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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 189 136
Rank change year-on-year -95 -53 +33
Contract jobs citing SCCM 339 345 629
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 1.42% 1.67%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.12% 8.99% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 253 490
10th Percentile £170 £182 £160
25th Percentile £209 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £325
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £486
90th Percentile £613 £606 £599
UK median daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 57
10th Percentile £16.30 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.62 £15.22 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.76 £18.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.99% -17.59% -7.37%
75th Percentile £24.47 £23.92 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £28.10 £61.00
UK median hourly rate £21.28 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +17.35% -17.59% -2.03%

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 5,542 3,839 4,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.45% 15.84% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,825 2,637 3,266
10th Percentile £313 £316 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 39 124
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £31.86 £22.32 £17.74
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +107.55% +2.85% -55.19%
75th Percentile £68.75 £61.63 £50.06
90th Percentile £76.80 £77.74 £67.85
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £30.00
% change year-on-year +107.94% -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 3 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 3 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 -62 138 £450 +12.50% 23
South East -46 65 £300 -38.24% 26
Midlands -59 54 £225 +6.51% 4
North of England -80 46 £370 +54.17% 15
North West -46 36 £425 +44.68% 7
East Midlands -11 32 £225 -50.00% 1
South West -33 21 £406 +1.56% 1
West Midlands -84 19 £215 +7.50% 3
East of England -34 15 £225 -8.16% 16
Yorkshire -68 6 £195 -13.33% 7
North East -18 4 £184 -47.50% 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 53 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (9.73%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.95%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.88%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
Applications
1 35 (10.32%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.77%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.59%) assyst
3 1 (0.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 153 (45.13%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (32.15%) Azure
3 65 (19.17%) Entra ID
4 24 (7.08%) AWS
5 19 (5.60%) OneDrive
6 17 (5.01%) SaaS
7 11 (3.24%) Nutanix
7 11 (3.24%) PaaS
7 11 (3.24%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.95%) GCP
8 10 (2.95%) IaaS
9 8 (2.36%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.06%) Datadog
10 7 (2.06%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.59%) Cohesity
12 2 (0.59%) GitHub
12 2 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (17.99%) DNS
2 55 (16.22%) DHCP
3 39 (11.50%) Wi-Fi
4 35 (10.32%) VPN
5 34 (10.03%) Firewall
6 30 (8.85%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.49%) LAN
8 21 (6.19%) VLAN
9 20 (5.90%) WAN
10 12 (3.54%) Skype
11 10 (2.95%) NetScaler
11 10 (2.95%) SAN
12 9 (2.65%) Wireless
13 6 (1.77%) DMZ
14 5 (1.47%) 4G
14 5 (1.47%) IPv4
15 4 (1.18%) WAAS
16 3 (0.88%) BIG-IP
16 3 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.88%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.77%) Power BI
3 2 (0.59%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 11 (3.24%) InstallShield
1 11 (3.24%) MSI
2 10 (2.95%) JIRA
3 9 (2.65%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.18%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.59%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.59%) Git
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 109 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.98%) Finance
3 34 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.37%) Banking
5 24 (7.08%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (7.08%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.54%) Legal
7 8 (2.36%) Front Office
7 8 (2.36%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.06%) Law
9 6 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.77%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.47%) Police
10 5 (1.47%) Spanish Language
11 4 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.18%) Retail
12 2 (0.59%) Billing
12 2 (0.59%) Local Government
12 2 (0.59%) Marketing
12 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (12.39%) Support Engineer
2 40 (11.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (9.73%) IT Support
4 31 (9.14%) Senior
5 29 (8.55%) IT Engineer
6 26 (7.67%) Analyst
7 23 (6.78%) Deployment Engineer
7 23 (6.78%) Desktop Support
8 22 (6.49%) Architect
9 20 (5.90%) Windows Engineer
10 19 (5.60%) Desktop Engineer
11 17 (5.01%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (3.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) 2nd Line Support
14 11 (3.24%) Lead
14 11 (3.24%) Support Technician
15 10 (2.95%) 3rd Line Support
15 10 (2.95%) Platform Engineer
16 9 (2.65%) IT Analyst
16 9 (2.65%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.65%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.47%) Middleware
3 2 (0.59%) ADO
3 2 (0.59%) BREW
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.59%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.60%) CMDB
1 19 (5.60%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.01%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.01%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.01%) Smartphone
3 12 (3.54%) Client/Server
4 8 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (2.06%) iPhone
5 7 (2.06%) Replication
6 6 (1.77%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (1.47%) PKI
7 5 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.18%) iPad
8 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.18%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 280 (82.60%) Windows
2 122 (35.99%) Windows 10
3 67 (19.76%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.44%) Mac OS
5 19 (5.60%) Linux
5 19 (5.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (5.31%) Apple iOS
7 16 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.42%) Windows 7
9 14 (4.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (3.54%) Android
11 5 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.18%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.88%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.59%) AIX
14 2 (0.59%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.59%) Unix
14 2 (0.59%) VMS
14 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (19.76%) Migration
3 66 (19.47%) ITIL
4 48 (14.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 48 (14.16%) ITSM
5 45 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (12.09%) Application Packaging
7 39 (11.50%) Customer Service
8 38 (11.21%) Service Management
9 27 (7.96%) User Experience
10 26 (7.67%) Asset Management
11 22 (6.49%) Agile
11 22 (6.49%) Change Management
12 19 (5.60%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (5.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (5.31%) Business Continuity
14 17 (5.01%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (5.01%) Patch Management
14 17 (5.01%) Roadmaps
14 17 (5.01%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 94 (27.73%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.31%) VBScript
3 15 (4.42%) SQL
4 12 (3.54%) VB
5 9 (2.65%) Bash
6 4 (1.18%) Python
7 1 (0.29%) Java
7 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 83 (24.48%) Security Cleared
2 60 (17.70%) SC Cleared
3 38 (11.21%) Degree
4 34 (10.03%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.47%) CCA
7 5 (1.47%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.18%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.88%) MCSA
10 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.59%) CISSP
10 2 (0.59%) HNC
10 2 (0.59%) HND
10 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.59%) MCSE
10 2 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.29%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.49%) SLA
2 8 (2.36%) GDPR
2 8 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.59%) NIST
5 2 (0.59%) QA
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 181 (53.39%) Active Directory
2 54 (15.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.01%) Hyper-V
3 17 (5.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (4.72%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.65%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.65%) vSphere
6 7 (2.06%) Docker
7 6 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.77%) XenApp
7 6 (1.77%) XenDesktop
8 5 (1.47%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 113 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.49%) SCOM
3 18 (5.31%) WSUS
4 13 (3.83%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (2.95%) Ansible
6 7 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.77%) SCOrch
7 6 (1.77%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.47%) AirWatch
8 5 (1.47%) SCVMM
9 4 (1.18%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.88%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.88%) CASB
10 3 (0.88%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.88%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.88%) Terraform
11 2 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.59%) Nessus
11 2 (0.59%) WMI
Vendors
1 193 (56.93%) Microsoft
2 68 (20.06%) VMware
3 51 (15.04%) ServiceNow
4 40 (11.80%) Citrix
5 21 (6.19%) HP
6 17 (5.01%) Cisco
7 14 (4.13%) Apple
8 13 (3.83%) Bloomberg
9 12 (3.54%) Tenable
10 11 (3.24%) Veeam
11 10 (2.95%) Google
12 9 (2.65%) Dynatrace
12 9 (2.65%) Reuters
13 7 (2.06%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.06%) BMC
13 7 (2.06%) Dell
13 7 (2.06%) F5
13 7 (2.06%) McAfee
13 7 (2.06%) Sophos
14 6 (1.77%) ION Trading