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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 164 169
Rank change year-on-year -43 +5 +11
Contract jobs citing SCCM 492 557 701
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 1.56% 1.54%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.41% 10.77% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 399 503
10th Percentile £177 £188 £156
25th Percentile £200 £243 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £385 £363
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +6.06% -3.20%
75th Percentile £500 £521 £500
90th Percentile £588 £600 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £274 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -21.86% +7.69% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 60
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.70 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £16.47
Median hourly rate £18.69 £24.34 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.23% +15.90% -16.00%
75th Percentile £20.98 £36.88 £60.63
90th Percentile £25.00 £62.25 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year -16.13% +20.00% -14.77%

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 5,847 5,173 6,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.12% 14.49% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,966 3,290 4,473
10th Percentile £310 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -3.31% -5.57%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £693 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 71 171
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £17.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.50 £22.38
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -41.53% +44.31%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.88 £72.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.32 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +26.73% -44.78% +75.36%

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 8 December 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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -29 435 £325 -7.14% 93
UK excluding London -39 309 £274 -21.86% 78
London -21 155 £475 +30.94% 32
Work from Home -22 104 £450 -7.69% 22
South East -24 88 £274 -24.55% 39
North of England -30 66 £288 +5.50% 11
Midlands -18 59 £223 -30.20% 9
North West +1 49 £315 -21.25% 10
South West -14 45 £425 +13.33% 10
West Midlands -28 32 £215 -41.10% 3
East of England -6 30 £225 -39.43% 6
East Midlands 0 27 £225 -1.10% 6
Scotland -29 21 £200 -54.29% 1
Yorkshire -43 13 £255 +6.25%
Wales -2 8 £344 +41.03% 2
North East -4 4 £195 -39.06% 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 90 (18.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (9.55%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.86%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.22%) Confluence
6 3 (0.61%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 52 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.83%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.81%) assyst
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Eikon
4 1 (0.20%) Eze OMS
4 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 205 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (27.44%) Azure
3 58 (11.79%) Entra ID
4 42 (8.54%) OneDrive
5 29 (5.89%) AWS
6 23 (4.67%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.25%) GCP
8 15 (3.05%) SaaS
9 9 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (1.83%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.02%) IaaS
10 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.02%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.81%) PaaS
12 3 (0.61%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.61%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.41%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 72 (14.63%) DNS
2 57 (11.59%) DHCP
3 53 (10.77%) Firewall
4 41 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
5 40 (8.13%) VPN
6 36 (7.32%) TCP/IP
7 21 (4.27%) WAN
8 20 (4.07%) Skype
9 19 (3.86%) Cisco IOS
10 16 (3.25%) VLAN
11 15 (3.05%) LAN
12 12 (2.44%) Internet
12 12 (2.44%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.83%) 4G
14 7 (1.42%) Wireless
15 6 (1.22%) WebEx
16 5 (1.02%) NetScaler
16 5 (1.02%) Network Security
17 4 (0.81%) SSL
17 4 (0.81%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.24%) Power BI
2 8 (1.63%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.61%) Metadata
4 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.46%) MSI
2 16 (3.25%) JIRA
3 14 (2.85%) InstallShield
4 12 (2.44%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.02%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.02%) Git
6 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.61%) Postman
7 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.41%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.20%) GCC
8 1 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 192 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 67 (13.62%) Finance
3 54 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.91%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.07%) Banking
6 20 (4.07%) Games
7 17 (3.46%) Legal
8 10 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.42%) Front Office
9 7 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.22%) Spanish Language
11 5 (1.02%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.81%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.81%) Law
12 4 (0.81%) Local Government
12 4 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (14.84%) Support Engineer
2 54 (10.98%) Windows Engineer
3 53 (10.77%) Analyst
3 53 (10.77%) Deployment Engineer
4 45 (9.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 43 (8.74%) IT Support
6 35 (7.11%) IT Engineer
7 32 (6.50%) Desktop Engineer
8 31 (6.30%) Desktop Support
9 26 (5.28%) Senior
9 26 (5.28%) Support Analyst
10 25 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
12 21 (4.27%) 2nd Line Support
13 19 (3.86%) Security Engineer
14 18 (3.66%) SCCM Engineer
15 17 (3.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 17 (3.46%) Architect
15 17 (3.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 15 (3.05%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.63%) Software Packaging
2 4 (0.81%) Middleware
3 3 (0.61%) LDAP
3 3 (0.61%) OAuth
3 3 (0.61%) OpenID
3 3 (0.61%) SAML
4 2 (0.41%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.41%) BREW
4 2 (0.41%) 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
5 1 (0.20%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.28%) Data Centre
2 24 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.46%) Video Conferencing
4 16 (3.25%) PKI
5 14 (2.85%) CMDB
6 11 (2.24%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.83%) Replication
8 8 (1.63%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.63%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.22%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.22%) Device Driver
11 5 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.02%) NHS
11 5 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 416 (84.55%) Windows
2 166 (33.74%) Windows 10
3 72 (14.63%) Windows Server
4 56 (11.38%) Mac OS
5 34 (6.91%) Android
6 28 (5.69%) Linux
7 22 (4.47%) Apple iOS
8 12 (2.44%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.02%) Unix
10 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.81%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.81%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.41%) AIX
12 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.20%) Solaris
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (20.73%) ITIL
2 86 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (13.41%) Migration
4 59 (11.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 52 (10.57%) Application Packaging
6 48 (9.76%) Customer Service
7 44 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (8.54%) ITSM
9 39 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (7.32%) User Experience
11 29 (5.89%) Service Management
12 28 (5.69%) Change Management
13 27 (5.49%) Agile
13 27 (5.49%) Problem Management
14 25 (5.08%) Cloud Security
14 25 (5.08%) Patch Management
14 25 (5.08%) Vulnerability Management
15 24 (4.88%) Asset Management
15 24 (4.88%) Incident Management
15 24 (4.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 158 (32.11%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.49%) VBScript
3 20 (4.07%) SQL
4 16 (3.25%) Bash
5 15 (3.05%) Python
6 7 (1.42%) VB
7 2 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
8 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 111 (22.56%) Security Cleared
2 88 (17.89%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (9.76%) Degree
5 24 (4.88%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.24%) MCSA
7 9 (1.83%) MCSE
8 8 (1.63%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 8 (1.63%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.42%) MCP
10 6 (1.22%) CCNA
10 6 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.02%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.02%) CCNP
11 5 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (1.02%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.86%) GDPR
2 19 (3.86%) SLA
3 7 (1.42%) NIST
4 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.41%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
7 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 266 (54.07%) Active Directory
2 56 (11.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.07%) BitLocker
4 18 (3.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (3.05%) Microsoft App-V
6 13 (2.64%) Firmware
6 13 (2.64%) Hyper-V
6 13 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.22%) vSphere
8 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.81%) Docker
9 4 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (0.81%) XenApp
10 3 (0.61%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 175 (35.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.27%) SCOM
3 20 (4.07%) WSUS
4 17 (3.46%) Ansible
5 12 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (2.03%) SCOrch
7 9 (1.83%) vCenter Server
8 8 (1.63%) Norton AntiVirus
9 7 (1.42%) CASB
10 6 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.22%) Terraform
11 3 (0.61%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.61%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.61%) Puppet
11 3 (0.61%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.41%) Kubernetes
13 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 309 (62.80%) Microsoft
2 68 (13.82%) ServiceNow
3 67 (13.62%) VMware
4 51 (10.37%) Cisco
5 43 (8.74%) Citrix
6 28 (5.69%) Apple
7 27 (5.49%) Splunk
8 19 (3.86%) McAfee
8 19 (3.86%) Meraki
9 16 (3.25%) SolarWinds
10 14 (2.85%) HP
10 14 (2.85%) Remedy
11 12 (2.44%) Veeam
12 10 (2.03%) Dell
13 9 (1.83%) Tenable
14 8 (1.63%) Bloomberg
14 8 (1.63%) BMC
14 8 (1.63%) Symantec
14 8 (1.63%) Tanium
15 7 (1.42%) Qualys