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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 199 160
Rank change year-on-year -104 -39 +3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 352 388 660
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.33% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.44% 8.44% 12.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 280 514
10th Percentile £165 £182 £163
25th Percentile £209 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £315
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +11.11% -15.44%
75th Percentile £500 £503 £500
90th Percentile £601 £601 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £256 £288
% change year-on-year +30.73% -10.87% -17.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 54
10th Percentile £16.58 £12.49 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £16.61
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -38.04% +1.02%
75th Percentile £23.71 £18.13 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.96 £26.03 £54.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £16.19 £17.72
% change year-on-year +31.25% -8.63% -11.40%

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 6,472 4,598 5,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.75% 15.76% 11.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,445 3,156 3,637
10th Percentile £325 £313 £256
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -8.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.08% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 51 125
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £34.61 £20.13 £17.75
Median hourly rate £56.50 £26.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.61% -11.83% -47.83%
75th Percentile £70.00 £51.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £77.23 £70.00 £70.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £25.34 £38.50
% change year-on-year +117.05% -34.18% -12.00%

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 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -79 326 £375 +3.38% 59
UK excluding London -85 205 £335 +30.73% 50
London -79 135 £413 +3.13% 17
Work from Home -56 63 £470 +1.90% 15
South East -48 54 £439 +4.46% 15
Midlands -55 54 £225 +6.51% 11
North of England -84 45 £402 +67.50% 12
North West -33 37 £415 +41.28% 8
East Midlands -15 32 £225 -52.63% 3
South West -37 20 £363 -3.33% 2
West Midlands -77 19 £300 +50.00% 8
East of England -33 16 £375 +53.06% 10
Scotland -13 9 £167 -14.36% 1
Wales -13 7 £280 -27.74% 1
North East -17 4 £184 -52.58% 2
Yorkshire -68 4 £195 -13.33% 3
Channel Islands -1 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 48 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.52%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.84%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.42%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 39 (11.08%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.70%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.57%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 144 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (31.82%) Azure
3 64 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.25%) AWS
5 18 (5.11%) SaaS
6 13 (3.69%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.13%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.13%) PaaS
8 10 (2.84%) GCP
8 10 (2.84%) IaaS
9 9 (2.56%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.56%) Nutanix
10 7 (1.99%) Datadog
11 6 (1.70%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.42%) Cohesity
13 3 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.57%) GitHub
14 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (17.61%) DNS
2 54 (15.34%) DHCP
3 38 (10.80%) VPN
4 33 (9.38%) Firewall
5 32 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (8.24%) TCP/IP
7 23 (6.53%) LAN
8 21 (5.97%) WAN
9 18 (5.11%) VLAN
10 15 (4.26%) Skype
11 12 (3.41%) SAN
12 10 (2.84%) NetScaler
12 10 (2.84%) Wireless
13 7 (1.99%) DMZ
14 4 (1.14%) IPv4
14 4 (1.14%) WAAS
15 3 (0.85%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.85%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.56%) Power BI
3 3 (0.85%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.28%) DB2
Development Applications
1 17 (4.83%) MSI
2 13 (3.69%) InstallShield
3 11 (3.13%) JIRA
4 9 (2.56%) Chocolatey
5 7 (1.99%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.57%) Git
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) WiX
General
1 112 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.92%) Finance
3 41 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.67%) Banking
5 26 (7.39%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (4.26%) Legal
8 9 (2.56%) Front Office
8 9 (2.56%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.99%) Law
10 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.42%) Police
11 5 (1.42%) Retail
12 4 (1.14%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.85%) Military
14 2 (0.57%) Local Government
14 2 (0.57%) Marketing
14 2 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (11.93%) Support Engineer
2 39 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (9.09%) IT Support
4 31 (8.81%) Senior
5 29 (8.24%) IT Engineer
6 26 (7.39%) Analyst
7 24 (6.82%) Desktop Support
8 23 (6.53%) Architect
9 22 (6.25%) Deployment Engineer
9 22 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
10 21 (5.97%) Desktop Engineer
11 17 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (3.69%) 2nd Line Support
12 13 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.41%) Support Technician
14 11 (3.13%) IT Analyst
15 10 (2.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 10 (2.84%) 3rd Line Support
15 10 (2.84%) Applications Packager
15 10 (2.84%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.98%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.14%) ADO
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.85%) Middleware
4 2 (0.57%) .NET
4 2 (0.57%) BREW
4 2 (0.57%) JSON
4 2 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.82%) CMDB
2 20 (5.68%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.11%) Smartphone
4 16 (4.55%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.98%) Client/Server
6 12 (3.41%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.27%) iPhone
9 7 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.70%) PKI
10 6 (1.70%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.70%) Replication
11 5 (1.42%) Smartcard
11 5 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.42%) YubiKey
12 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.14%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 291 (82.67%) Windows
2 111 (31.53%) Windows 10
3 80 (22.73%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.09%) Mac OS
5 23 (6.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (5.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (5.40%) Linux
8 18 (5.11%) Apple iOS
8 18 (5.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (3.98%) Windows 7
10 12 (3.41%) Android
11 5 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.14%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.57%) AIX
14 2 (0.57%) Unix
15 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.28%) Solaris
15 1 (0.28%) VMS
15 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (19.32%) ITIL
2 68 (19.32%) Migration
3 53 (15.06%) Application Packaging
4 49 (13.92%) ITSM
5 46 (13.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 41 (11.65%) Customer Service
7 39 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (9.38%) Asset Management
9 32 (9.09%) Service Management
10 28 (7.95%) User Experience
11 24 (6.82%) Agile
12 23 (6.53%) Change Management
13 22 (6.25%) Data Protection
14 20 (5.68%) Patch Management
14 20 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (5.40%) Disaster Recovery
16 17 (4.83%) Project Delivery
17 16 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
17 16 (4.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (28.13%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.83%) SQL
2 17 (4.83%) VBScript
3 11 (3.13%) VB
4 8 (2.27%) Bash
5 6 (1.70%) Python
6 2 (0.57%) C#
6 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.28%) Java
7 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 86 (24.43%) Security Cleared
2 56 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 40 (11.36%) DV Cleared
4 37 (10.51%) Degree
5 19 (5.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.42%) CCA
7 5 (1.42%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.14%) MCSA
9 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.57%) CCNP
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CISSP
10 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.57%) MCSE
10 2 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.10%) SLA
2 8 (2.27%) GDPR
3 6 (1.70%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.57%) NIST
5 2 (0.57%) QA
6 1 (0.28%) COBIT
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 185 (52.56%) Active Directory
2 59 (16.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.53%) Hyper-V
4 21 (5.97%) BitLocker
5 19 (5.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (2.56%) vSphere
8 8 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.27%) XenApp
8 8 (2.27%) XenDesktop
9 7 (1.99%) Docker
10 5 (1.42%) Firmware
10 5 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (1.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 107 (30.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.10%) WSUS
3 19 (5.40%) SCOM
4 13 (3.69%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (2.27%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.70%) AirWatch
7 6 (1.70%) Ansible
7 6 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.42%) Nessus
8 5 (1.42%) SCVMM
9 4 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.14%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.85%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.85%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.85%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.85%) SCOrch
10 3 (0.85%) SCSM
10 3 (0.85%) Terraform
11 2 (0.57%) WMI
Vendors
1 204 (57.95%) Microsoft
2 73 (20.74%) VMware
3 46 (13.07%) ServiceNow
4 44 (12.50%) Citrix
5 23 (6.53%) HP
6 19 (5.40%) Cisco
7 16 (4.55%) Apple
8 15 (4.26%) Bloomberg
8 15 (4.26%) Tenable
9 13 (3.69%) Veeam
10 10 (2.84%) Google
10 10 (2.84%) Reuters
11 9 (2.56%) Dynatrace
12 8 (2.27%) McAfee
13 7 (1.99%) AppDynamics
13 7 (1.99%) Dell
13 7 (1.99%) F5
13 7 (1.99%) ION Trading
13 7 (1.99%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.99%) Sophos