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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 184 163
Rank change year-on-year -163 -21 +1
Contract jobs citing SCCM 318 438 640
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.49% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.84% 9.42% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 308 499
10th Percentile £163 £192 £175
25th Percentile £207 £206 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £350 £340
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +2.94% -9.33%
75th Percentile £475 £530 £500
90th Percentile £594 £589 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £313 £298 £300
% change year-on-year +5.04% -0.83% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 36
10th Percentile £18.22 - £14.00
25th Percentile £20.93 £13.75 £17.54
Median hourly rate £21.73 £14.98 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +45.06% -37.06% +19.00%
75th Percentile £24.14 £25.53 £40.00
90th Percentile £31.49 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £23.07 £17.72
% change year-on-year -7.87% +30.16% +1.26%

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 6,572 4,648 5,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 15.82% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,477 3,138 3,837
10th Percentile £325 £305 £288
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £514
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -0.29% -6.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £687 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £494 £495
% change year-on-year +0.71% -0.20% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 49 98
10th Percentile £19.25 £13.75 £14.77
25th Percentile £24.35 £18.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +17.19% -44.35%
75th Percentile £69.06 £63.25 £53.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.96 £72.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £46.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +18.92% +15.63% -5.88%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -156 284 £347 -13.25% 59
UK excluding London -129 201 £313 +5.04% 56
London -95 107 £391 -2.25% 21
Midlands -54 58 £225 +2.27% 9
Work from Home -62 56 £443 -4.22% 22
South East -87 44 £300 -25.00% 20
North of England -89 41 £335 +58.58% 13
North West -38 33 £354 +72.78% 9
West Midlands -58 32 £225 +2.27% 8
East Midlands -15 23 £225 -50.00% 1
South West -32 21 £385 -3.75% 3
Scotland -15 20 £150 -23.86% 2
East of England -55 10 £450 -18.18% 7
Wales -16 7 £280 -6.67% 1
Yorkshire -62 5 £195 -2.50% 3
North East -31 3 £180 -34.55% 1
Channel Islands -2 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 49 (15.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (9.75%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.77%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.52%) HCL Notes
5 5 (1.57%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 46 (14.47%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.63%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 129 (40.57%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (32.70%) Azure
3 69 (21.70%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.60%) OneDrive
5 19 (5.97%) AWS
6 18 (5.66%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.40%) SaaS
8 11 (3.46%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.83%) Nutanix
9 9 (2.83%) PaaS
10 8 (2.52%) IaaS
11 7 (2.20%) Datadog
12 6 (1.89%) Cohesity
12 6 (1.89%) GCP
13 3 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.94%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.63%) GitHub
14 2 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.15%) DNS
1 45 (14.15%) VPN
2 40 (12.58%) DHCP
3 32 (10.06%) Firewall
4 25 (7.86%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (6.60%) TCP/IP
6 18 (5.66%) Skype
7 14 (4.40%) LAN
7 14 (4.40%) WAN
8 12 (3.77%) VLAN
9 11 (3.46%) NetScaler
9 11 (3.46%) SAN
10 8 (2.52%) DMZ
11 5 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.26%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (1.26%) WAAS
12 4 (1.26%) Wireless
13 3 (0.94%) BIG-IP
13 3 (0.94%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.63%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.83%) Power BI
3 3 (0.94%) 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 (5.35%) MSI
2 12 (3.77%) InstallShield
3 10 (3.14%) JIRA
4 7 (2.20%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.20%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.31%) WiX
General
1 114 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (15.41%) Finance
4 20 (6.29%) Banking
5 18 (5.66%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.46%) Front Office
7 11 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.46%) Legal
8 9 (2.83%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.89%) Law
10 5 (1.57%) Police
10 5 (1.57%) Retail
11 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.63%) Back Office
12 2 (0.63%) Billing
12 2 (0.63%) Games
12 2 (0.63%) Local Government
12 2 (0.63%) Military
12 2 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (12.89%) Support Engineer
2 33 (10.38%) Desktop Engineer
3 32 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (8.81%) IT Support
5 27 (8.49%) Senior
6 23 (7.23%) Analyst
6 23 (7.23%) Desktop Support
7 22 (6.92%) IT Engineer
8 19 (5.97%) Administrator
9 16 (5.03%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (5.03%) Architect
10 15 (4.72%) Deployment Engineer
11 14 (4.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 14 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
11 14 (4.40%) Windows Engineer
12 13 (4.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 13 (4.09%) Support Technician
13 11 (3.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 11 (3.46%) IT Analyst
14 9 (2.83%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.72%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.26%) ADO
2 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.94%) Middleware
4 2 (0.63%) .NET
4 2 (0.63%) JSON
4 2 (0.63%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.63%) Qt
4 2 (0.63%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.81%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.97%) CMDB
3 17 (5.35%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.46%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.14%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.83%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.83%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.52%) Blackberry
7 8 (2.52%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.89%) iPhone
8 6 (1.89%) PKI
8 6 (1.89%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.89%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.26%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.26%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 255 (80.19%) Windows
2 96 (30.19%) Windows 10
3 65 (20.44%) Windows Server
4 27 (8.49%) Mac OS
5 21 (6.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.35%) Windows 7
7 16 (5.03%) Linux
7 16 (5.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.72%) Apple iOS
9 14 (4.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (3.46%) Android
11 4 (1.26%) Unix
11 4 (1.26%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.31%) AIX
13 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (21.70%) ITIL
3 55 (17.30%) ITSM
3 55 (17.30%) Migration
4 50 (15.72%) Application Packaging
5 49 (15.41%) Customer Service
6 36 (11.32%) Service Management
7 34 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (10.69%) User Experience
8 32 (10.06%) Asset Management
9 27 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (8.49%) Service Delivery
10 25 (7.86%) Agile
11 22 (6.92%) Patch Management
12 21 (6.60%) Change Management
13 20 (6.29%) Data Protection
14 19 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (5.35%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (5.35%) Disk Encryption
16 16 (5.03%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 93 (29.25%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.03%) VBScript
3 12 (3.77%) VB
4 8 (2.52%) SQL
5 6 (1.89%) Python
6 5 (1.57%) Bash
7 2 (0.63%) C#
7 2 (0.63%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.31%) Java
8 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 53 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.32%) Degree
4 23 (7.23%) DV Cleared
5 21 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.52%) MCSE
7 7 (2.20%) CCA
7 7 (2.20%) Citrix Certification
7 7 (2.20%) MCSA
8 6 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.63%) CCNP
12 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.12%) SLA
2 6 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.94%) GDPR
3 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.63%) COBIT
4 2 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 155 (48.74%) Active Directory
2 47 (14.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.23%) BitLocker
4 22 (6.92%) Hyper-V
5 20 (6.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (5.03%) Microsoft App-V
7 13 (4.09%) vSphere
8 9 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (2.20%) Docker
10 7 (2.20%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.89%) Firmware
11 6 (1.89%) XenApp
12 4 (1.26%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 94 (29.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.29%) WSUS
3 12 (3.77%) SCOM
4 11 (3.46%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (2.52%) Nessus
6 7 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.57%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.57%) Ansible
7 5 (1.57%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.26%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.26%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.94%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.94%) SCSM
9 3 (0.94%) Terraform
10 2 (0.63%) Packer
10 2 (0.63%) vMotion
10 2 (0.63%) WMI
11 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 205 (64.47%) Microsoft
2 57 (17.92%) VMware
3 51 (16.04%) ServiceNow
4 39 (12.26%) Citrix
5 19 (5.97%) HP
6 16 (5.03%) Cisco
7 15 (4.72%) Tenable
8 14 (4.40%) Apple
9 13 (4.09%) Bloomberg
10 11 (3.46%) Dynatrace
10 11 (3.46%) Reuters
11 10 (3.14%) Google
12 8 (2.52%) ION Trading
12 8 (2.52%) Lotus
12 8 (2.52%) Veeam
13 7 (2.20%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.20%) F5
13 7 (2.20%) McAfee
13 7 (2.20%) Qualys
13 7 (2.20%) SolarWinds