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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 156 165
Rank change year-on-year -59 +9 +22
Contract jobs citing SCCM 497 577 720
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 1.58% 1.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.51% 11.05% 11.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 406 514
10th Percentile £180 £188 £163
25th Percentile £201 £243 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £383 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £500 £517 £500
90th Percentile £588 £600 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £350 £340
% change year-on-year -21.43% +2.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 57
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.00 £14.15
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +9.91% -10.04%
75th Percentile £23.11 £32.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £28.40 £61.80 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -16.13% +18.42% -13.64%

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 5,840 5,224 6,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.18% 14.27% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,931 3,314 4,575
10th Percentile £310 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.67% -5.22%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 72 171
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.91 £17.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.32 £24.50
Median hourly rate £31.86 £27.00 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% -44.21% +88.25%
75th Percentile £64.88 £54.44 £74.06
90th Percentile £79.75 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.43 £26.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +7.28% -42.62% +84.72%

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 28 November 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 28 November 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 28 November 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 -28 438 £348 -0.86% 96
UK excluding London -30 319 £275 -21.43% 85
London -19 149 £475 +30.94% 27
Work from Home -12 110 £450 -6.49% 19
South East -18 92 £274 -27.07% 43
North of England -33 66 £275 +12.24% 13
Midlands -12 57 £225 -36.62% 12
South West +2 48 £438 +16.67% 11
North West -9 47 £350 +7.69% 10
East of England -7 34 £225 -39.43% 6
West Midlands -35 34 £218 -46.30% 4
East Midlands -1 23 £300 +93.55% 8
Scotland -39 21 £200 -54.29% 2
Yorkshire -42 14 £255 +6.25% 2
Wales -4 9 £300 +23.08%
North East -6 5 £200 -37.50% 1
Northern Ireland - 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 92 (18.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (8.45%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.82%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.21%) Confluence
6 2 (0.40%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 51 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.80%) assyst
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Eikon
4 1 (0.20%) Eze OMS
4 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 194 (39.03%) Microsoft 365
2 130 (26.16%) Azure
3 54 (10.87%) Entra ID
4 41 (8.25%) OneDrive
5 28 (5.63%) AWS
6 23 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.22%) GCP
8 15 (3.02%) SaaS
9 9 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.01%) IaaS
10 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.01%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.80%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.80%) PaaS
12 3 (0.60%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.60%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.40%) GitHub
13 2 (0.40%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 71 (14.29%) DNS
2 57 (11.47%) DHCP
2 57 (11.47%) Firewall
3 43 (8.65%) Wi-Fi
4 42 (8.45%) VPN
5 35 (7.04%) TCP/IP
6 23 (4.63%) WAN
7 22 (4.43%) Cisco IOS
8 20 (4.02%) Skype
9 17 (3.42%) VLAN
10 16 (3.22%) LAN
11 13 (2.62%) Internet
12 12 (2.41%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.81%) 4G
14 6 (1.21%) WebEx
15 5 (1.01%) NetScaler
15 5 (1.01%) Network Security
15 5 (1.01%) SAN
15 5 (1.01%) Wireless
16 4 (0.80%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.21%) Power BI
2 8 (1.61%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.60%) Metadata
4 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.23%) MSI
2 16 (3.22%) AdminStudio
2 16 (3.22%) InstallShield
3 15 (3.02%) JIRA
4 6 (1.21%) Git
5 5 (1.01%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.80%) Postman
7 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.40%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.40%) WiX
8 1 (0.20%) GCC
8 1 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 193 (38.83%) Social Skills
2 67 (13.48%) Finance
3 57 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (4.43%) Games
7 18 (3.62%) Banking
8 17 (3.42%) Legal
9 12 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.41%) Front Office
12 6 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.21%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.01%) Local Government
13 5 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.80%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.80%) Retail
15 3 (0.60%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (15.49%) Support Engineer
2 55 (11.07%) Windows Engineer
3 53 (10.66%) Deployment Engineer
4 51 (10.26%) Analyst
5 44 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 42 (8.45%) IT Support
7 35 (7.04%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (7.04%) IT Engineer
8 29 (5.84%) Desktop Support
9 28 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (5.43%) Support Analyst
11 26 (5.23%) Senior
12 25 (5.03%) 2nd Line Support
13 24 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
14 21 (4.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 20 (4.02%) SCCM Engineer
15 20 (4.02%) Security Engineer
16 19 (3.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 18 (3.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 17 (3.42%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.21%) Software Packaging
2 4 (0.80%) Middleware
3 3 (0.60%) LDAP
3 3 (0.60%) OAuth
3 3 (0.60%) OpenID
3 3 (0.60%) SAML
4 2 (0.40%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.40%) BREW
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.20%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.20%) EDI
5 1 (0.20%) LangChain
5 1 (0.20%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.43%) Data Centre
2 25 (5.03%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.62%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (3.02%) CMDB
4 15 (3.02%) PKI
5 11 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.01%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.81%) Legacy Applications
7 9 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.61%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.61%) Replication
9 7 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.21%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.21%) Device Driver
11 5 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.01%) NHS
11 5 (1.01%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 418 (84.10%) Windows
2 165 (33.20%) Windows 10
3 72 (14.49%) Windows Server
4 55 (11.07%) Mac OS
5 36 (7.24%) Android
6 27 (5.43%) Linux
7 19 (3.82%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.62%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.01%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.01%) Unix
10 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.80%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.60%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.40%) AIX
13 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.20%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (20.12%) ITIL
2 90 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (13.08%) Migration
4 58 (11.67%) Application Packaging
4 58 (11.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 42 (8.45%) Customer Service
5 42 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (8.25%) ITSM
7 38 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (7.04%) User Experience
9 28 (5.63%) Agile
10 27 (5.43%) Change Management
10 27 (5.43%) Problem Management
10 27 (5.43%) Service Management
11 26 (5.23%) Cloud Security
12 25 (5.03%) Asset Management
12 25 (5.03%) Patch Management
12 25 (5.03%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (4.63%) Security Operations
13 23 (4.63%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 164 (33.00%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.43%) VBScript
3 18 (3.62%) SQL
4 16 (3.22%) Bash
4 16 (3.22%) Python
5 8 (1.61%) VB
6 2 (0.40%) Java
7 1 (0.20%) C#
7 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.20%) Perl
7 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (22.74%) Security Cleared
2 88 (17.71%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (9.46%) Degree
5 23 (4.63%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.41%) MCSA
7 10 (2.01%) MCSE
8 9 (1.81%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.41%) MCP
11 6 (1.21%) CCNA
11 6 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.01%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.01%) CCNP
12 5 (1.01%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (1.01%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.82%) GDPR
2 19 (3.82%) SLA
3 7 (1.41%) NIST
4 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.60%) QA
6 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.40%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 259 (52.11%) Active Directory
2 58 (11.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.23%) BitLocker
4 18 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (3.42%) Microsoft App-V
6 14 (2.82%) Firmware
7 13 (2.62%) Hyper-V
8 12 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.01%) vSphere
11 4 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (0.80%) XenApp
12 3 (0.60%) Docker
12 3 (0.60%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 174 (35.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (4.63%) SCOM
3 22 (4.43%) WSUS
4 17 (3.42%) Ansible
5 13 (2.62%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (2.01%) SCOrch
7 9 (1.81%) vCenter Server
8 8 (1.61%) Norton AntiVirus
9 7 (1.41%) CASB
10 6 (1.21%) Terraform
11 5 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (0.80%) Puppet
13 3 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
13 3 (0.60%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.60%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 3 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
14 2 (0.40%) Nessus
15 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 312 (62.78%) Microsoft
2 68 (13.68%) VMware
3 67 (13.48%) ServiceNow
4 52 (10.46%) Cisco
5 43 (8.65%) Citrix
6 30 (6.04%) Splunk
7 29 (5.84%) Apple
8 22 (4.43%) Meraki
9 20 (4.02%) McAfee
10 18 (3.62%) SolarWinds
11 13 (2.62%) HP
11 13 (2.62%) Remedy
12 11 (2.21%) Veeam
13 9 (1.81%) Tenable
14 8 (1.61%) Bloomberg
14 8 (1.61%) BMC
14 8 (1.61%) Dell
14 8 (1.61%) Qualys
14 8 (1.61%) Symantec
14 8 (1.61%) Tanium