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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 182 159
Rank change year-on-year -105 -23 +11
Contract jobs citing SCCM 404 433 702
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.46% 1.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.33% 9.06% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 314 547
10th Percentile £173 £176 £173
25th Percentile £200 £206 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £600 £600 £580
UK excluding London median daily rate £263 £303 £300
% change year-on-year -13.22% +0.83% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 61
10th Percentile £15.58 £12.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.10 £15.22 £16.54
Median hourly rate £21.76 £18.13 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +19.99% -18.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £24.82 £23.66 £40.00
90th Percentile £28.49 £24.18 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £18.13 £18.00
% change year-on-year +10.31% +0.72% -6.49%

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 6,378 4,781 5,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.75% 16.08% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,394 3,184 3,803
10th Percentile £315 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -9.13%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £494
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.27% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 53 145
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.80 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.50 £22.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +115.69% -21.54% -37.66%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £82.11 £73.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -39.55% -10.86%

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 15 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 17 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 15 March 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 -77 367 £330 -5.71% 70
UK excluding London -85 250 £263 -13.22% 63
London -38 138 £450 +12.50% 16
Work from Home -33 80 £465 +9.41% 25
South East -35 77 £274 -31.63% 25
North of England -73 56 £330 +34.69% 14
Midlands -57 53 £223 +11.25% 6
North West -31 42 £425 +17.24% 6
East Midlands -10 33 £225 -40.59% 2
South West -34 26 £450 +36.36% 5
East of England -21 19 £225 -10.00% 9
West Midlands -86 18 £200 - 4
Scotland -19 17 £205 +3.27% 3
North East -12 7 £188 -46.43% 1
Yorkshire -63 7 £195 -13.33% 7
Wales -15 5 £280 -31.08% 2
Channel Islands +5 1 - -

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 65 (16.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (9.65%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.97%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.74%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 45 (11.14%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.99%) assyst
3 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 173 (42.82%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (31.68%) Azure
3 72 (17.82%) Entra ID
4 29 (7.18%) OneDrive
5 28 (6.93%) AWS
6 22 (5.45%) Power Platform
7 20 (4.95%) SaaS
8 13 (3.22%) GCP
9 11 (2.72%) Nutanix
9 11 (2.72%) PaaS
10 10 (2.48%) IaaS
11 7 (1.73%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.49%) Datadog
12 6 (1.49%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
15 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 71 (17.57%) DNS
2 61 (15.10%) DHCP
3 50 (12.38%) Wi-Fi
4 43 (10.64%) VPN
5 36 (8.91%) Firewall
6 32 (7.92%) TCP/IP
7 24 (5.94%) WAN
8 22 (5.45%) LAN
9 21 (5.20%) VLAN
10 13 (3.22%) Skype
11 10 (2.48%) NetScaler
11 10 (2.48%) SAN
12 9 (2.23%) 4G
13 8 (1.98%) Wireless
14 7 (1.73%) Unified Communications
15 6 (1.49%) Internet
16 5 (1.24%) IPv4
16 5 (1.24%) WebEx
17 4 (0.99%) DMZ
17 4 (0.99%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.47%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.22%) Power BI
3 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.25%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.25%) DB2
4 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (3.22%) JIRA
2 12 (2.97%) MSI
3 8 (1.98%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.24%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.50%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.50%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.50%) Git
6 1 (0.25%) GCC
6 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.25%) MLflow
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 142 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.62%) Finance
3 49 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.18%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (5.69%) Banking
7 14 (3.47%) Legal
8 7 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.73%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.73%) Law
8 7 (1.73%) Spanish Language
9 6 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.24%) Front Office
10 5 (1.24%) Military
11 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.99%) Police
12 3 (0.74%) Local Government
12 3 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.74%) Retail
13 2 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (14.36%) Support Engineer
2 48 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 43 (10.64%) IT Support
4 38 (9.41%) IT Engineer
5 37 (9.16%) Windows Engineer
6 35 (8.66%) Senior
7 34 (8.42%) Analyst
7 34 (8.42%) Deployment Engineer
8 29 (7.18%) Desktop Support
9 22 (5.45%) Architect
9 22 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
10 21 (5.20%) Desktop Engineer
11 16 (3.96%) Security Engineer
11 16 (3.96%) Support Technician
12 15 (3.71%) 2nd Line Support
12 15 (3.71%) Lead
13 12 (2.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 12 (2.97%) Service Analyst
13 12 (2.97%) Windows Deployment Engineer
14 11 (2.72%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.48%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.24%) Middleware
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.50%) BREW
4 2 (0.50%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.25%) ADO
5 1 (0.25%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.25%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.25%) LangChain
5 1 (0.25%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.25%) LDAP
5 1 (0.25%) OAuth
5 1 (0.25%) OpenID
5 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.25%) SAML
5 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.44%) CMDB
2 22 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.95%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.70%) Smartphone
5 17 (4.21%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.22%) Video Conferencing
7 11 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.48%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.98%) PKI
10 7 (1.73%) Replication
10 7 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.49%) iPhone
12 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.99%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.99%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 341 (84.41%) Windows
2 152 (37.62%) Windows 10
3 73 (18.07%) Windows Server
4 36 (8.91%) Mac OS
5 23 (5.69%) Linux
6 19 (4.70%) Apple iOS
6 19 (4.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.71%) Windows 7
9 14 (3.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (3.22%) Android
11 6 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.24%) Unix
12 5 (1.24%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.50%) AIX
14 2 (0.50%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.50%) VMS
14 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (19.55%) ITIL
3 75 (18.56%) Migration
4 57 (14.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 54 (13.37%) ITSM
6 53 (13.12%) Customer Service
7 44 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (9.65%) Application Packaging
9 37 (9.16%) Service Management
10 36 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (8.17%) User Experience
12 32 (7.92%) Asset Management
13 24 (5.94%) Knowledge Transfer
14 23 (5.69%) Change Management
15 21 (5.20%) Agile
15 21 (5.20%) Service Delivery
16 20 (4.95%) Project Delivery
17 19 (4.70%) Business Continuity
18 18 (4.46%) Disaster Recovery
18 18 (4.46%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 112 (27.72%) PowerShell
2 21 (5.20%) VBScript
3 20 (4.95%) SQL
4 13 (3.22%) Python
5 12 (2.97%) VB
6 11 (2.72%) Bash
7 1 (0.25%) Java
7 1 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 98 (24.26%) Security Cleared
2 75 (18.56%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.15%) Degree
4 30 (7.43%) DV Cleared
5 29 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.24%) CCA
8 5 (1.24%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.24%) MCSE
9 4 (0.99%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.74%) CCNA
10 3 (0.74%) CCNP
10 3 (0.74%) MCSA
10 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.50%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.50%) CISSP
11 2 (0.50%) HNC
11 2 (0.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.19%) SLA
2 15 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.72%) GDPR
4 5 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.74%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.25%) NCSC
7 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 219 (54.21%) Active Directory
2 61 (15.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (3.96%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.71%) BitLocker
6 11 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.23%) vSphere
8 8 (1.98%) Docker
8 8 (1.98%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (1.73%) XenApp
10 6 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.49%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.24%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.99%) Firmware
13 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 140 (34.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.20%) SCOM
3 18 (4.46%) WSUS
4 13 (3.22%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (2.97%) Ansible
6 11 (2.72%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.23%) SCOrch
8 7 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.49%) CASB
9 6 (1.49%) Norton AntiVirus
10 5 (1.24%) Kubernetes
10 5 (1.24%) SCVMM
11 4 (0.99%) Terraform
12 3 (0.74%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.74%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 2 (0.50%) WMI
14 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 237 (58.66%) Microsoft
2 77 (19.06%) VMware
3 70 (17.33%) ServiceNow
4 44 (10.89%) Citrix
5 25 (6.19%) Cisco
6 20 (4.95%) HP
7 17 (4.21%) Apple
8 15 (3.71%) Veeam
9 13 (3.22%) SolarWinds
10 11 (2.72%) McAfee
11 10 (2.48%) Bloomberg
11 10 (2.48%) Google
11 10 (2.48%) Tenable
12 8 (1.98%) Dynatrace
13 7 (1.73%) BMC
13 7 (1.73%) F5
13 7 (1.73%) Sophos
13 7 (1.73%) Splunk
14 6 (1.49%) Remedy
14 6 (1.49%) Symantec