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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 196 148
Rank change year-on-year -99 -48 +13
Contract jobs citing SCCM 327 329 598
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.35% 1.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.90% 8.68% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 241 464
10th Percentile £173 £183 £163
25th Percentile £213 £210 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £305
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +14.75% -13.48%
75th Percentile £500 £513 £500
90th Percentile £613 £600 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £320
% change year-on-year +7.14% +9.38% -14.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 55
10th Percentile £16.25 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £14.46 £16.67
Median hourly rate £21.76 £17.16 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +26.78% -23.05% -0.49%
75th Percentile £23.85 £20.60 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.67 £28.30 £52.12
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.30
% change year-on-year +54.32% -38.25% +1.36%

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 5,544 3,789 4,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.75% 15.57% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,838 2,620 3,180
10th Percentile £320 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.92% -8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 34 120
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £42.21 £23.64 £17.74
Median hourly rate £57.63 £27.38 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% +0.46% -52.61%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.44 £51.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.09 £70.13
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £26.45 £30.00
% change year-on-year +113.61% -11.83% -47.83%

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 April 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 April 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 -57 134 £413 +3.13% 17
South East -39 55 £425 +1.19% 15
Midlands -60 54 £225 +6.51% 10
North of England -87 46 £394 +69.25% 12
North West -38 38 £405 +102.50% 8
East Midlands -4 33 £225 -52.63% 2
South West -36 20 £363 +6.62% 2
West Midlands -79 18 £375 +87.50% 8
East of England -35 16 £375 +53.06% 10
North East -19 4 £184 -52.58% 2
Yorkshire -65 4 £195 -13.33% 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 47 (14.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (9.17%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.06%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.53%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.61%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 137 (41.90%) Microsoft 365
2 106 (32.42%) Azure
3 63 (19.27%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.42%) AWS
5 16 (4.89%) SaaS
6 11 (3.36%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.36%) PaaS
6 11 (3.36%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.06%) GCP
7 10 (3.06%) IaaS
8 9 (2.75%) Google Workspace
8 9 (2.75%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.14%) Datadog
10 6 (1.83%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.53%) Cohesity
12 3 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.61%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 62 (18.96%) DNS
2 54 (16.51%) DHCP
3 36 (11.01%) VPN
4 33 (10.09%) Firewall
5 31 (9.48%) Wi-Fi
6 28 (8.56%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.73%) LAN
8 20 (6.12%) WAN
9 18 (5.50%) VLAN
10 15 (4.59%) Skype
11 12 (3.67%) SAN
12 10 (3.06%) NetScaler
12 10 (3.06%) Wireless
13 7 (2.14%) DMZ
14 4 (1.22%) IPv4
14 4 (1.22%) WAAS
15 3 (0.92%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.92%) Softphone
15 3 (0.92%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.14%) Power BI
3 3 (0.92%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.20%) MSI
2 12 (3.67%) InstallShield
3 9 (2.75%) Chocolatey
3 9 (2.75%) JIRA
4 6 (1.83%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.61%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.61%) Git
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.31%) WiX
General
1 98 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.37%) Finance
3 35 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.26%) Banking
5 22 (6.73%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (4.28%) Legal
8 9 (2.75%) Front Office
8 9 (2.75%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.14%) Law
10 6 (1.83%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.53%) Police
11 5 (1.53%) Retail
12 4 (1.22%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.61%) Back Office
14 2 (0.61%) Local Government
14 2 (0.61%) Marketing
14 2 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (11.62%) Support Engineer
2 37 (11.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (9.48%) Senior
4 28 (8.56%) IT Support
5 24 (7.34%) Analyst
5 24 (7.34%) Architect
5 24 (7.34%) Desktop Support
5 24 (7.34%) IT Engineer
6 22 (6.73%) Deployment Engineer
7 21 (6.42%) Desktop Engineer
8 17 (5.20%) Windows Engineer
9 14 (4.28%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (3.98%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (3.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 11 (3.36%) Applications Packager
12 10 (3.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 10 (3.06%) 3rd Line Support
12 10 (3.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 10 (3.06%) IT Analyst
12 10 (3.06%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.98%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.22%) ADO
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.92%) Middleware
4 2 (0.61%) .NET
4 2 (0.61%) BREW
4 2 (0.61%) JSON
4 2 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.12%) CMDB
2 18 (5.50%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.20%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.59%) Driving Licence
5 14 (4.28%) Client/Server
6 13 (3.98%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.45%) iPhone
9 7 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.83%) PKI
10 6 (1.83%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.83%) Replication
10 6 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.53%) Smartcard
11 5 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.53%) YubiKey
12 4 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.22%) iPad
12 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 269 (82.26%) Windows
2 106 (32.42%) Windows 10
3 77 (23.55%) Windows Server
4 31 (9.48%) Mac OS
5 24 (7.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (6.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (5.50%) Apple iOS
7 18 (5.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (5.20%) Linux
9 14 (4.28%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.75%) Android
11 4 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.22%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.92%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.31%) AIX
13 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.31%) Solaris
13 1 (0.31%) Unix
13 1 (0.31%) VMS
13 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (19.57%) ITIL
2 64 (19.57%) Migration
3 52 (15.90%) Application Packaging
4 46 (14.07%) ITSM
5 43 (13.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (11.01%) Customer Service
8 31 (9.48%) Service Management
9 30 (9.17%) Asset Management
10 27 (8.26%) User Experience
11 23 (7.03%) Change Management
12 22 (6.73%) Agile
13 20 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (5.81%) Disaster Recovery
15 18 (5.50%) Data Protection
15 18 (5.50%) Patch Management
16 17 (5.20%) Project Delivery
17 16 (4.89%) Analytics
17 16 (4.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 94 (28.75%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.20%) SQL
3 16 (4.89%) VBScript
4 11 (3.36%) VB
5 8 (2.45%) Bash
6 3 (0.92%) Python
7 2 (0.61%) C#
7 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.31%) Java
8 1 (0.31%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (24.16%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.29%) SC Cleared
3 40 (12.23%) DV Cleared
4 37 (11.31%) Degree
5 18 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.53%) CCA
7 5 (1.53%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.22%) MCSA
9 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.61%) CCNP
10 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.61%) CISSP
10 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.61%) MCSE
10 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.03%) SLA
2 8 (2.45%) GDPR
3 5 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.22%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.61%) NIST
5 2 (0.61%) QA
6 1 (0.31%) COBIT
6 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 178 (54.43%) Active Directory
2 55 (16.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.03%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.12%) BitLocker
4 20 (6.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (4.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (2.75%) vSphere
7 8 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.45%) XenApp
7 8 (2.45%) XenDesktop
8 7 (2.14%) Docker
9 5 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.22%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 99 (30.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.65%) WSUS
3 18 (5.50%) SCOM
4 12 (3.67%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.83%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.83%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.53%) Nessus
7 5 (1.53%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.22%) Ansible
8 4 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.22%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.92%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.92%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.92%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.92%) SCSM
9 3 (0.92%) Terraform
10 2 (0.61%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.61%) WMI
Vendors
1 187 (57.19%) Microsoft
2 69 (21.10%) VMware
3 43 (13.15%) Citrix
3 43 (13.15%) ServiceNow
4 22 (6.73%) HP
5 17 (5.20%) Cisco
6 15 (4.59%) Bloomberg
6 15 (4.59%) Tenable
7 14 (4.28%) Apple
8 12 (3.67%) Veeam
9 10 (3.06%) Google
9 10 (3.06%) Reuters
10 9 (2.75%) Dynatrace
11 7 (2.14%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.14%) Dell
11 7 (2.14%) F5
11 7 (2.14%) ION Trading
11 7 (2.14%) Sophos
12 6 (1.83%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.83%) Remedy