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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 189 165
Rank change year-on-year -159 -24 +3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 327 436 627
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.46% 1.43%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.84% 9.25% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 294 484
10th Percentile £163 £194 £176
25th Percentile £213 £203 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £343
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.11% -11.61%
75th Percentile £500 £522 £500
90th Percentile £581 £585 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £330 £275 £300
% change year-on-year +20.00% -8.33% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 37
10th Percentile £18.18 - £16.01
25th Percentile - £13.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -46.44% +28.55%
75th Percentile £24.29 £28.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £34.10 £56.00 £48.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £59.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -63.98% +126.92% +48.57%

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 6,759 4,716 5,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 15.75% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,621 3,152 3,835
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £420 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -0.49% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 52 102
10th Percentile £18.69 £13.75 £15.69
25th Percentile £22.31 £21.39 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +17.19% -44.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £49.69
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.58 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +37.50% -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 22 June 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 22 June 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 22 June 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 -140 293 £364 -3.00% 52
UK excluding London -132 204 £330 +20.00% 49
London -85 113 £375 -3.23% 17
Work from Home -54 63 £450 -2.17% 18
Midlands -45 55 £270 +9.64% 5
South East -80 47 £406 +1.56% 21
North of England -88 44 £344 +62.84% 8
West Midlands -55 38 £275 +25.00% 1
North West -37 34 £365 +78.05% 4
South West -41 21 £385 -3.75% 6
Scotland -9 20 £150 -23.86% 1
East Midlands -14 14 £225 -52.63% 4
East of England -57 10 £450 -18.18% 8
Wales -15 7 £280 -6.67%
Yorkshire -62 6 £195 -2.50% 3
North East -45 4 £184 -33.18% 1
Channel Islands - 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 46 (14.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (9.17%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.67%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.45%) HCL Notes
5 5 (1.53%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 50 (15.29%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 122 (37.31%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (31.80%) Azure
3 69 (21.10%) Entra ID
4 24 (7.34%) OneDrive
5 18 (5.50%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.28%) SaaS
7 12 (3.67%) AWS
8 10 (3.06%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.75%) PaaS
10 8 (2.45%) IaaS
11 7 (2.14%) Datadog
12 6 (1.83%) Cohesity
12 6 (1.83%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.92%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.61%) GitHub
14 2 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 52 (15.90%) VPN
2 46 (14.07%) DNS
3 38 (11.62%) DHCP
4 31 (9.48%) Wi-Fi
5 30 (9.17%) Firewall
6 21 (6.42%) TCP/IP
7 18 (5.50%) Skype
8 15 (4.59%) LAN
8 15 (4.59%) WAN
9 12 (3.67%) VLAN
10 11 (3.36%) SAN
11 10 (3.06%) DMZ
12 9 (2.75%) NetScaler
13 6 (1.83%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.53%) Wireless
15 4 (1.22%) Internet
15 4 (1.22%) WAAS
16 3 (0.92%) BIG-IP
16 3 (0.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.20%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.75%) Power BI
3 3 (0.92%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.31%) Db2
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.20%) MSI
2 12 (3.67%) InstallShield
3 10 (3.06%) JIRA
4 7 (2.14%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.14%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.31%) WiX
General
1 122 (37.31%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.21%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (14.98%) Finance
4 20 (6.12%) Banking
5 18 (5.50%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.89%) Legal
7 13 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.36%) Front Office
10 9 (2.75%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.53%) Police
11 5 (1.53%) Retail
12 4 (1.22%) Law
13 3 (0.92%) Billing
13 3 (0.92%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.61%) Games
14 2 (0.61%) Local Government
14 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.61%) Publishing
14 2 (0.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (12.84%) Support Engineer
2 33 (10.09%) Desktop Engineer
3 32 (9.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (8.87%) IT Support
5 24 (7.34%) Analyst
5 24 (7.34%) Senior
6 23 (7.03%) IT Engineer
7 18 (5.50%) Administrator
7 18 (5.50%) Desktop Support
8 15 (4.59%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (4.59%) Deployment Engineer
8 15 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (4.28%) Architect
9 14 (4.28%) Windows Engineer
10 13 (3.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 13 (3.98%) Support Technician
11 12 (3.67%) IT Analyst
12 11 (3.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 11 (3.36%) Lead
13 10 (3.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.59%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.22%) ADO
2 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.61%) .NET
3 2 (0.61%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.61%) JSON
3 2 (0.61%) Middleware
3 2 (0.61%) OpenGL
3 2 (0.61%) Qt
3 2 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.48%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.81%) CMDB
3 15 (4.59%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.36%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.75%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.45%) Blackberry
6 8 (2.45%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.45%) PKI
6 8 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.83%) iPhone
7 6 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.83%) Smartcard
7 6 (1.83%) YubiKey
8 5 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.92%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.92%) Fat Client
10 3 (0.92%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 261 (79.82%) Windows
2 97 (29.66%) Windows 10
3 63 (19.27%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.56%) Mac OS
5 17 (5.20%) Android
5 17 (5.20%) Apple iOS
6 16 (4.89%) Windows 7
6 16 (4.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (3.98%) Linux
7 13 (3.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.22%) Unix
10 3 (0.92%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.31%) AIX
12 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (24.16%) ITIL
3 59 (18.04%) ITSM
4 51 (15.60%) Application Packaging
5 50 (15.29%) Customer Service
6 49 (14.98%) Migration
7 47 (14.37%) Service Management
8 34 (10.40%) Asset Management
8 34 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (10.09%) User Experience
10 30 (9.17%) Service Delivery
11 27 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (8.26%) Patch Management
12 25 (7.65%) Agile
13 19 (5.81%) Change Management
13 19 (5.81%) Problem Management
14 18 (5.50%) Data Protection
15 17 (5.20%) Disk Encryption
15 17 (5.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 16 (4.89%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 92 (28.13%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.89%) VBScript
3 12 (3.67%) VB
4 10 (3.06%) Python
5 9 (2.75%) SQL
6 2 (0.61%) Bash
6 2 (0.61%) C#
6 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (24.77%) Security Cleared
2 55 (16.82%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.01%) Degree
4 25 (7.65%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.45%) MCSE
7 7 (2.14%) CCA
7 7 (2.14%) Citrix Certification
7 7 (2.14%) MCSA
8 6 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.61%) CCNP
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.48%) SLA
2 7 (2.14%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.22%) QA
4 2 (0.61%) COBIT
4 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.31%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 152 (46.48%) Active Directory
2 44 (13.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.03%) BitLocker
4 21 (6.42%) Hyper-V
5 19 (5.81%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (4.89%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (3.36%) vSphere
8 10 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (2.14%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.83%) Firmware
11 6 (1.83%) XenApp
12 5 (1.53%) Docker
13 4 (1.22%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 98 (29.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.12%) WSUS
3 13 (3.98%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (3.67%) SCOM
5 10 (3.06%) Nessus
6 6 (1.83%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.83%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.53%) Ansible
8 4 (1.22%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.92%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.92%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.92%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.92%) SCSM
9 3 (0.92%) Terraform
10 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.61%) Packer
10 2 (0.61%) vMotion
10 2 (0.61%) WMI
Vendors
1 204 (62.39%) Microsoft
2 57 (17.43%) ServiceNow
3 54 (16.51%) VMware
4 38 (11.62%) Citrix
5 21 (6.42%) Cisco
6 18 (5.50%) HP
7 17 (5.20%) Tenable
8 16 (4.89%) Apple
9 14 (4.28%) Bloomberg
10 12 (3.67%) Qualys
10 12 (3.67%) Reuters
11 11 (3.36%) Dynatrace
12 9 (2.75%) ION Trading
12 9 (2.75%) McAfee
13 8 (2.45%) Lotus
14 7 (2.14%) AppDynamics
14 7 (2.14%) SolarWinds
14 7 (2.14%) Zscaler
15 6 (1.83%) Canon
15 6 (1.83%) Veeam