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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 196 160
Rank change year-on-year -116 -36 +6
Contract jobs citing SCCM 296 341 560
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 1.41% 1.54%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.37% 9.08% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 260 441
10th Percentile £163 £190 £163
25th Percentile £213 £207 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £375 £308
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +21.95% -18.00%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £500
90th Percentile £613 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £330 £325 £310
% change year-on-year +1.54% +4.84% -17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 44
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.09 - £16.95
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 £54.00
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 5,507 3,757 4,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.36% 15.51% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,805 2,587 3,213
10th Percentile £317 £306 £257
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% +1.90% -10.40%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £688 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 36 103
10th Percentile £20.09 £19.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £39.53 £24.89 £17.74
Median hourly rate £56.50 £33.25 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.92% +29.05% -50.58%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £49.38
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.48 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.50 £26.38
% change year-on-year +100.00% +4.24% -49.75%

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 21 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 21 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 -76 115 £375 -6.25% 16
Midlands -52 51 £225 +5.88% 13
South East -55 49 £350 -12.50% 12
North of England -74 46 £340 +69.75% 13
North West -33 38 £355 +77.25% 12
East Midlands -8 28 £225 -52.63% 5
South West -35 21 £385 -3.75% 3
West Midlands -74 20 £225 +12.50% 8
East of England -50 10 £450 -18.18% 3
North East -27 4 £184 -33.18%
Yorkshire -58 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 46 (15.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (11.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.38%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.03%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.69%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.01%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 129 (43.58%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (33.11%) Azure
3 66 (22.30%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.09%) AWS
5 18 (6.08%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.73%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.72%) SaaS
8 9 (3.04%) Nutanix
8 9 (3.04%) PaaS
9 8 (2.70%) GCP
9 8 (2.70%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.70%) IaaS
10 7 (2.36%) Datadog
11 6 (2.03%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.69%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.01%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 49 (16.55%) DNS
2 42 (14.19%) DHCP
3 29 (9.80%) VPN
4 25 (8.45%) Firewall
4 25 (8.45%) TCP/IP
4 25 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (5.41%) Skype
6 14 (4.73%) LAN
7 13 (4.39%) WAN
8 12 (4.05%) VLAN
9 10 (3.38%) SAN
10 8 (2.70%) NetScaler
11 6 (2.03%) DMZ
11 6 (2.03%) Wireless
12 5 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.35%) WAAS
14 3 (1.01%) BIG-IP
14 3 (1.01%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.68%) Internet
15 2 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.08%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.70%) Power BI
3 3 (1.01%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.07%) MSI
2 12 (4.05%) InstallShield
3 9 (3.04%) JIRA
4 7 (2.36%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.36%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.34%) WiX
General
1 90 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.86%) Finance
3 35 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.43%) Banking
5 14 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.39%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.72%) Legal
8 8 (2.70%) Front Office
8 8 (2.70%) Law
9 7 (2.36%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.69%) Police
10 5 (1.69%) Retail
11 4 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.01%) Games
12 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.01%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.68%) Back Office
13 2 (0.68%) Billing
13 2 (0.68%) Local Government
13 2 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (11.49%) Support Engineer
2 31 (10.47%) Desktop Engineer
3 29 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (9.12%) Senior
5 26 (8.78%) Desktop Support
6 23 (7.77%) Analyst
7 20 (6.76%) IT Support
8 17 (5.74%) Architect
9 16 (5.41%) Deployment Engineer
10 15 (5.07%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (5.07%) IT Engineer
11 14 (4.73%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 13 (4.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 13 (4.39%) Windows Engineer
13 11 (3.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 11 (3.72%) Support Technician
14 10 (3.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 10 (3.38%) Administrator
14 10 (3.38%) Applications Packager
14 10 (3.38%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.39%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.35%) ADO
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.01%) Middleware
3 3 (1.01%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.68%) .NET
4 2 (0.68%) JSON
4 2 (0.68%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.68%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.76%) Onboarding
1 20 (6.76%) Smartphone
2 19 (6.42%) CMDB
3 12 (4.05%) Client/Server
3 12 (4.05%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.72%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.36%) iPhone
8 6 (2.03%) Smartcard
8 6 (2.03%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.35%) iPad
10 4 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.35%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.35%) PKI
10 4 (1.35%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.01%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 231 (78.04%) Windows
2 95 (32.09%) Windows 10
3 61 (20.61%) Windows Server
4 29 (9.80%) Mac OS
5 24 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (6.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (6.42%) Apple iOS
8 16 (5.41%) Linux
9 15 (5.07%) Windows 7
9 15 (5.07%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.03%) Android
11 4 (1.35%) Windows 8
12 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.34%) AIX
14 1 (0.34%) Unix
14 1 (0.34%) VMS
14 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (18.92%) ITIL
3 55 (18.58%) Migration
4 49 (16.55%) Application Packaging
5 43 (14.53%) ITSM
6 40 (13.51%) Customer Service
7 37 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.15%) User Experience
9 32 (10.81%) Asset Management
10 31 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (9.12%) Service Management
12 23 (7.77%) Change Management
13 21 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
13 21 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (6.76%) Agile
15 19 (6.42%) Patch Management
16 18 (6.08%) Roadmaps
17 17 (5.74%) Business Continuity
17 17 (5.74%) Data Protection
18 16 (5.41%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 81 (27.36%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.73%) SQL
2 14 (4.73%) VBScript
3 10 (3.38%) VB
4 7 (2.36%) Bash
5 3 (1.01%) Python
6 2 (0.68%) C#
6 2 (0.68%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 69 (23.31%) Security Cleared
2 46 (15.54%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.49%) Degree
4 27 (9.12%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.35%) CCA
7 4 (1.35%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.35%) MCSA
8 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.68%) CCNP
9 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.68%) MCSE
9 2 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.77%) SLA
2 5 (1.69%) GDPR
2 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.68%) COBIT
4 2 (0.68%) QA
5 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 159 (53.72%) Active Directory
2 49 (16.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.76%) Hyper-V
3 20 (6.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (6.08%) BitLocker
5 16 (5.41%) Microsoft App-V
6 11 (3.72%) vSphere
7 10 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.04%) Docker
9 7 (2.36%) XenDesktop
10 6 (2.03%) XenApp
11 5 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (1.35%) VMware NSX
13 3 (1.01%) Firmware
14 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 85 (28.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.43%) WSUS
3 12 (4.05%) SCOM
4 11 (3.72%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (2.03%) Nessus
6 6 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.69%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.69%) Ansible
7 5 (1.69%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.35%) SCVMM
9 3 (1.01%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.01%) SCSM
9 3 (1.01%) Terraform
9 3 (1.01%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.68%) Packer
10 2 (0.68%) WMI
11 1 (0.34%) Nagios
11 1 (0.34%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 176 (59.46%) Microsoft
2 61 (20.61%) VMware
3 44 (14.86%) ServiceNow
4 35 (11.82%) Citrix
5 19 (6.42%) HP
6 15 (5.07%) Cisco
7 14 (4.73%) Tenable
8 13 (4.39%) Apple
9 11 (3.72%) Bloomberg
9 11 (3.72%) Dynatrace
10 10 (3.38%) Google
11 9 (3.04%) Veeam
12 8 (2.70%) Reuters
13 7 (2.36%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.36%) F5
13 7 (2.36%) Sophos
14 6 (2.03%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.69%) Dell
15 5 (1.69%) ION Trading
15 5 (1.69%) McAfee