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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 170 169
Rank change year-on-year -39 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing SCCM 476 538 694
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.31% 1.56% 1.56%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.07% 10.61% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 390 498
10th Percentile £174 £188 £155
25th Percentile £200 £238 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £383 £360
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% +2.86%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £488
90th Percentile £586 £608 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £350 £318
% change year-on-year -21.43% +10.24% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 59
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.70 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £16.40
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.34 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.47% +21.70% -18.22%
75th Percentile £21.30 £36.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £62.25 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -16.13% +21.62% -15.91%

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 5,896 5,072 6,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.18% 14.67% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,009 3,229 4,324
10th Percentile £312 £313 £303
25th Percentile £413 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -6.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £690 £734 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.53% -2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 69 171
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.81 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.13 £22.50 £22.38
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -41.53% +62.04%
75th Percentile £64.88 £50.00 £72.20
90th Percentile £80.80 £74.09 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +76.47% -44.78% +77.62%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 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 -38 422 £330 -5.71% 84
UK excluding London -39 298 £275 -21.43% 65
London -17 150 £475 +18.75% 31
Work from Home -2 104 £450 -7.69% 16
South East -17 81 £274 -21.86% 29
North of England -23 67 £330 +34.69% 10
Midlands -9 62 £223 +11.25% 7
North West -3 50 £378 -5.63% 8
South West -11 43 £425 +13.33% 15
East Midlands +4 32 £225 -1.10% 5
West Midlands -29 30 £213 +6.25% 2
East of England -18 26 £225 -39.43% 3
Scotland -32 19 £195 -55.43% 1
Yorkshire -46 13 £255 +6.25%
Wales -6 8 £344 +37.50%
North East -10 4 £195 -42.65% 2
Northern Ireland - 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 82 (17.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (9.87%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.99%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.26%) Confluence
6 3 (0.63%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.21%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 52 (10.92%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.84%) assyst
3 1 (0.21%) Eikon
3 1 (0.21%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 201 (42.23%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (29.20%) Azure
3 64 (13.45%) Entra ID
4 43 (9.03%) OneDrive
5 36 (7.56%) AWS
6 21 (4.41%) GCP
6 21 (4.41%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.15%) SaaS
8 9 (1.89%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.26%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.84%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.84%) IaaS
12 4 (0.84%) PaaS
13 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.63%) ShareGate
14 2 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (15.76%) DNS
2 59 (12.39%) DHCP
3 43 (9.03%) Firewall
4 40 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
5 39 (8.19%) TCP/IP
5 39 (8.19%) VPN
6 20 (4.20%) Skype
6 20 (4.20%) WAN
7 15 (3.15%) VLAN
8 14 (2.94%) LAN
9 12 (2.52%) Internet
9 12 (2.52%) Unified Communications
10 10 (2.10%) Cisco IOS
11 9 (1.89%) 4G
12 7 (1.47%) Wireless
13 6 (1.26%) WebEx
14 5 (1.05%) Network Security
15 4 (0.84%) IPv4
15 4 (0.84%) SSL
15 4 (0.84%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.31%) Power BI
2 8 (1.68%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.63%) Metadata
4 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.57%) MSI
2 15 (3.15%) JIRA
3 14 (2.94%) InstallShield
4 11 (2.31%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.05%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.05%) Git
6 3 (0.63%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.63%) Postman
7 2 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.42%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.21%) GCC
8 1 (0.21%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.21%) MLflow
General
1 191 (40.13%) Social Skills
2 63 (13.24%) Finance
3 56 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.30%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (3.57%) Banking
6 17 (3.57%) Legal
7 11 (2.31%) Games
8 9 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.47%) Front Office
9 7 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.26%) Spanish Language
10 6 (1.26%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.05%) Law
12 4 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.84%) Retail
13 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.63%) Local Government
13 3 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 72 (15.13%) Support Engineer
2 54 (11.34%) Windows Engineer
3 53 (11.13%) Analyst
3 53 (11.13%) Deployment Engineer
4 46 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 43 (9.03%) IT Support
6 35 (7.35%) IT Engineer
7 33 (6.93%) Desktop Support
8 30 (6.30%) Desktop Engineer
9 26 (5.46%) Senior
9 26 (5.46%) Support Analyst
10 24 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (4.20%) Architect
11 20 (4.20%) Security Engineer
12 19 (3.99%) 2nd Line Support
12 19 (3.99%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 18 (3.78%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (3.78%) SCCM Engineer
14 15 (3.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 15 (3.15%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.47%) Software Packaging
2 4 (0.84%) Middleware
3 3 (0.63%) LDAP
3 3 (0.63%) OAuth
3 3 (0.63%) OpenID
3 3 (0.63%) SAML
4 2 (0.42%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.42%) BREW
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.21%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.21%) EDI
5 1 (0.21%) LangChain
5 1 (0.21%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.21%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.21%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.83%) Data Centre
2 22 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.36%) Video Conferencing
4 14 (2.94%) CMDB
4 14 (2.94%) PKI
5 11 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.10%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.10%) Smartphone
7 9 (1.89%) Replication
8 8 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.47%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.26%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.26%) Device Driver
11 5 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.05%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.05%) NHS
11 5 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 401 (84.24%) Windows
2 169 (35.50%) Windows 10
3 70 (14.71%) Windows Server
4 51 (10.71%) Mac OS
5 27 (5.67%) Linux
6 22 (4.62%) Android
7 21 (4.41%) Apple iOS
8 11 (2.31%) Windows 7
9 8 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.05%) Unix
12 4 (0.84%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.84%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.84%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.42%) AIX
14 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (21.43%) ITIL
2 88 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (14.29%) Migration
4 58 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 54 (11.34%) Application Packaging
6 50 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (10.29%) Customer Service
8 42 (8.82%) ITSM
9 41 (8.61%) User Experience
10 38 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
11 30 (6.30%) Change Management
12 29 (6.09%) Service Management
13 28 (5.88%) Patch Management
14 27 (5.67%) Problem Management
15 26 (5.46%) Agile
15 26 (5.46%) Zero Trust
16 25 (5.25%) Vulnerability Management
17 24 (5.04%) Data Protection
18 23 (4.83%) Asset Management
18 23 (4.83%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 152 (31.93%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.67%) VBScript
3 21 (4.41%) Bash
3 21 (4.41%) SQL
4 16 (3.36%) Python
5 7 (1.47%) VB
6 2 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.21%) Perl
7 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (23.11%) Security Cleared
2 87 (18.28%) SC Cleared
3 49 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (9.87%) Degree
5 23 (4.83%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.10%) MCSA
7 8 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 8 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.68%) MCSE
8 7 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.47%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.47%) MCP
9 6 (1.26%) CCNA
9 6 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.05%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.05%) CCNP
10 5 (1.05%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (1.05%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (5.04%) GDPR
3 18 (3.78%) SLA
4 7 (1.47%) NIST
5 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 258 (54.20%) Active Directory
2 63 (13.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.99%) BitLocker
4 15 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.73%) Firmware
6 13 (2.73%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (2.31%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.47%) vSphere
9 5 (1.05%) Docker
9 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.84%) XenApp
11 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 169 (35.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.62%) SCOM
3 21 (4.41%) WSUS
4 17 (3.57%) Ansible
5 10 (2.10%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (2.10%) SCOrch
5 10 (2.10%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.68%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.47%) CASB
8 6 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.26%) Terraform
9 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.63%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.63%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.63%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.63%) Puppet
10 3 (0.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 3 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.21%) Nessus
11 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 299 (62.82%) Microsoft
2 76 (15.97%) VMware
3 64 (13.45%) ServiceNow
4 45 (9.45%) Citrix
5 42 (8.82%) Cisco
6 26 (5.46%) Apple
7 19 (3.99%) McAfee
8 18 (3.78%) Splunk
9 15 (3.15%) SolarWinds
10 14 (2.94%) HP
11 13 (2.73%) Veeam
12 11 (2.31%) Google
12 11 (2.31%) Remedy
13 10 (2.10%) Dell
13 10 (2.10%) Meraki
14 9 (1.89%) Bloomberg
14 9 (1.89%) Tenable
15 8 (1.68%) Sophos
15 8 (1.68%) Symantec
15 8 (1.68%) Tanium