SCCM Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 91 92 101
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing SCCM 25 37 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.54% 1.67% 2.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 10.64% 13.31% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 45
10th Percentile £162 £187 £131
25th Percentile £187 £200 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £196 £300 £200
Median % change year-on-year -34.67% +50.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £298 £613 £388
90th Percentile £505 £649 £441
UK median daily rate £328 £320 £373
% change year-on-year +2.34% -14.09% -0.67%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 235 278 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 14.46% 12.54% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 194 406
10th Percentile £198 £246 £260
25th Percentile £399 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -2.96% -2.10%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £550
90th Percentile £576 £654 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £21.18 £19.59 £21.47
25th Percentile £22.50 £26.32 £30.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.99 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.45% -32.47% +25.50%
75th Percentile £24.00 £49.21 £58.75
90th Percentile £24.11 £55.68 £59.65
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh -3 14 £193 -35.59% 2
Glasgow -5 5 £450 -15.09% 4
Dundee - 3 £190 -
Aberdeen - 1 £200 -
Fife - 1 £115 -
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 - 2
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (12.00%) IIS
2 1 (4.00%) IBM Notes
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (36.00%) Azure
3 5 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (12.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) SSL
3 2 (8.00%) HTTP
3 2 (8.00%) HTTPS
3 2 (8.00%) VPN
4 1 (4.00%) DHCP
4 1 (4.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (56.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.00%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) ICT Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) SCCM Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) PKI
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.00%) iPad
3 2 (8.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 24 (96.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (28.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (24.00%) Linux
5 4 (16.00%) Ubuntu
6 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
6 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (8.00%) AIX
7 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
7 2 (8.00%) Unix
8 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Agile
2 9 (36.00%) ITIL
3 6 (24.00%) Asset Management
3 6 (24.00%) Inventory Management
3 6 (24.00%) Logistics
3 6 (24.00%) Service Management
4 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (20.00%) Email Filtering
4 5 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (16.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (16.00%) ITSM
5 4 (16.00%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (16.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (16.00%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (16.00%) Visualisation
6 3 (12.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Security Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Service Design
6 3 (12.00%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) MCSE
2 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Dell Certification
3 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
3 1 (4.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (32.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.00%) Docker
4 1 (4.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) Progress Chef
2 2 (8.00%) Puppet
2 2 (8.00%) WSUS
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) HP
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco
3 2 (8.00%) Dell
3 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) VMware
4 1 (4.00%) Commvault
4 1 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.00%) Lotus
4 1 (4.00%) Rapid7
4 1 (4.00%) SonicWALL