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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 182 165
Rank change year-on-year -164 -17 +5
Contract jobs citing SCCM 329 443 628
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.47% 1.44%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.83% 9.32% 11.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 296 483
10th Percentile £163 £195 £178
25th Percentile £213 £202 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £343
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.11% -11.61%
75th Percentile £500 £517 £500
90th Percentile £581 £585 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £275 £300
% change year-on-year +21.82% -8.33% -16.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 38
10th Percentile £18.18 - £16.07
25th Percentile - £13.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -46.44% +28.55%
75th Percentile £24.29 £28.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £34.10 £56.00 £46.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £59.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -63.98% +126.92% +48.57%

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 6,815 4,753 5,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.39% 15.78% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,662 3,178 3,836
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £421 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £516
Median % change year-on-year - -0.74% -6.12%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 51 103
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £15.72
25th Percentile £22.05 £21.39 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.25 £37.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.33% +19.05% -45.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £49.38
90th Percentile £76.05 £78.70 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £57.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.89% +42.50% -8.57%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -145 296 £365 -2.67% 50
UK excluding London -141 203 £335 +21.82% 47
London -81 116 £379 -5.38% 18
Work from Home -58 63 £450 -2.17% 18
Midlands -49 56 £270 +20.00% 6
North of England -87 45 £344 +62.84% 7
South East -86 43 £356 -10.94% 20
West Midlands -55 38 £275 +25.00% 2
North West -38 34 £365 +78.05% 6
South West -50 23 £399 -0.31% 6
Scotland -14 19 £150 -23.86% 3
East Midlands -12 15 £248 -47.89% 4
East of England -61 10 £450 -18.18% 8
Wales -13 7 £280 -6.67%
Yorkshire -61 7 £195 -2.50%
North East -42 4 £184 -33.18% 1
Channel Islands - 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (9.12%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.65%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.43%) HCL Notes
5 5 (1.52%) IIS
6 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 50 (15.20%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.30%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 124 (37.69%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (31.31%) Azure
3 68 (20.67%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.60%) OneDrive
5 18 (5.47%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.26%) SaaS
7 11 (3.34%) AWS
8 10 (3.04%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.74%) PaaS
10 8 (2.43%) IaaS
11 7 (2.13%) Datadog
12 6 (1.82%) Cohesity
12 6 (1.82%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.91%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.61%) GitHub
14 2 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 53 (16.11%) VPN
2 45 (13.68%) DNS
3 38 (11.55%) DHCP
4 32 (9.73%) Firewall
4 32 (9.73%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (6.38%) TCP/IP
6 18 (5.47%) Skype
7 16 (4.86%) LAN
8 15 (4.56%) WAN
9 12 (3.65%) VLAN
10 11 (3.34%) DMZ
10 11 (3.34%) SAN
11 8 (2.43%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (1.82%) Wireless
13 5 (1.52%) Internet
13 5 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.22%) WAAS
15 3 (0.91%) Network Security
15 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.86%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.74%) 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 18 (5.47%) MSI
2 12 (3.65%) InstallShield
3 10 (3.04%) 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
1 124 (37.69%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (15.20%) Finance
4 20 (6.08%) Banking
5 18 (5.47%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.86%) Legal
7 12 (3.65%) Front Office
7 12 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.74%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.52%) Police
10 5 (1.52%) Retail
11 4 (1.22%) Law
12 3 (0.91%) Billing
12 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.61%) Games
13 2 (0.61%) Local Government
13 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.61%) Military
13 2 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (13.07%) Support Engineer
2 33 (10.03%) Desktop Engineer
3 31 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (8.81%) IT Support
5 25 (7.60%) Analyst
5 25 (7.60%) Senior
6 23 (6.99%) IT Engineer
7 18 (5.47%) Administrator
7 18 (5.47%) Desktop Support
8 15 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (4.56%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (4.26%) Architect
9 14 (4.26%) Deployment Engineer
10 13 (3.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 13 (3.95%) Support Technician
10 13 (3.95%) Windows Engineer
11 12 (3.65%) IT Analyst
11 12 (3.65%) Lead
12 11 (3.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 10 (3.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.56%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.22%) ADO
2 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.91%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.61%) .NET
4 2 (0.61%) JSON
4 2 (0.61%) Middleware
4 2 (0.61%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.61%) Qt
4 2 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.42%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.78%) CMDB
3 15 (4.56%) Smartphone
4 12 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.04%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.74%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.74%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.43%) Blackberry
7 8 (2.43%) PKI
7 8 (2.43%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.82%) iPhone
8 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.82%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.82%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.91%) Fat Client
11 3 (0.91%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 262 (79.64%) Windows
2 97 (29.48%) Windows 10
3 63 (19.15%) Windows Server
4 27 (8.21%) Mac OS
5 17 (5.17%) Android
5 17 (5.17%) Apple iOS
6 16 (4.86%) Windows 7
7 14 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.95%) Linux
9 12 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (3.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.91%) Unix
11 3 (0.91%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.30%) AIX
13 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (24.32%) ITIL
3 58 (17.63%) ITSM
4 52 (15.81%) Application Packaging
5 50 (15.20%) Customer Service
5 50 (15.20%) Migration
6 49 (14.89%) Service Management
7 34 (10.33%) Asset Management
7 34 (10.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (10.33%) User Experience
8 32 (9.73%) Service Delivery
9 29 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (7.90%) Patch Management
11 24 (7.29%) Agile
12 19 (5.78%) Data Protection
12 19 (5.78%) Problem Management
13 18 (5.47%) Change Management
13 18 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (5.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 16 (4.86%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 90 (27.36%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.86%) VBScript
3 12 (3.65%) VB
4 9 (2.74%) Python
5 8 (2.43%) SQL
6 2 (0.61%) Bash
6 2 (0.61%) C#
6 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (25.23%) Security Cleared
2 55 (16.72%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.64%) Degree
4 27 (8.21%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.43%) MCSE
7 7 (2.13%) MCSA
8 6 (1.82%) CCA
8 6 (1.82%) Citrix Certification
8 6 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.61%) CCNP
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.42%) SLA
2 7 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.52%) QA
4 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.61%) COBIT
5 2 (0.61%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 154 (46.81%) Active Directory
2 45 (13.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.99%) BitLocker
4 20 (6.08%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (5.17%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (3.65%) vSphere
7 10 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.82%) Firmware
9 6 (1.82%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.52%) Docker
10 5 (1.52%) XenApp
11 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 99 (30.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.08%) WSUS
3 14 (4.26%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (3.34%) Nessus
4 11 (3.34%) SCOM
5 6 (1.82%) AirWatch
5 6 (1.82%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.52%) Ansible
7 4 (1.22%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.91%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.91%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.91%) SCSM
8 3 (0.91%) SCVMM
8 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.91%) Terraform
9 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.61%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.61%) Packer
9 2 (0.61%) vMotion
Vendors
1 205 (62.31%) Microsoft
2 57 (17.33%) ServiceNow
3 54 (16.41%) VMware
4 39 (11.85%) Citrix
5 22 (6.69%) Cisco
6 18 (5.47%) HP
6 18 (5.47%) Tenable
7 17 (5.17%) Apple
8 15 (4.56%) Bloomberg
9 12 (3.65%) Qualys
9 12 (3.65%) Reuters
10 11 (3.34%) Dynatrace
11 9 (2.74%) ION Trading
11 9 (2.74%) McAfee
12 8 (2.43%) Lotus
12 8 (2.43%) Zscaler
13 7 (2.13%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.13%) SolarWinds
14 6 (1.82%) Remedy
14 6 (1.82%) Veeam