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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 195 162
Rank change year-on-year -163 -33 +18
Contract jobs citing SCCM 346 457 597
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.39% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.96% 8.84% 11.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 303 458
10th Percentile £155 £187 £181
25th Percentile £222 £203 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £380
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -14.47% -4.40%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £623 £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 7 17 15
10th Percentile - - £19.10
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £19.84 £13.77 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.08% -49.00% +35.07%
75th Percentile £21.25 £18.87 £46.25
90th Percentile £21.45 £40.40 £75.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.84 £18.87 £27.50
% change year-on-year +5.14% -31.38% +46.67%

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 6,977 5,169 5,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.20% 15.71% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,740 3,411 3,703
10th Percentile £326 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £501 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -3.75% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £690 £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 191 75 75
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £20.20
25th Percentile £30.63 £19.56 £23.99
Median hourly rate £63.14 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% +15.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £58.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.22 £74.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £55.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year +14.79% +40.13% -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 4 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 4 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 -144 306 £375 - 103
UK excluding London -130 210 £350 +16.67% 85
London -72 117 £400 +6.67% 28
Work from Home -62 64 £450 -4.00% 34
Midlands -50 53 £330 +10.00% 14
South East -95 48 £400 -8.57% 18
West Midlands -52 39 £288 -4.17% 6
North of England -73 38 £314 +47.65% 32
South West -41 31 £413 +3.13% 7
North West -49 29 £335 +57.65% 27
Scotland -7 24 £150 -25.00% 4
East of England -52 13 £450 -18.18% 10
East Midlands -13 12 £355 +18.33% 8
Yorkshire -54 6 £220 -12.00% 2
Wales -21 4 - - 1
North East -45 3 £200 -11.11% 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 40 (11.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (7.51%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.76%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.60%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.45%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 49 (14.16%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.29%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 122 (35.26%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (32.08%) Azure
3 75 (21.68%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.23%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.91%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.05%) SaaS
7 10 (2.89%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.60%) AWS
8 9 (2.60%) Datadog
8 9 (2.60%) IaaS
8 9 (2.60%) PaaS
8 9 (2.60%) Rubrik
9 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.31%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.73%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.73%) GitHub
12 4 (1.16%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 63 (18.21%) DNS
2 62 (17.92%) VPN
3 53 (15.32%) DHCP
4 37 (10.69%) Firewall
5 27 (7.80%) TCP/IP
6 26 (7.51%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (4.34%) Skype
8 13 (3.76%) SAN
9 11 (3.18%) Network Security
10 10 (2.89%) VLAN
11 9 (2.60%) DMZ
11 9 (2.60%) LAN
11 9 (2.60%) WAN
12 6 (1.73%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (1.73%) Wireless
13 5 (1.45%) Internet
14 4 (1.16%) NetScaler
14 4 (1.16%) SSH
15 3 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.87%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.02%) Power BI
3 3 (0.87%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (6.07%) MSI
2 12 (3.47%) InstallShield
3 9 (2.60%) Chocolatey
4 8 (2.31%) JIRA
5 7 (2.02%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 137 (39.60%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (14.74%) Finance
4 20 (5.78%) Banking
5 18 (5.20%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.62%) Legal
7 14 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.47%) Front Office
9 11 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.02%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.16%) Law
11 4 (1.16%) Police
11 4 (1.16%) Retail
12 3 (0.87%) Billing
12 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.87%) Military
12 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Advertising
13 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (14.16%) Support Engineer
2 38 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (9.83%) Desktop Engineer
4 31 (8.96%) IT Support
5 30 (8.67%) Analyst
5 30 (8.67%) Senior
6 28 (8.09%) IT Engineer
7 20 (5.78%) Desktop Support
8 19 (5.49%) Administrator
8 19 (5.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (4.62%) Windows Engineer
10 15 (4.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 14 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (4.05%) Consultant
11 14 (4.05%) IT Analyst
11 14 (4.05%) Lead
12 12 (3.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 11 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.18%) Deployment Engineer
13 11 (3.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.05%) Software Packaging
2 7 (2.02%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.16%) ADO
3 4 (1.16%) JSON
4 3 (0.87%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.58%) .NET
5 2 (0.58%) OpenGL
5 2 (0.58%) Qt
5 2 (0.58%) REST
6 1 (0.29%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.16%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.34%) Blackberry
3 14 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.76%) CMDB
5 12 (3.47%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.89%) Smartphone
8 8 (2.31%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.31%) iPhone
8 8 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.02%) ARM Cortex
9 7 (2.02%) PKI
10 6 (1.73%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.73%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.73%) Smartcard
10 6 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.73%) YubiKey
11 5 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 282 (81.50%) Windows
2 99 (28.61%) Windows 10
3 68 (19.65%) Windows Server
4 34 (9.83%) Linux
5 25 (7.23%) Mac OS
6 19 (5.49%) Android
7 17 (4.91%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (2.60%) Windows 7
11 8 (2.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.58%) Unix
14 1 (0.29%) AIX
14 1 (0.29%) Debian
14 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (29.48%) ITIL
2 89 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (18.79%) ITSM
4 57 (16.47%) Service Management
5 54 (15.61%) Customer Service
6 51 (14.74%) Application Packaging
7 49 (14.16%) Migration
8 43 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 39 (11.27%) Service Delivery
10 34 (9.83%) Asset Management
10 34 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (8.96%) User Experience
12 30 (8.67%) Patch Management
13 27 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (6.94%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 21 (6.07%) Agile
15 21 (6.07%) Data Protection
16 20 (5.78%) Project Delivery
17 18 (5.20%) DevOps
17 18 (5.20%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 106 (30.64%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.34%) Bash
3 14 (4.05%) VBScript
4 9 (2.60%) VB
5 8 (2.31%) Python
6 7 (2.02%) Bicep
6 7 (2.02%) SQL
7 2 (0.58%) C#
7 2 (0.58%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 108 (31.21%) Security Cleared
2 71 (20.52%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.98%) Degree
4 32 (9.25%) DV Cleared
5 24 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.89%) MCSE
7 9 (2.60%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.73%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.73%) MCSA
9 6 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.16%) CCA
10 4 (1.16%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.38%) SLA
2 7 (2.02%) QA
3 6 (1.73%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.58%) COBIT
5 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.58%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.58%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
System Software
1 170 (49.13%) Active Directory
2 42 (12.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (8.96%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.20%) BitLocker
5 17 (4.91%) Microsoft App-V
6 15 (4.34%) vSphere
7 14 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.16%) Firmware
10 4 (1.16%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.87%) Docker
11 3 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.87%) XenApp
12 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 110 (31.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.49%) WSUS
3 18 (5.20%) SCOM
4 13 (3.76%) Ansible
4 13 (3.76%) Terraform
5 11 (3.18%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (3.18%) Nessus
6 6 (1.73%) NetBackup
6 6 (1.73%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.45%) AirWatch
8 3 (0.87%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.87%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.87%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.87%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.87%) SCSM
9 2 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.58%) Packer
9 2 (0.58%) vMotion
9 2 (0.58%) WMI
10 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 225 (65.03%) Microsoft
2 67 (19.36%) ServiceNow
3 54 (15.61%) VMware
4 36 (10.40%) Citrix
5 21 (6.07%) Cisco
6 20 (5.78%) Tenable
7 16 (4.62%) Apple
8 15 (4.34%) Lotus
9 14 (4.05%) Bloomberg
9 14 (4.05%) HP
10 12 (3.47%) McAfee
10 12 (3.47%) Qualys
11 11 (3.18%) Dynatrace
12 10 (2.89%) Reuters
12 10 (2.89%) SolarWinds
13 9 (2.60%) AppDynamics
13 9 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (2.31%) CyberArk
15 7 (2.02%) Splunk
15 7 (2.02%) Zscaler