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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 179 145
Rank change year-on-year -35 -34 +25
Contract jobs citing SCCM 414 389 631
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 1.46% 1.71%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.16% 10.02% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 281 479
10th Percentile £173 £182 £150
25th Percentile £200 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £330
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +6.06% -2.94%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £591 £588 £575
UK median daily rate £348 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -0.71% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 54
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.68 £15.13
Median hourly rate £19.44 £22.09 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% +10.48% -20.02%
75th Percentile £23.75 £39.50 £39.81
90th Percentile £25.00 £62.70 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £22.30 £22.00
% change year-on-year -14.78% +1.34% -12.00%

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 5,075 3,884 4,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.72% 14.57% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,534 2,512 3,466
10th Percentile £312 £313 £258
25th Percentile £413 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% -2.33% -8.51%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 51 154
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £14.40
25th Percentile £21.17 £21.02 £21.25
Median hourly rate £48.36 £26.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +82.49% -42.62% +19.95%
75th Percentile £62.52 £61.25 £64.69
90th Percentile £78.63 £77.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% +23.15%

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 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

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 21 January 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 -35 136 £475 +26.67% 15
South East -32 77 £274 -21.86% 32
North of England -33 71 £330 +37.50% 18
Midlands -18 69 £215 +7.50% 11
North West -11 58 £405 +48.62% 9
South West -8 44 £438 +16.67% 16
East Midlands +4 41 £225 -12.20% 9
West Midlands -41 28 £210 +5.00% 2
East of England -13 21 £225 -35.25% 12
Yorkshire -56 8 £255 +13.33% 8
North East -12 5 £190 -50.33% 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 73 (17.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (11.35%) SharePoint
3 23 (5.56%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.21%) Confluence
6 3 (0.72%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 53 (12.80%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.48%) assyst
3 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 193 (46.62%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (30.92%) Azure
3 63 (15.22%) Entra ID
4 40 (9.66%) OneDrive
5 34 (8.21%) AWS
6 20 (4.83%) GCP
7 16 (3.86%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.86%) SaaS
8 8 (1.93%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.69%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.45%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.21%) PaaS
12 3 (0.72%) IaaS
12 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.72%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.48%) GitHub
13 2 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (18.12%) DNS
2 62 (14.98%) DHCP
3 42 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
4 40 (9.66%) VPN
5 36 (8.70%) TCP/IP
6 31 (7.49%) Firewall
7 23 (5.56%) Skype
7 23 (5.56%) WAN
8 17 (4.11%) LAN
9 16 (3.86%) VLAN
10 12 (2.90%) Unified Communications
11 9 (2.17%) 4G
11 9 (2.17%) Internet
12 7 (1.69%) NetScaler
12 7 (1.69%) Wireless
13 5 (1.21%) IPv4
13 5 (1.21%) WAAS
14 4 (0.97%) DMZ
14 4 (0.97%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.72%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.45%) Power BI
3 3 (0.72%) Metadata
4 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (3.62%) MSI
2 10 (2.42%) InstallShield
2 10 (2.42%) JIRA
3 8 (1.93%) AdminStudio
4 4 (0.97%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.72%) Git
6 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.48%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.24%) GCC
7 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.24%) MLflow
7 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 153 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 58 (14.01%) Finance
3 46 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.49%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.04%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (4.11%) Banking
7 13 (3.14%) Legal
8 9 (2.17%) Front Office
9 7 (1.69%) Law
9 7 (1.69%) Spanish Language
9 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.21%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Marketing
12 3 (0.72%) Military
12 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (15.70%) Support Engineer
2 46 (11.11%) Analyst
2 46 (11.11%) IT Support
3 45 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (10.39%) Deployment Engineer
5 41 (9.90%) Windows Engineer
6 35 (8.45%) IT Engineer
7 34 (8.21%) Desktop Support
8 29 (7.00%) Desktop Engineer
9 28 (6.76%) Senior
10 24 (5.80%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (5.56%) Architect
12 21 (5.07%) Support Analyst
13 19 (4.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 16 (3.86%) 2nd Line Support
14 16 (3.86%) Administrator
14 16 (3.86%) Lead
14 16 (3.86%) Security Engineer
15 15 (3.62%) Windows Deployment Engineer
16 14 (3.38%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.69%) Middleware
2 6 (1.45%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.72%) LDAP
3 3 (0.72%) OAuth
3 3 (0.72%) OpenID
3 3 (0.72%) SAML
4 2 (0.48%) BREW
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.24%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.24%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.24%) LangChain
5 1 (0.24%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.04%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.31%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.86%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (3.62%) Smartphone
5 11 (2.66%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.66%) PKI
6 10 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.17%) Client/Server
7 9 (2.17%) CMDB
7 9 (2.17%) Replication
8 8 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.93%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.45%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.21%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.21%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.97%) NHS
13 3 (0.72%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 350 (84.54%) Windows
2 165 (39.86%) Windows 10
3 67 (16.18%) Windows Server
4 35 (8.45%) Mac OS
5 29 (7.00%) Linux
6 21 (5.07%) Apple iOS
7 18 (4.35%) Windows 7
8 16 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (2.66%) Android
11 10 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (1.69%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.48%) AIX
14 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.48%) Unix
14 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (23.67%) ITIL
2 83 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (17.15%) Migration
4 55 (13.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (12.32%) Customer Service
6 50 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (11.11%) ITSM
8 39 (9.42%) Application Packaging
9 36 (8.70%) Service Management
10 34 (8.21%) Change Management
11 33 (7.97%) User Experience
12 29 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
13 27 (6.52%) Agile
14 25 (6.04%) Patch Management
15 24 (5.80%) Roadmaps
15 24 (5.80%) Zero Trust
16 23 (5.56%) Problem Management
16 23 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management
17 21 (5.07%) Business Continuity
17 21 (5.07%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 126 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 26 (6.28%) VBScript
3 24 (5.80%) SQL
4 17 (4.11%) Bash
5 11 (2.66%) VB
6 8 (1.93%) Python
7 3 (0.72%) Java
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (25.85%) Security Cleared
2 84 (20.29%) SC Cleared
3 48 (11.59%) Degree
4 35 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (6.28%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.45%) CCNA
8 6 (1.45%) CCNP
8 6 (1.45%) MCP
8 6 (1.45%) MCSE
9 5 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.21%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.21%) MCDST
9 5 (1.21%) MCSA
10 4 (0.97%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.97%) CCA
10 4 (0.97%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.59%) GDPR
3 13 (3.14%) SLA
4 4 (0.97%) NIST
5 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 230 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 56 (13.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.11%) BitLocker
4 15 (3.62%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.14%) Microsoft App-V
7 12 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.93%) Firmware
8 8 (1.93%) vSphere
9 6 (1.45%) Docker
10 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.21%) XenApp
11 4 (0.97%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.97%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (0.97%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 139 (33.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.31%) SCOM
2 22 (5.31%) WSUS
3 14 (3.38%) Ansible
4 11 (2.66%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (2.17%) SCOrch
6 8 (1.93%) Norton AntiVirus
7 6 (1.45%) CASB
7 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.45%) Terraform
7 6 (1.45%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.97%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.97%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.72%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.48%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 249 (60.14%) Microsoft
2 69 (16.67%) VMware
3 58 (14.01%) ServiceNow
4 44 (10.63%) Citrix
5 26 (6.28%) Cisco
6 18 (4.35%) Apple
7 14 (3.38%) McAfee
7 14 (3.38%) Veeam
8 12 (2.90%) Google
8 12 (2.90%) HP
8 12 (2.90%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.17%) Bloomberg
9 9 (2.17%) Dell
9 9 (2.17%) Sophos
10 8 (1.93%) Remedy
10 8 (1.93%) Symantec
11 7 (1.69%) BMC
11 7 (1.69%) Tenable
12 6 (1.45%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.45%) Reuters