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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 179 155
Rank change year-on-year -124 -24 +10
Contract jobs citing SCCM 376 430 682
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.84% 1.47% 1.54%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.81% 9.09% 12.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 311 534
10th Percentile £170 £178 £163
25th Percentile £206 £210 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £500 £514 £488
90th Percentile £613 £600 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 58
10th Percentile £16.25 £12.48 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.92 £15.22 £16.32
Median hourly rate £21.25 £20.11 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -8.90% -11.70%
75th Percentile £24.29 £24.18 £40.00
90th Percentile £26.55 £27.62 £62.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.55 £18.13 £17.86
% change year-on-year +13.32% +1.51% -7.22%

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 4,733 5,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.53% 16.16% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,444 3,207 3,785
10th Percentile £321 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 52 136
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £22.50 £19.45
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year +107.94% -16.69% -44.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £69.88 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -19.40% -34.86%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -97 343 £350 -6.67% 73
UK excluding London -105 222 £300 -7.69% 63
London -52 137 £450 +12.50% 23
Work from Home -31 77 £453 -1.63% 18
South East -38 66 £294 -30.88% 26
Midlands -68 52 £225 +7.14% 4
North of England -80 49 £373 +53.61% 15
North West -46 39 £429 +46.04% 7
East Midlands -12 31 £223 -41.25% 1
South West -32 24 £413 +10.00% 1
West Midlands -76 18 £215 +7.50% 3
East of England -27 16 £225 -8.16% 16
Scotland -25 12 £196 -10.80% 3
Wales -12 6 £280 -34.12% 1
Yorkshire -67 6 £195 -13.33% 7
North East -15 4 £184 -52.58% 1
Channel Islands 0 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 54 (14.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (8.51%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.66%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.80%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 39 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.60%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) assyst
3 1 (0.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 166 (44.15%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (32.71%) Azure
3 70 (18.62%) Entra ID
4 26 (6.91%) AWS
5 21 (5.59%) OneDrive
6 20 (5.32%) SaaS
7 18 (4.79%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.93%) GCP
8 11 (2.93%) Nutanix
8 11 (2.93%) PaaS
9 10 (2.66%) IaaS
10 8 (2.13%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.86%) Datadog
11 7 (1.86%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.53%) GitHub
13 2 (0.53%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (16.76%) DNS
2 56 (14.89%) DHCP
3 43 (11.44%) Wi-Fi
4 40 (10.64%) VPN
5 35 (9.31%) Firewall
6 31 (8.24%) TCP/IP
7 23 (6.12%) LAN
8 21 (5.59%) VLAN
8 21 (5.59%) WAN
9 11 (2.93%) SAN
9 11 (2.93%) Skype
10 10 (2.66%) NetScaler
11 9 (2.39%) Wireless
12 6 (1.60%) 4G
12 6 (1.60%) DMZ
13 5 (1.33%) IPv4
13 5 (1.33%) WebEx
14 3 (0.80%) BIG-IP
14 3 (0.80%) Internet
14 3 (0.80%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.93%) Power BI
3 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.27%) DB2
4 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 12 (3.19%) InstallShield
1 12 (3.19%) JIRA
1 12 (3.19%) MSI
2 9 (2.39%) Chocolatey
3 5 (1.33%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.53%) Git
5 1 (0.27%) MLflow
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.27%) WiX
General
1 126 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 51 (13.56%) Finance
3 44 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.71%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.91%) Banking
5 26 (6.91%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.46%) Legal
7 9 (2.39%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.13%) Front Office
9 7 (1.86%) Law
10 6 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.33%) Police
11 5 (1.33%) Spanish Language
12 4 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.06%) Military
12 4 (1.06%) Retail
13 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.53%) Games
13 2 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (13.30%) Support Engineer
2 43 (11.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (9.84%) IT Support
4 31 (8.24%) Analyst
4 31 (8.24%) IT Engineer
4 31 (8.24%) Senior
5 28 (7.45%) Windows Engineer
6 27 (7.18%) Deployment Engineer
7 25 (6.65%) Desktop Support
8 22 (5.85%) Architect
9 20 (5.32%) Desktop Engineer
10 19 (5.05%) IT Support Engineer
11 14 (3.72%) Support Technician
12 13 (3.46%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (3.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (2.93%) Lead
14 11 (2.93%) Platform Engineer
14 11 (2.93%) Service Analyst
15 10 (2.66%) 3rd Line Support
15 10 (2.66%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.66%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.33%) Middleware
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.53%) ADO
4 2 (0.53%) BREW
4 2 (0.53%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.27%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.27%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.27%) LangChain
5 1 (0.27%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.27%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.91%) CMDB
2 25 (6.65%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.79%) Smartphone
4 17 (4.52%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.52%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.19%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.86%) iPhone
8 7 (1.86%) Replication
9 6 (1.60%) PKI
9 6 (1.60%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.06%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 309 (82.18%) Windows
2 132 (35.11%) Windows 10
3 71 (18.88%) Windows Server
4 31 (8.24%) Mac OS
5 21 (5.59%) Linux
6 19 (5.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.52%) Apple iOS
7 17 (4.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.99%) Windows 7
9 14 (3.72%) Android
9 14 (3.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.33%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.80%) Unix
12 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.53%) AIX
13 2 (0.53%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.53%) VMS
13 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (19.68%) Migration
3 70 (18.62%) ITIL
4 52 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (13.56%) ITSM
6 47 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 45 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (11.70%) Application Packaging
9 38 (10.11%) Service Management
10 32 (8.51%) Asset Management
11 27 (7.18%) User Experience
12 25 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (6.12%) Agile
14 22 (5.85%) Change Management
15 19 (5.05%) Data Protection
15 19 (5.05%) Disaster Recovery
15 19 (5.05%) Knowledge Transfer
15 19 (5.05%) Patch Management
15 19 (5.05%) Service Delivery
15 19 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 103 (27.39%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.32%) VBScript
3 16 (4.26%) SQL
4 12 (3.19%) VB
5 9 (2.39%) Bash
5 9 (2.39%) Python
6 1 (0.27%) Java
6 1 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (24.20%) Security Cleared
2 66 (17.55%) SC Cleared
3 39 (10.37%) Degree
4 32 (8.51%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.33%) CCA
7 5 (1.33%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.80%) MCSA
9 3 (0.80%) MCSE
10 2 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.53%) CISSP
10 2 (0.53%) HNC
10 2 (0.53%) HND
10 2 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.27%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.65%) SLA
2 9 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.13%) GDPR
4 6 (1.60%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.27%) NCSC
7 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 198 (52.66%) Active Directory
2 60 (15.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (4.52%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.99%) BitLocker
6 9 (2.39%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (2.13%) Docker
7 8 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.13%) vSphere
8 7 (1.86%) XenApp
9 6 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.60%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.33%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 128 (34.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.59%) SCOM
3 17 (4.52%) WSUS
4 12 (3.19%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (2.93%) Ansible
5 11 (2.93%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.60%) Norton AntiVirus
7 6 (1.60%) SCOrch
8 5 (1.33%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.33%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.80%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.80%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.80%) CASB
9 3 (0.80%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.80%) Terraform
10 2 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.53%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.53%) WMI
Vendors
1 217 (57.71%) Microsoft
2 73 (19.41%) VMware
3 60 (15.96%) ServiceNow
4 45 (11.97%) Citrix
5 22 (5.85%) Cisco
6 21 (5.59%) HP
7 16 (4.26%) Apple
8 13 (3.46%) Bloomberg
9 12 (3.19%) McAfee
9 12 (3.19%) Veeam
10 11 (2.93%) SolarWinds
10 11 (2.93%) Tenable
11 10 (2.66%) Google
12 9 (2.39%) Dynatrace
12 9 (2.39%) Reuters
13 7 (1.86%) AppDynamics
13 7 (1.86%) BMC
13 7 (1.86%) F5
13 7 (1.86%) Sophos
14 6 (1.60%) Symantec