SCCM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SCCM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCCM over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 102 107
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -12
Contract jobs citing SCCM 420 577 750
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.04% 2.42% 2.43%
As % of the Systems Management category 18.01% 16.12% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 418 529
10th Percentile £155 £169 £150
25th Percentile £200 £205 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £350 £315
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +11.11% -3.08%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £438
90th Percentile £608 £575 £520
UK median daily rate £320 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -14.67% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 44 50
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.08 £11.17
25th Percentile £15.24 £14.81 £14.15
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.11 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -6.53% +7.64%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.00 £22.25
90th Percentile £40.16 £65.53 £22.78
UK median hourly rate £22.23 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.13% - +11.11%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

SCCM is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,332 3,580 4,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.34% 14.99% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,692 2,624 3,012
10th Percentile £210 £282 £231
25th Percentile £374 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £600
90th Percentile £655 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 136 118
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £12.97
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.22 £15.06
Median hourly rate £34.25 £44.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% +124.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £49.06 £65.00 £41.13
90th Percentile £70.63 £75.25 £52.35
UK median hourly rate £27.25 £57.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -52.61% +155.56% -43.75%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
South East +57 190 £318 -0.78% 35
South West -14 53 £178 -55.50% 23
Midlands -8 52 £375 - 15
North of England -19 45 £220 -45.00% 12
Scotland +18 39 £288 +43.75% 22
West Midlands +15 39 £400 -13.98% 7
North West -14 38 £220 -50.00% 7
East of England -13 36 £305 +2.52% 18
East Midlands -14 12 £190 -42.42% 8
Yorkshire +10 5 £325 +30.00% 2
Wales -6 5 £220 -58.10% 3
North East +17 3 £131 -41.78% 3
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 93 (22.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.19%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.33%) IIS
4 3 (0.71%) nginx
4 3 (0.71%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.48%) WordPress
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 90 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Dynamics GP
1 3 (0.71%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 161 (38.33%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (22.62%) Azure
3 30 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 24 (5.71%) OneDrive
5 18 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (4.05%) Azure Storage
7 14 (3.33%) OCI
8 9 (2.14%) AWS
9 6 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.19%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.71%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.71%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.48%) IaaS
12 2 (0.48%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.48%) PaaS
12 2 (0.48%) SaaS
13 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 104 (24.76%) DNS
2 94 (22.38%) DHCP
3 67 (15.95%) Firewall
4 56 (13.33%) LAN
5 39 (9.29%) WAN
6 38 (9.05%) SAN
7 29 (6.90%) VPN
8 26 (6.19%) TCP/IP
9 21 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (4.52%) Wireless
11 11 (2.62%) VLAN
12 10 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
12 10 (2.38%) Skype
13 9 (2.14%) MPLS
14 7 (1.67%) VoIP
15 6 (1.43%) WAAS
16 5 (1.19%) NAS
17 4 (0.95%) Fibre Channel
18 3 (0.71%) NetScaler
18 3 (0.71%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
1 2 (0.48%) JIRA
1 2 (0.48%) MSI
2 1 (0.24%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.24%) Git
2 1 (0.24%) GitLab
2 1 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 218 (51.90%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (9.29%) Organisational Skills
3 38 (9.05%) Public Sector
4 12 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (1.90%) Aerospace
5 8 (1.90%) Finance
5 8 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (1.67%) Legal
7 6 (1.43%) Telecoms
8 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.71%) French Language
10 2 (0.48%) Banking
10 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.48%) Military
10 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.48%) Police
11 1 (0.24%) Electronics
11 1 (0.24%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.24%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 99 (23.57%) Support Engineer
2 66 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 52 (12.38%) Desktop Engineer
4 47 (11.19%) Desktop Support
5 41 (9.76%) Windows Engineer
6 38 (9.05%) 2nd Line Support
6 38 (9.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 37 (8.81%) Analyst
7 37 (8.81%) IT Engineer
7 37 (8.81%) IT Support
8 27 (6.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 27 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 25 (5.95%) Build Engineer
10 24 (5.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 23 (5.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (5.48%) Support Specialist
12 21 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
12 21 (5.00%) Windows Build Engineer
13 20 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
13 20 (4.76%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.81%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.43%) .NET
3 3 (0.71%) EDI
3 3 (0.71%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.71%) XMPP
4 2 (0.48%) LAMP
5 1 (0.24%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.90%) Driving Licence
2 29 (6.90%) PKI
3 24 (5.71%) Data Centre
4 22 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (4.29%) Clustering
6 11 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.90%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.43%) iPad
9 5 (1.19%) CMDB
10 3 (0.71%) BYOD
10 3 (0.71%) CCTV
10 3 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.71%) NHS
10 3 (0.71%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.71%) Replication
10 3 (0.71%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.71%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.48%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.48%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 373 (88.81%) Windows
2 209 (49.76%) Windows 10
3 131 (31.19%) Windows Server
4 77 (18.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 77 (18.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 67 (15.95%) Linux
6 62 (14.76%) Windows 7
6 62 (14.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 29 (6.90%) Mac OS
8 26 (6.19%) Unix
9 23 (5.48%) Apple iOS
10 21 (5.00%) Windows NT
11 15 (3.57%) Windows XP
12 10 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (2.14%) Android
14 8 (1.90%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (1.19%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.71%) VMS
17 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (33.81%) ITIL
2 119 (28.33%) Customer Service
3 111 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (18.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 54 (12.86%) Service Management
6 40 (9.52%) Release Management
7 36 (8.57%) Agile
8 34 (8.10%) Migration
9 33 (7.86%) Mobile Device Management
10 32 (7.62%) DevOps
11 31 (7.38%) Software Deployment
12 28 (6.67%) Server Management
13 27 (6.43%) Asset Management
13 27 (6.43%) Service Delivery
14 26 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
15 25 (5.95%) Deployment Automation
16 22 (5.24%) Project Management
17 21 (5.00%) Break/Fix
17 21 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
17 21 (5.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 121 (28.81%) PowerShell
2 27 (6.43%) C#
3 26 (6.19%) VBScript
4 20 (4.76%) VB
5 16 (3.81%) Bicep
6 13 (3.10%) Python
7 12 (2.86%) SQL
8 10 (2.38%) Java
9 3 (0.71%) Bash
9 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 164 (39.05%) Security Cleared
2 112 (26.67%) DV Cleared
3 106 (25.24%) Degree
4 80 (19.05%) SC Cleared
5 28 (6.67%) CCNA
5 28 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (4.76%) CCNP
8 19 (4.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 16 (3.81%) MCP
9 16 (3.81%) MCSE
10 9 (2.14%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.67%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.19%) MCTS
14 2 (0.48%) MCDST
14 2 (0.48%) MOS
15 1 (0.24%) CCIE
15 1 (0.24%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (10.24%) SLA
2 23 (5.48%) QA
3 7 (1.67%) NIST
4 5 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.95%) GDPR
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) COBIT
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 279 (66.43%) Active Directory
2 69 (16.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (9.05%) Firmware
3 38 (9.05%) VMware ESXi
4 36 (8.57%) Hyper-V
5 20 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (3.81%) XenApp
7 11 (2.62%) Virtual Servers
7 11 (2.62%) VMware NSX
8 9 (2.14%) BitLocker
8 9 (2.14%) vSphere
8 9 (2.14%) XenDesktop
9 8 (1.90%) VMware Workstation
10 5 (1.19%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.95%) Docker
12 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 87 (20.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 68 (16.19%) WSUS
3 47 (11.19%) SCOM
4 28 (6.67%) vCenter Server
5 22 (5.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (5.24%) NetBackup
6 21 (5.00%) Sysprep
7 19 (4.52%) Kubernetes
8 16 (3.81%) EMC NetWorker
9 11 (2.62%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (2.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 8 (1.90%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (1.90%) Nagios
12 7 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (1.43%) Autotask
14 3 (0.71%) AppManager
14 3 (0.71%) PaperCut
15 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 2 (0.48%) Nessus
15 2 (0.48%) OPNET
Vendors
1 251 (59.76%) Microsoft
2 96 (22.86%) VMware
3 60 (14.29%) HP
4 45 (10.71%) Cisco
5 39 (9.29%) Citrix
6 31 (7.38%) Veeam
7 28 (6.67%) ServiceNow
8 22 (5.24%) Apple
9 20 (4.76%) Symantec
10 19 (4.52%) Dell
11 18 (4.29%) EMC
12 16 (3.81%) Palo Alto
13 15 (3.57%) Oracle
14 14 (3.33%) 3PAR
14 14 (3.33%) Extreme Networks
14 14 (3.33%) Juniper
15 13 (3.10%) MobileIron
16 11 (2.62%) Ivanti
17 9 (2.14%) NetApp
18 8 (1.90%) Hitachi