SCCM Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SCCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 74 86
Rank change year-on-year -46 +12 -18
Contract jobs citing SCCM 3 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.15% 0.61% 0.72%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.05% 4.84% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 8
10th Percentile - £181 £204
25th Percentile - £185 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £200 £310
Median % change year-on-year - -35.48% -34.74%
75th Percentile - - £406
90th Percentile - - £429
North West median daily rate £354 £200 £220
% change year-on-year +77.10% -9.09% -52.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £29.50
Median hourly rate - - £31.00
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £19.84 - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - +1.26%

All Systems Management Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 286 124 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 14.76% 12.58% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 86 100
10th Percentile £313 £238 £283
25th Percentile £405 £389 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £666 £650
North West median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £61.63 £63.70 £32.85
25th Percentile £65.50 £67.38 £37.88
Median hourly rate £76.50 £79.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +66.32% +137.50%
75th Percentile £90.50 £89.75 £76.38
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.90 £92.95
North West median hourly rate £62.50 £63.40 £17.72
% change year-on-year -1.42% +257.79% -39.52%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

SCCM job vacancy trend in Manchester

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SCCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SCCM

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SCCM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SCCM

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 2 (66.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) BCP
1 2 (66.67%) Document Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Line Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) AirWatch
2 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Bloomberg
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft