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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 184 171
Rank change year-on-year -111 -13 -10
Contract jobs citing SCCM 386 427 477
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 1.53% 1.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.56% 10.64% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 292 336
10th Percentile £197 £180 £185
25th Percentile £240 £200 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £513 £500
90th Percentile £624 £575 £608
UK median daily rate £400 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 16
10th Percentile £17.51 £15.50 £23.03
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.97 £23.80
Median hourly rate £24.28 £18.87 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.64% -30.11% +35.03%
75th Percentile £25.75 £23.82 £52.50
90th Percentile - £59.30 £62.25
UK median hourly rate £24.28 £16.88 £27.00
% change year-on-year +43.85% -37.50% +20.00%

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 5,103 4,012 3,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.03% 14.34% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,408 2,633 2,592
10th Percentile £313 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £630
90th Percentile £700 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 76 51
10th Percentile £21.13 £17.58 £21.05
25th Percentile £31.25 £19.75 £23.99
Median hourly rate £65.69 £34.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.21% -10.53% -27.62%
75th Percentile £74.25 £63.75 £63.50
90th Percentile £89.38 £78.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +148.94% -32.00% -31.82%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -88 117 £375 -6.25% 62
North of England -30 91 £354 +72.78% 35
North West -5 74 £375 +76.47% 21
Midlands -37 67 £393 +48.11% 10
South East -92 58 £488 +78.24% 14
West Midlands -44 38 £383 +56.92% 6
East Midlands 0 29 £393 +5.09% 4
South West -65 29 £450 +10.77% 16
East of England -64 18 £425 -22.73% 11
Yorkshire -43 9 £223 +11.25% 12
North East -39 8 £200 - 3
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 57 (14.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (7.77%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.40%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.04%) IIS
5 2 (0.52%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 44 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.52%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 151 (39.12%) Microsoft 365
2 138 (35.75%) Azure
3 95 (24.61%) Entra ID
4 32 (8.29%) OneDrive
5 19 (4.92%) Azure Monitor
6 13 (3.37%) AWS
6 13 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (2.85%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.81%) GitHub
9 7 (1.81%) IaaS
10 6 (1.55%) SaaS
11 5 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.30%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.30%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.30%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.30%) PaaS
11 5 (1.30%) Rubrik
12 4 (1.04%) Datadog
13 3 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 84 (21.76%) DNS
2 83 (21.50%) VPN
3 71 (18.39%) DHCP
4 39 (10.10%) Firewall
5 38 (9.84%) TCP/IP
6 28 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (5.96%) Skype
8 15 (3.89%) LAN
8 15 (3.89%) Network Security
8 15 (3.89%) WAN
9 12 (3.11%) VLAN
10 11 (2.85%) SAN
11 9 (2.33%) Wireless
12 8 (2.07%) Internet
13 7 (1.81%) DMZ
14 6 (1.55%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (1.55%) SSH
15 3 (0.78%) NetScaler
16 2 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
16 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (5.44%) MSI
2 7 (1.81%) JIRA
3 4 (1.04%) AdminStudio
3 4 (1.04%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.04%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 145 (37.56%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.80%) Finance
3 47 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.44%) Legal
6 18 (4.66%) Banking
7 16 (4.15%) Front Office
8 12 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.85%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.33%) Military
12 8 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.81%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.55%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.55%) Law
15 4 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.78%) Retail
17 2 (0.52%) Advertising
17 2 (0.52%) German Language
Job Titles
1 55 (14.25%) Support Engineer
2 54 (13.99%) Desktop Engineer
3 45 (11.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (10.36%) Desktop Support
5 36 (9.33%) Analyst
6 35 (9.07%) IT Support
7 31 (8.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 28 (7.25%) IT Engineer
8 28 (7.25%) Senior
9 24 (6.22%) Windows Engineer
10 19 (4.92%) Deployment Engineer
11 18 (4.66%) Administrator
11 18 (4.66%) Consultant
12 17 (4.40%) IT Analyst
13 15 (3.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
14 13 (3.37%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (3.37%) Lead
15 11 (2.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 11 (2.85%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.92%) Terraform
2 14 (3.63%) Software Packaging
3 12 (3.11%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.55%) JSON
4 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.78%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.78%) REST
6 2 (0.52%) .NET
6 2 (0.52%) ADO
6 2 (0.52%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.52%) Qt
7 1 (0.26%) Middleware
7 1 (0.26%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.99%) Onboarding
2 31 (8.03%) CMDB
3 16 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (4.15%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.37%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.11%) ARM Cortex
5 12 (3.11%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.59%) Smartphone
7 9 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.07%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (2.07%) PKI
9 5 (1.30%) iPhone
9 5 (1.30%) Smartcard
9 5 (1.30%) YubiKey
10 4 (1.04%) Blackberry
10 4 (1.04%) Clustering
10 4 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.78%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 331 (85.75%) Windows
2 125 (32.38%) Windows 10
3 92 (23.83%) Windows Server
4 49 (12.69%) Linux
5 30 (7.77%) Android
6 27 (6.99%) Mac OS
7 25 (6.48%) Apple iOS
8 23 (5.96%) Windows 7
9 11 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.78%) Unix
15 1 (0.26%) AIX
15 1 (0.26%) CentOS
15 1 (0.26%) Debian
15 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (33.68%) ITIL
2 92 (23.83%) ITSM
3 84 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (20.73%) Service Management
5 64 (16.58%) Customer Service
6 52 (13.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 50 (12.95%) Application Packaging
8 49 (12.69%) Migration
9 38 (9.84%) Asset Management
9 38 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (9.33%) Patch Management
10 36 (9.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 32 (8.29%) Software Deployment
11 32 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (7.77%) Service Delivery
13 26 (6.74%) User Experience
14 25 (6.48%) Task Automation
15 24 (6.22%) Security Hardening
16 22 (5.70%) Change Management
16 22 (5.70%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 137 (35.49%) PowerShell
2 21 (5.44%) VBScript
3 19 (4.92%) Bash
4 16 (4.15%) VB
5 12 (3.11%) Bicep
6 11 (2.85%) Python
7 8 (2.07%) SQL
8 2 (0.52%) C#
8 2 (0.52%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 135 (34.97%) Security Cleared
2 93 (24.09%) SC Cleared
3 37 (9.59%) DV Cleared
4 28 (7.25%) Degree
5 18 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.81%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.55%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.55%) MCSE
10 6 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.04%) MCSA
13 3 (0.78%) CCA
13 3 (0.78%) Citrix Certification
14 2 (0.52%) CCNP
14 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.77%) SLA
2 9 (2.33%) QA
3 6 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.04%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.78%) NIST
6 2 (0.52%) COBIT
6 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.52%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.52%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 221 (57.25%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (8.55%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.22%) BitLocker
5 20 (5.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 19 (4.92%) vSphere
7 15 (3.89%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.30%) Docker
10 5 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.78%) Firmware
12 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.52%) XenApp
12 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 160 (41.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.44%) Ansible
2 21 (5.44%) WSUS
3 17 (4.40%) SCOM
4 10 (2.59%) Nessus
5 7 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.81%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.78%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.78%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.78%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.52%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.52%) Packer
7 2 (0.52%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.52%) vMotion
8 1 (0.26%) Nagios
8 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 271 (70.21%) Microsoft
2 71 (18.39%) VMware
3 70 (18.13%) ServiceNow
4 42 (10.88%) Citrix
5 21 (5.44%) Cisco
6 17 (4.40%) Apple
6 17 (4.40%) CrowdStrike
7 13 (3.37%) CyberArk
7 13 (3.37%) Tenable
8 12 (3.11%) Bloomberg
8 12 (3.11%) Qualys
9 11 (2.85%) BeyondTrust
9 11 (2.85%) Tanium
9 11 (2.85%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.33%) Ivanti
11 8 (2.07%) McAfee
12 7 (1.81%) HP
12 7 (1.81%) NetApp
12 7 (1.81%) Remedy
13 6 (1.55%) SolarWinds