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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 78 74
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing SCCM 15 9 11
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.76% 0.90% 0.93%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.28% 6.67% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 9
10th Percentile £325 £193 £191
25th Percentile £419 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £271 £400
Median % change year-on-year +70.51% -32.19% -
75th Percentile £515 £650 £425
90th Percentile £533 £875 £428
North West median daily rate £375 £213 £240
% change year-on-year +76.47% -11.46% -34.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £29.50
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.48% +67.57%
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £17.75 £29.25
% change year-on-year - -39.32% +67.14%

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 239 135 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 12.12% 13.51% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 94 72
10th Percentile £205 £302 £314
25th Percentile £408 £389 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £578
90th Percentile £640 £654 £650
North West median daily rate £480 £450 £449
% change year-on-year +6.67% +0.28% -9.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £75.50 £19.32 £32.85
25th Percentile £76.25 £20.00 £37.88
Median hourly rate £77.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.20% +31.58% +137.50%
75th Percentile - £84.50 £76.38
90th Percentile £86.00 £90.80 £92.95
North West median hourly rate £75.50 £20.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +277.50% -56.69% -

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in Manchester

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 1 (6.67%) IIS
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DHCP
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) SAN
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MSI
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
3 2 (13.33%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Support Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support
2 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Applications Packager
4 2 (13.33%) CyberArk Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (6.67%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Software Packaging
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (6.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) iPhone
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Android
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (6.67%) Linux
5 1 (6.67%) Unix
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) ITIL
2 7 (46.67%) Application Packaging
2 7 (46.67%) Service Delivery
3 5 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 5 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (33.33%) ITSM
4 4 (26.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (26.67%) Software Deployment
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Operational Stability
5 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (20.00%) Technical Discovery
6 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
6 1 (6.67%) Data Centre Operations
6 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
6 1 (6.67%) Line Management
6 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Task Automation
6 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (6.67%) BitLocker
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) WSUS
3 1 (6.67%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Tanium
3 4 (26.67%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (26.67%) Citrix
4 3 (20.00%) CyberArk
5 2 (13.33%) Ivanti
6 1 (6.67%) Bloomberg
6 1 (6.67%) HP
6 1 (6.67%) VMware