SCCM Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 87 102 72
Rank change year-on-year +15 -30 +4
Contract jobs citing SCCM 24 55 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.43% 1.72% 3.09%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.87% 13.51% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 34 94
10th Percentile £198 £128 £180
25th Percentile £219 £150 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £179 £400
Median % change year-on-year +99.72% -55.25% +33.33%
75th Percentile £513 £300 £575
90th Percentile £638 £565 £623
England median daily rate £350 £308 £353
% change year-on-year +13.82% -12.77% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% +271.43%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £71.93 £75.50
England median hourly rate £17.16 £22.30 £22.41
% change year-on-year -23.05% -0.49% +6.71%

All Systems Management Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 305 407 605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.18% 12.72% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 312 499
10th Percentile £293 £205 £324
25th Percentile £440 £391 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £626 £591 £644
90th Percentile £700 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 21
10th Percentile £31.15 - £53.75
25th Percentile £56.13 - £60.70
Median hourly rate £74.35 £40.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.88% -38.46% +225.00%
75th Percentile £79.77 £72.85 £78.00
90th Percentile £81.68 £76.28 £86.00
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Wiltshire +35 8 £575 -9.80% 7
Dorset - 6 £225 - 6
Gloucestershire +15 5 £375 -6.25% 11
Devon +1 3 £193 +28.33% 14
Bristol +7 1 £588 +113.64% 6
Somerset -8 1 £400 +63.27% 5
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.50%) Skype for Business
3 1 (4.17%) IBM Notes
3 1 (4.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) DNS
2 8 (33.33%) VPN
3 7 (29.17%) DHCP
4 4 (16.67%) LAN
4 4 (16.67%) Skype
4 4 (16.67%) WAN
5 3 (12.50%) Firewall
5 3 (12.50%) VLAN
5 3 (12.50%) VoIP
5 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (8.33%) SSL
7 1 (4.17%) SMTP
7 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) MSI
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Military
5 1 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Publishing
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Server Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) HP Storage Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Support
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) PKI
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (4.17%) Blackberry
4 1 (4.17%) CESG
4 1 (4.17%) Clustering
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (95.83%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows Server
3 13 (54.17%) Windows 10
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (4.17%) Android
7 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (4.17%) Linux
7 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (4.17%) Ubuntu
7 1 (4.17%) VMS
7 1 (4.17%) Windows 7
7 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Migration
2 5 (20.83%) Project Management
2 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (16.67%) Agile
3 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.67%) ITIL
3 4 (16.67%) Security Hardening
3 4 (16.67%) Software Deployment
3 4 (16.67%) Task Automation
4 3 (12.50%) Application Security
4 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (12.50%) Patch Management
4 3 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (12.50%) Server Building
4 3 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) VBScript
3 1 (4.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) MCSE
5 3 (12.50%) Degree
5 3 (12.50%) MCSA
6 2 (8.33%) MCP
7 1 (4.17%) A+ Certification
7 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
7 1 (4.17%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) JSP 440
1 1 (4.17%) NCSC
1 1 (4.17%) QA
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (20.83%) Hyper-V
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (8.33%) vSphere
5 1 (4.17%) BitLocker
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.50%) AppManager
2 3 (12.50%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (12.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 2 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (8.33%) Nessus
3 2 (8.33%) OPNET
3 2 (8.33%) vCenter Server
3 2 (8.33%) WSUS
4 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (4.17%) PowerCLI
4 1 (4.17%) SCOM
4 1 (4.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) McAfee
3 4 (16.67%) Symantec
4 3 (12.50%) Ivanti
4 3 (12.50%) Remedy
5 2 (8.33%) Dell
5 2 (8.33%) HP
6 1 (4.17%) Apple
6 1 (4.17%) Fujitsu
6 1 (4.17%) Google
6 1 (4.17%) Lotus
6 1 (4.17%) Qualys
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.17%) Veritas