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

 6 months to
2 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 185 133
Rank change year-on-year -50 -52 +32
Contract jobs citing SCCM 394 360 683
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 1.42% 1.80%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.40% 9.27% 14.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 256 527
10th Percentile £169 £180 £162
25th Percentile £200 £213 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £335 £340
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% -1.47% -2.86%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £606 £607 £575
UK median daily rate £330 £330 £350
% change year-on-year - -5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 63
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.22 £16.40
Median hourly rate £21.30 £18.13 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +17.48% -18.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £24.18 £23.66 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £24.18 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £21.30 £20.11 £22.23
% change year-on-year +5.92% -9.52% -11.10%

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 5,326 3,885 4,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.08% 15.34% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,686 2,559 3,341
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.87%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 40 146
10th Percentile £18.88 £14.95 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.03 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% -35.00% -23.27%
75th Percentile £63.32 £63.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.48 £78.50 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -23.27%

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 2 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 2 March 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 2 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 -46 136 £450 +20.00% 15
South East -25 76 £274 -31.63% 25
Midlands -43 65 £220 +10.00% 4
North of England -61 65 £330 +34.69% 13
North West -28 49 £433 +33.23% 9
East Midlands -6 38 £225 -26.83% 2
South West -15 36 £450 +32.35% 7
West Midlands -64 26 £205 +2.50% 2
East of England -17 21 £225 -21.74% 11
Yorkshire -66 10 £195 -13.33% 3
North East -12 6 £189 -46.07% 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 71 (18.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (11.68%) SharePoint
3 18 (4.57%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.51%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 48 (12.18%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.28%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.51%) assyst
3 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 192 (48.73%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (31.73%) Azure
3 70 (17.77%) Entra ID
4 32 (8.12%) OneDrive
5 31 (7.87%) AWS
6 21 (5.33%) SaaS
7 19 (4.82%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.31%) GCP
9 10 (2.54%) Nutanix
9 10 (2.54%) PaaS
10 9 (2.28%) IaaS
11 7 (1.78%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.52%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.27%) Datadog
14 3 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.76%) ShareGate
15 2 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (19.80%) DNS
2 66 (16.75%) DHCP
3 49 (12.44%) Wi-Fi
4 43 (10.91%) VPN
5 37 (9.39%) Firewall
6 35 (8.88%) TCP/IP
7 22 (5.58%) WAN
8 21 (5.33%) VLAN
9 20 (5.08%) LAN
10 19 (4.82%) Skype
11 11 (2.79%) Unified Communications
12 10 (2.54%) NetScaler
13 9 (2.28%) 4G
14 8 (2.03%) Internet
14 8 (2.03%) SAN
14 8 (2.03%) Wireless
15 5 (1.27%) IPv4
16 4 (1.02%) DMZ
16 4 (1.02%) SD-WAN
17 3 (0.76%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.28%) Power BI
3 3 (0.76%) Metadata
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 13 (3.30%) JIRA
2 11 (2.79%) MSI
3 7 (1.78%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.27%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.51%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.51%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.51%) Git
6 1 (0.25%) GCC
6 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.25%) MLflow
General
1 146 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 48 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (12.18%) Finance
3 30 (7.61%) Documentation Skills
4 28 (7.11%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.33%) Banking
6 10 (2.54%) Legal
7 7 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.78%) Investment Banking
7 7 (1.78%) Law
7 7 (1.78%) Spanish Language
8 6 (1.52%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.27%) Front Office
9 5 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.76%) Local Government
11 3 (0.76%) Military
11 3 (0.76%) Retail
12 2 (0.51%) Games
12 2 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (15.23%) Support Engineer
2 48 (12.18%) IT Support
3 43 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (10.41%) Analyst
5 38 (9.64%) IT Engineer
6 35 (8.88%) Deployment Engineer
7 33 (8.38%) Senior
7 33 (8.38%) Windows Engineer
8 30 (7.61%) Desktop Support
9 23 (5.84%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (5.58%) Architect
11 20 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
11 20 (5.08%) Desktop Engineer
12 16 (4.06%) Support Technician
13 15 (3.81%) Lead
14 14 (3.55%) Security Engineer
14 14 (3.55%) Support Analyst
15 13 (3.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 13 (3.30%) Windows Deployment Engineer
16 12 (3.05%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.28%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.27%) Middleware
3 3 (0.76%) LDAP
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.76%) OAuth
3 3 (0.76%) OpenID
3 3 (0.76%) SAML
4 2 (0.51%) BREW
4 2 (0.51%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.25%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.25%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.25%) LangChain
5 1 (0.25%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.33%) Data Centre
1 21 (5.33%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.57%) CMDB
2 18 (4.57%) Smartphone
3 15 (3.81%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.81%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (2.79%) PKI
5 10 (2.54%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.03%) Replication
8 7 (1.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.27%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.02%) iPhone
10 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.02%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.02%) NHS
10 4 (1.02%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 332 (84.26%) Windows
2 155 (39.34%) Windows 10
3 70 (17.77%) Windows Server
4 36 (9.14%) Mac OS
5 24 (6.09%) Linux
6 18 (4.57%) Apple iOS
6 18 (4.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.81%) Windows 7
9 13 (3.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (3.05%) Android
11 6 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.27%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.76%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.51%) AIX
14 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.51%) Unix
14 2 (0.51%) VMS
14 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (20.56%) ITIL
3 76 (19.29%) Migration
4 57 (14.47%) Customer Service
5 53 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 52 (13.20%) ITSM
7 47 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (9.90%) Service Management
9 38 (9.64%) User Experience
10 34 (8.63%) Application Packaging
11 32 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (7.36%) Change Management
13 25 (6.35%) Asset Management
14 23 (5.84%) Problem Management
15 22 (5.58%) Roadmaps
16 21 (5.33%) Service Delivery
16 21 (5.33%) Zero Trust
17 20 (5.08%) Knowledge Transfer
17 20 (5.08%) Project Delivery
18 19 (4.82%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 108 (27.41%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.08%) SQL
2 20 (5.08%) VBScript
3 15 (3.81%) Bash
4 12 (3.05%) VB
5 7 (1.78%) Python
6 1 (0.25%) Java
6 1 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 95 (24.11%) Security Cleared
2 72 (18.27%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.42%) Degree
4 30 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (6.85%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (1.27%) CCA
8 5 (1.27%) CCNA
8 5 (1.27%) CCNP
8 5 (1.27%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.27%) MCDST
8 5 (1.27%) MCSE
9 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.51%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.57%) SLA
3 17 (4.31%) GDPR
4 4 (1.02%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.76%) NIST
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 221 (56.09%) Active Directory
2 59 (14.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (4.31%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.55%) BitLocker
6 12 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.28%) vSphere
8 8 (2.03%) Docker
8 8 (2.03%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.52%) XenApp
9 6 (1.52%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.27%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 142 (36.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.58%) SCOM
3 20 (5.08%) WSUS
4 12 (3.05%) Ansible
5 11 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (2.28%) SCOrch
7 8 (2.03%) Norton AntiVirus
7 8 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.52%) CASB
9 6 (1.52%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.27%) Kubernetes
10 5 (1.27%) SCVMM
11 4 (1.02%) Terraform
12 3 (0.76%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.51%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.51%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 1 (0.25%) HP ALM
14 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 236 (59.90%) Microsoft
2 74 (18.78%) VMware
3 62 (15.74%) ServiceNow
4 44 (11.17%) Citrix
5 20 (5.08%) Cisco
6 15 (3.81%) Apple
6 15 (3.81%) HP
6 15 (3.81%) Veeam
7 12 (3.05%) Google
8 11 (2.79%) McAfee
9 10 (2.54%) SolarWinds
9 10 (2.54%) Tenable
10 8 (2.03%) Bloomberg
10 8 (2.03%) Sophos
10 8 (2.03%) Symantec
11 7 (1.78%) BMC
11 7 (1.78%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.78%) F5
12 6 (1.52%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.52%) Dell
69 SCCM jobs in England