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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 192 170
Rank change year-on-year -134 -22 -6
Contract jobs citing SCCM 331 400 623
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.39% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.09% 8.81% 12.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 295 493
10th Percentile £163 £185 £163
25th Percentile £203 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £325 £308
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +5.69% -18.00%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £500
90th Percentile £601 £585 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £318 £263 £278
% change year-on-year +20.95% -5.41% -20.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 42
10th Percentile £16.42 - £14.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £13.75 £16.84
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -38.04% +11.13%
75th Percentile £23.85 £18.13 £40.00
90th Percentile £28.42 £28.00 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +17.21% +2.31% +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 6,501 4,538 5,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.45% 15.75% 11.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,455 3,095 3,688
10th Percentile £325 £306 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.48%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £622
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £494 £489
% change year-on-year -0.40% +1.02% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 48 107
10th Percentile £19.25 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £27.59 £21.04 £17.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.20% +2.78% -48.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.29 £50.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.09 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £34.25
% change year-on-year +46.67% +9.49% -15.43%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -117 299 £335 -10.67% 58
UK excluding London -113 203 £318 +20.95% 49
London -75 117 £375 -6.25% 18
Work from Home -47 52 £475 +2.70% 21
Midlands -61 52 £225 +5.88% 14
South East -56 49 £350 -12.50% 13
North of England -73 46 £340 +69.75% 15
North West -37 38 £355 +77.25% 13
East Midlands -5 28 £225 -52.63% 5
South West -29 21 £385 -3.75% 3
West Midlands -71 21 £250 +25.00% 9
Scotland -6 18 £150 -23.47% 2
East of England -54 10 £450 -18.18% 2
Wales -15 7 £280 -27.74% 1
North East -32 4 £184 -33.18% 1
Yorkshire -57 4 £195 -2.50% 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 (14.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (10.88%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.02%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.81%) HCL Notes
4 6 (1.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 41 (12.39%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.91%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 139 (41.99%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (33.53%) Azure
3 75 (22.66%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.65%) AWS
5 20 (6.04%) OneDrive
6 17 (5.14%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.23%) SaaS
8 9 (2.72%) Nutanix
8 9 (2.72%) PaaS
9 8 (2.42%) GCP
9 8 (2.42%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.42%) IaaS
10 7 (2.11%) Datadog
11 6 (1.81%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.51%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.91%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 49 (14.80%) DNS
2 42 (12.69%) DHCP
3 36 (10.88%) VPN
4 29 (8.76%) Firewall
5 26 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (7.55%) TCP/IP
7 16 (4.83%) Skype
8 14 (4.23%) LAN
8 14 (4.23%) WAN
9 12 (3.63%) VLAN
10 11 (3.32%) SAN
11 8 (2.42%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.81%) DMZ
12 6 (1.81%) Wireless
13 5 (1.51%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.21%) WAAS
15 3 (0.91%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
16 2 (0.60%) PCoIP
16 2 (0.60%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.42%) Power BI
3 3 (0.91%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.30%) DB2
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.14%) MSI
2 12 (3.63%) InstallShield
3 11 (3.32%) JIRA
4 7 (2.11%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.11%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) WiX
General
1 113 (34.14%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (12.99%) Finance
4 21 (6.34%) Banking
5 18 (5.44%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.63%) Legal
8 8 (2.42%) Front Office
8 8 (2.42%) Law
9 7 (2.11%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.51%) Police
10 5 (1.51%) Retail
11 4 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.91%) Games
12 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.91%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.60%) Back Office
13 2 (0.60%) Local Government
13 2 (0.60%) Publishing
13 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (12.99%) Support Engineer
2 33 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (9.37%) Desktop Engineer
4 29 (8.76%) IT Support
5 27 (8.16%) Senior
6 26 (7.85%) Desktop Support
7 25 (7.55%) Analyst
8 24 (7.25%) IT Engineer
9 18 (5.44%) Deployment Engineer
10 17 (5.14%) Architect
10 17 (5.14%) Windows Engineer
11 15 (4.53%) 2nd Line Support
12 14 (4.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 14 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (3.93%) Support Technician
14 11 (3.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (3.32%) Administrator
15 10 (3.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 10 (3.02%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.53%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.21%) ADO
2 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.91%) Middleware
3 3 (0.91%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.60%) .NET
4 2 (0.60%) JSON
4 2 (0.60%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.60%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.65%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.34%) CMDB
2 21 (6.34%) Smartphone
3 12 (3.63%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.32%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.32%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.42%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.11%) iPhone
7 7 (2.11%) PKI
8 6 (1.81%) Blackberry
8 6 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.81%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.81%) YubiKey
9 4 (1.21%) iPad
9 4 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.21%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.21%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 261 (78.85%) Windows
2 104 (31.42%) Windows 10
3 67 (20.24%) Windows Server
4 31 (9.37%) Mac OS
5 24 (7.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (5.74%) Apple iOS
6 19 (5.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (4.83%) Linux
8 15 (4.53%) Windows 7
8 15 (4.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.72%) Android
10 4 (1.21%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.91%) Unix
12 1 (0.30%) AIX
12 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.30%) VMS
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (21.15%) ITIL
3 59 (17.82%) Migration
4 52 (15.71%) Application Packaging
5 50 (15.11%) Customer Service
6 46 (13.90%) ITSM
7 37 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (10.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 34 (10.27%) Asset Management
10 33 (9.97%) User Experience
11 27 (8.16%) Service Management
12 25 (7.55%) Agile
13 24 (7.25%) Change Management
14 23 (6.95%) Service Delivery
15 22 (6.65%) Data Protection
16 21 (6.34%) Patch Management
16 21 (6.34%) Stakeholder Management
17 20 (6.04%) Disaster Recovery
18 18 (5.44%) Roadmaps
19 17 (5.14%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 90 (27.19%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.53%) SQL
3 14 (4.23%) VBScript
4 10 (3.02%) VB
5 7 (2.11%) Bash
5 7 (2.11%) Python
6 2 (0.60%) C#
6 2 (0.60%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 75 (22.66%) Security Cleared
2 51 (15.41%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.88%) Degree
4 27 (8.16%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.51%) MCSE
8 4 (1.21%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.21%) CCA
8 4 (1.21%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.21%) MCSA
9 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.60%) CCNP
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.55%) SLA
2 6 (1.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.51%) GDPR
3 5 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.60%) COBIT
4 2 (0.60%) QA
5 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 170 (51.36%) Active Directory
2 49 (14.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.95%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.74%) BitLocker
6 16 (4.83%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (3.32%) vSphere
8 10 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.42%) Docker
10 7 (2.11%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.81%) XenApp
12 5 (1.51%) Firmware
12 5 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (1.21%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 96 (29.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.65%) WSUS
3 12 (3.63%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (3.63%) SCOM
4 7 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (2.11%) Nessus
5 6 (1.81%) Ansible
5 6 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.51%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.51%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (1.21%) SCVMM
8 3 (0.91%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.91%) SCSM
8 3 (0.91%) Terraform
8 3 (0.91%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.60%) Packer
9 2 (0.60%) WMI
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 201 (60.73%) Microsoft
2 61 (18.43%) VMware
3 51 (15.41%) ServiceNow
4 36 (10.88%) Citrix
5 20 (6.04%) HP
6 15 (4.53%) Apple
6 15 (4.53%) Cisco
6 15 (4.53%) Tenable
7 11 (3.32%) Bloomberg
7 11 (3.32%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.02%) Google
9 9 (2.72%) Veeam
10 8 (2.42%) Reuters
11 7 (2.11%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.11%) F5
11 7 (2.11%) Sophos
12 6 (1.81%) Lotus
12 6 (1.81%) McAfee
12 6 (1.81%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.51%) Dell