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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 181 139
Rank change year-on-year -32 -42 +30
Contract jobs citing SCCM 425 371 658
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.27% 1.42% 1.73%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.20% 9.62% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 267 497
10th Percentile £173 £182 £154
25th Percentile £200 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £334
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +4.95% -4.71%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £588 £607 £575
UK median daily rate £345 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -1.43% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 65
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.09 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.95 £16.54
Median hourly rate £19.44 £22.09 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% -0.27% -11.40%
75th Percentile £23.75 £27.80 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £57.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £22.09 £22.30
% change year-on-year -13.99% -0.94% -10.80%

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 5,184 3,857 4,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.55% 14.77% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,594 2,504 3,463
10th Percentile £313 £313 £252
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.95%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £739 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 47 156
10th Percentile £17.82 £14.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.49 £20.00
Median hourly rate £47.75 £26.50 £44.97
Median % change year-on-year +80.19% -41.07% -3.93%
75th Percentile £62.80 £61.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.38 £75.66 £77.02
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +96.08% -44.78% +11.18%

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 4 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

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 4 February 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 -40 143 £456 +14.06% 24
South East -23 80 £274 -27.07% 33
North of England -39 75 £330 +34.69% 15
Midlands -27 64 £218 +8.75% 8
North West -3 60 £405 +11.72% 8
South West -6 46 £438 +22.38% 8
East Midlands +2 37 £225 +5.88% 4
West Midlands -47 26 £200 - 4
East of England -16 21 £225 -21.05% 7
Yorkshire -54 9 £195 -13.33% 7
North East -13 6 £189 -51.29%
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 74 (17.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (12.47%) SharePoint
3 23 (5.41%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.71%) Confluence
5 3 (0.71%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
Applications
1 52 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.82%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.47%) assyst
3 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 204 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (32.24%) Azure
3 71 (16.71%) Entra ID
4 43 (10.12%) OneDrive
5 35 (8.24%) AWS
6 20 (4.71%) GCP
7 19 (4.47%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.00%) SaaS
9 9 (2.12%) Nutanix
10 8 (1.88%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.41%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.41%) PaaS
12 5 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.18%) IaaS
13 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.71%) ShareGate
14 2 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (18.35%) DNS
2 65 (15.29%) DHCP
3 46 (10.82%) Wi-Fi
4 42 (9.88%) VPN
5 36 (8.47%) Firewall
5 36 (8.47%) TCP/IP
6 24 (5.65%) WAN
7 23 (5.41%) Skype
8 20 (4.71%) LAN
9 18 (4.24%) VLAN
10 12 (2.82%) Unified Communications
11 9 (2.12%) 4G
11 9 (2.12%) Internet
11 9 (2.12%) NetScaler
12 7 (1.65%) Wireless
13 5 (1.18%) IPv4
13 5 (1.18%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.18%) WAAS
14 4 (0.94%) DMZ
14 4 (0.94%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.12%) Power BI
3 3 (0.71%) Metadata
4 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 15 (3.53%) MSI
2 11 (2.59%) JIRA
3 10 (2.35%) InstallShield
4 8 (1.88%) AdminStudio
5 3 (0.71%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.47%) Git
7 1 (0.24%) GCC
7 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.24%) MLflow
General
1 157 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 58 (13.65%) Finance
3 51 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.24%) Banking
7 12 (2.82%) Legal
8 8 (1.88%) Front Office
9 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.65%) Law
9 7 (1.65%) Spanish Language
9 7 (1.65%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.41%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.71%) Back Office
12 3 (0.71%) Marketing
12 3 (0.71%) Military
12 3 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (14.59%) Support Engineer
2 49 (11.53%) IT Support
3 48 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 47 (11.06%) Analyst
5 46 (10.82%) Deployment Engineer
6 41 (9.65%) Windows Engineer
7 35 (8.24%) IT Engineer
8 33 (7.76%) Desktop Support
9 28 (6.59%) Senior
10 26 (6.12%) Desktop Engineer
11 24 (5.65%) Architect
12 23 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
13 20 (4.71%) Support Analyst
14 18 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
15 17 (4.00%) Support Technician
16 16 (3.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 16 (3.76%) Lead
16 16 (3.76%) Security Engineer
16 16 (3.76%) Windows Deployment Engineer
17 14 (3.29%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.88%) Software Packaging
2 7 (1.65%) Middleware
3 3 (0.71%) LDAP
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.71%) OAuth
3 3 (0.71%) OpenID
3 3 (0.71%) SAML
4 2 (0.47%) BREW
4 2 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.24%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.24%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.24%) LangChain
5 1 (0.24%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.65%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.00%) Smartphone
4 15 (3.53%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (3.06%) CMDB
6 12 (2.82%) Driving Licence
6 12 (2.82%) PKI
7 10 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.12%) Client/Server
8 9 (2.12%) Replication
9 8 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.41%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.41%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.18%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.94%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 359 (84.47%) Windows
2 168 (39.53%) Windows 10
3 74 (17.41%) Windows Server
4 39 (9.18%) Mac OS
5 26 (6.12%) Linux
6 21 (4.94%) Apple iOS
7 17 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (3.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (3.53%) Windows 7
10 12 (2.82%) Android
10 12 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.18%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.71%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.47%) AIX
14 2 (0.47%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.47%) Unix
14 2 (0.47%) VMS
14 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (23.53%) ITIL
2 88 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (17.65%) Migration
4 58 (13.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 54 (12.71%) Customer Service
6 52 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (12.00%) ITSM
8 40 (9.41%) Service Management
9 39 (9.18%) Application Packaging
10 37 (8.71%) User Experience
11 33 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (7.53%) Change Management
13 26 (6.12%) Agile
14 25 (5.88%) Asset Management
14 25 (5.88%) Roadmaps
14 25 (5.88%) Zero Trust
15 24 (5.65%) Patch Management
15 24 (5.65%) Problem Management
16 23 (5.41%) Vulnerability Management
17 22 (5.18%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 128 (30.12%) PowerShell
2 27 (6.35%) VBScript
3 24 (5.65%) SQL
4 17 (4.00%) Bash
5 11 (2.59%) VB
6 7 (1.65%) Python
7 3 (0.71%) Java
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (25.18%) Security Cleared
2 83 (19.53%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.00%) Degree
4 35 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (6.35%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.41%) CCNA
8 6 (1.41%) CCNP
8 6 (1.41%) MCSE
8 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.18%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.18%) MCDST
9 5 (1.18%) MCSA
10 4 (0.94%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.94%) CCA
10 4 (0.94%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.47%) GDPR
3 14 (3.29%) SLA
4 4 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.94%) NIST
5 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 238 (56.00%) Active Directory
2 62 (14.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (3.53%) BitLocker
4 15 (3.53%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.06%) Microsoft App-V
5 13 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.35%) vSphere
7 8 (1.88%) Docker
8 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.18%) XenApp
9 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (0.94%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 150 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.41%) SCOM
3 21 (4.94%) WSUS
4 13 (3.06%) Ansible
4 13 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (2.12%) SCOrch
6 8 (1.88%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.65%) Terraform
8 6 (1.41%) CASB
8 6 (1.41%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.41%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.94%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.71%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.47%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 259 (60.94%) Microsoft
2 77 (18.12%) VMware
3 61 (14.35%) ServiceNow
4 46 (10.82%) Citrix
5 21 (4.94%) Cisco
6 18 (4.24%) Apple
7 16 (3.76%) Veeam
8 14 (3.29%) HP
9 12 (2.82%) Google
9 12 (2.82%) SolarWinds
10 11 (2.59%) McAfee
11 8 (1.88%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.88%) Remedy
11 8 (1.88%) Sophos
11 8 (1.88%) Symantec
11 8 (1.88%) Tenable
12 7 (1.65%) BMC
13 6 (1.41%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.41%) Dell
13 6 (1.41%) F5