SCCM Contracts in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 98 87
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 +11
DemandTrendContract jobs citing SCCM 26 30 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.16% 1.23% 2.02%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.36% 11.76% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 43
10th Percentile £193 £165 £200
25th Percentile £200 £181 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 £220 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.98% -45.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £453 £300 £500
90th Percentile £785 £423 £520
England median daily rate £375 £380 £400
% change year-on-year -1.32% -5.00% +11.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £17.67 £26.58 £13.73
25th Percentile £18.12 £27.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £29.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.49% +62.50% +2.86%
75th Percentile - £31.56 £19.44
90th Percentile - £32.13 £19.79
England median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -31.38% +41.04% -10.48%

All Systems Management Skills
North West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 311 255 466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.93% 10.43% 16.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 177 313
10th Percentile £256 £213 £321
25th Percentile £350 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £489 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -4.59% -2.38%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £588
90th Percentile £660 £650 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £560
% change year-on-year -2.43% -6.25% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 45
10th Percentile - £27.88 £16.85
25th Percentile £18.87 £33.67 £20.00
Median hourly rate £63.40 £46.18 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +37.29% +0.65% +133.60%
75th Percentile £71.56 £48.11 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.18 £76.38 £64.50
England median hourly rate £52.50 £36.17 £51.25
% change year-on-year +45.17% -29.43% +122.83%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the North West

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SCCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SCCM

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the North West over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the North West

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SCCM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SCCM

SCCM
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire -21 10 £210 -30.00% 3
Manchester 0 8 £330 +6.45% 5
Lancashire 0 5 - - 2
Cumbria +15 3 £333 +66.25%
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (15.38%) Skype for Business
2 2 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.85%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (26.92%) MS Visio
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (19.23%) OneDrive
3 3 (11.54%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) LAN
1 7 (26.92%) VPN
2 4 (15.38%) Skype
3 3 (11.54%) VLAN
3 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (7.69%) DHCP
4 2 (7.69%) DNS
4 2 (7.69%) WAN
5 1 (3.85%) Firewall
5 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.85%) VoIP
5 1 (3.85%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Manufacturing
4 5 (19.23%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Automotive
6 1 (3.85%) Electronics
6 1 (3.85%) Finance
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Desktop Support
2 5 (19.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Deployment Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Operational Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Operations Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Windows Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Deployment Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
1 1 (3.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Clustering
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.85%) Fat Client
4 1 (3.85%) IBM XIV
4 1 (3.85%) Replication
4 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.85%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 23 (88.46%) Windows
2 14 (53.85%) Windows 10
3 6 (23.08%) Apple iOS
4 5 (19.23%) Windows 8
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (19.23%) Windows XP
5 3 (11.54%) Android
5 3 (11.54%) Mac OS
6 2 (7.69%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Asset Management
1 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL
3 5 (19.23%) Business Case
3 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 5 (19.23%) Mentoring
3 5 (19.23%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
3 5 (19.23%) Technical Analysis
3 5 (19.23%) Time Management
4 4 (15.38%) ITSM
5 3 (11.54%) Change Management
5 3 (11.54%) Customer Experience
5 3 (11.54%) Disk Encryption
5 3 (11.54%) Inventory Management
5 3 (11.54%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (7.69%) Change Control
6 2 (7.69%) Software Deployment
6 2 (7.69%) Thought Leadership
6 2 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) VB
2 2 (7.69%) VBScript
3 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
5 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.85%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (73.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (7.69%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.54%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (11.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (3.85%) Ansible
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
3 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) ServiceNow
3 5 (19.23%) Canon
4 3 (11.54%) Apple
4 3 (11.54%) Remedy
5 1 (3.85%) Citrix
5 1 (3.85%) IBM
5 1 (3.85%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.85%) SAP
5 1 (3.85%) VMware