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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 162 156
Rank change year-on-year -30 -6 +21
Contract jobs citing SCCM 447 477 656
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.46% 1.53% 1.66%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.07% 10.72% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 331 474
10th Percentile £176 £188 £166
25th Percentile £205 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £370 £375
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% -1.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £606 £600 £615
UK median daily rate £328 £380 £375
% change year-on-year -13.82% +1.33% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 49
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.70 £14.20
25th Percentile £17.05 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.34 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.47% +21.70% -18.22%
75th Percentile £24.43 £36.88 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.20 £62.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £22.25
% change year-on-year -21.96% +8.67% -6.94%

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 4,930 4,451 5,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.12% 14.24% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,320 2,856 4,065
10th Percentile £310 £315 £308
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -5.58%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £655
90th Percentile £694 £734 £745
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £547
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.02% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 58 162
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.71 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.06 £23.80 £26.06
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.83 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -23.90% +88.25%
75th Percentile £66.04 £64.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.63 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.80% -42.75% +94.48%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 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 22 November 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 -21 146 £475 +26.67% 63
South East -17 96 £267 -23.79% 55
North of England -28 67 £275 -8.33% 12
Midlands -24 60 £225 -40.79% 13
South West +1 51 £450 +20.00% 13
North West -18 44 £330 -17.50% 8
West Midlands -23 37 £223 -44.38% 6
East of England 0 35 £225 -41.79% 10
East Midlands -3 23 £300 +31.87% 7
Yorkshire -37 17 £325 +39.78% 3
North East -2 6 £225 -29.69% 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 92 (20.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (9.40%) SharePoint
3 20 (4.47%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.34%) Confluence
6 2 (0.45%) IIS
7 1 (0.22%) Apache
7 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 46 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.45%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Eikon
3 1 (0.22%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 186 (41.61%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (26.85%) Azure
3 53 (11.86%) Entra ID
4 40 (8.95%) OneDrive
5 24 (5.37%) AWS
6 16 (3.58%) GCP
6 16 (3.58%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.13%) SaaS
8 7 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.12%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.89%) IaaS
10 4 (0.89%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.67%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.67%) PaaS
11 3 (0.67%) ShareGate
12 2 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.45%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 68 (15.21%) DNS
2 57 (12.75%) Firewall
3 55 (12.30%) DHCP
4 39 (8.72%) Wi-Fi
5 38 (8.50%) VPN
6 34 (7.61%) TCP/IP
7 25 (5.59%) Cisco IOS
8 22 (4.92%) WAN
9 21 (4.70%) Skype
10 17 (3.80%) LAN
11 15 (3.36%) VLAN
12 13 (2.91%) Internet
13 11 (2.46%) Unified Communications
14 9 (2.01%) 4G
15 7 (1.57%) NetScaler
16 5 (1.12%) SAN
17 4 (0.89%) IPv4
17 4 (0.89%) VoIP
17 4 (0.89%) WAAS
17 4 (0.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.34%) Power BI
3 3 (0.67%) Metadata
4 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.47%) MSI
2 13 (2.91%) AdminStudio
3 12 (2.68%) InstallShield
3 12 (2.68%) JIRA
4 9 (2.01%) Git
5 7 (1.57%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.57%) Postman
6 5 (1.12%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.45%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.45%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.45%) WiX
8 1 (0.22%) GCC
8 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.22%) MLflow
General
1 174 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 63 (14.09%) Finance
3 45 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.95%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (5.59%) Games
7 18 (4.03%) Banking
8 15 (3.36%) Legal
9 11 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.57%) Front Office
11 6 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Local Government
12 5 (1.12%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.89%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.89%) Retail
14 3 (0.67%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 73 (16.33%) Support Engineer
2 50 (11.19%) Windows Engineer
3 46 (10.29%) Analyst
4 44 (9.84%) Deployment Engineer
5 42 (9.40%) IT Support
6 41 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (7.38%) Desktop Engineer
8 32 (7.16%) IT Engineer
9 31 (6.94%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (6.04%) Senior
11 26 (5.82%) 2nd Line Support
12 24 (5.37%) Desktop Support
12 24 (5.37%) Support Analyst
13 23 (5.15%) IT Support Engineer
14 21 (4.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 20 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 20 (4.47%) SCCM Engineer
16 19 (4.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 15 (3.36%) Architect
18 14 (3.13%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.46%) Software Packaging
2 4 (0.89%) Middleware
3 3 (0.67%) LDAP
3 3 (0.67%) OAuth
3 3 (0.67%) OpenID
3 3 (0.67%) SAML
4 2 (0.45%) BREW
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.22%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.22%) EDI
5 1 (0.22%) LangChain
5 1 (0.22%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.59%) Data Centre
2 22 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.03%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (2.68%) PKI
5 10 (2.24%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.24%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (1.79%) Hedge funds
6 8 (1.79%) Replication
7 7 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 6 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.34%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.12%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.12%) NHS
10 4 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.89%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.67%) BYOD
11 3 (0.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 388 (86.80%) Windows
2 161 (36.02%) Windows 10
3 65 (14.54%) Windows Server
4 54 (12.08%) Mac OS
5 37 (8.28%) Android
6 26 (5.82%) Linux
7 17 (3.80%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.91%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.12%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.89%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.45%) AIX
13 2 (0.45%) Unix
13 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.22%) Solaris
14 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (21.25%) ITIL
2 74 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (13.42%) Migration
4 55 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (10.29%) Application Packaging
6 42 (9.40%) Customer Service
7 41 (9.17%) ITSM
8 34 (7.61%) User Experience
9 33 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (6.49%) Agile
12 27 (6.04%) Change Management
12 27 (6.04%) Service Management
13 26 (5.82%) Problem Management
14 25 (5.59%) E-Commerce
15 24 (5.37%) Cloud Security
15 24 (5.37%) Vulnerability Management
16 23 (5.15%) Roadmaps
17 22 (4.92%) Patch Management
18 19 (4.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 155 (34.68%) PowerShell
2 23 (5.15%) VBScript
3 16 (3.58%) Bash
4 14 (3.13%) Python
4 14 (3.13%) SQL
5 9 (2.01%) VB
6 2 (0.45%) C#
6 2 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.22%) Perl
7 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 107 (23.94%) Security Cleared
2 79 (17.67%) SC Cleared
3 44 (9.84%) Degree
3 44 (9.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (5.37%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.79%) MCSE
7 7 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.57%) MCSA
8 6 (1.34%) CCNA
8 6 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.34%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.34%) MCP
9 5 (1.12%) CCNP
9 5 (1.12%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (1.12%) MCDST
10 4 (0.89%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.89%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.47%) SLA
3 18 (4.03%) GDPR
4 5 (1.12%) NIST
5 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.67%) QA
6 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 237 (53.02%) Active Directory
2 55 (12.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (3.80%) Microsoft App-V
5 13 (2.91%) BitLocker
6 10 (2.24%) Firmware
6 10 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.01%) Hyper-V
8 8 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.12%) vSphere
9 5 (1.12%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.67%) Docker
11 3 (0.67%) XenApp
12 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 164 (36.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.15%) SCOM
3 21 (4.70%) WSUS
4 19 (4.25%) Ansible
5 12 (2.68%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (2.01%) SCOrch
7 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (1.57%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.57%) Puppet
8 6 (1.34%) CASB
8 6 (1.34%) Terraform
9 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.67%) Nessus
10 3 (0.67%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.67%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.45%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.45%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.22%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 285 (63.76%) Microsoft
2 65 (14.54%) VMware
3 50 (11.19%) ServiceNow
4 49 (10.96%) Cisco
5 39 (8.72%) Citrix
6 29 (6.49%) Splunk
7 25 (5.59%) Meraki
8 24 (5.37%) Apple
9 16 (3.58%) McAfee
10 14 (3.13%) SolarWinds
11 11 (2.46%) Veeam
12 10 (2.24%) Remedy
13 9 (2.01%) MuleSoft
14 8 (1.79%) Bloomberg
14 8 (1.79%) HP
14 8 (1.79%) Tenable
15 7 (1.57%) Dell
15 7 (1.57%) Qualys
15 7 (1.57%) Symantec
16 6 (1.34%) Reuters