SCCM Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring SCCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCCM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 78 83
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing SCCM 47 55 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.46% 1.99% 2.70%
As % of the Systems Management category 19.75% 19.86% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 53 69
10th Percentile £145 £145 £223
25th Percentile £200 £188 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -43.67% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £409 £538 £463
90th Percentile £480 £575 £538
England median daily rate £350 £308 £353
% change year-on-year +13.82% -12.77% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £12.18 - £17.13
25th Percentile £12.94 - £17.72
Median hourly rate £16.19 £15.65 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -17.02% +14.30%
75th Percentile £17.89 - £22.81
90th Percentile £18.13 - £25.12
England median hourly rate £17.16 £22.30 £22.41
% change year-on-year -23.05% -0.49% +6.71%

All Systems Management Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 238 277 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.43% 10.05% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 218 300
10th Percentile £200 £189 £231
25th Percentile £314 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £689 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 17
10th Percentile £12.18 £21.49 £17.72
25th Percentile £12.94 £25.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £16.19 £25.77 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year -37.16% +18.90% +31.33%
75th Percentile £17.89 £40.57 £40.25
90th Percentile £18.13 £55.00 £50.55
England median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +10 38 £200 -50.00% 12
East Midlands +7 9 £475 +150.00% 4
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (51.06%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (21.28%) Entra ID
3 9 (19.15%) Azure
4 3 (6.38%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.66%) VPN
2 4 (8.51%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (4.26%) Intranet
3 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.13%) DHCP
4 1 (2.13%) DNS
General
1 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Legal
3 3 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Finance
4 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.13%) Electronics
5 1 (2.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (19.15%) Deployment Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Desktop Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Windows Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Windows Deployment Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Active Directory Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Consultant
4 3 (6.38%) Desktop Support
4 3 (6.38%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) SCCM Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) ICT Assistant
5 2 (4.26%) IT Support
5 2 (4.26%) Junior
5 2 (4.26%) Service Desk Assistant
5 2 (4.26%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (2.13%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) NHS
2 3 (6.38%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 40 (85.11%) Windows
2 19 (40.43%) Windows 10
3 6 (12.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.38%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.26%) Android
6 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.15%) Customer Service
3 8 (17.02%) Migration
4 7 (14.89%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 5 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (8.51%) ITIL
6 4 (8.51%) Time Management
7 3 (6.38%) Compliance Management
7 3 (6.38%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (6.38%) Software Deployment
7 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (4.26%) Service Management
9 1 (2.13%) Agile
9 1 (2.13%) Application Packaging
9 1 (2.13%) Asset Management
9 1 (2.13%) Computer Science
9 1 (2.13%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (2.13%) Programme Management
9 1 (2.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.15%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Degree
2 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) MCSE
4 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) QA
1 2 (4.26%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (76.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.77%) BitLocker
2 6 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.64%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.38%) AirWatch
2 3 (6.38%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 25 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (38.30%) Cisco
3 11 (23.40%) Citrix
3 11 (23.40%) Nexthink
4 6 (12.77%) ServiceNow
4 6 (12.77%) VMware
5 3 (6.38%) Apple
6 2 (4.26%) Dell
6 2 (4.26%) HP
7 1 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.13%) SAP
7 1 (2.13%) Symantec
7 1 (2.13%) Veeam