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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 189 160
Rank change year-on-year -117 -29 +2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 299 338 555
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 1.41% 1.53%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.41% 9.04% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 258 438
10th Percentile £163 £189 £163
25th Percentile £213 £207 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £375 £305
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +22.95% -18.67%
75th Percentile £488 £536 £500
90th Percentile £605 £586 £608
UK median daily rate £330 £325 £308
% change year-on-year +1.54% +5.69% -18.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 42
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.09 - £16.84
Median hourly rate £22.21 £18.13 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -18.43% +11.13%
75th Percentile £24.00 £28.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.13 £28.60 £58.00
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.23
% change year-on-year +54.32% -38.04% +11.13%

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 5,524 3,739 4,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.38% 15.59% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,807 2,571 3,218
10th Percentile £316 £308 £258
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 37 101
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £39.65 £23.80 £17.72
Median hourly rate £56.50 £29.00 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +94.83% +12.56% -50.58%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.75 £27.00
% change year-on-year +98.20% +2.78% -48.98%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -75 117 £375 -6.25% 19
Midlands -61 52 £225 +5.88% 14
South East -56 49 £350 -12.50% 13
North of England -73 46 £340 +69.75% 16
North West -37 38 £355 +77.25% 14
East Midlands -5 28 £225 -52.63% 5
South West -29 21 £385 -3.75% 3
West Midlands -71 21 £250 +25.00% 9
East of England -54 10 £450 -18.18% 2
North East -32 4 £184 -33.18% 1
Yorkshire -57 4 £195 -2.50% 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 48 (16.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (12.04%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.34%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.01%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 33 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.67%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 131 (43.81%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (33.11%) Azure
3 68 (22.74%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.02%) AWS
5 20 (6.69%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.68%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.01%) SaaS
8 9 (3.01%) Nutanix
8 9 (3.01%) PaaS
9 8 (2.68%) GCP
9 8 (2.68%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.68%) IaaS
10 7 (2.34%) Datadog
11 6 (2.01%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.67%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.00%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.67%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.39%) DNS
2 42 (14.05%) DHCP
3 29 (9.70%) VPN
4 26 (8.70%) Firewall
5 25 (8.36%) TCP/IP
5 25 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (5.35%) Skype
7 13 (4.35%) LAN
7 13 (4.35%) WAN
8 12 (4.01%) VLAN
9 10 (3.34%) SAN
10 8 (2.68%) NetScaler
11 6 (2.01%) DMZ
11 6 (2.01%) Wireless
12 5 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.34%) WAAS
14 3 (1.00%) BIG-IP
14 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.67%) PCoIP
15 2 (0.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.68%) Power BI
3 3 (1.00%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.02%) MSI
2 12 (4.01%) InstallShield
3 9 (3.01%) JIRA
4 7 (2.34%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.34%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.33%) WiX
General
1 92 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.38%) Finance
3 36 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.02%) Banking
5 14 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.68%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.68%) Legal
7 8 (2.68%) Front Office
7 8 (2.68%) Law
8 7 (2.34%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.67%) Police
9 5 (1.67%) Retail
10 4 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.00%) Games
11 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.00%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.67%) Billing
12 2 (0.67%) Local Government
12 2 (0.67%) Publishing
12 2 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (11.37%) Support Engineer
2 31 (10.37%) Desktop Engineer
3 29 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (9.03%) Senior
5 26 (8.70%) Desktop Support
6 23 (7.69%) Analyst
7 20 (6.69%) IT Support
8 17 (5.69%) Architect
8 17 (5.69%) Deployment Engineer
9 15 (5.02%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.02%) IT Engineer
10 14 (4.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 13 (4.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 12 (4.01%) Windows Engineer
13 11 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 11 (3.68%) Support Technician
14 10 (3.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 10 (3.34%) Administrator
14 10 (3.34%) Lead
15 9 (3.01%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.35%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.34%) ADO
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.00%) Middleware
3 3 (1.00%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.67%) .NET
4 2 (0.67%) JSON
4 2 (0.67%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.67%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.69%) Smartphone
3 19 (6.35%) CMDB
4 12 (4.01%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.68%) Client/Server
5 11 (3.68%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.68%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.34%) iPhone
9 6 (2.01%) Smartcard
9 6 (2.01%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.34%) iPad
11 4 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.34%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.34%) PKI
11 4 (1.34%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.34%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 232 (77.59%) Windows
2 95 (31.77%) Windows 10
3 61 (20.40%) Windows Server
4 29 (9.70%) Mac OS
5 24 (8.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (6.35%) Apple iOS
6 19 (6.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (5.35%) Linux
8 15 (5.02%) Windows 7
8 15 (5.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.01%) Android
10 4 (1.34%) Windows 8
11 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.33%) AIX
12 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.33%) Unix
12 1 (0.33%) VMS
12 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (19.40%) ITIL
3 55 (18.39%) Migration
4 48 (16.05%) Application Packaging
5 43 (14.38%) ITSM
6 41 (13.71%) Customer Service
7 37 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.04%) Asset Management
8 33 (11.04%) User Experience
9 30 (10.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (9.03%) Service Management
11 24 (8.03%) Change Management
12 21 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (6.69%) Agile
13 20 (6.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 20 (6.69%) Patch Management
14 18 (6.02%) Data Protection
14 18 (6.02%) Roadmaps
15 17 (5.69%) Business Continuity
16 16 (5.35%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.42%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.68%) SQL
2 14 (4.68%) VBScript
3 10 (3.34%) VB
4 7 (2.34%) Bash
5 3 (1.00%) Python
6 2 (0.67%) C#
6 2 (0.67%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 70 (23.41%) Security Cleared
2 47 (15.72%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.37%) Degree
4 27 (9.03%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.34%) CCA
7 4 (1.34%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.34%) MCSA
8 3 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.67%) CCNP
9 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.67%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.67%) MCSE
9 2 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.69%) SLA
2 5 (1.67%) GDPR
2 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.34%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.67%) COBIT
4 2 (0.67%) QA
5 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 160 (53.51%) Active Directory
2 48 (16.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.69%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (6.02%) BitLocker
6 16 (5.35%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (3.68%) vSphere
8 10 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.68%) Docker
10 7 (2.34%) XenDesktop
11 6 (2.01%) XenApp
12 5 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (1.34%) VMware NSX
14 3 (1.00%) Firmware
15 2 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (28.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.36%) WSUS
3 12 (4.01%) SCOM
4 11 (3.68%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.34%) Nessus
6 6 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.67%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.67%) Ansible
7 5 (1.67%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.34%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.34%) SCVMM
9 3 (1.00%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.00%) SCSM
9 3 (1.00%) Terraform
9 3 (1.00%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.67%) Packer
10 2 (0.67%) WMI
11 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.33%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 176 (58.86%) Microsoft
2 60 (20.07%) VMware
3 45 (15.05%) ServiceNow
4 35 (11.71%) Citrix
5 19 (6.35%) HP
6 15 (5.02%) Cisco
6 15 (5.02%) Tenable
7 13 (4.35%) Apple
8 11 (3.68%) Bloomberg
8 11 (3.68%) Dynatrace
9 10 (3.34%) Google
10 8 (2.68%) Reuters
10 8 (2.68%) Veeam
11 7 (2.34%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.34%) F5
11 7 (2.34%) Sophos
12 6 (2.01%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.67%) Dell
13 5 (1.67%) ION Trading
13 5 (1.67%) McAfee