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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 196 165
Rank change year-on-year -158 -31 +9
Contract jobs citing SCCM 352 466 604
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.42% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.98% 9.05% 11.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 311 458
10th Percentile £159 £190 £181
25th Percentile £213 £201 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £522 £525 £523
90th Percentile £613 £588 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £344 £295 £340
% change year-on-year +16.61% -13.24% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 23
10th Percentile - - £16.83
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.55 £13.77 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +49.20% -42.14% +19.00%
75th Percentile £21.38 £18.87 £30.63
90th Percentile £22.52 £40.40 £69.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.55 £18.87 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.88% +6.49% -1.56%

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 7,074 5,147 5,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.33% 15.63% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,801 3,394 3,763
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £502 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% -3.56% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 75 83
10th Percentile £18.15 £13.75 £17.14
25th Percentile £25.00 £19.56 £21.29
Median hourly rate £58.62 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.31% +25.00% -48.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.22 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.25 £55.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +0.45% +69.23% -29.62%

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 26 July 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
Top 16 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 26 July 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 -138 315 £375 - 62
UK excluding London -135 220 £344 +16.61% 53
London -91 115 £382 +0.20% 19
Work from Home -62 65 £450 -2.70% 14
South East -97 55 £425 +1.49% 19
Midlands -41 54 £313 +4.17% 5
North of England -89 42 £285 +23.24% 17
West Midlands -48 38 £288 +2.68% 2
South West -34 31 £413 +3.13% 1
North West -44 30 £335 +57.65% 13
Scotland -18 21 £150 -23.12% 2
East Midlands -12 13 £325 -31.00% 3
East of England -61 12 £450 -18.18% 10
Yorkshire -55 8 £195 -2.50% 1
Wales -21 6 £280 -6.67% 1
North East -49 4 £194 -26.19% 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 42 (11.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.13%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.56%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.42%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 49 (13.92%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.28%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 129 (36.65%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (31.53%) Azure
3 78 (22.16%) Entra ID
4 27 (7.67%) OneDrive
5 20 (5.68%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.98%) SaaS
7 10 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (2.84%) IaaS
8 9 (2.56%) AWS
8 9 (2.56%) Datadog
8 9 (2.56%) PaaS
9 8 (2.27%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.70%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.70%) Rubrik
12 5 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.14%) GitHub
13 4 (1.14%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.14%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.76%) VPN
2 54 (15.34%) DNS
3 46 (13.07%) DHCP
4 39 (11.08%) Firewall
5 29 (8.24%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (7.39%) TCP/IP
7 15 (4.26%) Skype
8 13 (3.69%) SAN
9 11 (3.13%) LAN
10 9 (2.56%) DMZ
10 9 (2.56%) Network Security
10 9 (2.56%) VLAN
10 9 (2.56%) WAN
11 6 (1.70%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.42%) Internet
12 5 (1.42%) NetScaler
12 5 (1.42%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (1.42%) Wireless
13 4 (1.14%) SSH
14 3 (0.85%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.84%) Power BI
3 3 (0.85%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.28%) Db2
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.68%) MSI
2 12 (3.41%) InstallShield
3 11 (3.13%) JIRA
4 9 (2.56%) Chocolatey
5 7 (1.99%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) WiX
General
1 139 (39.49%) Social Skills
2 54 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (13.92%) Finance
4 20 (5.68%) Banking
5 18 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.55%) Legal
7 15 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.13%) Front Office
9 10 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.99%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.14%) Law
11 4 (1.14%) Military
11 4 (1.14%) Police
11 4 (1.14%) Retail
12 3 (0.85%) Billing
12 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.57%) Advertising
13 2 (0.57%) Games
13 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (13.64%) Support Engineer
2 35 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (9.38%) Desktop Engineer
4 32 (9.09%) IT Support
5 31 (8.81%) Analyst
6 29 (8.24%) Senior
7 28 (7.95%) IT Engineer
8 20 (5.68%) Administrator
9 19 (5.40%) Desktop Support
10 18 (5.11%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support
12 14 (3.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 14 (3.98%) IT Analyst
12 14 (3.98%) Lead
13 12 (3.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.41%) Consultant
13 12 (3.41%) Deployment Engineer
13 12 (3.41%) Windows Engineer
14 11 (3.13%) SCCM Engineer
15 10 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.55%) Software Packaging
2 6 (1.70%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.14%) ADO
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.85%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.85%) JSON
5 2 (0.57%) .NET
5 2 (0.57%) OpenGL
5 2 (0.57%) Qt
5 2 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.92%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.55%) CMDB
3 13 (3.69%) Blackberry
3 13 (3.69%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.41%) Smartphone
5 11 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.27%) iPhone
7 8 (2.27%) PKI
8 7 (1.99%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.99%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.70%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (1.70%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.70%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.70%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 282 (80.11%) Windows
2 98 (27.84%) Windows 10
3 67 (19.03%) Windows Server
4 30 (8.52%) Mac OS
5 25 (7.10%) Linux
6 19 (5.40%) Android
7 16 (4.55%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (2.56%) Windows 7
9 9 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.57%) Unix
12 1 (0.28%) AIX
12 1 (0.28%) Debian
12 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (27.84%) ITIL
2 85 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (17.90%) ITSM
4 56 (15.91%) Customer Service
4 56 (15.91%) Service Management
5 52 (14.77%) Application Packaging
6 50 (14.20%) Migration
7 38 (10.80%) Asset Management
7 38 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (10.80%) Service Delivery
8 36 (10.23%) User Experience
9 31 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (7.39%) Patch Management
11 25 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (5.97%) Data Protection
12 21 (5.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 20 (5.68%) Agile
14 19 (5.40%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (5.40%) Problem Management
15 18 (5.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 97 (27.56%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.69%) VBScript
3 11 (3.13%) Bash
4 9 (2.56%) VB
5 7 (1.99%) Python
5 7 (1.99%) SQL
6 6 (1.70%) Bicep
7 2 (0.57%) C#
7 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 100 (28.41%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.90%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.23%) Degree
4 32 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.84%) MCSE
7 8 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.70%) MCSA
10 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.42%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.14%) CCA
11 4 (1.14%) Citrix Certification
11 4 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.28%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.38%) SLA
2 8 (2.27%) QA
3 7 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.57%) COBIT
5 2 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.57%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 170 (48.30%) Active Directory
2 41 (11.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (6.82%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.40%) BitLocker
5 18 (5.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (4.83%) Microsoft App-V
7 12 (3.41%) vSphere
8 9 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.42%) Firmware
11 4 (1.14%) Docker
11 4 (1.14%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.85%) XenApp
13 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 110 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.40%) WSUS
3 16 (4.55%) SCOM
4 13 (3.69%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (3.41%) Ansible
6 11 (3.13%) Nessus
6 11 (3.13%) Terraform
7 6 (1.70%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.42%) AirWatch
9 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.85%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.85%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.85%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.85%) SCSM
11 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.57%) vMotion
11 2 (0.57%) WMI
Vendors
1 228 (64.77%) Microsoft
2 68 (19.32%) ServiceNow
3 54 (15.34%) VMware
4 36 (10.23%) Citrix
5 21 (5.97%) Cisco
6 20 (5.68%) Tenable
7 17 (4.83%) Apple
8 16 (4.55%) HP
9 14 (3.98%) Bloomberg
10 13 (3.69%) Lotus
11 12 (3.41%) McAfee
11 12 (3.41%) Qualys
12 11 (3.13%) Dynatrace
13 10 (2.84%) Reuters
14 9 (2.56%) AppDynamics
15 8 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.99%) ION Trading
16 7 (1.99%) SolarWinds
16 7 (1.99%) Zscaler
17 6 (1.70%) Canon