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 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 83 67
Rank change year-on-year -16 -16 +37
Contract jobs citing SCCM 44 50 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.75% 1.88% 3.03%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.72% 14.93% 22.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 40 74
10th Percentile £167 £182 £203
25th Percentile £210 £306 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £426 £350
Median % change year-on-year -29.58% +21.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £480 £509 £463
90th Percentile £583 £575 £604
England median daily rate £375 £380 £388
% change year-on-year -1.32% -1.94% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.13
25th Percentile - - £20.31
Median hourly rate - - £21.25
75th Percentile - - £22.81
90th Percentile - - £23.38
England median hourly rate £28.00 £27.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.70% +38.50% -10.49%

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 346 335 411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.79% 12.60% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 249 284
10th Percentile £263 £300 £254
25th Percentile £368 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £561 £575 £591
90th Percentile £638 £641 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -2.38% -6.67% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile - £20.64 £18.78
25th Percentile - £25.38 £19.56
Median hourly rate £21.39 £25.77 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +21.25% +18.06%
75th Percentile - £40.57 £34.31
90th Percentile £30.16 £63.00 £53.33
England median hourly rate £53.50 £37.50 £49.73
% change year-on-year +42.67% -24.59% +116.22%

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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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -21 29 £300 -33.18% 4
East Midlands -2 15 £250 -16.67% 9
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 4 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) Entra ID
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) DHCP
1 4 (9.09%) DNS
2 3 (6.82%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (6.82%) PuTTY
2 3 (6.82%) SSH
2 3 (6.82%) Telnet
2 3 (6.82%) VPN
3 1 (2.27%) Firewall
3 1 (2.27%) NAS
3 1 (2.27%) SAN
3 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 4 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (11.36%) Legal
4 4 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Finance
6 2 (4.55%) Automotive
6 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Deployment Engineer
1 7 (15.91%) SCCM Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Support Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Administrator
4 4 (9.09%) JIRA Administrator
5 3 (6.82%) Active Directory Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Break Fix Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Windows Deployment Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Windows Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.27%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (2.27%) Applications Packager
7 1 (2.27%) Architect
7 1 (2.27%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.55%) Replication
1 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.27%) CMDB
2 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 40 (90.91%) Windows
2 13 (29.55%) Windows 10
3 6 (13.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.82%) Linux
5 3 (6.82%) Windows 7
5 3 (6.82%) Windows 8
6 2 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.73%) ITIL
1 10 (22.73%) Migration
2 6 (13.64%) Application Packaging
3 5 (11.36%) Coaching
3 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (9.09%) Break/Fix
4 4 (9.09%) Business Continuity
4 4 (9.09%) Change Management
4 4 (9.09%) Data Analysis
4 4 (9.09%) Data Management
4 4 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (9.09%) Task Automation
4 4 (9.09%) Workflow
5 3 (6.82%) Customer Experience
5 3 (6.82%) Customer Service
5 3 (6.82%) Patch Management
6 2 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (4.55%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.09%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.82%) SQL
3 2 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) Degree
2 3 (6.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.27%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) SLA
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.45%) Firmware
3 7 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (11.36%) Hyper-V
5 4 (9.09%) BitLocker
6 1 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.55%) AirWatch
2 2 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 25 (56.82%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.73%) Cisco
3 7 (15.91%) VMware
4 4 (9.09%) Atlassian
4 4 (9.09%) McAfee
5 3 (6.82%) Citrix
5 3 (6.82%) Dell
5 3 (6.82%) Draytek
6 2 (4.55%) Apple
6 2 (4.55%) Nexthink
6 2 (4.55%) Veeam
7 1 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.27%) HP
7 1 (2.27%) MobileIron
7 1 (2.27%) Okta
7 1 (2.27%) Symantec