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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 203 165
Rank change year-on-year -146 -38 +19
Contract jobs citing SCCM 357 455 593
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.38% 1.50%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.04% 8.81% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 302 451
10th Percentile £156 £185 £180
25th Percentile £225 £203 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +17.54% -13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £528
90th Percentile £622 £585 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £300 £340
% change year-on-year +16.67% -11.76% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 20
10th Percentile - - £16.98
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.55 £13.77 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year +49.20% -42.98% +23.85%
75th Percentile £21.38 £18.87 £29.69
90th Percentile £22.52 £40.40 £71.93
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 7,083 5,165 5,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 15.70% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,817 3,405 3,710
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -3.37% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 75 81
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.56 £23.80
Median hourly rate £62.00 £37.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.33% +20.97% -46.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.22 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year +9.09% +56.77% -24.03%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -141 316 £385 +2.67% 77
UK excluding London -131 217 £350 +16.67% 64
London -77 121 £400 +6.67% 24
Work from Home -63 66 £450 -4.00% 22
Midlands -46 54 £330 +10.00% 9
South East -89 53 £450 -2.76% 16
West Midlands -56 39 £288 +0.52% 4
North of England -85 38 £314 +47.65% 19
South West -36 31 £413 +3.13% 4
North West -50 29 £335 +57.65% 14
Scotland -8 24 £150 -25.00% 3
East Midlands -17 13 £355 -5.33% 5
East of England -52 13 £450 -18.18% 8
Yorkshire -50 6 £220 -12.00% 1
Wales -17 5 £280 -6.67% 3
North East -44 3 £200 -11.11% 4

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 41 (11.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.40%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.64%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.52%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 50 (14.01%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.28%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 128 (35.85%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (31.65%) Azure
3 78 (21.85%) Entra ID
4 27 (7.56%) OneDrive
5 19 (5.32%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.20%) SaaS
7 10 (2.80%) Datadog
7 10 (2.80%) IaaS
7 10 (2.80%) PaaS
8 9 (2.52%) AWS
8 9 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.52%) Rubrik
9 8 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.24%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.68%) Cohesity
10 6 (1.68%) GitHub
11 4 (1.12%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.84%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 63 (17.65%) VPN
2 62 (17.37%) DNS
3 53 (14.85%) DHCP
4 40 (11.20%) Firewall
5 28 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (7.56%) TCP/IP
7 15 (4.20%) Skype
8 14 (3.92%) SAN
9 11 (3.08%) Network Security
9 11 (3.08%) VLAN
10 10 (2.80%) LAN
10 10 (2.80%) WAN
11 9 (2.52%) DMZ
12 6 (1.68%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (1.68%) Wireless
13 5 (1.40%) Internet
14 4 (1.12%) NetScaler
14 4 (1.12%) SSH
15 3 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.84%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.52%) Power BI
3 3 (0.84%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (5.88%) MSI
2 12 (3.36%) InstallShield
3 10 (2.80%) Chocolatey
4 8 (2.24%) JIRA
5 7 (1.96%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) WiX
General
1 143 (40.06%) Social Skills
2 60 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (14.01%) Finance
4 21 (5.88%) Banking
5 19 (5.32%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.48%) Legal
7 12 (3.36%) Front Office
8 11 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.96%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.12%) Law
10 4 (1.12%) Police
10 4 (1.12%) Retail
11 3 (0.84%) Billing
11 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.84%) Military
11 3 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Advertising
12 2 (0.56%) Local Government
12 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (13.73%) Support Engineer
2 40 (11.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
4 32 (8.96%) Analyst
4 32 (8.96%) IT Support
5 31 (8.68%) Senior
6 29 (8.12%) IT Engineer
7 20 (5.60%) Desktop Support
8 19 (5.32%) Administrator
8 19 (5.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 15 (4.20%) Windows Engineer
10 14 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (3.92%) Consultant
10 14 (3.92%) IT Analyst
10 14 (3.92%) Lead
11 12 (3.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 11 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (3.08%) SCCM Engineer
12 11 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.76%) Software Packaging
2 6 (1.68%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.12%) ADO
3 4 (1.12%) JSON
4 3 (0.84%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.56%) .NET
5 2 (0.56%) OpenGL
5 2 (0.56%) Qt
5 2 (0.56%) REST
6 1 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 50 (14.01%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.20%) Blackberry
2 15 (4.20%) CMDB
3 14 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (3.36%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.80%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.24%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.24%) iPhone
7 8 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.24%) PKI
8 7 (1.96%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.68%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (1.68%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.68%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.68%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 289 (80.95%) Windows
2 100 (28.01%) Windows 10
3 68 (19.05%) Windows Server
4 32 (8.96%) Linux
5 28 (7.84%) Mac OS
6 20 (5.60%) Android
7 17 (4.76%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (2.52%) Windows 7
11 8 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.56%) Unix
14 1 (0.28%) AIX
14 1 (0.28%) Debian
14 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.13%) ITIL
2 90 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (19.05%) ITSM
4 58 (16.25%) Service Management
5 55 (15.41%) Customer Service
6 52 (14.57%) Application Packaging
6 52 (14.57%) Migration
7 44 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 41 (11.48%) Service Delivery
9 36 (10.08%) Asset Management
10 35 (9.80%) User Experience
11 34 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (8.12%) Patch Management
13 28 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (6.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 22 (6.16%) Data Protection
16 21 (5.88%) Agile
17 20 (5.60%) Problem Management
17 20 (5.60%) Project Delivery
18 18 (5.04%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 104 (29.13%) PowerShell
2 14 (3.92%) Bash
2 14 (3.92%) VBScript
3 9 (2.52%) VB
4 8 (2.24%) Python
5 7 (1.96%) SQL
6 6 (1.68%) Bicep
7 2 (0.56%) C#
7 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 108 (30.25%) Security Cleared
2 71 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 39 (10.92%) Degree
4 32 (8.96%) DV Cleared
5 24 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.80%) MCSE
7 9 (2.52%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.68%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.68%) MCSA
9 6 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.12%) CCA
10 4 (1.12%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.24%) SLA
2 8 (2.24%) QA
3 7 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.56%) COBIT
5 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.56%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.56%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
System Software
1 173 (48.46%) Active Directory
2 45 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (8.40%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.32%) BitLocker
5 17 (4.76%) Microsoft App-V
5 17 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (3.92%) vSphere
7 9 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.40%) Firmware
10 4 (1.12%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.84%) Docker
11 3 (0.84%) XenApp
12 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 114 (31.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.32%) SCOM
2 19 (5.32%) WSUS
3 13 (3.64%) Ansible
3 13 (3.64%) Terraform
4 11 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (3.08%) Nessus
5 6 (1.68%) NetBackup
5 6 (1.68%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.40%) AirWatch
7 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.84%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.84%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.84%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.84%) SCSM
9 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.56%) Packer
9 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.56%) vMotion
9 2 (0.56%) WMI
Vendors
1 233 (65.27%) Microsoft
2 70 (19.61%) ServiceNow
3 59 (16.53%) VMware
4 39 (10.92%) Citrix
5 21 (5.88%) Cisco
5 21 (5.88%) Tenable
6 17 (4.76%) Apple
7 15 (4.20%) HP
7 15 (4.20%) Lotus
8 14 (3.92%) Bloomberg
9 13 (3.64%) McAfee
10 12 (3.36%) Dynatrace
10 12 (3.36%) Qualys
11 10 (2.80%) AppDynamics
11 10 (2.80%) Reuters
11 10 (2.80%) SolarWinds
12 8 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (2.24%) CyberArk
13 7 (1.96%) Splunk
13 7 (1.96%) Zscaler