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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 199 165
Rank change year-on-year -133 -34 -4
Contract jobs citing SCCM 328 402 627
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.38% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.06% 8.80% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 297 495
10th Percentile £163 £185 £164
25th Percentile £203 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £325 £310
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +4.84% -17.33%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £500
90th Percentile £610 £585 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £319 £256 £283
% change year-on-year +24.39% -9.29% -19.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 44
10th Percentile £16.42 - £14.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £13.75 £16.95
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 £54.00
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 6,482 4,566 5,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.43% 15.69% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,455 3,113 3,684
10th Percentile £325 £305 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.15%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £706 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £492 £488
% change year-on-year +0.01% +0.92% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 49 110
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.63 £21.39 £17.76
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.50 £26.38
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +4.24% -49.75%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.25 £50.19
90th Percentile £74.80 £78.96 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +46.67% +25.00% -25.09%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -116 296 £335 -10.67% 51
UK excluding London -114 202 £319 +24.39% 45
London -76 115 £375 -6.25% 16
Midlands -52 51 £225 +5.88% 10
Work from Home -67 51 £475 +2.70% 16
South East -55 49 £350 -12.50% 12
North of England -74 46 £340 +69.75% 13
North West -33 38 £355 +77.25% 12
East Midlands -8 28 £225 -52.63% 3
South West -35 21 £385 -3.75% 3
West Midlands -74 20 £225 +12.50% 7
Scotland -4 18 £150 -23.47% 3
East of England -50 10 £450 -18.18% 3
Wales -10 7 £280 -27.74% 1
North East -27 4 £184 -33.18%
Yorkshire -58 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 47 (14.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (10.37%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.05%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.83%) HCL Notes
4 6 (1.83%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 42 (12.80%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.91%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 137 (41.77%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (33.54%) Azure
3 73 (22.26%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.71%) AWS
5 18 (5.49%) OneDrive
6 17 (5.18%) Power Platform
7 13 (3.96%) SaaS
8 9 (2.74%) Nutanix
8 9 (2.74%) PaaS
9 8 (2.44%) GCP
9 8 (2.44%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.44%) IaaS
10 7 (2.13%) Datadog
11 6 (1.83%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.52%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.91%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 49 (14.94%) DNS
2 42 (12.80%) DHCP
3 36 (10.98%) VPN
4 28 (8.54%) Firewall
5 26 (7.93%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (7.62%) TCP/IP
7 16 (4.88%) Skype
8 15 (4.57%) LAN
9 14 (4.27%) WAN
10 12 (3.66%) VLAN
11 11 (3.35%) SAN
12 8 (2.44%) NetScaler
13 6 (1.83%) DMZ
13 6 (1.83%) Wireless
14 5 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (1.22%) WAAS
16 3 (0.91%) BIG-IP
16 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
17 2 (0.61%) PCoIP
17 2 (0.61%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.44%) 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 (5.18%) MSI
2 12 (3.66%) InstallShield
3 11 (3.35%) JIRA
4 7 (2.13%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.13%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) WiX
General
1 111 (33.84%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (13.41%) Finance
4 22 (6.71%) Banking
5 17 (5.18%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.66%) Legal
8 8 (2.44%) Front Office
8 8 (2.44%) Law
9 7 (2.13%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.52%) Police
10 5 (1.52%) Retail
11 4 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.91%) Games
12 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.91%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.61%) Back Office
13 2 (0.61%) Military
13 2 (0.61%) Publishing
13 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (13.11%) Support Engineer
2 33 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (9.45%) Desktop Engineer
4 29 (8.84%) IT Support
5 27 (8.23%) Senior
6 26 (7.93%) Desktop Support
7 25 (7.62%) Analyst
8 24 (7.32%) IT Engineer
9 18 (5.49%) Windows Engineer
10 17 (5.18%) Architect
10 17 (5.18%) Deployment Engineer
11 15 (4.57%) 2nd Line Support
12 14 (4.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 14 (4.27%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (3.96%) Support Technician
14 11 (3.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (3.35%) Administrator
15 10 (3.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 10 (3.05%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.57%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.22%) ADO
2 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.91%) Middleware
3 3 (0.91%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.61%) .NET
4 2 (0.61%) JSON
4 2 (0.61%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.61%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.40%) CMDB
1 21 (6.40%) Onboarding
1 21 (6.40%) Smartphone
2 12 (3.66%) Client/Server
2 12 (3.66%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.35%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.13%) iPhone
6 7 (2.13%) PKI
7 6 (1.83%) Blackberry
7 6 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.83%) Smartcard
7 6 (1.83%) YubiKey
8 4 (1.22%) iPad
8 4 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 260 (79.27%) Windows
2 104 (31.71%) Windows 10
3 67 (20.43%) Windows Server
4 31 (9.45%) Mac OS
5 24 (7.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (5.79%) Apple iOS
8 16 (4.88%) Linux
9 15 (4.57%) Windows 7
9 15 (4.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.74%) Android
11 4 (1.22%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.91%) Unix
13 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.30%) AIX
14 1 (0.30%) VMS
14 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (20.73%) ITIL
3 59 (17.99%) Migration
4 53 (16.16%) Application Packaging
5 49 (14.94%) Customer Service
6 46 (14.02%) ITSM
7 37 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (10.06%) Asset Management
9 33 (10.06%) User Experience
10 27 (8.23%) Service Management
11 25 (7.62%) Agile
12 23 (7.01%) Change Management
13 22 (6.71%) Service Delivery
14 21 (6.40%) Data Protection
14 21 (6.40%) Disaster Recovery
14 21 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (6.10%) Patch Management
16 18 (5.49%) Roadmaps
17 17 (5.18%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 89 (27.13%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.57%) SQL
3 14 (4.27%) VBScript
4 10 (3.05%) VB
5 7 (2.13%) Bash
5 7 (2.13%) Python
6 2 (0.61%) C#
6 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 74 (22.56%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.98%) Degree
4 27 (8.23%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.52%) MCSE
8 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.22%) CCA
8 4 (1.22%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.22%) MCSA
9 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.61%) CCNP
10 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.62%) SLA
2 6 (1.83%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.52%) GDPR
3 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.61%) COBIT
4 2 (0.61%) QA
5 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 169 (51.52%) Active Directory
2 50 (15.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.01%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.79%) BitLocker
6 16 (4.88%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (3.35%) vSphere
8 10 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (2.74%) Docker
10 7 (2.13%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.83%) XenApp
12 5 (1.52%) Firmware
12 5 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (1.22%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 95 (28.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.71%) WSUS
3 12 (3.66%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (3.66%) SCOM
4 7 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.83%) Ansible
5 6 (1.83%) Nessus
5 6 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.52%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.52%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (1.22%) 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 (0.61%) Packer
9 2 (0.61%) WMI
10 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.30%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 201 (61.28%) Microsoft
2 62 (18.90%) VMware
3 50 (15.24%) ServiceNow
4 36 (10.98%) Citrix
5 20 (6.10%) HP
6 15 (4.57%) Apple
6 15 (4.57%) Cisco
7 14 (4.27%) Tenable
8 11 (3.35%) Bloomberg
8 11 (3.35%) Dynatrace
9 10 (3.05%) Google
9 10 (3.05%) Veeam
10 8 (2.44%) Reuters
11 7 (2.13%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.13%) F5
11 7 (2.13%) Sophos
12 6 (1.83%) Lotus
12 6 (1.83%) McAfee
12 6 (1.83%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.52%) Dell