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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 155 163
Rank change year-on-year -33 +8 +30
Contract jobs citing SCCM 512 580 752
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.44% 1.58% 1.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.88% 11.05% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 411 538
10th Percentile £181 £188 £174
25th Percentile £205 £245 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% - -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £588 £600 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 51
10th Percentile £13.75 £21.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.75 £17.74
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.98% +8.89% -5.90%
75th Percentile £23.11 £41.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £28.40 £62.70 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £19.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +27.26% -11.63%

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 5,763 5,250 6,664
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.23% 14.33% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,848 3,369 4,751
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 60 172
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.23 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.59 £30.94
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -36.59% +102.13%
75th Percentile £63.36 £60.63 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.38 £74.50 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £34.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -26.47% -26.38% +100.78%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 15 November 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 -26 450 £334 -4.64% 138
UK excluding London -32 343 £275 -21.43% 88
London -30 140 £475 +35.71% 70
Work from Home -14 110 £450 -7.69% 36
South East -11 99 £260 -25.71% 47
North of England -29 67 £275 -8.33% 7
Midlands -18 59 £225 -33.33% 9
South West +6 52 £450 +20.00% 11
North West -14 44 £300 -7.69% 5
East of England -1 41 £238 -38.55% 11
West Midlands -23 36 £223 -43.31% 3
East Midlands -6 23 £300 - 6
Scotland -39 23 £200 -52.94% 6
Yorkshire -27 17 £325 +39.78% 1
Wales 0 10 £300 +23.08%
North East -9 6 £225 -29.69% 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 95 (18.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (8.40%) SharePoint
3 20 (3.91%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.17%) Confluence
6 2 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 52 (10.16%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.76%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 9 (1.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.78%) assyst
3 2 (0.39%) 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
1 196 (38.28%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (24.80%) Azure
3 52 (10.16%) Entra ID
4 43 (8.40%) OneDrive
5 27 (5.27%) AWS
6 23 (4.49%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.13%) GCP
8 14 (2.73%) SaaS
9 9 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.56%) Cohesity
11 5 (0.98%) IaaS
11 5 (0.98%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.78%) PaaS
13 3 (0.59%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.59%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.59%) ShareGate
14 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 77 (15.04%) DNS
2 61 (11.91%) Firewall
3 57 (11.13%) DHCP
4 45 (8.79%) Wi-Fi
5 44 (8.59%) VPN
6 36 (7.03%) TCP/IP
7 25 (4.88%) Cisco IOS
7 25 (4.88%) WAN
8 22 (4.30%) Skype
9 18 (3.52%) LAN
9 18 (3.52%) VLAN
10 13 (2.54%) Internet
11 12 (2.34%) SAN
12 11 (2.15%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.76%) 4G
14 7 (1.37%) NetScaler
15 6 (1.17%) WebEx
16 5 (0.98%) Network Security
17 4 (0.78%) VoIP
17 4 (0.78%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.15%) Power BI
2 7 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.59%) Metadata
4 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (4.30%) MSI
2 16 (3.13%) AdminStudio
3 15 (2.93%) InstallShield
3 15 (2.93%) JIRA
4 9 (1.76%) Git
5 7 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.37%) Postman
6 5 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.39%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.39%) WiX
8 1 (0.20%) GCC
8 1 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 199 (38.87%) Social Skills
2 69 (13.48%) Finance
3 55 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (8.98%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.84%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (4.88%) Games
7 17 (3.32%) Banking
8 16 (3.13%) Legal
9 12 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.37%) Front Office
12 6 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.98%) Local Government
13 5 (0.98%) Spanish Language
14 4 (0.78%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.78%) Retail
14 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 78 (15.23%) Support Engineer
2 61 (11.91%) Windows Engineer
3 55 (10.74%) Deployment Engineer
4 54 (10.55%) Analyst
5 42 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 40 (7.81%) IT Support
7 37 (7.23%) Desktop Engineer
8 31 (6.05%) IT Engineer
9 30 (5.86%) Desktop Support
10 29 (5.66%) Platform Engineer
10 29 (5.66%) Support Analyst
11 28 (5.47%) 2nd Line Support
11 28 (5.47%) Senior
12 24 (4.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 22 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 22 (4.30%) IT Support Engineer
13 22 (4.30%) SCCM Engineer
14 19 (3.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 17 (3.32%) Architect
15 17 (3.32%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.15%) Software Packaging
2 4 (0.78%) Middleware
3 3 (0.59%) LDAP
3 3 (0.59%) OAuth
3 3 (0.59%) OpenID
3 3 (0.59%) SAML
4 2 (0.39%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.39%) BREW
4 2 (0.39%) 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 24 (4.69%) Data Centre
1 24 (4.69%) Onboarding
2 16 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (2.73%) PKI
4 12 (2.34%) CMDB
5 11 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.76%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (1.76%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.56%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.17%) Device Driver
9 6 (1.17%) Replication
10 5 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.98%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.98%) NHS
10 5 (0.98%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 434 (84.77%) Windows
2 170 (33.20%) Windows 10
3 77 (15.04%) Windows Server
4 54 (10.55%) Mac OS
5 37 (7.23%) Android
6 24 (4.69%) Linux
7 18 (3.52%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.54%) Windows 7
9 11 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.98%) Unix
14 4 (0.78%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.78%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.39%) AIX
15 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.20%) VMS
16 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (18.95%) ITIL
2 88 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (13.09%) Migration
4 57 (11.13%) Application Packaging
5 55 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 44 (8.59%) Customer Service
7 40 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (7.62%) ITSM
9 37 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (6.64%) User Experience
11 31 (6.05%) Agile
12 29 (5.66%) Problem Management
13 28 (5.47%) Change Management
14 26 (5.08%) Cloud Security
14 26 (5.08%) Mobile Device Management
14 26 (5.08%) Service Management
14 26 (5.08%) Vulnerability Management
15 25 (4.88%) E-Commerce
15 25 (4.88%) Patch Management
16 24 (4.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 174 (33.98%) PowerShell
2 26 (5.08%) VBScript
3 19 (3.71%) Python
4 15 (2.93%) Bash
5 14 (2.73%) SQL
6 9 (1.76%) VB
7 3 (0.59%) C#
8 2 (0.39%) Java
9 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 119 (23.24%) Security Cleared
2 85 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 54 (10.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 45 (8.79%) Degree
5 29 (5.66%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.34%) MCSA
7 10 (1.95%) DBS Check
7 10 (1.95%) MCSE
8 9 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.37%) MCP
11 6 (1.17%) CCNA
11 6 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.98%) A+ Certification
12 5 (0.98%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.98%) CCNP
12 5 (0.98%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (0.98%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (4.30%) SLA
3 18 (3.52%) GDPR
4 7 (1.37%) NIST
5 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.59%) QA
7 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 270 (52.73%) Active Directory
2 67 (13.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.49%) BitLocker
4 21 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (3.13%) Firmware
5 16 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 13 (2.54%) Hyper-V
7 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 12 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.98%) vSphere
10 5 (0.98%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (0.78%) XenApp
12 2 (0.39%) Docker
13 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 177 (34.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (5.66%) WSUS
3 25 (4.88%) Ansible
4 20 (3.91%) SCOM
5 12 (2.34%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.56%) SCOrch
7 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (1.37%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.37%) Puppet
8 6 (1.17%) CASB
8 6 (1.17%) Terraform
8 6 (1.17%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.78%) Nessus
9 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.59%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.39%) AppManager
11 2 (0.39%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.39%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 329 (64.26%) Microsoft
2 76 (14.84%) VMware
3 63 (12.30%) ServiceNow
4 54 (10.55%) Cisco
5 45 (8.79%) Citrix
6 40 (7.81%) Splunk
7 29 (5.66%) Apple
8 25 (4.88%) Meraki
9 21 (4.10%) McAfee
10 19 (3.71%) SolarWinds
11 14 (2.73%) HP
12 12 (2.34%) Remedy
13 10 (1.95%) Tenable
14 9 (1.76%) MuleSoft
14 9 (1.76%) Veeam
15 8 (1.56%) Qualys
15 8 (1.56%) Tanium
16 7 (1.37%) BMC
16 7 (1.37%) Dell
16 7 (1.37%) Symantec