01%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.03%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.02%) Power BI
3 3 (1.01%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.70%) MSI
2 12 (4.03%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.68%) JIRA
4 7 (2.35%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.35%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.34%) WiX
General
1 105 (35.23%) Social Skills
2 51 (17.11%) Finance
3 39 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.71%) Banking
5 15 (5.03%) Legal
5 15 (5.03%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.03%) Front Office
8 11 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.02%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.01%) Retail
11 5 (1.68%) Police
12 3 (1.01%) Billing
12 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.01%) Law
13 2 (0.67%) Games
13 2 (0.67%) Local Government
13 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.67%) Publishing
13 2 (0.67%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (10.74%) Desktop Engineer
1 32 (10.74%) Support Engineer
2 27 (9.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (8.05%) Analyst
3 24 (8.05%) Senior
4 18 (6.04%) IT Support
5 17 (5.70%) Administrator
5 17 (5.70%) Desktop Support
6 16 (5.37%) 2nd Line Support
7 14 (4.70%) Architect
7 14 (4.70%) Deployment Engineer
8 13 (4.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 13 (4.36%) Lead
9 11 (3.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 11 (3.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 11 (3.69%) IT Analyst
9 11 (3.69%) IT Engineer
10 10 (3.36%) Support Technician
11 9 (3.02%) Applications Packager
11 9 (3.02%) Help Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.70%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.34%) ADO
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.01%) 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 (10.74%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.70%) CMDB
3 12 (4.03%) Smartphone
4 10 (3.36%) Client/Server
4 10 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.02%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.02%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.68%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.01%) iPhone
8 6 (2.01%) Smartcard
8 6 (2.01%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.68%) PKI
9 5 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.01%) Fat Client
11 3 (1.01%) iPad
11 3 (1.01%) Thin Client
11 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 234 (78.52%) Windows
2 85 (28.52%) Windows 10
3 58 (19.46%) Windows Server
4 28 (9.40%) Mac OS
5 16 (5.37%) Apple iOS
5 16 (5.37%) Windows 7
6 14 (4.70%) Android
6 14 (4.70%) Linux
6 14 (4.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (4.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.01%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.67%) Unix
11 1 (0.34%) AIX
11 1 (0.34%) Debian
11 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (23.15%) ITIL
3 56 (18.79%) ITSM
4 50 (16.78%) Service Management
5 48 (16.11%) Application Packaging
6 45 (15.10%) Migration
7 37 (12.42%) Customer Service
8 34 (11.41%) User Experience
9 33 (11.07%) Asset Management
10 30 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (9.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (8.39%) Patch Management
13 23 (7.72%) Service Delivery
14 20 (6.71%) Agile
15 19 (6.38%) Problem Management
16 18 (6.04%) Stakeholder Management
17 17 (5.70%) Change Management
18 16 (5.37%) Project Delivery
18 16 (5.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
19 15 (5.03%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.19%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.70%) VBScript
3 12 (4.03%) VB
4 7 (2.35%) SQL
5 6 (2.01%) Python
6 2 (0.67%) Bash
6 2 (0.67%) C#
6 2 (0.67%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (26.85%) Security Cleared
2 52 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 33 (11.07%) Degree
4 28 (9.40%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.35%) MCSA
7 6 (2.01%) CCA
7 6 (2.01%) Citrix Certification
7 6 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.68%) MCSE
8 5 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.34%) 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 29 (9.73%) SLA
2 6 (2.01%) QA
3 5 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.67%) COBIT
5 2 (0.67%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 141 (47.32%) Active Directory
2 44 (14.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.38%) BitLocker
4 19 (6.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (6.04%) Hyper-V
6 17 (5.70%) Microsoft App-V
7 12 (4.03%) vSphere
8 10 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (2.01%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.68%) Docker
11 5 (1.68%) XenApp
12 4 (1.34%) Firmware
13 3 (1.01%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 91 (30.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.71%) WSUS
3 13 (4.36%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (3.69%) Nessus
4 11 (3.69%) SCOM
5 6 (2.01%) AirWatch
5 6 (2.01%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.34%) Ansible
7 4 (1.34%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.01%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.01%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.01%) SCSM
8 3 (1.01%) SCVMM
8 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.01%) Terraform
9 2 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.67%) Packer
9 2 (0.67%) vMotion
9 2 (0.67%) WMI
Vendors
1 179 (60.07%) Microsoft
2 54 (18.12%) VMware
3 49 (16.44%) ServiceNow
4 38 (12.75%) Citrix
5 23 (7.72%) Cisco
6 18 (6.04%) HP
6 18 (6.04%) Tenable
7 15 (5.03%) Apple
7 15 (5.03%) Bloomberg
8 12 (4.03%) Qualys
8 12 (4.03%) Reuters
9 11 (3.69%) Dynatrace
10 9 (3.02%) ION Trading
11 8 (2.68%) McAfee
11 8 (2.68%) Zscaler
12 7 (2.35%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.35%) SolarWinds
13 6 (2.01%) Canon
13 6 (2.01%) Veeam
14 5 (1.68%) Remedy