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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 185 146
Rank change year-on-year -67 -39 +27
Contract jobs citing SCCM 437 441 731
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.45% 1.66%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.92% 9.27% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 315 562
10th Percentile £172 £178 £163
25th Percentile £200 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £340 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £589 £611 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £274 £303 £275
% change year-on-year -9.59% +10.00% -17.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 63
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.48 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.22 £16.40
Median hourly rate £21.30 £20.11 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +5.92% -9.21% -11.40%
75th Percentile £24.29 £23.86 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.33 £24.18 £64.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 £18.13 £17.86
% change year-on-year +7.56% +1.51% -10.70%

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 6,312 4,755 5,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.28% 15.61% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,378 3,101 3,878
10th Percentile £313 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 54 147
10th Percentile £18.33 £16.09 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.56 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -21.57%
75th Percentile £64.20 £56.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.85 £73.11 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +125.00% -48.03% +0.16%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 25 February 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 -50 398 £328 -5.07% 57
UK excluding London -63 283 £274 -9.59% 54
London -48 138 £450 +20.00% 11
Work from Home -1 95 £450 +6.51% 16
South East -27 75 £274 -31.63% 18
North of England -61 67 £330 +34.69% 14
Midlands -41 65 £220 +10.00% 3
North West -30 51 £429 +18.34% 11
East Midlands 0 38 £225 -13.46% 1
South West -21 37 £450 +32.35% 8
West Midlands -66 26 £205 +2.50% 2
East of England -10 21 £225 -30.77% 7
Scotland -20 18 £205 -6.82% 2
Yorkshire -64 10 £195 -13.33% 3
North East -16 6 £189 -46.07%
Wales -9 5 £280 -10.40%
Channel Islands +4 1 - - 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 73 (16.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (10.76%) SharePoint
3 20 (4.58%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.46%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 53 (12.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.29%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.46%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.92%) assyst
3 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 196 (44.85%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (31.81%) Azure
3 74 (16.93%) Entra ID
4 35 (8.01%) OneDrive
5 34 (7.78%) AWS
6 24 (5.49%) Power Platform
7 20 (4.58%) SaaS
8 17 (3.89%) GCP
9 9 (2.06%) PaaS
10 8 (1.83%) IaaS
10 8 (1.83%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.60%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.37%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.92%) Datadog
15 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.69%) ShareGate
16 2 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
16 2 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
16 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 78 (17.85%) DNS
2 65 (14.87%) DHCP
3 50 (11.44%) Wi-Fi
4 47 (10.76%) VPN
5 37 (8.47%) Firewall
6 35 (8.01%) TCP/IP
7 24 (5.49%) WAN
8 22 (5.03%) LAN
9 21 (4.81%) Skype
10 20 (4.58%) VLAN
11 12 (2.75%) Unified Communications
12 10 (2.29%) NetScaler
13 9 (2.06%) 4G
14 8 (1.83%) Internet
14 8 (1.83%) SAN
14 8 (1.83%) Wireless
15 5 (1.14%) IPv4
15 5 (1.14%) WebEx
16 4 (0.92%) DMZ
16 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.20%) Power BI
3 3 (0.69%) Metadata
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.23%) DB2
5 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 13 (2.97%) JIRA
1 13 (2.97%) MSI
2 6 (1.37%) Chocolatey
2 6 (1.37%) InstallShield
3 3 (0.69%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.46%) Git
5 1 (0.23%) GCC
5 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.23%) MLflow
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 169 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 61 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (12.59%) Finance
4 34 (7.78%) Public Sector
5 32 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.58%) Banking
7 14 (3.20%) Legal
8 7 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.60%) Law
8 7 (1.60%) Spanish Language
9 6 (1.37%) Front Office
9 6 (1.37%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.37%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.14%) Military
10 5 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.69%) Local Government
12 3 (0.69%) Retail
13 2 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (15.10%) Support Engineer
2 49 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (11.21%) IT Support
3 46 (10.53%) Analyst
4 43 (9.84%) Windows Engineer
5 39 (8.92%) Deployment Engineer
6 38 (8.70%) IT Engineer
7 34 (7.78%) Senior
8 31 (7.09%) Desktop Support
9 23 (5.26%) Architect
9 23 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
9 23 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (5.03%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (4.12%) Security Engineer
11 18 (4.12%) Support Technician
12 16 (3.66%) Support Analyst
13 14 (3.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 14 (3.20%) Lead
13 14 (3.20%) Windows Deployment Engineer
14 13 (2.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.06%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.14%) Middleware
3 3 (0.69%) LDAP
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.69%) OAuth
3 3 (0.69%) OpenID
3 3 (0.69%) SAML
4 2 (0.46%) BREW
4 2 (0.46%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.23%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.23%) LangChain
5 1 (0.23%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.72%) CMDB
1 25 (5.72%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.81%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.35%) Smartphone
4 16 (3.66%) Video Conferencing
5 15 (3.43%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.97%) PKI
7 12 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.29%) Client/Server
9 9 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.83%) Replication
11 7 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.14%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.92%) iPhone
13 4 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.92%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.92%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 368 (84.21%) Windows
2 164 (37.53%) Windows 10
3 79 (18.08%) Windows Server
4 40 (9.15%) Mac OS
5 25 (5.72%) Linux
6 20 (4.58%) Apple iOS
7 17 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (3.43%) Windows 7
10 14 (3.20%) Android
11 12 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.37%) Unix
13 5 (1.14%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.69%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.46%) AIX
15 2 (0.46%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.46%) VMS
15 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (20.14%) ITIL
3 85 (19.45%) Migration
4 61 (13.96%) Customer Service
5 60 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 53 (12.13%) ITSM
7 51 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (9.38%) Service Management
9 40 (9.15%) Application Packaging
9 40 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
10 37 (8.47%) User Experience
11 31 (7.09%) Asset Management
12 29 (6.64%) Change Management
13 26 (5.95%) Problem Management
14 24 (5.49%) Service Delivery
15 22 (5.03%) Agile
15 22 (5.03%) Disk Encryption
15 22 (5.03%) Patch Management
15 22 (5.03%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (5.03%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 123 (28.15%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.03%) SQL
3 21 (4.81%) VBScript
4 15 (3.43%) Bash
5 14 (3.20%) Python
6 12 (2.75%) VB
7 1 (0.23%) Java
7 1 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 103 (23.57%) Security Cleared
2 79 (18.08%) SC Cleared
3 49 (11.21%) Degree
4 32 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (6.18%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.60%) MCSE
8 6 (1.37%) CCNA
8 6 (1.37%) CCNP
8 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.14%) CCA
9 5 (1.14%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.14%) MCDST
10 3 (0.69%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.35%) SLA
3 17 (3.89%) GDPR
4 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.92%) NIST
5 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.23%) NCSC
5 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 239 (54.69%) Active Directory
2 64 (14.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (3.43%) BitLocker
6 12 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.06%) vSphere
8 8 (1.83%) Docker
8 8 (1.83%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (1.60%) XenApp
10 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.14%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.92%) Firmware
11 4 (0.92%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 157 (35.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.03%) SCOM
3 21 (4.81%) WSUS
4 13 (2.97%) Ansible
4 13 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (2.52%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.06%) Norton AntiVirus
6 9 (2.06%) SCOrch
7 7 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.37%) CASB
9 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
9 5 (1.14%) SCVMM
9 5 (1.14%) Terraform
10 3 (0.69%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.69%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 2 (0.46%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.23%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 264 (60.41%) Microsoft
2 80 (18.31%) VMware
3 68 (15.56%) ServiceNow
4 47 (10.76%) Citrix
5 26 (5.95%) Cisco
6 20 (4.58%) Apple
7 18 (4.12%) HP
8 17 (3.89%) Veeam
9 16 (3.66%) SolarWinds
10 13 (2.97%) McAfee
11 12 (2.75%) Google
12 11 (2.52%) Splunk
13 10 (2.29%) Tenable
14 9 (2.06%) Symantec
15 8 (1.83%) Sophos
16 7 (1.60%) Bloomberg
16 7 (1.60%) BMC
16 7 (1.60%) Dell
16 7 (1.60%) Remedy
17 6 (1.37%) F5