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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 165 161
Rank change year-on-year -43 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing SCCM 494 566 710
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 1.57% 1.55%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.60% 10.98% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 404 511
10th Percentile £180 £188 £163
25th Percentile £200 £243 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £380 £368
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +3.40% -2.00%
75th Percentile £500 £515 £500
90th Percentile £588 £600 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £350 £328
% change year-on-year -21.43% +6.87% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 58
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.00 £14.18
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +9.91% -10.04%
75th Percentile £21.30 £32.50 £61.88
90th Percentile £25.00 £61.80 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -16.13% +18.42% -13.64%

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 5,746 5,157 6,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.08% 14.33% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,880 3,276 4,528
10th Percentile £310 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% -5.48%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £690 £728 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 71 168
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.05 £23.41
Median hourly rate £30.93 £27.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year +14.56% -42.36% +77.86%
75th Percentile £65.06 £55.88 £72.81
90th Percentile £79.88 £74.00 £78.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year -11.50% -38.83% +84.72%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -32 436 £345 -1.43% 85
UK excluding London -37 315 £275 -21.43% 74
London -10 151 £475 +35.52% 27
Work from Home -19 111 £450 -6.49% 20
South East -20 92 £274 -24.55% 40
North of England -33 65 £275 +12.24% 11
Midlands -22 58 £225 -31.82% 8
North West -8 47 £350 -3.45% 9
South West +1 45 £438 +16.67% 9
East of England -4 33 £225 -39.43% 5
West Midlands -24 33 £215 -46.58% 1
East Midlands +2 25 £355 +129.03% 7
Scotland -31 21 £200 -54.29% 2
Yorkshire -41 13 £255 +6.25% 1
Wales -6 9 £300 +23.08%
North East -7 5 £200 -37.50% 1
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 92 (18.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.85%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.21%) Confluence
6 2 (0.40%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 53 (10.73%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.81%) assyst
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Eikon
4 1 (0.20%) Eze OMS
4 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 198 (40.08%) Microsoft 365
2 132 (26.72%) Azure
3 56 (11.34%) Entra ID
4 41 (8.30%) OneDrive
5 28 (5.67%) AWS
6 23 (4.66%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.24%) GCP
8 15 (3.04%) SaaS
9 9 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.01%) IaaS
10 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.01%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.81%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.81%) PaaS
12 3 (0.61%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.61%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.40%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (14.17%) DNS
2 56 (11.34%) DHCP
2 56 (11.34%) Firewall
3 42 (8.50%) Wi-Fi
4 41 (8.30%) VPN
5 35 (7.09%) TCP/IP
6 22 (4.45%) Cisco IOS
6 22 (4.45%) WAN
7 20 (4.05%) Skype
8 16 (3.24%) VLAN
9 15 (3.04%) LAN
10 13 (2.63%) Internet
11 12 (2.43%) Unified Communications
12 9 (1.82%) 4G
13 6 (1.21%) WebEx
13 6 (1.21%) Wireless
14 5 (1.01%) NetScaler
14 5 (1.01%) Network Security
14 5 (1.01%) SAN
15 4 (0.81%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.23%) Power BI
2 8 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.61%) Metadata
4 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.05%) MSI
2 15 (3.04%) JIRA
3 14 (2.83%) AdminStudio
3 14 (2.83%) InstallShield
4 5 (1.01%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.01%) Git
5 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.61%) Postman
6 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.40%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.20%) GCC
7 1 (0.20%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 192 (38.87%) Social Skills
2 66 (13.36%) Finance
3 57 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (9.31%) Public Sector
5 36 (7.29%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (4.45%) Games
7 19 (3.85%) Banking
8 18 (3.64%) Legal
9 12 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.42%) Front Office
12 6 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.21%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.01%) Local Government
13 5 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.81%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.81%) Retail
15 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 72 (14.57%) Support Engineer
2 56 (11.34%) Analyst
3 54 (10.93%) Windows Engineer
4 53 (10.73%) Deployment Engineer
5 44 (8.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 43 (8.70%) IT Support
7 35 (7.09%) IT Engineer
8 32 (6.48%) Desktop Engineer
9 28 (5.67%) Desktop Support
9 28 (5.67%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (5.47%) Support Analyst
11 25 (5.06%) Senior
12 24 (4.86%) IT Support Engineer
13 22 (4.45%) 2nd Line Support
14 20 (4.05%) Security Engineer
15 19 (3.85%) SCCM Engineer
16 18 (3.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 17 (3.44%) Architect
18 16 (3.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 16 (3.24%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.82%) Software Packaging
2 4 (0.81%) Middleware
3 3 (0.61%) LDAP
3 3 (0.61%) OAuth
3 3 (0.61%) OpenID
3 3 (0.61%) SAML
4 2 (0.40%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.40%) BREW
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.20%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.20%) EDI
5 1 (0.20%) LangChain
5 1 (0.20%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.47%) Data Centre
2 24 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.64%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (3.04%) PKI
5 14 (2.83%) CMDB
6 11 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.02%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.62%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.62%) Replication
10 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.21%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.21%) Device Driver
12 5 (1.01%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.01%) NHS
12 5 (1.01%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 417 (84.41%) Windows
2 166 (33.60%) Windows 10
3 72 (14.57%) Windows Server
4 58 (11.74%) Mac OS
5 37 (7.49%) Android
6 27 (5.47%) Linux
7 21 (4.25%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.63%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.01%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.01%) Unix
10 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.81%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.40%) AIX
13 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.20%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (21.05%) ITIL
2 88 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (13.36%) Migration
4 57 (11.54%) Application Packaging
4 57 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (8.70%) Customer Service
6 42 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (8.30%) ITSM
8 40 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (7.29%) User Experience
10 29 (5.87%) Service Management
11 28 (5.67%) Change Management
12 27 (5.47%) Agile
12 27 (5.47%) Problem Management
13 26 (5.26%) Asset Management
13 26 (5.26%) Cloud Security
14 25 (5.06%) Patch Management
14 25 (5.06%) Vulnerability Management
15 24 (4.86%) Service Delivery
16 23 (4.66%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 163 (33.00%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.47%) VBScript
3 19 (3.85%) SQL
4 16 (3.24%) Bash
5 15 (3.04%) Python
6 8 (1.62%) VB
7 2 (0.40%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) C#
8 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
8 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 112 (22.67%) Security Cleared
2 89 (18.02%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (9.72%) Degree
5 23 (4.66%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.43%) MCSA
7 10 (2.02%) MCSE
8 9 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.62%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.42%) MCP
11 6 (1.21%) CCNA
11 6 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.01%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.01%) CCNP
12 5 (1.01%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (1.01%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.85%) GDPR
2 19 (3.85%) SLA
3 7 (1.42%) NIST
4 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.40%) PMO
6 2 (0.40%) QA
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 262 (53.04%) Active Directory
2 56 (11.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.25%) BitLocker
4 18 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (3.44%) Microsoft App-V
6 14 (2.83%) Firmware
7 13 (2.63%) Hyper-V
8 12 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.01%) vSphere
11 4 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (0.81%) XenApp
12 3 (0.61%) Docker
12 3 (0.61%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 174 (35.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.45%) WSUS
3 21 (4.25%) SCOM
4 16 (3.24%) Ansible
5 12 (2.43%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (2.02%) SCOrch
7 9 (1.82%) vCenter Server
8 8 (1.62%) Norton AntiVirus
9 7 (1.42%) CASB
10 6 (1.21%) Terraform
11 5 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.61%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (0.61%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.61%) Puppet
12 3 (0.61%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 3 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
13 2 (0.40%) Nessus
14 1 (0.20%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 312 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 69 (13.97%) ServiceNow
3 66 (13.36%) VMware
4 53 (10.73%) Cisco
5 43 (8.70%) Citrix
6 30 (6.07%) Apple
6 30 (6.07%) Splunk
7 22 (4.45%) Meraki
8 20 (4.05%) McAfee
9 16 (3.24%) SolarWinds
10 14 (2.83%) HP
10 14 (2.83%) Remedy
11 11 (2.23%) Veeam
12 9 (1.82%) Dell
12 9 (1.82%) Tenable
13 8 (1.62%) Bloomberg
13 8 (1.62%) BMC
13 8 (1.62%) Qualys
13 8 (1.62%) Symantec
13 8 (1.62%) Tanium