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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 198 163
Rank change year-on-year -114 -35 +10
Contract jobs citing SCCM 421 473 587
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 1.43% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.01% 10.28% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 320 431
10th Percentile £163 £185 £185
25th Percentile £233 £200 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £334 £375
Median % change year-on-year +15.36% -11.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £523 £525 £525
90th Percentile £624 £585 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £315 £340
% change year-on-year +20.63% -7.35% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 15
10th Percentile £17.25 - £22.87
25th Percentile £19.37 £13.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £22.03 £16.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.66% -40.74% +35.00%
75th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £55.00
90th Percentile - £26.66 £62.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £18.87 £27.50
% change year-on-year +12.61% -31.38% +44.74%

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 6,008 4,600 4,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.01% 13.93% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,985 2,989 3,130
10th Percentile £313 £281 £298
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £688 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 86 60
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £19.99
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.87 £24.09
Median hourly rate £64.24 £29.25 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +119.62% -23.53% -30.45%
75th Percentile £74.00 £63.40 £60.63
90th Percentile £88.98 £78.10 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.48 £30.39 £38.50
% change year-on-year +108.92% -21.08% -16.63%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -119 379 £393 +12.14% 102
UK excluding London -106 275 £380 +20.63% 77
London -78 123 £375 - 36
North of England -45 85 £347 +64.26% 25
Work from Home -78 73 £415 -11.47% 33
North West -11 70 £365 +71.76% 20
Midlands -33 64 £335 +21.82% 9
South East -88 53 £450 +9.26% 26
West Midlands -40 41 £275 - 4
South West -58 32 £450 +12.50% 9
Scotland -22 23 £150 -25.00% 1
East Midlands -9 22 £400 +100.00% 5
East of England -51 16 £425 -22.73% 8
North East -43 9 £200 -20.00% 4
Yorkshire -54 6 £223 +11.25% 1
Wales -24 3 - -

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 54 (12.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (6.89%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.04%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.09%) HCL Notes
5 4 (0.95%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 58 (13.78%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.48%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 151 (35.87%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (30.64%) Azure
3 92 (21.85%) Entra ID
4 30 (7.13%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.04%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (2.61%) AWS
8 10 (2.38%) SaaS
9 9 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.14%) Rubrik
10 8 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.90%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.90%) IaaS
11 7 (1.66%) GitHub
12 6 (1.43%) PaaS
13 5 (1.19%) Cohesity
13 5 (1.19%) Datadog
13 5 (1.19%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 85 (20.19%) VPN
2 82 (19.48%) DNS
3 69 (16.39%) DHCP
4 42 (9.98%) Firewall
5 35 (8.31%) TCP/IP
6 28 (6.65%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (5.46%) Skype
8 15 (3.56%) Network Security
8 15 (3.56%) WAN
9 14 (3.33%) VLAN
10 13 (3.09%) LAN
11 11 (2.61%) SAN
12 9 (2.14%) DMZ
13 8 (1.90%) Wireless
14 6 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (1.43%) Internet
15 4 (0.95%) SSH
16 3 (0.71%) NetScaler
16 3 (0.71%) WAAS
17 2 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.90%) Power BI
3 2 (0.48%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 23 (5.46%) MSI
2 11 (2.61%) InstallShield
3 9 (2.14%) JIRA
4 7 (1.66%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.19%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Git
7 1 (0.24%) WiX
General
1 169 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 64 (15.20%) Finance
3 61 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.70%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.46%) Legal
6 19 (4.51%) Front Office
7 16 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.56%) Banking
9 14 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.61%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.66%) Military
12 6 (1.43%) Law
12 6 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.95%) Retail
14 3 (0.71%) German Language
15 2 (0.48%) Billing
15 2 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 64 (15.20%) Support Engineer
2 52 (12.35%) Desktop Engineer
3 50 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 47 (11.16%) IT Support
5 39 (9.26%) IT Engineer
6 37 (8.79%) Analyst
7 34 (8.08%) Desktop Support
8 26 (6.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 26 (6.18%) IT Support Engineer
8 26 (6.18%) Senior
8 26 (6.18%) Windows Engineer
9 20 (4.75%) Consultant
10 19 (4.51%) Administrator
10 19 (4.51%) Deployment Engineer
11 17 (4.04%) IT Analyst
12 16 (3.80%) SCCM Engineer
13 14 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
13 14 (3.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.09%) Lead
15 11 (2.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.28%) Software Packaging
2 15 (3.56%) Terraform
3 8 (1.90%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.43%) JSON
5 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (0.71%) .NET
6 3 (0.71%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.71%) ADO
6 3 (0.71%) REST
7 2 (0.48%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.48%) Qt
8 1 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.30%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.70%) CMDB
3 17 (4.04%) Blackberry
4 16 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.56%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.90%) ARM Cortex
8 8 (1.90%) PKI
8 8 (1.90%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.66%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.43%) iPhone
10 6 (1.43%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.19%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.19%) Smartcard
11 5 (1.19%) YubiKey
12 4 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 358 (85.04%) Windows
2 135 (32.07%) Windows 10
3 90 (21.38%) Windows Server
4 48 (11.40%) Linux
5 27 (6.41%) Mac OS
6 26 (6.18%) Android
7 23 (5.46%) Windows 7
8 20 (4.75%) Apple iOS
9 9 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.95%) Unix
12 1 (0.24%) AIX
12 1 (0.24%) Debian
12 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (32.30%) ITIL
2 103 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (21.62%) ITSM
4 78 (18.53%) Service Management
5 68 (16.15%) Customer Service
6 64 (15.20%) Application Packaging
7 57 (13.54%) Migration
8 56 (13.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 43 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (10.21%) Service Delivery
10 40 (9.50%) Asset Management
11 39 (9.26%) Patch Management
12 33 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (7.36%) User Experience
14 29 (6.89%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 28 (6.65%) Software Deployment
16 27 (6.41%) Task Automation
17 24 (5.70%) Agile
17 24 (5.70%) Data Protection
18 23 (5.46%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (34.44%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.99%) VBScript
3 16 (3.80%) Bash
3 16 (3.80%) VB
4 11 (2.61%) Python
5 8 (1.90%) Bicep
5 8 (1.90%) SQL
6 3 (0.71%) C#
7 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 139 (33.02%) Security Cleared
2 96 (22.80%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.31%) Degree
4 34 (8.08%) DV Cleared
5 23 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.38%) MCSE
8 8 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.43%) MCSA
10 6 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.19%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.71%) CCA
12 3 (0.71%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.48%) CCNP
13 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.89%) SLA
2 10 (2.38%) QA
3 7 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.71%) NIST
6 2 (0.48%) COBIT
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.48%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 218 (51.78%) Active Directory
2 59 (14.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (9.03%) Hyper-V
4 27 (6.41%) BitLocker
5 19 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (4.04%) vSphere
7 16 (3.80%) Microsoft App-V
8 10 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.19%) Firmware
11 4 (0.95%) Docker
11 4 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.48%) XenApp
12 2 (0.48%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.24%) KVM
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 151 (35.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.46%) WSUS
3 22 (5.23%) SCOM
4 15 (3.56%) Ansible
5 10 (2.38%) Nessus
6 9 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (1.66%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.43%) NetBackup
9 5 (1.19%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.71%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.71%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.48%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.48%) Packer
11 2 (0.48%) SCSM
11 2 (0.48%) vMotion
12 1 (0.24%) IBM BigFix
12 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 293 (69.60%) Microsoft
2 80 (19.00%) ServiceNow
3 72 (17.10%) VMware
4 41 (9.74%) Citrix
5 21 (4.99%) Cisco
6 17 (4.04%) CyberArk
7 16 (3.80%) Apple
7 16 (3.80%) Lotus
8 15 (3.56%) Tenable
9 14 (3.33%) Bloomberg
9 14 (3.33%) McAfee
10 13 (3.09%) Qualys
11 12 (2.85%) Tanium
12 11 (2.61%) BeyondTrust
12 11 (2.61%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (2.38%) HP
13 10 (2.38%) SolarWinds
14 9 (2.14%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.90%) Ivanti
15 8 (1.90%) Reuters