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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 180 144
Rank change year-on-year -49 -36 +22
Contract jobs citing SCCM 463 472 717
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.50% 1.64%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.68% 9.95% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 345 536
10th Percentile £173 £182 £155
25th Percentile £200 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £373 £340
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +9.71% -2.86%
75th Percentile £489 £519 £475
90th Percentile £583 £625 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £274 £330 £268
% change year-on-year -17.12% +23.36% -17.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 63
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.48 £16.68 £16.40
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.09 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.99% -1.82% -10.00%
75th Percentile £23.79 £26.59 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.55 £56.00 £76.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £20.11 £19.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +5.86% -11.64%

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 6,031 4,746 5,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.67% 15.08% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,167 3,069 3,960
10th Percentile £313 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £737 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 61 159
10th Percentile £17.64 £15.22 £15.95
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £22.04
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% +16.80%
75th Percentile £63.32 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.70 £74.00 £77.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.09 £46.18
% change year-on-year +128.31% -47.83% +19.95%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -44 421 £300 -14.29% 72
UK excluding London -43 304 £274 -17.12% 70
London -35 138 £456 +14.06% 18
Work from Home +1 105 £450 -3.23% 20
South East -36 78 £274 -27.07% 31
North of England -42 74 £330 +34.69% 14
Midlands -25 69 £215 +7.50% 7
North West -1 59 £405 +24.62% 9
South West -9 45 £438 +16.67% 10
East Midlands +6 42 £225 -12.20% 6
West Midlands -39 26 £200 - 1
East of England -4 21 £225 -30.77% 5
Scotland -21 18 £220 -29.60% 2
Yorkshire -55 10 £203 -10.00% 5
North East -14 5 £190 -55.29%
Wales -13 4 £450 +80.00% 2
Channel Islands +2 1 - - 2

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 75 (16.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (10.80%) SharePoint
3 23 (4.97%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.51%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.65%) Confluence
5 3 (0.65%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 54 (11.66%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.59%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.86%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 201 (43.41%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (31.10%) Azure
3 69 (14.90%) Entra ID
4 42 (9.07%) OneDrive
5 38 (8.21%) AWS
6 22 (4.75%) Power Platform
7 20 (4.32%) GCP
8 17 (3.67%) SaaS
9 8 (1.73%) Mimecast
9 8 (1.73%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.30%) PaaS
11 5 (1.08%) IaaS
12 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.65%) ShareGate
14 2 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 77 (16.63%) DNS
2 64 (13.82%) DHCP
3 45 (9.72%) Wi-Fi
4 43 (9.29%) VPN
5 36 (7.78%) TCP/IP
6 35 (7.56%) Firewall
7 24 (5.18%) WAN
8 23 (4.97%) Skype
9 20 (4.32%) LAN
10 17 (3.67%) VLAN
11 12 (2.59%) Unified Communications
12 9 (1.94%) 4G
12 9 (1.94%) Internet
13 8 (1.73%) NetScaler
14 7 (1.51%) Wireless
15 5 (1.08%) IPv4
15 5 (1.08%) WAAS
15 5 (1.08%) WebEx
16 4 (0.86%) DMZ
16 4 (0.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.59%) Power BI
3 3 (0.65%) Metadata
4 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.22%) DB2
5 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 17 (3.67%) MSI
2 14 (3.02%) InstallShield
3 13 (2.81%) JIRA
4 11 (2.38%) AdminStudio
5 3 (0.65%) Git
6 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.43%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.22%) GCC
7 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.22%) MLflow
7 1 (0.22%) Postman
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 177 (38.23%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.82%) Finance
3 59 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.91%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (3.89%) Banking
7 15 (3.24%) Legal
8 9 (1.94%) Front Office
9 7 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.51%) Law
9 7 (1.51%) Spanish Language
9 7 (1.51%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.30%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.30%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.86%) Military
12 3 (0.65%) Marketing
12 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (15.12%) Support Engineer
2 52 (11.23%) Windows Engineer
3 50 (10.80%) Deployment Engineer
4 49 (10.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (10.58%) IT Support
5 48 (10.37%) Analyst
6 35 (7.56%) Desktop Support
6 35 (7.56%) IT Engineer
7 29 (6.26%) Desktop Engineer
7 29 (6.26%) Senior
8 25 (5.40%) Architect
9 24 (5.18%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (4.32%) Support Analyst
11 19 (4.10%) Security Engineer
12 18 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
12 18 (3.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 16 (3.46%) Lead
13 16 (3.46%) Support Technician
13 16 (3.46%) Windows Deployment Engineer
14 15 (3.24%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.51%) Middleware
2 6 (1.30%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.65%) LDAP
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.65%) OAuth
3 3 (0.65%) OpenID
3 3 (0.65%) SAML
4 2 (0.43%) BREW
4 2 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.22%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.22%) LangChain
5 1 (0.22%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.40%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.18%) Data Centre
3 18 (3.89%) CMDB
4 17 (3.67%) Smartphone
5 16 (3.46%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (2.59%) Driving Licence
6 12 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.59%) PKI
7 9 (1.94%) Client/Server
7 9 (1.94%) Replication
8 8 (1.73%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.73%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.30%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.08%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.86%) NHS
12 4 (0.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 391 (84.45%) Windows
2 177 (38.23%) Windows 10
3 78 (16.85%) Windows Server
4 41 (8.86%) Mac OS
5 30 (6.48%) Linux
6 23 (4.97%) Apple iOS
7 19 (4.10%) Windows 7
8 16 (3.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (3.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (2.81%) Android
10 11 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.73%) Windows 8
12 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (1.30%) Unix
14 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.43%) AIX
15 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (21.60%) ITIL
1 100 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (17.28%) Migration
3 60 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 57 (12.31%) Customer Service
5 54 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (10.58%) Application Packaging
7 48 (10.37%) ITSM
8 41 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (8.21%) Service Management
10 34 (7.34%) User Experience
11 33 (7.13%) Change Management
12 32 (6.91%) Agile
13 30 (6.48%) Asset Management
14 26 (5.62%) Patch Management
14 26 (5.62%) Vulnerability Management
15 24 (5.18%) Problem Management
15 24 (5.18%) Roadmaps
15 24 (5.18%) Zero Trust
16 23 (4.97%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 144 (31.10%) PowerShell
2 31 (6.70%) VBScript
3 25 (5.40%) SQL
4 17 (3.67%) Bash
5 15 (3.24%) Python
6 11 (2.38%) VB
7 3 (0.65%) Java
8 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 114 (24.62%) Security Cleared
2 91 (19.65%) SC Cleared
3 51 (11.02%) Degree
4 39 (8.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (5.62%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 8 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.51%) MCSA
8 7 (1.51%) MCSE
9 6 (1.30%) CCNA
9 6 (1.30%) CCNP
9 6 (1.30%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.30%) MCP
10 5 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.08%) MCDST
11 4 (0.86%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.86%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.32%) GDPR
3 17 (3.67%) SLA
4 5 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.08%) NIST
5 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.43%) PMO
6 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.22%) NCSC
6 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 252 (54.43%) Active Directory
2 66 (14.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.89%) BitLocker
4 16 (3.46%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (2.81%) Microsoft App-V
6 13 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.94%) vSphere
8 8 (1.73%) Firmware
9 7 (1.51%) Docker
10 6 (1.30%) XenApp
11 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.86%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.86%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 160 (34.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.75%) SCOM
3 21 (4.54%) WSUS
4 15 (3.24%) Ansible
5 13 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
6 11 (2.38%) vCenter Server
7 9 (1.94%) Norton AntiVirus
7 9 (1.94%) SCOrch
8 6 (1.30%) CASB
8 6 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.30%) Terraform
9 5 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.08%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.86%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.65%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.65%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.43%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 280 (60.48%) Microsoft
2 79 (17.06%) VMware
3 66 (14.25%) ServiceNow
4 47 (10.15%) Citrix
5 30 (6.48%) Cisco
6 20 (4.32%) Apple
7 17 (3.67%) SolarWinds
8 16 (3.46%) HP
8 16 (3.46%) Veeam
9 15 (3.24%) McAfee
10 12 (2.59%) Google
11 11 (2.38%) Splunk
12 10 (2.16%) Remedy
13 9 (1.94%) BMC
13 9 (1.94%) Dell
13 9 (1.94%) Symantec
14 8 (1.73%) Bloomberg
14 8 (1.73%) Sophos
14 8 (1.73%) Tenable
15 7 (1.51%) CheckPoint