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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 73 92
Rank change year-on-year -37 +19 -29
Contract jobs citing SCCM 5 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.27% 0.65% 0.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.02% 4.62% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £181 £201
25th Percentile - £185 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -53.68%
75th Percentile - - £358
90th Percentile - - £413
North West median daily rate £360 £205 £213
% change year-on-year +75.41% -3.80% -52.65%

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 247 130 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 13.57% 14.12% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 99 108
10th Percentile £316 £295 £310
25th Percentile £405 £416 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £617
90th Percentile £650 £643 £694
North West median daily rate £489 £473 £475
% change year-on-year +3.49% -0.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 5
10th Percentile - £63.70 £48.75
25th Percentile £52.50 £67.38 £52.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £79.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.38% +31.67% +194.80%
75th Percentile £69.88 £89.75 £82.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.90 £95.40
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £63.40 £22.61
% change year-on-year -13.25% +180.41% -22.83%

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
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 15 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
Salford - 1 - -
SCCM
North West

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 (40.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) PaaS
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Support
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management Architect
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
1 2 (40.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CMDB
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (40.00%) iPhone
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (40.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) BCP
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Document Management
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) ETL
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Observability
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) AirWatch
2 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Bloomberg
1 2 (40.00%) BMC
1 2 (40.00%) Dynatrace
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds