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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 200 157
Rank change year-on-year -111 -43 +9
Contract jobs citing SCCM 349 381 656
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.30% 1.51%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.38% 8.30% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 275 509
10th Percentile £167 £182 £163
25th Percentile £213 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £320
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% -14.67%
75th Percentile £498 £500 £500
90th Percentile £600 £591 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £330 £250 £275
% change year-on-year +32.00% -9.09% -21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 54
10th Percentile £16.42 £12.65 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £13.75 £16.61
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -38.04% +11.13%
75th Percentile £23.85 £17.89 £39.81
90th Percentile £28.42 £25.04 £40.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £16.19 £17.72
% change year-on-year +31.25% -8.63% -2.15%

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 6,483 4,593 5,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.59% 15.68% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,461 3,145 3,681
10th Percentile £325 £313 £259
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -8.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 56 122
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £20.21 £17.73
Median hourly rate £56.50 £26.50 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +113.21% -2.75% -52.61%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £71.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £34.25
% change year-on-year +107.55% -22.63% -23.68%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -102 322 £350 -0.14% 65
UK excluding London -92 204 £330 +32.00% 53
London -70 131 £379 -5.38% 16
Work from Home -48 57 £475 +3.26% 13
South East -33 54 £439 +4.46% 13
Midlands -66 53 £225 +7.14% 10
North of England -62 45 £340 +46.02% 16
North West -32 38 £370 +85.00% 12
East Midlands -8 32 £225 -52.63% 1
South West -35 20 £385 +2.67% 5
West Midlands -79 18 £375 +87.50% 9
East of England -35 15 £450 +83.67% 9
Scotland -9 10 £159 -17.97% 3
Wales -15 7 £280 -27.74%
North East -18 4 £184 -52.58% 2
Yorkshire -59 3 £195 -16.13% 3
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 46 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (9.17%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.58%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.43%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 38 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.57%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 142 (40.69%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (32.95%) Azure
3 70 (20.06%) Entra ID
4 24 (6.88%) AWS
5 18 (5.16%) SaaS
6 13 (3.72%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.15%) PaaS
7 11 (3.15%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.87%) GCP
8 10 (2.87%) IaaS
9 9 (2.58%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.58%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.01%) Datadog
11 6 (1.72%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.72%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.15%) GitHub
13 3 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.57%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.91%) DNS
2 50 (14.33%) DHCP
3 32 (9.17%) Firewall
3 32 (9.17%) VPN
4 28 (8.02%) TCP/IP
5 25 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (4.58%) LAN
7 15 (4.30%) Skype
8 14 (4.01%) WAN
9 13 (3.72%) VLAN
10 12 (3.44%) SAN
11 10 (2.87%) NetScaler
11 10 (2.87%) Wireless
12 7 (2.01%) DMZ
13 5 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.15%) IPv4
14 4 (1.15%) WAAS
15 3 (0.86%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.86%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.86%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.87%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.01%) Power BI
3 3 (0.86%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.29%) DB2
4 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.16%) MSI
2 14 (4.01%) InstallShield
3 11 (3.15%) JIRA
4 9 (2.58%) Chocolatey
5 8 (2.29%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.57%) Git
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 115 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.04%) Finance
3 44 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.45%) Banking
5 21 (6.02%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (4.30%) Legal
8 9 (2.58%) Front Office
8 9 (2.58%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.58%) Law
9 6 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.43%) Police
10 5 (1.43%) Retail
11 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.86%) Military
12 3 (0.86%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.57%) Back Office
13 2 (0.57%) Games
13 2 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (13.18%) Support Engineer
2 35 (10.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (9.17%) IT Support
4 31 (8.88%) Senior
5 30 (8.60%) Desktop Engineer
6 27 (7.74%) IT Engineer
7 26 (7.45%) Desktop Support
8 25 (7.16%) Analyst
9 21 (6.02%) Architect
10 20 (5.73%) Deployment Engineer
11 19 (5.44%) Windows Engineer
12 17 (4.87%) IT Support Engineer
13 15 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
14 14 (4.01%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 13 (3.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 12 (3.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 12 (3.44%) Support Technician
17 11 (3.15%) Applications Packager
17 11 (3.15%) IT Analyst
18 10 (2.87%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.30%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.15%) ADO
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.86%) Middleware
4 2 (0.57%) .NET
4 2 (0.57%) BREW
4 2 (0.57%) JSON
4 2 (0.57%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.57%) Qt
4 2 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.59%) CMDB
2 20 (5.73%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.73%) Smartphone
3 15 (4.30%) Driving Licence
4 14 (4.01%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.72%) Client/Server
6 11 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.29%) iPhone
8 7 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.72%) PKI
9 6 (1.72%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.72%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.72%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.43%) Replication
10 5 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.15%) Clustering
11 4 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.15%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 286 (81.95%) Windows
2 107 (30.66%) Windows 10
3 75 (21.49%) Windows Server
4 34 (9.74%) Mac OS
5 24 (6.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (6.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (5.44%) Apple iOS
8 18 (5.16%) Linux
9 15 (4.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (4.01%) Windows 7
11 11 (3.15%) Android
12 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.15%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.57%) Unix
14 1 (0.29%) AIX
14 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.29%) VMS
14 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (19.48%) ITIL
2 68 (19.48%) Migration
3 57 (16.33%) Application Packaging
4 49 (14.04%) ITSM
5 42 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 41 (11.75%) Customer Service
7 40 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (9.17%) Asset Management
9 31 (8.88%) User Experience
10 30 (8.60%) Service Management
11 26 (7.45%) Agile
12 25 (7.16%) Change Management
13 21 (6.02%) Data Protection
13 21 (6.02%) Disaster Recovery
13 21 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (5.16%) Patch Management
15 17 (4.87%) Business Continuity
15 17 (4.87%) Project Delivery
16 16 (4.58%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 101 (28.94%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.16%) SQL
3 17 (4.87%) VBScript
4 10 (2.87%) Bash
4 10 (2.87%) VB
5 8 (2.29%) Python
6 2 (0.57%) C#
6 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.29%) Java
7 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 86 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 57 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.17%) Degree
4 36 (10.32%) DV Cleared
5 19 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.43%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.43%) CCA
7 5 (1.43%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.15%) MCSA
9 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.57%) CCNP
9 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.57%) CISSP
9 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.57%) MCSE
9 2 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.16%) SLA
2 8 (2.29%) GDPR
3 6 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.57%) NIST
5 2 (0.57%) QA
6 1 (0.29%) COBIT
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 183 (52.44%) Active Directory
2 55 (15.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.30%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.02%) BitLocker
5 20 (5.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (4.58%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (2.58%) Docker
7 9 (2.58%) vSphere
8 8 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.29%) XenApp
8 8 (2.29%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.43%) Firmware
9 5 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 100 (28.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.16%) WSUS
3 17 (4.87%) SCOM
4 13 (3.72%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.01%) Ansible
5 7 (2.01%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.72%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.72%) Nessus
6 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.43%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.43%) SCVMM
7 5 (1.43%) Terraform
8 4 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.86%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.86%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.86%) SCSM
10 2 (0.57%) Packer
10 2 (0.57%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 203 (58.17%) Microsoft
2 69 (19.77%) VMware
3 46 (13.18%) ServiceNow
4 44 (12.61%) Citrix
5 25 (7.16%) HP
6 16 (4.58%) Apple
6 16 (4.58%) Tenable
7 15 (4.30%) Bloomberg
7 15 (4.30%) Cisco
8 11 (3.15%) Dynatrace
8 11 (3.15%) Veeam
9 10 (2.87%) Google
9 10 (2.87%) Reuters
10 8 (2.29%) McAfee
11 7 (2.01%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.01%) Dell
11 7 (2.01%) F5
11 7 (2.01%) ION Trading
11 7 (2.01%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.01%) Sophos