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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 190 146
Rank change year-on-year -55 -44 +24
Contract jobs citing SCCM 439 445 726
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.45% 1.64%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.95% 9.30% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 318 559
10th Percentile £172 £178 £163
25th Percentile £200 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £335 £350
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £475
90th Percentile £595 £609 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £274 £298 £275
% change year-on-year -8.07% +8.18% -21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 65
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.48 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.22 £16.54
Median hourly rate £21.30 £20.11 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +5.92% -9.21% -11.40%
75th Percentile £24.29 £23.86 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.33 £24.18 £67.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 £18.13 £17.86
% change year-on-year +7.56% +1.51% -10.70%

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 6,321 4,787 5,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.22% 15.63% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,382 3,119 3,865
10th Percentile £313 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £634
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 54 151
10th Percentile £18.38 £16.09 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.56 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -21.57%
75th Percentile £65.25 £56.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £73.11 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +125.00% -48.03% +0.16%

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 27 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

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 27 February 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 -40 400 £330 -2.94% 64
UK excluding London -61 282 £274 -8.07% 59
London -42 141 £450 +24.05% 15
Work from Home -3 95 £450 +7.14% 17
South East -20 76 £274 -31.63% 24
Midlands -36 65 £220 +10.00% 3
North of England -65 65 £330 +34.69% 14
North West -24 49 £433 +19.45% 9
East Midlands +3 38 £225 -13.46% 1
South West -19 37 £450 +32.35% 7
West Midlands -59 26 £205 +2.50% 2
East of England -19 21 £225 -21.74% 8
Scotland -17 18 £205 -6.82% 1
Yorkshire -70 10 £195 -13.33% 5
North East -17 6 £189 -46.07%
Wales -10 5 £280 -10.40%
Channel Islands +4 1 - - 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 74 (16.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (10.93%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.33%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.46%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 52 (11.85%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.05%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.46%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.91%) assyst
3 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 197 (44.87%) Microsoft 365
2 140 (31.89%) Azure
3 76 (17.31%) Entra ID
4 34 (7.74%) AWS
4 34 (7.74%) OneDrive
5 24 (5.47%) Power Platform
6 21 (4.78%) SaaS
7 17 (3.87%) GCP
8 10 (2.28%) Nutanix
8 10 (2.28%) PaaS
9 9 (2.05%) IaaS
10 7 (1.59%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.37%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.14%) Datadog
13 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.68%) ShareGate
14 2 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 79 (18.00%) DNS
2 67 (15.26%) DHCP
3 51 (11.62%) Wi-Fi
4 48 (10.93%) VPN
5 38 (8.66%) Firewall
6 35 (7.97%) TCP/IP
7 24 (5.47%) WAN
8 22 (5.01%) LAN
9 21 (4.78%) VLAN
10 20 (4.56%) Skype
11 12 (2.73%) Unified Communications
12 10 (2.28%) NetScaler
13 9 (2.05%) 4G
13 9 (2.05%) SAN
14 8 (1.82%) Internet
14 8 (1.82%) Wireless
15 5 (1.14%) IPv4
15 5 (1.14%) WebEx
16 4 (0.91%) DMZ
16 4 (0.91%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.19%) Power BI
3 3 (0.68%) Metadata
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.23%) DB2
5 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 13 (2.96%) JIRA
1 13 (2.96%) MSI
2 7 (1.59%) Chocolatey
3 6 (1.37%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.68%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.46%) Git
6 1 (0.23%) GCC
6 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.23%) MLflow
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 169 (38.50%) Social Skills
2 61 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (12.30%) Finance
4 34 (7.74%) Public Sector
5 32 (7.29%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (5.01%) Banking
7 13 (2.96%) Legal
8 7 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.59%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.59%) Law
8 7 (1.59%) Spanish Language
9 6 (1.37%) Front Office
9 6 (1.37%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.14%) Military
11 4 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.68%) Local Government
12 3 (0.68%) Retail
13 2 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 67 (15.26%) Support Engineer
2 49 (11.16%) IT Support
3 48 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 44 (10.02%) Analyst
5 43 (9.79%) Windows Engineer
6 39 (8.88%) Deployment Engineer
7 38 (8.66%) IT Engineer
8 35 (7.97%) Senior
9 31 (7.06%) Desktop Support
10 24 (5.47%) Architect
11 23 (5.24%) Desktop Engineer
11 23 (5.24%) IT Support Engineer
12 22 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (4.10%) Security Engineer
13 18 (4.10%) Support Technician
14 15 (3.42%) Lead
14 15 (3.42%) Support Analyst
15 14 (3.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 14 (3.19%) Windows Deployment Engineer
16 13 (2.96%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.05%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.14%) Middleware
3 3 (0.68%) LDAP
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.68%) OAuth
3 3 (0.68%) OpenID
3 3 (0.68%) SAML
4 2 (0.46%) BREW
4 2 (0.46%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.23%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.23%) LangChain
5 1 (0.23%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.69%) CMDB
2 24 (5.47%) Onboarding
3 21 (4.78%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.33%) Smartphone
5 16 (3.64%) Video Conferencing
6 15 (3.42%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.96%) PKI
8 12 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.28%) Client/Server
9 10 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.82%) Replication
11 7 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.14%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.91%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.91%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.91%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 370 (84.28%) Windows
2 165 (37.59%) Windows 10
3 79 (18.00%) Windows Server
4 40 (9.11%) Mac OS
5 25 (5.69%) Linux
6 20 (4.56%) Apple iOS
7 18 (4.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (3.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (3.42%) Windows 7
10 14 (3.19%) Android
11 13 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.37%) Unix
13 5 (1.14%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.46%) AIX
15 2 (0.46%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.46%) VMS
15 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (19.82%) ITIL
3 86 (19.59%) Migration
4 61 (13.90%) Customer Service
5 59 (13.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 53 (12.07%) ITSM
7 50 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (9.34%) Application Packaging
8 41 (9.34%) Service Management
9 40 (9.11%) Cybersecurity
10 38 (8.66%) User Experience
11 31 (7.06%) Asset Management
12 29 (6.61%) Change Management
13 25 (5.69%) Problem Management
13 25 (5.69%) Service Delivery
14 22 (5.01%) Agile
14 22 (5.01%) Disk Encryption
14 22 (5.01%) Knowledge Transfer
14 22 (5.01%) Roadmaps
14 22 (5.01%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 124 (28.25%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.01%) SQL
3 21 (4.78%) VBScript
4 15 (3.42%) Bash
5 14 (3.19%) Python
6 12 (2.73%) VB
7 1 (0.23%) Java
7 1 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 103 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 79 (18.00%) SC Cleared
3 48 (10.93%) Degree
4 33 (7.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (6.15%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.59%) MCSE
8 6 (1.37%) CCNA
8 6 (1.37%) CCNP
8 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.14%) CCA
9 5 (1.14%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.14%) MCDST
10 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.68%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.68%) MCSA
11 2 (0.46%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 21 (4.78%) SLA
2 17 (3.87%) GDPR
3 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.91%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.91%) NIST
4 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.23%) NCSC
4 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 240 (54.67%) Active Directory
2 67 (15.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.33%) Hyper-V
3 19 (4.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (3.42%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.05%) vSphere
7 8 (1.82%) Docker
7 8 (1.82%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (1.59%) XenApp
9 6 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.37%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.14%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.91%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 158 (35.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.01%) SCOM
3 21 (4.78%) WSUS
4 13 (2.96%) Ansible
4 13 (2.96%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (2.51%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.05%) Norton AntiVirus
6 9 (2.05%) SCOrch
7 8 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.37%) CASB
10 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
10 5 (1.14%) SCVMM
10 5 (1.14%) Terraform
11 3 (0.68%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 2 (0.46%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
13 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 266 (60.59%) Microsoft
2 82 (18.68%) VMware
3 69 (15.72%) ServiceNow
4 48 (10.93%) Citrix
5 26 (5.92%) Cisco
6 20 (4.56%) Apple
7 18 (4.10%) HP
8 17 (3.87%) Veeam
9 16 (3.64%) SolarWinds
10 13 (2.96%) McAfee
11 12 (2.73%) Google
12 11 (2.51%) Splunk
13 10 (2.28%) Tenable
14 9 (2.05%) Symantec
15 8 (1.82%) Bloomberg
15 8 (1.82%) Sophos
16 7 (1.59%) BMC
16 7 (1.59%) Dynatrace
16 7 (1.59%) F5
16 7 (1.59%) Remedy