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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 162 159
Rank change year-on-year -57 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing SCCM 471 523 704
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.28% 1.57% 1.63%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.02% 10.60% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 386 513
10th Percentile £169 £185 £153
25th Percentile £200 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £500 £525 £488
90th Percentile £588 £608 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £335 £310
% change year-on-year -17.91% +8.06% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 58
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £16.68 £16.32
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +10.48% -16.37%
75th Percentile £21.90 £37.09 £60.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £62.70 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £20.11 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.17% +8.70% -13.95%

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 5,875 4,934 5,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.92% 14.81% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,012 3,178 4,153
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £501
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.69% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 65 163
10th Percentile £16.58 £15.33 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.23 £21.05 £22.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +96.44% -47.64% +37.85%
75th Percentile £63.94 £50.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £74.26 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.25 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +111.95% -47.64% +53.50%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 29 December 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 -39 423 £330 -5.71% 143
UK excluding London -38 303 £275 -17.91% 122
London -30 145 £475 +18.75% 43
Work from Home -19 104 £450 -7.69% 23
South East -18 82 £274 -21.86% 35
Midlands -14 67 £223 +11.25% 15
North of England -30 67 £330 +34.69% 27
North West 0 52 £350 -3.45% 16
South West -3 46 £450 +20.00% 19
East Midlands +8 38 £225 +5.88% 9
West Midlands -28 29 £215 +7.50% 6
East of England -15 23 £225 -35.71% 13
Scotland -28 19 £195 -54.78% 7
Yorkshire -48 11 £255 +6.25% 9
Wales -5 7 £388 +58.97% 5
North East -5 4 £195 -42.65% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 77 (16.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (10.62%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.03%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.27%) Confluence
6 3 (0.64%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.21%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 51 (10.83%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.85%) assyst
3 1 (0.21%) Eikon
3 1 (0.21%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 204 (43.31%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (30.79%) Azure
3 68 (14.44%) Entra ID
4 42 (8.92%) OneDrive
5 41 (8.70%) AWS
6 24 (5.10%) GCP
7 21 (4.46%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.18%) SaaS
9 9 (1.91%) Mimecast
10 7 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.27%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.85%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.85%) IaaS
13 4 (0.85%) PaaS
14 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (0.64%) ShareGate
15 2 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.42%) GitHub
15 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 76 (16.14%) DNS
2 62 (13.16%) DHCP
3 38 (8.07%) VPN
3 38 (8.07%) Wi-Fi
4 37 (7.86%) Firewall
4 37 (7.86%) TCP/IP
5 20 (4.25%) Skype
6 19 (4.03%) WAN
7 14 (2.97%) LAN
7 14 (2.97%) VLAN
8 12 (2.55%) Internet
8 12 (2.55%) Unified Communications
9 9 (1.91%) 4G
10 7 (1.49%) Wireless
11 6 (1.27%) WebEx
12 5 (1.06%) IPv4
12 5 (1.06%) NetScaler
12 5 (1.06%) Network Security
13 4 (0.85%) SAN
13 4 (0.85%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.34%) Power BI
2 10 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.64%) Metadata
4 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.61%) MSI
2 14 (2.97%) InstallShield
2 14 (2.97%) JIRA
3 11 (2.34%) AdminStudio
4 5 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.85%) Git
6 2 (0.42%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.42%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.42%) Postman
7 1 (0.21%) GCC
7 1 (0.21%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.21%) MLflow
General
1 185 (39.28%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.59%) Finance
3 60 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (3.61%) Banking
7 14 (2.97%) Legal
8 8 (1.70%) Front Office
9 7 (1.49%) Law
9 7 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.27%) Spanish Language
11 5 (1.06%) Games
12 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.64%) Back Office
13 3 (0.64%) Military
13 3 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (15.50%) Support Engineer
2 54 (11.46%) Windows Engineer
3 50 (10.62%) Analyst
4 49 (10.40%) Deployment Engineer
5 45 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 43 (9.13%) IT Support
7 35 (7.43%) Desktop Support
7 35 (7.43%) IT Engineer
8 32 (6.79%) Desktop Engineer
9 29 (6.16%) Senior
10 24 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (4.88%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.67%) Architect
13 20 (4.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 20 (4.25%) Security Engineer
14 19 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support
15 17 (3.61%) Administrator
15 17 (3.61%) SCCM Engineer
16 15 (3.18%) Lead
16 15 (3.18%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.27%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.06%) Middleware
3 3 (0.64%) LDAP
3 3 (0.64%) OAuth
3 3 (0.64%) OpenID
3 3 (0.64%) SAML
4 2 (0.42%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.42%) BREW
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.21%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.21%) EDI
5 1 (0.21%) LangChain
5 1 (0.21%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.21%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.21%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 20 (4.25%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.40%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (3.18%) CMDB
5 14 (2.97%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.55%) PKI
7 11 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.12%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.91%) Replication
10 8 (1.70%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.49%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 6 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.27%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.06%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.06%) Device Driver
13 5 (1.06%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 397 (84.29%) Windows
2 174 (36.94%) Windows 10
3 73 (15.50%) Windows Server
4 47 (9.98%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.16%) Linux
6 23 (4.88%) Apple iOS
7 16 (3.40%) Android
8 13 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (2.55%) Windows 7
9 12 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.27%) Unix
13 5 (1.06%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.85%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.85%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.42%) AIX
16 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (22.08%) ITIL
2 91 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (15.29%) Migration
4 56 (11.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 53 (11.25%) Application Packaging
5 53 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (11.25%) Customer Service
6 41 (8.70%) ITSM
7 39 (8.28%) User Experience
8 38 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (7.43%) Change Management
10 29 (6.16%) Patch Management
10 29 (6.16%) Service Management
11 28 (5.94%) Agile
12 27 (5.73%) Zero Trust
13 26 (5.52%) Vulnerability Management
14 25 (5.31%) Data Protection
14 25 (5.31%) Problem Management
14 25 (5.31%) Roadmaps
15 23 (4.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (31.85%) PowerShell
2 26 (5.52%) VBScript
3 22 (4.67%) SQL
4 21 (4.46%) Bash
5 16 (3.40%) Python
6 7 (1.49%) VB
7 3 (0.64%) Java
8 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.21%) Perl
8 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (23.35%) Security Cleared
2 87 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 48 (10.19%) Degree
3 48 (10.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (5.10%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.91%) MCSA
6 8 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (1.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (1.70%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.70%) MCSE
7 7 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.49%) MCP
8 6 (1.27%) CCNA
8 6 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.27%) Citrix Certification
8 6 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.06%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.06%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.06%) CCNP
9 5 (1.06%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (5.10%) GDPR
3 17 (3.61%) SLA
4 7 (1.49%) NIST
5 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 256 (54.35%) Active Directory
2 64 (13.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.40%) BitLocker
3 16 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.97%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (2.76%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (2.55%) Firmware
7 8 (1.70%) vSphere
8 6 (1.27%) Docker
9 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.06%) XenApp
10 4 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.42%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 166 (35.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.67%) SCOM
3 21 (4.46%) WSUS
4 16 (3.40%) Ansible
5 11 (2.34%) vCenter Server
6 10 (2.12%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (1.91%) SCOrch
8 8 (1.70%) Norton AntiVirus
9 6 (1.27%) CASB
9 6 (1.27%) Terraform
10 5 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.85%) Kubernetes
12 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (0.64%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 3 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.42%) Puppet
13 2 (0.42%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 295 (62.63%) Microsoft
2 77 (16.35%) VMware
3 62 (13.16%) ServiceNow
4 48 (10.19%) Citrix
5 33 (7.01%) Cisco
6 24 (5.10%) Apple
7 16 (3.40%) McAfee
8 14 (2.97%) HP
8 14 (2.97%) SolarWinds
8 14 (2.97%) Veeam
9 13 (2.76%) Splunk
10 12 (2.55%) Google
11 11 (2.34%) Remedy
12 10 (2.12%) Dell
13 9 (1.91%) Sophos
13 9 (1.91%) Tenable
14 8 (1.70%) Bloomberg
14 8 (1.70%) Symantec
14 8 (1.70%) Tanium
15 7 (1.49%) BMC