SCCM Contracts

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 166 175
Rank change year-on-year -21 +9 +32
Contract jobs citing SCCM 455 637 833
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.47% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.23% 11.79% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 485 599
10th Percentile £192 £178 £180
25th Percentile £202 £213 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £517 £500 £534
90th Percentile £583 £608 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £313 £350
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 37 34
10th Percentile - £16.58 £14.08
25th Percentile £13.75 £17.72 £15.99
Median hourly rate £13.77 £25.71 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.44% +28.55% -6.98%
75th Percentile £23.44 £40.00 £25.71
90th Percentile £47.00 £48.00 £63.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £27.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +1.82% +57.14% -8.17%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,930 5,405 8,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.74% 12.43% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,279 3,851 6,094
10th Percentile £300 £300 £350
25th Percentile £410 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% -6.36% -3.51%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 103 185
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.05 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.25 £21.29 £25.71
Median hourly rate £32.77 £32.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% -43.48% +155.56%
75th Percentile £63.33 £50.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £77.74 £71.25 £83.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +37.50% -8.57% +118.75%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 July 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
England -27 386 £375 +7.14% 212
UK excluding London -13 287 £275 -12.00% 157
London -15 134 £400 +14.29% 81
South East -19 77 £400 -8.57% 47
Work from Home -33 73 £461 +2.50% 89
North of England +20 56 £210 -4.55% 33
East of England +45 47 £550 +80.33% 17
Midlands -6 45 £274 -27.96% 20
West Midlands -6 34 £220 -45.34% 9
North West 0 31 £200 -9.09% 10
South West +13 28 £400 +110.53% 21
Scotland -31 24 £196 -28.73% 11
Yorkshire +17 14 £200 -20.00% 23
North East +10 11 £275 -8.33%
East Midlands -3 11 £492 +90.14% 11
Wales +8 9 £300 - 7
Northern Ireland - 4 £200 - 3

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 65 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 24 (5.27%) IBM Domino
4 7 (1.54%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.88%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 39 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.44%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 148 (32.53%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (25.27%) Azure
3 55 (12.09%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.05%) Cohesity
5 21 (4.62%) OneDrive
6 16 (3.52%) AWS
7 8 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (1.76%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.54%) IaaS
9 5 (1.10%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.10%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.10%) PaaS
10 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.66%) GCP
11 3 (0.66%) SaaS
12 2 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.44%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 67 (14.73%) DNS
2 66 (14.51%) Firewall
3 44 (9.67%) VPN
4 40 (8.79%) DHCP
5 26 (5.71%) LAN
5 26 (5.71%) SAN
5 26 (5.71%) TCP/IP
6 25 (5.49%) Cisco IOS
6 25 (5.49%) WAN
7 21 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (4.18%) VLAN
9 18 (3.96%) Skype
10 7 (1.54%) VoIP
11 6 (1.32%) NetScaler
11 6 (1.32%) Wireless
12 4 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.88%) Internet
12 4 (0.88%) Network Security
12 4 (0.88%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.10%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (5.71%) MSI
2 14 (3.08%) AdminStudio
3 8 (1.76%) InstallShield
3 8 (1.76%) WiX
4 6 (1.32%) JIRA
5 5 (1.10%) Git
5 5 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.10%) Postman
General
1 156 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.07%) Finance
3 36 (7.91%) Legal
4 32 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.81%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.49%) Games
8 22 (4.84%) Banking
9 19 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.20%) Local Government
10 10 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.32%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.66%) Automotive
16 2 (0.44%) Electronics
16 2 (0.44%) Front Office
16 2 (0.44%) Law
16 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (14.51%) Deployment Engineer
2 59 (12.97%) Support Engineer
3 38 (8.35%) Desktop Engineer
4 37 (8.13%) Windows Engineer
5 34 (7.47%) Analyst
6 33 (7.25%) Desktop Support
7 29 (6.37%) SCCM Engineer
8 28 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support
10 26 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 25 (5.49%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 22 (4.84%) IT Engineer
13 19 (4.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 18 (3.96%) Senior
15 16 (3.52%) Applications Packager
15 16 (3.52%) Consultant
16 14 (3.08%) Support Analyst
16 14 (3.08%) Windows Deployment Engineer
17 12 (2.64%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.05%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.64%) Data Centre
2 11 (2.42%) PKI
3 10 (2.20%) Driving Licence
4 8 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (1.54%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.10%) Smartphone
8 4 (0.88%) Blackberry
8 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.66%) BYOD
9 3 (0.66%) iPad
9 3 (0.66%) iPhone
9 3 (0.66%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.66%) Smartcard
9 3 (0.66%) YubiKey
10 2 (0.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 370 (81.32%) Windows
2 126 (27.69%) Windows 10
3 89 (19.56%) Windows Server
4 39 (8.57%) Mac OS
5 36 (7.91%) Android
6 31 (6.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (4.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (3.74%) Windows 7
10 16 (3.52%) Linux
11 14 (3.08%) Apple iOS
12 7 (1.54%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (1.10%) Ubuntu
14 5 (1.10%) Windows 8
14 5 (1.10%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.44%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (16.04%) ITIL
3 45 (9.89%) Migration
4 39 (8.57%) Deployment Automation
5 38 (8.35%) Application Packaging
6 35 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 35 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 31 (6.81%) Agile
8 30 (6.59%) Asset Management
9 27 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (5.93%) ITSM
9 27 (5.93%) SIEM
10 26 (5.71%) Patch Management
11 24 (5.27%) E-Commerce
11 24 (5.27%) Incident Management
12 23 (5.05%) Build Automation
13 22 (4.84%) Configuration Management
13 22 (4.84%) Security Patching
14 20 (4.40%) Operations Management
15 18 (3.96%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (33.85%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.74%) VBScript
3 15 (3.30%) SQL
4 13 (2.86%) VB
5 10 (2.20%) C#
6 6 (1.32%) Python
7 3 (0.66%) Bash
7 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.22%) Bicep
8 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (23.52%) Security Cleared
2 64 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 50 (10.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 45 (9.89%) DV Cleared
5 27 (5.93%) Degree
6 9 (1.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 9 (1.98%) MCSE
7 8 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.54%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.32%) A+ Certification
9 6 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.32%) MCSA
10 4 (0.88%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.66%) CBAP
11 3 (0.66%) CCNA
11 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.66%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.66%) MCP
11 3 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.81%) SLA
2 19 (4.18%) QA
3 6 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.88%) GDPR
5 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.22%) NIST
6 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 232 (50.99%) Active Directory
2 64 (14.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (5.49%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.84%) Microsoft App-V
5 21 (4.62%) BitLocker
5 21 (4.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 21 (4.62%) Virtual Servers
6 17 (3.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.76%) vSphere
9 7 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (1.32%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.10%) Firmware
12 4 (0.88%) XenApp
13 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 133 (29.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (8.79%) WSUS
3 26 (5.71%) Ansible
4 16 (3.52%) SCOM
5 12 (2.64%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.76%) Nessus
7 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.10%) AirWatch
8 5 (1.10%) Puppet
8 5 (1.10%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.88%) AppManager
10 3 (0.66%) CASB
10 3 (0.66%) SCOrch
10 3 (0.66%) Terraform
11 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.44%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.44%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.44%) ThinApp
11 2 (0.44%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 279 (61.32%) Microsoft
2 74 (16.26%) VMware
3 49 (10.77%) ServiceNow
4 46 (10.11%) Cisco
5 45 (9.89%) Splunk
6 37 (8.13%) Citrix
7 27 (5.93%) Meraki
8 24 (5.27%) Apple
9 21 (4.62%) NetApp
10 16 (3.52%) HP
11 14 (3.08%) SolarWinds
12 12 (2.64%) Ivanti
13 11 (2.42%) McAfee
14 10 (2.20%) Bloomberg
15 8 (1.76%) Remedy
15 8 (1.76%) Wyse
16 7 (1.54%) Canon
16 7 (1.54%) Dell
16 7 (1.54%) Qualys
17 6 (1.32%) MobileIron