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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 178 146
Rank change year-on-year -106 -32 +22
Contract jobs citing SCCM 343 353 622
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 1.46% 1.65%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.18% 9.15% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 255 486
10th Percentile £171 £179 £160
25th Percentile £208 £219 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £351 £325
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +7.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £519 £475
90th Percentile £613 £606 £588
UK median daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 58
10th Percentile £16.25 £12.48 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.72 £15.22 £16.32
Median hourly rate £21.30 £20.11 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +5.92% -8.90% -11.70%
75th Percentile £24.29 £24.18 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £27.62 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £20.11 £22.08
% change year-on-year +5.67% -8.90% -11.70%

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 5,554 3,860 4,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.63% 15.91% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,823 2,638 3,266
10th Percentile £313 £315 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £630
90th Percentile £700 £750 £710
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 41 129
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £28.24 £21.05 £17.78
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.55% -11.67% -46.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £77.50 £68.63
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £32.00
% change year-on-year +107.94% -17.34% -44.35%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -46 137 £450 +12.50% 23
South East -46 66 £294 -30.88% 26
Midlands -75 52 £225 +7.14% 4
North of England -83 49 £373 +53.61% 15
North West -43 39 £429 +46.04% 7
East Midlands -15 31 £223 -41.25% 1
South West -28 24 £413 +15.38% 1
West Midlands -78 18 £215 +7.50% 3
East of England -27 16 £225 -8.16% 16
Yorkshire -61 6 £195 -13.33% 7
North East -14 4 £184 -52.58% 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 (15.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (9.33%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.92%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.87%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
Applications
1 36 (10.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.75%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) assyst
3 1 (0.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 160 (46.65%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (32.36%) Azure
3 64 (18.66%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.29%) AWS
5 20 (5.83%) OneDrive
6 18 (5.25%) SaaS
7 13 (3.79%) Power Platform
8 11 (3.21%) GCP
8 11 (3.21%) Nutanix
8 11 (3.21%) PaaS
9 10 (2.92%) IaaS
10 8 (2.33%) Google Workspace
11 7 (2.04%) Datadog
11 7 (2.04%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.58%) GitHub
13 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (18.37%) DNS
2 56 (16.33%) DHCP
3 42 (12.24%) Wi-Fi
4 38 (11.08%) VPN
5 34 (9.91%) Firewall
6 31 (9.04%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.41%) LAN
8 21 (6.12%) VLAN
9 20 (5.83%) WAN
10 11 (3.21%) Skype
11 10 (2.92%) NetScaler
11 10 (2.92%) SAN
12 9 (2.62%) Wireless
13 6 (1.75%) 4G
13 6 (1.75%) DMZ
14 5 (1.46%) IPv4
15 3 (0.87%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.87%) Internet
15 3 (0.87%) Softphone
15 3 (0.87%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.75%) Power BI
3 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 12 (3.50%) MSI
2 11 (3.21%) InstallShield
3 10 (2.92%) JIRA
4 9 (2.62%) Chocolatey
5 4 (1.17%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.58%) Git
7 1 (0.29%) MLflow
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 113 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.41%) Finance
3 35 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.58%) Banking
5 25 (7.29%) Public Sector
6 24 (7.00%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.50%) Legal
8 9 (2.62%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.33%) Front Office
10 7 (2.04%) Law
11 6 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.46%) Police
12 5 (1.46%) Spanish Language
13 4 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.17%) Retail
14 2 (0.58%) Billing
14 2 (0.58%) Games
14 2 (0.58%) Military
14 2 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (13.12%) Support Engineer
2 39 (11.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (9.91%) IT Support
4 31 (9.04%) Senior
5 29 (8.45%) Analyst
5 29 (8.45%) IT Engineer
6 25 (7.29%) Desktop Support
7 24 (7.00%) Deployment Engineer
8 22 (6.41%) Architect
8 22 (6.41%) Windows Engineer
9 20 (5.83%) Desktop Engineer
10 17 (4.96%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (3.50%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (3.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (3.50%) Support Technician
12 11 (3.21%) Lead
12 11 (3.21%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.92%) 3rd Line Support
13 10 (2.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 10 (2.92%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.92%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.46%) Middleware
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.58%) ADO
4 2 (0.58%) BREW
4 2 (0.58%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.29%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.29%) LangChain
5 1 (0.29%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.29%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.41%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.54%) CMDB
3 17 (4.96%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.96%) Driving Licence
3 17 (4.96%) Smartphone
4 12 (3.50%) Client/Server
5 8 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.04%) iPhone
6 7 (2.04%) Replication
7 6 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.46%) PKI
9 4 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.17%) iPad
9 4 (1.17%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.17%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.17%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 284 (82.80%) Windows
2 126 (36.73%) Windows 10
3 65 (18.95%) Windows Server
4 30 (8.75%) Mac OS
5 20 (5.83%) Linux
6 19 (5.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.96%) Apple iOS
7 17 (4.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.37%) Windows 7
9 14 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (3.50%) Android
11 6 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.46%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.87%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.58%) AIX
14 2 (0.58%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.58%) Unix
14 2 (0.58%) VMS
14 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (19.53%) Migration
3 66 (19.24%) ITIL
4 49 (14.29%) ITSM
5 47 (13.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 45 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (12.24%) Customer Service
8 40 (11.66%) Application Packaging
9 38 (11.08%) Service Management
10 27 (7.87%) Asset Management
10 27 (7.87%) User Experience
11 22 (6.41%) Change Management
12 21 (6.12%) Agile
13 20 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (5.54%) Disaster Recovery
14 19 (5.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (5.25%) Business Continuity
15 18 (5.25%) Patch Management
16 17 (4.96%) Project Delivery
16 17 (4.96%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 95 (27.70%) PowerShell
2 19 (5.54%) VBScript
3 15 (4.37%) SQL
4 12 (3.50%) VB
5 9 (2.62%) Bash
6 5 (1.46%) Python
7 1 (0.29%) Java
7 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 86 (25.07%) Security Cleared
2 62 (18.08%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.79%) Degree
4 32 (9.33%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.46%) CCA
7 5 (1.46%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.17%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.87%) MCSA
10 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.58%) CISSP
10 2 (0.58%) HNC
10 2 (0.58%) HND
10 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.58%) MCSE
10 2 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.29%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.41%) SLA
2 9 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.33%) GDPR
4 4 (1.17%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.58%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.29%) NCSC
7 1 (0.29%) QA
System Software
1 185 (53.94%) Active Directory
2 53 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (4.66%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.08%) BitLocker
6 9 (2.62%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (2.33%) Docker
7 8 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.33%) vSphere
8 6 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.75%) XenApp
8 6 (1.75%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.46%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 117 (34.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.12%) SCOM
3 17 (4.96%) WSUS
4 11 (3.21%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (2.92%) Ansible
6 7 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.75%) SCOrch
7 6 (1.75%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.46%) Norton AntiVirus
8 5 (1.46%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.87%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.87%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.87%) CASB
9 3 (0.87%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.87%) Terraform
10 2 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.58%) WMI
11 1 (0.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 197 (57.43%) Microsoft
2 66 (19.24%) VMware
3 54 (15.74%) ServiceNow
4 42 (12.24%) Citrix
5 20 (5.83%) HP
6 17 (4.96%) Cisco
7 14 (4.08%) Apple
8 13 (3.79%) Bloomberg
9 11 (3.21%) Tenable
9 11 (3.21%) Veeam
10 10 (2.92%) Google
10 10 (2.92%) McAfee
11 9 (2.62%) Dynatrace
11 9 (2.62%) Reuters
12 7 (2.04%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.04%) BMC
12 7 (2.04%) F5
12 7 (2.04%) Sophos
13 6 (1.75%) Dell
13 6 (1.75%) Remedy