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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 196 161
Rank change year-on-year -129 -35 +18
Contract jobs citing SCCM 413 460 578
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 1.40% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.91% 10.09% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 308 427
10th Percentile £163 £185 £185
25th Percentile £227 £200 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £334 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.91% -11.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £522 £526 £525
90th Percentile £623 £588 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £364 £315 £340
% change year-on-year +15.48% -7.35% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 14
10th Percentile £17.25 - £23.80
25th Percentile £18.89 £13.75 £24.41
Median hourly rate £21.25 £14.89 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.76% -45.38% +36.28%
75th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £57.50
90th Percentile - £27.13 £63.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £18.87 £29.25
% change year-on-year +12.61% -35.49% +53.95%

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 5,976 4,558 4,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.97% 13.92% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,976 2,953 3,101
10th Percentile £313 £281 £298
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -3.66% -5.64%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £688 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +4.30% -4.13% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 83 58
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £19.98
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -23.57% -28.64%
75th Percentile £73.75 £63.58 £61.88
90th Percentile £86.30 £78.46 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.48 £37.11 £39.25
% change year-on-year +71.06% -5.45% -15.01%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -110 371 £385 +10.00% 100
UK excluding London -107 272 £364 +15.48% 73
London -92 119 £375 - 37
North of England -40 81 £344 +62.84% 20
Work from Home -81 73 £413 -17.50% 30
Midlands -23 67 £335 +17.13% 11
North West -16 66 £352 +67.67% 17
South East -97 53 £450 +9.26% 23
West Midlands -30 43 £250 -16.67% 4
South West -58 31 £431 +10.22% 11
Scotland -24 23 £150 -25.00% 2
East Midlands -5 22 £400 +100.00% 7
East of England -53 15 £400 -27.27% 7
North East -44 9 £200 -20.00% 2
Yorkshire -43 6 £223 -11.00% 1
Wales -26 3 - -

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 52 (12.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.12%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.15%) HCL Notes
5 5 (1.21%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 60 (14.53%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.48%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 150 (36.32%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (31.23%) Azure
3 92 (22.28%) Entra ID
4 30 (7.26%) OneDrive
5 18 (4.36%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (2.66%) AWS
8 10 (2.42%) SaaS
9 9 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.18%) Rubrik
10 8 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.94%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.94%) IaaS
11 7 (1.69%) GitHub
12 6 (1.45%) PaaS
13 5 (1.21%) Cohesity
13 5 (1.21%) Datadog
13 5 (1.21%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 84 (20.34%) VPN
2 82 (19.85%) DNS
3 69 (16.71%) DHCP
4 41 (9.93%) Firewall
5 35 (8.47%) TCP/IP
6 30 (7.26%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (5.57%) Skype
8 16 (3.87%) WAN
9 15 (3.63%) Network Security
10 14 (3.39%) LAN
10 14 (3.39%) VLAN
11 11 (2.66%) SAN
12 9 (2.18%) DMZ
13 8 (1.94%) Wireless
14 6 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (1.45%) Internet
15 4 (0.97%) SSH
16 3 (0.73%) NetScaler
16 3 (0.73%) WAAS
17 2 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.94%) Power BI
3 3 (0.73%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 23 (5.57%) MSI
2 11 (2.66%) InstallShield
3 7 (1.69%) AdminStudio
4 6 (1.45%) JIRA
5 5 (1.21%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Git
7 1 (0.24%) WiX
General
1 165 (39.95%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.01%) Finance
3 61 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.57%) Legal
4 23 (5.57%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.36%) Front Office
6 16 (3.87%) Banking
7 14 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.66%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.45%) Law
10 6 (1.45%) Military
11 5 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Retail
13 3 (0.73%) German Language
14 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 63 (15.25%) Support Engineer
2 50 (12.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 48 (11.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (10.90%) IT Support
5 38 (9.20%) IT Engineer
6 35 (8.47%) Analyst
7 32 (7.75%) Desktop Support
8 27 (6.54%) Windows Engineer
9 26 (6.30%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (5.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 24 (5.81%) Senior
11 19 (4.60%) Administrator
11 19 (4.60%) Consultant
11 19 (4.60%) Deployment Engineer
12 16 (3.87%) IT Analyst
13 15 (3.63%) SCCM Engineer
14 14 (3.39%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (3.15%) Lead
16 12 (2.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 12 (2.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.36%) Software Packaging
2 14 (3.39%) Terraform
3 8 (1.94%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.45%) JSON
5 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (0.73%) .NET
6 3 (0.73%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.73%) ADO
6 3 (0.73%) REST
7 2 (0.48%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.48%) Qt
8 1 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.32%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.81%) CMDB
3 17 (4.12%) Blackberry
4 16 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.63%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.42%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.94%) ARM Cortex
9 8 (1.94%) PKI
9 8 (1.94%) Smartphone
10 7 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.69%) iPhone
11 6 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.45%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.21%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.21%) Smartcard
12 5 (1.21%) YubiKey
13 4 (0.97%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 351 (84.99%) Windows
2 134 (32.45%) Windows 10
3 90 (21.79%) Windows Server
4 46 (11.14%) Linux
5 27 (6.54%) Mac OS
6 24 (5.81%) Android
7 22 (5.33%) Windows 7
8 19 (4.60%) Apple iOS
9 10 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.21%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.73%) Unix
13 1 (0.24%) AIX
13 1 (0.24%) Debian
13 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (31.96%) ITIL
2 101 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (21.31%) ITSM
4 75 (18.16%) Service Management
5 67 (16.22%) Customer Service
6 60 (14.53%) Application Packaging
7 54 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 54 (13.08%) Migration
8 42 (10.17%) Service Delivery
9 41 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (9.44%) Asset Management
11 37 (8.96%) Patch Management
12 33 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (7.51%) User Experience
14 28 (6.78%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 26 (6.30%) Software Deployment
15 26 (6.30%) Task Automation
16 25 (6.05%) Data Protection
17 24 (5.81%) Agile
18 22 (5.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (34.14%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.33%) VBScript
3 16 (3.87%) Bash
3 16 (3.87%) VB
4 11 (2.66%) Python
5 9 (2.18%) SQL
6 8 (1.94%) Bicep
7 3 (0.73%) C#
8 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 138 (33.41%) Security Cleared
2 97 (23.49%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.72%) Degree
4 33 (7.99%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.66%) MCSE
8 10 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.45%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.45%) MCSA
10 6 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.21%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.73%) CCA
12 3 (0.73%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.48%) CCNP
13 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.26%) SLA
2 9 (2.18%) QA
3 7 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.73%) NIST
6 2 (0.48%) COBIT
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.48%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 216 (52.30%) Active Directory
2 59 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (8.96%) Hyper-V
4 27 (6.54%) BitLocker
5 19 (4.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (4.36%) vSphere
7 16 (3.87%) Microsoft App-V
8 10 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.21%) Firmware
11 4 (0.97%) Docker
11 4 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.48%) XenApp
12 2 (0.48%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.24%) KVM
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 145 (35.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.57%) SCOM
2 23 (5.57%) WSUS
3 14 (3.39%) Ansible
4 10 (2.42%) Nessus
5 8 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.69%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.45%) AirWatch
7 6 (1.45%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.73%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.73%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.73%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.73%) SCSM
9 2 (0.48%) Packer
9 2 (0.48%) vMotion
10 1 (0.24%) IBM BigFix
10 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.24%) WMI
Vendors
1 286 (69.25%) Microsoft
2 80 (19.37%) ServiceNow
3 72 (17.43%) VMware
4 40 (9.69%) Citrix
5 22 (5.33%) Cisco
6 17 (4.12%) Apple
7 16 (3.87%) CyberArk
7 16 (3.87%) Lotus
8 15 (3.63%) Tenable
9 14 (3.39%) Bloomberg
9 14 (3.39%) McAfee
10 13 (3.15%) Qualys
11 12 (2.91%) HP
12 11 (2.66%) Tanium
13 10 (2.42%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (2.42%) SolarWinds
14 9 (2.18%) BeyondTrust
15 8 (1.94%) Reuters
15 8 (1.94%) Zscaler
16 7 (1.69%) ION Trading