SCCM Contract Job Trends

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SCCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 204 158
Rank change year-on-year -149 -46 +19
Contract jobs citing SCCM 347 456 599
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.39% 1.53%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.92% 8.81% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 302 459
10th Percentile £153 £191 £181
25th Percentile £213 £205 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £344 £385
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -10.71% -3.14%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £623 £587 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £344 £308 £341
% change year-on-year +11.87% -9.89% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 15
10th Percentile - - £19.10
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £19.85 £13.77 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.15% -49.00% +35.07%
75th Percentile £21.25 £18.87 £46.25
90th Percentile £22.26 £40.40 £75.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.85 £18.87 £27.50
% change year-on-year +5.19% -31.38% +46.67%

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 7,057 5,175 5,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.21% 15.75% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,795 3,423 3,671
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £505 £522
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% -3.26% -5.09%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £625
90th Percentile £694 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.57% -1.55% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 76 75
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £20.20
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.91 £23.99
Median hourly rate £63.14 £35.14 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.69% +3.34% -41.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.49 £58.75
90th Percentile £79.10 £78.10 £74.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +14.79% +37.50% -13.38%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SCCM job vacancy trend in the UK

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SCCM

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SCCM

SCCM
Top 16 Contract Job 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 7 August 2026. 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 -139 307 £375 - 103
UK excluding London -132 212 £344 +11.87% 84
London -88 116 £379 +0.93% 26
Work from Home -65 62 £450 -5.26% 29
Midlands -51 54 £325 +8.33% 8
South East -99 49 £400 -8.57% 16
North of England -87 39 £310 +34.05% 39
West Midlands -56 38 £275 -12.00% 6
South West -34 30 £413 +3.13% 8
North West -36 30 £326 +8.75% 32
Scotland -4 24 £150 -25.00% 4
East Midlands -16 14 £355 +18.33% 2
East of England -56 13 £450 -18.18% 10
Yorkshire -53 5 £245 -2.00% 2
Wales -17 4 - - 1
North East -46 4 £200 -11.11% 5

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 41 (11.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (8.07%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.75%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.59%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 49 (14.12%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.29%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 126 (36.31%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (32.56%) Azure
3 77 (22.19%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.20%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.90%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.75%) SaaS
7 10 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.59%) AWS
8 9 (2.59%) Rubrik
9 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.31%) Datadog
9 8 (2.31%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.31%) IaaS
9 8 (2.31%) PaaS
10 7 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.73%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.73%) GitHub
12 5 (1.44%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 63 (18.16%) DNS
1 63 (18.16%) VPN
2 53 (15.27%) DHCP
3 36 (10.37%) Firewall
4 27 (7.78%) TCP/IP
5 24 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (4.32%) Skype
7 12 (3.46%) SAN
8 11 (3.17%) Network Security
9 9 (2.59%) DMZ
9 9 (2.59%) VLAN
9 9 (2.59%) WAN
10 8 (2.31%) LAN
11 6 (1.73%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (1.73%) Wireless
12 5 (1.44%) Internet
13 4 (1.15%) NetScaler
13 4 (1.15%) SSH
14 3 (0.86%) WAAS
15 2 (0.58%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.02%) Power BI
3 3 (0.86%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 20 (5.76%) MSI
2 11 (3.17%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.31%) Chocolatey
4 7 (2.02%) AdminStudio
5 6 (1.73%) JIRA
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 137 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (14.99%) Finance
4 19 (5.48%) Banking
4 19 (5.48%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.90%) Legal
6 14 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.46%) Front Office
8 11 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.02%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.15%) Law
10 4 (1.15%) Military
10 4 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Police
10 4 (1.15%) Retail
11 3 (0.86%) Billing
11 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Advertising
13 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (14.41%) Support Engineer
2 39 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (9.80%) Desktop Engineer
4 33 (9.51%) IT Support
5 30 (8.65%) Analyst
5 30 (8.65%) IT Engineer
6 29 (8.36%) Senior
7 21 (6.05%) IT Support Engineer
8 20 (5.76%) Desktop Support
9 19 (5.48%) Administrator
10 16 (4.61%) Windows Engineer
11 15 (4.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 15 (4.32%) IT Analyst
12 14 (4.03%) Consultant
13 13 (3.75%) Lead
14 12 (3.46%) 2nd Line Support
14 12 (3.46%) Deployment Engineer
15 11 (3.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 11 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 10 (2.88%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.03%) Software Packaging
2 7 (2.02%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.15%) ADO
3 4 (1.15%) JSON
4 3 (0.86%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.58%) .NET
5 2 (0.58%) OpenGL
5 2 (0.58%) Qt
5 2 (0.58%) REST
6 1 (0.29%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.12%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.32%) Blackberry
3 14 (4.03%) CMDB
3 14 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (2.88%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.59%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.59%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.31%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.31%) iPhone
8 7 (2.02%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (2.02%) PKI
9 6 (1.73%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.73%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.73%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.73%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 283 (81.56%) Windows
2 101 (29.11%) Windows 10
3 70 (20.17%) Windows Server
4 34 (9.80%) Linux
5 26 (7.49%) Mac OS
6 19 (5.48%) Android
6 19 (5.48%) Apple iOS
7 11 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (2.59%) Windows 7
10 8 (2.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.58%) Unix
13 1 (0.29%) AIX
13 1 (0.29%) Debian
13 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.97%) ITIL
2 90 (25.94%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (19.31%) ITSM
4 57 (16.43%) Service Management
5 55 (15.85%) Customer Service
6 50 (14.41%) Application Packaging
7 49 (14.12%) Migration
8 44 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 39 (11.24%) Service Delivery
10 34 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (9.51%) Asset Management
12 31 (8.93%) Patch Management
12 31 (8.93%) User Experience
13 27 (7.78%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (7.20%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 21 (6.05%) Agile
15 21 (6.05%) Data Protection
16 20 (5.76%) Project Delivery
17 18 (5.19%) DevOps
17 18 (5.19%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 106 (30.55%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.32%) Bash
3 13 (3.75%) VBScript
4 8 (2.31%) Python
4 8 (2.31%) VB
5 7 (2.02%) Bicep
5 7 (2.02%) SQL
6 2 (0.58%) C#
6 2 (0.58%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 111 (31.99%) Security Cleared
2 74 (21.33%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.95%) Degree
4 32 (9.22%) DV Cleared
5 24 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.88%) MCSE
7 9 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.73%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.73%) MCSA
10 6 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.15%) CCA
11 4 (1.15%) Citrix Certification
11 4 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.07%) SLA
2 7 (2.02%) QA
3 6 (1.73%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.58%) COBIT
5 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.58%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.58%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 171 (49.28%) Active Directory
2 43 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (9.22%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.19%) BitLocker
5 16 (4.61%) Microsoft App-V
6 15 (4.32%) vSphere
7 14 (4.03%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.15%) Firmware
10 4 (1.15%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.86%) Docker
11 3 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.86%) XenApp
12 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 112 (32.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.05%) WSUS
3 18 (5.19%) SCOM
4 13 (3.75%) Ansible
4 13 (3.75%) Terraform
5 11 (3.17%) Nessus
6 10 (2.88%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.73%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.73%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.44%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.86%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.86%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.86%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.86%) SCSM
10 2 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.58%) Packer
10 2 (0.58%) vMotion
10 2 (0.58%) WMI
11 1 (0.29%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 230 (66.28%) Microsoft
2 68 (19.60%) ServiceNow
3 54 (15.56%) VMware
4 36 (10.37%) Citrix
5 21 (6.05%) Cisco
6 19 (5.48%) Tenable
7 18 (5.19%) Apple
8 15 (4.32%) Lotus
9 14 (4.03%) Bloomberg
9 14 (4.03%) HP
10 12 (3.46%) McAfee
10 12 (3.46%) Qualys
11 10 (2.88%) Dynatrace
11 10 (2.88%) Reuters
11 10 (2.88%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (2.31%) AppDynamics
13 8 (2.31%) CyberArk
14 7 (2.02%) Splunk
14 7 (2.02%) Zscaler