SCCM Contracts in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SCCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCCM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 150 162
Rank change year-on-year -52 +12 +20
Contract jobs citing SCCM 329 594 801
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.35% 1.60% 1.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.71% 13.53% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 460 586
10th Percentile £183 £163 £180
25th Percentile £208 £205 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £308 £353
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -12.77% -6.00%
75th Percentile £513 £500 £500
90th Percentile £600 £608 £616
UK median daily rate £328 £320 £373
% change year-on-year +2.34% -14.09% -0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 55 51
10th Percentile £12.18 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £14.46 £16.67 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.16 £22.30 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year -23.05% -0.49% +6.71%
75th Percentile £20.60 £40.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £28.30 £52.12 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £13.77 £22.30 £22.00
% change year-on-year -38.25% +1.36% +10.00%

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 3,779 4,390 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.52% 11.80% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,614 3,174 5,772
10th Percentile £313 £250 £350
25th Percentile £420 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -
75th Percentile £628 £625 £680
90th Percentile £738 £700 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 120 184
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.00 £16.83
25th Percentile £23.64 £17.74 £23.13
Median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%
75th Percentile £62.44 £51.13 £72.80
90th Percentile £76.09 £70.13 £82.16
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in England.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 -19 140 £400 +14.29% 47
North of England +29 57 £233 +5.68% 21
Midlands +12 47 £211 -43.67% 19
South East -59 45 £410 +32.26% 36
North West +16 38 £200 -9.09% 13
West Midlands +10 38 £200 -50.00% 12
South West +15 24 £358 +99.72% 26
East of England +10 15 £241 -20.90% 39
Yorkshire +14 12 £225 -43.75% 5
East Midlands +7 9 £475 +150.00% 4
North East +3 6 £388 +195.80% 3
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 52 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (11.85%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.04%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.22%) IIS
4 4 (1.22%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.30%) Confluence
6 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.30%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.30%) nginx
Applications
1 46 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.61%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 122 (37.08%) Microsoft 365
2 101 (30.70%) Azure
3 51 (15.50%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.21%) OneDrive
5 20 (6.08%) AWS
6 7 (2.13%) IaaS
6 7 (2.13%) Nutanix
6 7 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (1.82%) PaaS
8 5 (1.52%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.91%) Cohesity
9 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.91%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (16.11%) DNS
2 50 (15.20%) VPN
3 43 (13.07%) DHCP
4 31 (9.42%) Firewall
5 26 (7.90%) LAN
6 25 (7.60%) WAN
6 25 (7.60%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (7.29%) VLAN
8 19 (5.78%) Skype
9 13 (3.95%) TCP/IP
9 13 (3.95%) VoIP
10 6 (1.82%) SSL
11 5 (1.52%) Network Security
11 5 (1.52%) SAN
12 4 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (1.22%) HTTP
12 4 (1.22%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.22%) Wireless
13 3 (0.91%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.34%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.52%) Power BI
3 3 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.34%) MSI
2 7 (2.13%) JIRA
3 3 (0.91%) AdminStudio
General
1 119 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.89%) Finance
3 32 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.29%) Banking
5 20 (6.08%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (5.47%) Legal
7 13 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.34%) Local Government
9 8 (2.43%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.22%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.91%) Front Office
13 3 (0.91%) Law
13 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.61%) Back Office
14 2 (0.61%) Military
14 2 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 59 (17.93%) Support Engineer
2 44 (13.37%) Desktop Engineer
3 38 (11.55%) Desktop Support
3 38 (11.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (9.42%) Deployment Engineer
4 31 (9.42%) Windows Engineer
5 30 (9.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 21 (6.38%) Senior
7 19 (5.78%) Analyst
7 19 (5.78%) IT Engineer
8 18 (5.47%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (5.17%) Consultant
9 17 (5.17%) SCCM Engineer
10 15 (4.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 13 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 11 (3.34%) IT Support
13 10 (3.04%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (3.04%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.04%) Windows Deployment Engineer
14 9 (2.74%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.82%) Software Packaging
2 3 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.61%) YAML
4 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.04%) PKI
1 10 (3.04%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.43%) NHS
4 7 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.13%) Smartphone
5 6 (1.82%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.82%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.52%) Blackberry
6 5 (1.52%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.22%) BYOD
7 4 (1.22%) iPhone
7 4 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.91%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.61%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 258 (78.42%) Windows
2 123 (37.39%) Windows 10
3 58 (17.63%) Windows Server
4 19 (5.78%) Windows 7
4 19 (5.78%) Windows Server 2012
5 16 (4.86%) Mac OS
6 15 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (4.26%) Android
8 13 (3.95%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (2.74%) Linux
11 7 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.52%) Windows 8
12 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.52%) Windows XP
13 4 (1.22%) Unix
14 3 (0.91%) AIX
15 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (17.93%) ITIL
3 47 (14.29%) Migration
4 43 (13.07%) Customer Service
5 40 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (7.90%) Configuration Management
7 22 (6.69%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (6.69%) Patch Management
8 21 (6.38%) Application Packaging
8 21 (6.38%) Asset Management
8 21 (6.38%) Project Management
9 20 (6.08%) ITSM
10 18 (5.47%) Collaborative Working
10 18 (5.47%) Service Management
11 16 (4.86%) Agile
11 16 (4.86%) Software Deployment
11 16 (4.86%) Time Management
12 13 (3.95%) Deployment Automation
12 13 (3.95%) Mentoring
13 12 (3.65%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (25.53%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.95%) SQL
2 13 (3.95%) VBScript
3 7 (2.13%) VB
4 5 (1.52%) Python
5 2 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.30%) Bicep
6 1 (0.30%) C#
6 1 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 85 (25.84%) Security Cleared
2 62 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 38 (11.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (10.64%) Degree
5 21 (6.38%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.74%) MCSE
7 6 (1.82%) MCP
8 5 (1.52%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.52%) MCSA
9 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.91%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.91%) CCNA
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.91%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.91%) PMP
11 2 (0.61%) CISSP
11 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.86%) SLA
2 11 (3.34%) QA
3 5 (1.52%) NIST
4 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.22%) NCSC
5 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 180 (54.71%) Active Directory
2 44 (13.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.99%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.78%) Microsoft App-V
5 18 (5.47%) BitLocker
6 10 (3.04%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.43%) vSphere
8 7 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.22%) XenApp
9 4 (1.22%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.91%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.91%) Docker
11 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 102 (31.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.38%) WSUS
3 13 (3.95%) AppManager
4 11 (3.34%) SCOM
5 8 (2.43%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.52%) Ansible
7 5 (1.52%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.52%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.22%) McAfee ePO
8 4 (1.22%) Nessus
8 4 (1.22%) Terraform
9 3 (0.91%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.91%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.91%) Puppet
9 3 (0.91%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.91%) SCSM
9 3 (0.91%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.61%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 195 (59.27%) Microsoft
2 60 (18.24%) VMware
3 36 (10.94%) ServiceNow
4 34 (10.33%) Citrix
5 26 (7.90%) Cisco
6 16 (4.86%) Apple
7 15 (4.56%) Ivanti
8 12 (3.65%) Nexthink
9 11 (3.34%) McAfee
10 9 (2.74%) Bloomberg
10 9 (2.74%) HP
11 8 (2.43%) Dell
12 7 (2.13%) Remedy
12 7 (2.13%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.82%) Canon
13 6 (1.82%) Qualys
13 6 (1.82%) Reuters
13 6 (1.82%) Symantec
13 6 (1.82%) Tanium
14 5 (1.52%) Google