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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 185 162
Rank change year-on-year -137 -23 -4
Contract jobs citing SCCM 287 360 560
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 1.49% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.13% 9.41% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 263 441
10th Percentile £163 £200 £165
25th Percentile £213 £217 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 £400 £338
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +18.52% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £500
90th Percentile £600 £595 £608
UK median daily rate £344 £350 £340
% change year-on-year -1.71% +2.94% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 36
10th Percentile £19.08 £16.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £17.54
Median hourly rate £22.27 £28.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% +17.65% +19.00%
75th Percentile £24.29 £44.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.04 £59.40 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £21.73 £16.19 £23.80
% change year-on-year +34.22% -31.97% +19.00%

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 5,599 3,825 4,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.28% 15.82% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,843 2,602 3,318
10th Percentile £319 £311 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £515 £523
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% -1.44% -9.13%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £504 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -1.61% -0.49% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 37 91
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £35.22 £21.39 £20.50
Median hourly rate £56.50 £40.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.25% +33.33% -43.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £50.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £33.25 £30.75
% change year-on-year +65.41% +8.13% -46.52%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -88 111 £391 -2.25% 25
Midlands -50 53 £225 +2.27% 9
South East -80 44 £313 -21.88% 19
North of England -81 44 £344 +52.89% 14
North West -36 35 £365 +82.50% 10
West Midlands -68 27 £250 +13.64% 7
East Midlands -12 23 £225 -50.00% 2
South West -32 21 £385 -3.75% 3
East of England -55 10 £450 -18.18% 5
Yorkshire -70 5 £195 -2.50% 3
North East -32 4 £184 -30.00% 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 49 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (10.80%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.18%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.74%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 122 (42.51%) Microsoft 365
2 93 (32.40%) Azure
3 64 (22.30%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.32%) OneDrive
5 19 (6.62%) AWS
6 15 (5.23%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.18%) SaaS
8 11 (3.83%) Google Workspace
9 9 (3.14%) Nutanix
9 9 (3.14%) PaaS
10 8 (2.79%) GCP
10 8 (2.79%) IaaS
11 7 (2.44%) Datadog
12 6 (2.09%) Cohesity
13 3 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.05%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.70%) GitHub
14 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 48 (16.72%) DNS
2 42 (14.63%) DHCP
3 35 (12.20%) VPN
4 29 (10.10%) Firewall
5 24 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (8.01%) TCP/IP
7 18 (6.27%) Skype
8 12 (4.18%) LAN
8 12 (4.18%) VLAN
8 12 (4.18%) WAN
9 11 (3.83%) NetScaler
10 10 (3.48%) SAN
11 8 (2.79%) DMZ
12 5 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.39%) WAAS
13 4 (1.39%) Wireless
14 3 (1.05%) BIG-IP
14 3 (1.05%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (1.05%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.92%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.14%) Power BI
3 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.23%) MSI
2 12 (4.18%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.79%) JIRA
4 7 (2.44%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.44%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 93 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 46 (16.03%) Finance
3 39 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.97%) Banking
5 14 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.83%) Front Office
8 10 (3.48%) Legal
9 9 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.14%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.09%) Law
11 5 (1.74%) Police
11 5 (1.74%) Retail
12 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.70%) Billing
13 2 (0.70%) Games
13 2 (0.70%) Local Government
13 2 (0.70%) Publishing
13 2 (0.70%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (11.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 31 (10.80%) Support Engineer
3 27 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (9.41%) Senior
4 24 (8.36%) Desktop Support
5 22 (7.67%) Analyst
6 18 (6.27%) Architect
7 17 (5.92%) IT Support
8 16 (5.57%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (5.57%) Administrator
9 15 (5.23%) Deployment Engineer
10 14 (4.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 14 (4.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 11 (3.83%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (3.83%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.83%) Windows Engineer
12 10 (3.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (3.48%) IT Analyst
12 10 (3.48%) Lead
12 10 (3.48%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.88%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.39%) ADO
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.05%) Middleware
4 2 (0.70%) .NET
4 2 (0.70%) JSON
4 2 (0.70%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.70%) Qt
4 2 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.06%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.92%) CMDB
3 15 (5.23%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.83%) Client/Server
5 10 (3.48%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.14%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.79%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.09%) iPhone
9 6 (2.09%) Smartcard
9 6 (2.09%) YubiKey
10 4 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.39%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.39%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.05%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.05%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 225 (78.40%) Windows
2 88 (30.66%) Windows 10
3 61 (21.25%) Windows Server
4 26 (9.06%) Mac OS
5 22 (7.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.92%) Windows 7
6 17 (5.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (5.57%) Apple iOS
8 15 (5.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (4.88%) Linux
10 7 (2.44%) Android
11 4 (1.39%) Windows 8
12 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.70%) Unix
14 1 (0.35%) AIX
14 1 (0.35%) VMS
14 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.69%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (19.86%) ITIL
3 51 (17.77%) Migration
4 50 (17.42%) ITSM
5 48 (16.72%) Application Packaging
6 38 (13.24%) Customer Service
7 36 (12.54%) User Experience
8 34 (11.85%) Service Management
9 31 (10.80%) Asset Management
10 30 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 22 (7.67%) Change Management
12 22 (7.67%) Patch Management
13 21 (7.32%) Agile
13 21 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (6.27%) Data Protection
14 18 (6.27%) Roadmaps
15 17 (5.92%) Decision-Making
15 17 (5.92%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (5.92%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 90 (31.36%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.57%) VBScript
3 12 (4.18%) VB
4 8 (2.79%) SQL
5 7 (2.44%) Bash
6 3 (1.05%) Python
7 2 (0.70%) C#
7 2 (0.70%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 72 (25.09%) Security Cleared
2 49 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.85%) Degree
4 24 (8.36%) DV Cleared
5 18 (6.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.44%) CCA
6 7 (2.44%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (2.44%) MCSA
7 6 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.74%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.74%) MCSE
8 5 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.39%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.70%) CCNP
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.06%) SLA
2 5 (1.74%) GDPR
2 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.70%) COBIT
4 2 (0.70%) QA
System Software
1 149 (51.92%) Active Directory
2 48 (16.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.67%) BitLocker
4 19 (6.62%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (5.57%) Microsoft App-V
6 13 (4.53%) vSphere
7 10 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (2.44%) Docker
9 7 (2.44%) XenDesktop
10 6 (2.09%) XenApp
11 4 (1.39%) Firmware
11 4 (1.39%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 85 (29.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (7.32%) WSUS
3 14 (4.88%) SCOM
4 11 (3.83%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (2.79%) Nessus
6 7 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.74%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.74%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.74%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.39%) Ansible
8 4 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.39%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.05%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.05%) SCSM
9 3 (1.05%) Terraform
10 2 (0.70%) Packer
10 2 (0.70%) vMotion
10 2 (0.70%) WMI
11 1 (0.35%) Nagios
Vendors
1 180 (62.72%) Microsoft
2 59 (20.56%) VMware
3 44 (15.33%) ServiceNow
4 40 (13.94%) Citrix
5 18 (6.27%) HP
6 15 (5.23%) Cisco
6 15 (5.23%) Tenable
7 14 (4.88%) Bloomberg
8 12 (4.18%) Apple
8 12 (4.18%) Google
9 11 (3.83%) Dynatrace
9 11 (3.83%) Reuters
10 8 (2.79%) ION Trading
11 7 (2.44%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.44%) F5
11 7 (2.44%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.44%) Veeam
12 6 (2.09%) McAfee
13 5 (1.74%) Qualys
13 5 (1.74%) Remedy