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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 203 164
Rank change year-on-year -143 -39 +12
Contract jobs citing SCCM 348 454 597
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.38% 1.50%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.99% 8.86% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 303 452
10th Percentile £157 £187 £181
25th Percentile £225 £200 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £525
90th Percentile £616 £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 22
10th Percentile - - £17.07
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 £31.56
90th Percentile £22.52 £40.40 £70.13
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 6,967 5,127 5,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.26% 15.62% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,747 3,383 3,728
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £505 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% -2.88% -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 179 75 83
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £25.51 £19.56 £23.03
Median hourly rate £62.00 £37.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.33% +19.05% -45.22%
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 £36.17
% change year-on-year +9.09% +52.08% -21.69%

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 July 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 29 July 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 -131 310 £385 +2.67% 71
UK excluding London -133 214 £350 +16.67% 59
London -74 116 £400 +6.67% 22
Work from Home -70 64 £450 -2.70% 19
Midlands -51 53 £330 +10.00% 6
South East -92 52 £450 +2.86% 19
North of England -87 39 £314 +47.65% 18
West Midlands -54 38 £288 +0.52% 4
South West -35 31 £413 +3.13% 4
North West -46 30 £335 +57.65% 12
Scotland -20 22 £150 -22.37% 3
East Midlands -11 13 £355 -24.63% 2
East of England -54 13 £450 -18.18% 9
Yorkshire -55 6 £220 +10.00% 2
Wales -21 5 £280 -6.67% 1
North East -52 3 £200 -20.00% 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 40 (11.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.62%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.45%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.59%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 49 (14.08%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.29%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 126 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (31.32%) Azure
3 75 (21.55%) Entra ID
4 26 (7.47%) OneDrive
5 19 (5.46%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.02%) SaaS
7 9 (2.59%) AWS
7 9 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (2.59%) Datadog
7 9 (2.59%) IaaS
7 9 (2.59%) PaaS
8 8 (2.30%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.72%) Cohesity
9 6 (1.72%) Rubrik
10 5 (1.44%) GitHub
11 4 (1.15%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.15%) Nutanix
12 3 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.95%) VPN
2 55 (15.80%) DNS
3 47 (13.51%) DHCP
4 38 (10.92%) Firewall
5 27 (7.76%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (7.47%) TCP/IP
7 15 (4.31%) Skype
8 13 (3.74%) SAN
9 10 (2.87%) LAN
9 10 (2.87%) VLAN
9 10 (2.87%) WAN
10 9 (2.59%) DMZ
10 9 (2.59%) Network Security
11 6 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.44%) Internet
12 5 (1.44%) NetScaler
12 5 (1.44%) Wireless
13 4 (1.15%) SSH
14 3 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.86%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.59%) Power BI
3 3 (0.86%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 20 (5.75%) MSI
2 12 (3.45%) InstallShield
3 9 (2.59%) Chocolatey
4 8 (2.30%) JIRA
5 7 (2.01%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 137 (39.37%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (14.08%) Finance
4 20 (5.75%) Banking
5 18 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.60%) Legal
7 14 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.16%) Front Office
9 10 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.01%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.15%) Law
11 4 (1.15%) Police
11 4 (1.15%) Retail
12 3 (0.86%) Billing
12 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.86%) Military
12 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Advertising
13 2 (0.57%) Local Government
13 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (13.79%) Support Engineer
2 37 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (9.77%) Desktop Engineer
4 31 (8.91%) IT Support
5 30 (8.62%) Analyst
5 30 (8.62%) Senior
6 28 (8.05%) IT Engineer
7 19 (5.46%) Administrator
7 19 (5.46%) Desktop Support
8 18 (5.17%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 14 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (4.02%) IT Analyst
10 14 (4.02%) Lead
11 13 (3.74%) Consultant
11 13 (3.74%) Windows Engineer
12 12 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 11 (3.16%) SCCM Engineer
14 10 (2.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 10 (2.87%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.60%) Software Packaging
2 6 (1.72%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.15%) ADO
4 3 (0.86%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.86%) JSON
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.57%) .NET
5 2 (0.57%) OpenGL
5 2 (0.57%) Qt
6 1 (0.29%) REST
6 1 (0.29%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 50 (14.37%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.02%) Blackberry
2 14 (4.02%) CMDB
3 13 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.45%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.16%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.87%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.30%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.30%) iPhone
7 8 (2.30%) PKI
8 7 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.72%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (1.72%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.72%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.72%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 280 (80.46%) Windows
2 96 (27.59%) Windows 10
3 68 (19.54%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.05%) Linux
4 28 (8.05%) Mac OS
5 20 (5.75%) Android
6 17 (4.89%) Apple iOS
7 12 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (2.59%) Windows 7
9 9 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.57%) Unix
12 1 (0.29%) AIX
12 1 (0.29%) Debian
12 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (28.45%) ITIL
2 86 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (17.82%) ITSM
4 56 (16.09%) Service Management
5 53 (15.23%) Customer Service
6 52 (14.94%) Application Packaging
7 49 (14.08%) Migration
8 40 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 38 (10.92%) Service Delivery
10 36 (10.34%) Asset Management
11 35 (10.06%) User Experience
12 32 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (8.05%) Patch Management
14 27 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (6.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 21 (6.03%) Agile
17 20 (5.75%) Data Protection
18 19 (5.46%) Problem Management
19 18 (5.17%) Project Delivery
20 17 (4.89%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 99 (28.45%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.74%) VBScript
3 11 (3.16%) Bash
4 9 (2.59%) VB
5 7 (2.01%) Python
6 6 (1.72%) Bicep
6 6 (1.72%) SQL
7 2 (0.57%) C#
7 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (29.60%) Security Cleared
2 66 (18.97%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.63%) Degree
4 32 (9.20%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.87%) MCSE
7 8 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.72%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.72%) MCSA
8 6 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.15%) CCA
9 4 (1.15%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.29%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.20%) SLA
2 8 (2.30%) QA
3 7 (2.01%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.57%) COBIT
5 2 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.57%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
6 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 166 (47.70%) Active Directory
2 42 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (7.47%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.46%) BitLocker
5 17 (4.89%) Microsoft App-V
5 17 (4.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (4.02%) vSphere
7 9 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.44%) Firmware
10 4 (1.15%) Docker
10 4 (1.15%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.86%) XenApp
12 2 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 111 (31.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.46%) WSUS
3 16 (4.60%) SCOM
4 12 (3.45%) Ansible
4 12 (3.45%) Terraform
5 11 (3.16%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (3.16%) Nessus
6 6 (1.72%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.44%) AirWatch
8 4 (1.15%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.86%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.86%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.86%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.86%) SCSM
10 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.57%) Packer
10 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.57%) vMotion
10 2 (0.57%) WMI
Vendors
1 227 (65.23%) Microsoft
2 68 (19.54%) ServiceNow
3 55 (15.80%) VMware
4 36 (10.34%) Citrix
5 21 (6.03%) Cisco
6 20 (5.75%) Tenable
7 17 (4.89%) Apple
8 15 (4.31%) HP
9 14 (4.02%) Bloomberg
9 14 (4.02%) Lotus
10 12 (3.45%) McAfee
10 12 (3.45%) Qualys
11 11 (3.16%) Dynatrace
12 10 (2.87%) Reuters
13 9 (2.59%) AppDynamics
14 8 (2.30%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (2.01%) ION Trading
15 7 (2.01%) SolarWinds
15 7 (2.01%) Zscaler
16 6 (1.72%) Canon