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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 174 155
Rank change year-on-year -34 -19 +19
Contract jobs citing SCCM 421 435 620
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.49% 1.67%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.37% 10.34% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 310 454
10th Percentile £169 £188 £150
25th Percentile £200 £238 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -
75th Percentile £500 £513 £488
90th Percentile £588 £608 £615
UK median daily rate £341 £383 £360
% change year-on-year -10.78% +6.25% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 53
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.98% +25.64% -22.00%
75th Percentile £22.50 £41.25 £39.23
90th Percentile £25.00 £62.70 £67.90
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £24.34 £21.00
% change year-on-year -22.47% +15.90% -16.00%

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 5,031 4,208 5,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.02% 14.42% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,445 2,705 3,723
10th Percentile £311 £313 £292
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% -3.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £611 £644 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.42% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 56 160
10th Percentile £18.72 £15.36 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £23.75 £21.81
Median hourly rate £47.50 £30.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +55.74% -33.95% +31.94%
75th Percentile £66.19 £60.63 £68.97
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.97 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +49.53% -42.07% +37.85%

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 17 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in England

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 17 December 2025. 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 -27 148 £475 +18.75% 25
South East -28 82 £274 -21.86% 22
North of England -34 66 £330 +34.69% 11
Midlands +1 63 £223 +11.25% 6
North West -11 50 £378 -5.63% 9
South West -4 43 £425 +13.33% 17
East Midlands +1 33 £225 -1.10% 5
West Midlands -25 30 £213 +6.25% 1
East of England -9 26 £225 -39.43% 4
Yorkshire -46 12 £300 +25.00%
North East -7 4 £195 -42.65% 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 80 (19.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (10.93%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.51%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.66%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.43%) Confluence
6 3 (0.71%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 47 (11.16%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.48%) assyst
3 1 (0.24%) Eikon
3 1 (0.24%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 193 (45.84%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (30.40%) Azure
3 63 (14.96%) Entra ID
4 41 (9.74%) OneDrive
5 33 (7.84%) AWS
6 21 (4.99%) GCP
7 16 (3.80%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.33%) SaaS
9 9 (2.14%) Mimecast
10 7 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (1.66%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.95%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.71%) IaaS
12 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.71%) PaaS
12 3 (0.71%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 72 (17.10%) DNS
2 56 (13.30%) DHCP
3 41 (9.74%) Firewall
4 37 (8.79%) TCP/IP
4 37 (8.79%) Wi-Fi
5 34 (8.08%) VPN
6 20 (4.75%) Skype
6 20 (4.75%) WAN
7 14 (3.33%) LAN
8 12 (2.85%) Internet
8 12 (2.85%) Unified Communications
8 12 (2.85%) VLAN
9 10 (2.38%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (2.14%) 4G
11 6 (1.43%) Wireless
12 4 (0.95%) IPv4
12 4 (0.95%) SAN
12 4 (0.95%) SSL
12 4 (0.95%) WAAS
13 3 (0.71%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.43%) Power BI
3 3 (0.71%) Metadata
4 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (3.56%) MSI
2 12 (2.85%) JIRA
3 10 (2.38%) InstallShield
4 8 (1.90%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.19%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.19%) Git
6 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.71%) Postman
7 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.48%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.24%) GCC
8 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.24%) MLflow
General
1 166 (39.43%) Social Skills
2 57 (13.54%) Finance
3 45 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.79%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.94%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (4.04%) Banking
7 14 (3.33%) Legal
8 11 (2.61%) Games
9 8 (1.90%) Front Office
9 8 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.43%) Spanish Language
10 6 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.19%) Law
12 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.95%) Retail
13 3 (0.71%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.71%) Local Government
13 3 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 66 (15.68%) Support Engineer
2 47 (11.16%) Analyst
3 46 (10.93%) Windows Engineer
4 45 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 43 (10.21%) Deployment Engineer
5 43 (10.21%) IT Support
6 35 (8.31%) IT Engineer
7 27 (6.41%) Desktop Support
8 26 (6.18%) Desktop Engineer
9 25 (5.94%) Senior
10 24 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
11 22 (5.23%) Support Analyst
12 19 (4.51%) Architect
13 18 (4.28%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (4.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 18 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (4.28%) Security Engineer
14 16 (3.80%) SCCM Engineer
15 14 (3.33%) Administrator
15 14 (3.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.66%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.19%) Middleware
3 3 (0.71%) LDAP
3 3 (0.71%) OAuth
3 3 (0.71%) OpenID
3 3 (0.71%) SAML
4 2 (0.48%) BREW
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.24%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.24%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.24%) EDI
5 1 (0.24%) LangChain
5 1 (0.24%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.70%) Data Centre
2 20 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.80%) Video Conferencing
4 13 (3.09%) PKI
5 10 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.38%) Smartphone
6 9 (2.14%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.14%) Replication
7 8 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.66%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (1.43%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.19%) CMDB
10 5 (1.19%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.19%) NHS
11 4 (0.95%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 363 (86.22%) Windows
2 160 (38.00%) Windows 10
3 66 (15.68%) Windows Server
4 48 (11.40%) Mac OS
5 27 (6.41%) Linux
6 20 (4.75%) Android
7 19 (4.51%) Apple iOS
8 11 (2.61%) Windows 7
9 9 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.95%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.95%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.95%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.48%) AIX
14 2 (0.48%) Unix
14 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (23.52%) ITIL
2 76 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (14.73%) Migration
4 57 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 47 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (11.16%) Customer Service
6 41 (9.74%) Application Packaging
6 41 (9.74%) ITSM
6 41 (9.74%) User Experience
7 31 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (6.89%) Change Management
8 29 (6.89%) Service Management
9 27 (6.41%) Zero Trust
10 25 (5.94%) Patch Management
11 24 (5.70%) Agile
11 24 (5.70%) Data Protection
11 24 (5.70%) Problem Management
11 24 (5.70%) Roadmaps
12 23 (5.46%) Cloud Security
13 22 (5.23%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (32.54%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.23%) VBScript
3 21 (4.99%) Bash
3 21 (4.99%) SQL
4 11 (2.61%) Python
5 7 (1.66%) VB
6 3 (0.71%) Java
7 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.24%) Perl
7 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 101 (23.99%) Security Cleared
2 78 (18.53%) SC Cleared
3 45 (10.69%) Degree
4 41 (9.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (5.46%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.43%) CCNA
8 6 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.43%) MCP
8 6 (1.43%) MCSE
9 5 (1.19%) CCNP
9 5 (1.19%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (1.19%) MCDST
9 5 (1.19%) MCSA
10 4 (0.95%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.95%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.46%) GDPR
3 16 (3.80%) SLA
4 5 (1.19%) NIST
5 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 234 (55.58%) Active Directory
2 58 (13.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (3.09%) Microsoft App-V
5 12 (2.85%) BitLocker
6 10 (2.38%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.14%) Firmware
8 7 (1.66%) vSphere
9 5 (1.19%) Docker
9 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.71%) XenApp
12 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 156 (37.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.23%) SCOM
3 21 (4.99%) WSUS
4 17 (4.04%) Ansible
5 10 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (2.38%) SCOrch
6 7 (1.66%) CASB
6 7 (1.66%) Norton AntiVirus
7 6 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.43%) Terraform
8 5 (1.19%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.71%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.71%) Puppet
10 3 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.48%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.24%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 266 (63.18%) Microsoft
2 71 (16.86%) VMware
3 51 (12.11%) ServiceNow
4 41 (9.74%) Citrix
5 36 (8.55%) Cisco
6 20 (4.75%) Apple
7 15 (3.56%) McAfee
8 14 (3.33%) Splunk
9 13 (3.09%) Veeam
10 10 (2.38%) Google
10 10 (2.38%) Meraki
10 10 (2.38%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.14%) Bloomberg
11 9 (2.14%) Dell
11 9 (2.14%) HP
11 9 (2.14%) Sophos
12 8 (1.90%) Remedy
12 8 (1.90%) Tenable
13 7 (1.66%) Symantec
14 6 (1.43%) Reuters