SCCM Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 109 138 123
Rank change year-on-year +29 -15 -18
Contract jobs citing SCCM 57 47 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.73% 0.99% 1.80%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.31% 8.74% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 30 79
10th Percentile £176 £130 £170
25th Percentile £200 £163 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £220 £350
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -37.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £413 £294 £488
90th Percentile £488 £426 £500
England median daily rate £350 £308 £353
% change year-on-year +13.82% -12.77% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 16
10th Percentile - £16.51 £13.98
25th Percentile - £17.02 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £21.21
Median % change year-on-year - -16.43% +6.03%
75th Percentile - £18.51 £65.00
90th Percentile - £20.20 -
England median hourly rate £17.16 £22.30 £22.41
% change year-on-year -23.05% -0.49% +6.71%

All Systems Management Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 612 538 857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 18.57% 11.28% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 379 635
10th Percentile £254 £239 £325
25th Percentile £379 £400 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -12.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £564 £580 £638
90th Percentile £650 £645 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 22 52
10th Percentile £45.45 £16.89 £17.53
25th Percentile £51.38 £17.72 £22.34
Median hourly rate £62.50 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% -40.00% +87.50%
75th Percentile £74.50 £48.75 £50.17
90th Percentile £80.95 £80.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the North of England 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
North West +16 38 £200 -9.09% 13
Yorkshire +14 12 £225 -43.75% 5
North East +3 6 £388 +195.80% 3
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (17.54%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.02%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (8.77%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.79%) Azure
3 7 (12.28%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.26%) IaaS
5 3 (5.26%) PaaS
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.75%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (28.07%) VPN
2 14 (24.56%) LAN
3 11 (19.30%) DNS
4 10 (17.54%) DHCP
5 9 (15.79%) Skype
5 9 (15.79%) VLAN
5 9 (15.79%) WAN
5 9 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (12.28%) Firewall
7 5 (8.77%) VoIP
8 3 (5.26%) Network Security
9 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.75%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 23 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Local Government
3 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.77%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Legal
4 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.51%) Banking
5 2 (3.51%) Finance
5 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Support Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Deployment Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Desktop Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Desktop Support
3 8 (14.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (12.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) IT Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) IT Support
7 4 (7.02%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) SCCM Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Active Directory Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.51%) Fat Client
2 2 (3.51%) NHS
2 2 (3.51%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 40 (70.18%) Windows
2 23 (40.35%) Windows 10
3 7 (12.28%) Windows Server
4 6 (10.53%) Windows 7
4 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (8.77%) Windows 8
5 5 (8.77%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (8.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (8.77%) Windows XP
6 3 (5.26%) Android
6 3 (5.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
3 9 (15.79%) Application Packaging
3 9 (15.79%) ITIL
4 8 (14.04%) Asset Management
4 8 (14.04%) Mentoring
5 6 (10.53%) ITSM
5 6 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 5 (8.77%) Application Security
6 5 (8.77%) Business Case
6 5 (8.77%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 5 (8.77%) Proactive Maintenance
6 5 (8.77%) Technical Analysis
6 5 (8.77%) Time Management
6 5 (8.77%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (7.02%) Patch Management
7 4 (7.02%) Service Management
7 4 (7.02%) User Experience
8 3 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.77%) VB
2 5 (8.77%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) SC Cleared
1 16 (28.07%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.26%) CCNA
3 3 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.75%) MCP
4 1 (1.75%) MCSA
4 1 (1.75%) MCSE
4 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) NCSC
2 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.77%) BitLocker
4 3 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (5.26%) vSphere
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.77%) AppManager
3 1 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.32%) VMware
3 6 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 6 (10.53%) Tanium
4 5 (8.77%) Canon
4 5 (8.77%) Ivanti
4 5 (8.77%) Wyse
5 4 (7.02%) Apple
6 3 (5.26%) Cisco
6 3 (5.26%) Dell
6 3 (5.26%) HP
6 3 (5.26%) Meraki
6 3 (5.26%) Palo Alto
6 3 (5.26%) Samsung
6 3 (5.26%) Veeam
7 1 (1.75%) McAfee
7 1 (1.75%) Symantec