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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 195 156
Rank change year-on-year -139 -39 +19
Contract jobs citing SCCM 383 460 585
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.39% 1.51%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.37% 8.91% 11.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 306 443
10th Percentile £155 £188 £181
25th Percentile £216 £206 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £344 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -14.06% -
75th Percentile £519 £535 £538
90th Percentile £622 £586 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 17
10th Percentile £17.25 - £23.18
25th Percentile £17.75 £13.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -49.93% +41.03%
75th Percentile £24.39 £18.87 £60.00
90th Percentile £25.65 £40.40 £73.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £18.87 £31.00
% change year-on-year +12.61% -39.13% +65.33%

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 7,133 5,162 5,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 15.60% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,826 3,396 3,647
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -4.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +0.81% -0.80% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 81 76
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £20.25
25th Percentile £29.31 £20.25 £24.09
Median hourly rate £63.31 £36.00 £35.08
Median % change year-on-year +75.85% +2.62% -37.63%
75th Percentile £70.69 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.70 £74.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +14.79% +37.50% -13.38%

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 16 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 16 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 -129 342 £375 -1.64% 89
UK excluding London -103 240 £350 +16.67% 69
London -89 121 £375 -4.76% 26
North of England -58 65 £344 +48.76% 22
Work from Home -79 65 £433 -9.14% 27
Midlands -34 57 £313 +4.17% 8
North West -12 53 £360 +69.22% 16
South East -106 51 £400 -2.88% 20
West Midlands -41 39 £250 -16.67% 5
South West -51 28 £413 +3.13% 11
Scotland -6 23 £150 -25.00% 3
East Midlands -16 16 £355 +42.00% 3
East of England -53 14 £425 -22.73% 7
North East -40 7 £200 -20.00% 3
Yorkshire -55 5 £245 -2.00% 3
Wales -23 3 - - 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 52 (13.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (8.36%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.44%) Skype for Business
4 14 (3.66%) HCL Notes
5 5 (1.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 59 (15.40%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.26%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 140 (36.55%) Microsoft 365
2 122 (31.85%) Azure
3 85 (22.19%) Entra ID
4 28 (7.31%) OneDrive
5 18 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.92%) SaaS
7 12 (3.13%) IaaS
8 11 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (2.61%) PaaS
10 9 (2.35%) AWS
10 9 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.35%) Datadog
10 9 (2.35%) Rubrik
11 8 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (2.09%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.57%) Cohesity
12 6 (1.57%) GitHub
13 5 (1.31%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 80 (20.89%) DNS
2 79 (20.63%) VPN
3 66 (17.23%) DHCP
4 39 (10.18%) Firewall
5 32 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (7.57%) TCP/IP
7 23 (6.01%) Skype
8 16 (4.18%) VLAN
9 15 (3.92%) SAN
10 14 (3.66%) WAN
11 13 (3.39%) LAN
11 13 (3.39%) Network Security
12 9 (2.35%) DMZ
13 8 (2.09%) Wireless
14 6 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
15 5 (1.31%) Internet
16 4 (1.04%) SSH
17 3 (0.78%) NetScaler
17 3 (0.78%) WAAS
18 2 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.09%) Power BI
3 3 (0.78%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 22 (5.74%) MSI
2 11 (2.87%) InstallShield
3 9 (2.35%) Chocolatey
4 7 (1.83%) AdminStudio
5 5 (1.31%) JIRA
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) WiX
General
1 149 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (14.88%) Finance
4 21 (5.48%) Legal
5 20 (5.22%) Banking
6 18 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.66%) Front Office
8 13 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.83%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.04%) Law
13 4 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.04%) Police
13 4 (1.04%) Retail
14 3 (0.78%) Billing
14 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.78%) German Language
14 3 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 56 (14.62%) Support Engineer
2 42 (10.97%) Desktop Engineer
2 42 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (10.44%) IT Support
4 35 (9.14%) IT Engineer
5 33 (8.62%) Analyst
6 31 (8.09%) Senior
7 26 (6.79%) Desktop Support
8 23 (6.01%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (4.96%) Administrator
9 19 (4.96%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 19 (4.96%) Windows Engineer
10 17 (4.44%) Consultant
11 16 (4.18%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.92%) Deployment Engineer
13 14 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
14 13 (3.39%) Lead
15 12 (3.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 12 (3.13%) SCCM Engineer
15 12 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.18%) Software Packaging
2 8 (2.09%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.57%) JSON
4 4 (1.04%) ADO
5 3 (0.78%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.78%) REST
6 2 (0.52%) .NET
6 2 (0.52%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.52%) Qt
7 1 (0.26%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.84%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.96%) CMDB
3 17 (4.44%) Blackberry
4 15 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.39%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.13%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (2.61%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.35%) iPhone
10 8 (2.09%) ARM Cortex
10 8 (2.09%) Smartphone
11 7 (1.83%) PKI
12 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.57%) Smartcard
12 6 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.57%) YubiKey
13 5 (1.31%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 316 (82.51%) Windows
2 122 (31.85%) Windows 10
3 76 (19.84%) Windows Server
4 39 (10.18%) Linux
5 26 (6.79%) Mac OS
6 22 (5.74%) Windows 7
7 21 (5.48%) Android
8 20 (5.22%) Apple iOS
9 11 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (1.31%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.78%) Unix
15 1 (0.26%) AIX
15 1 (0.26%) Debian
15 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (31.07%) ITIL
2 99 (25.85%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (22.72%) ITSM
4 69 (18.02%) Service Management
5 58 (15.14%) Customer Service
6 55 (14.36%) Application Packaging
7 52 (13.58%) Migration
8 46 (12.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 41 (10.70%) Service Delivery
10 38 (9.92%) Asset Management
11 37 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (8.62%) User Experience
13 32 (8.36%) Patch Management
14 29 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (6.79%) Task Automation
16 25 (6.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
17 24 (6.27%) Data Protection
18 22 (5.74%) Agile
19 20 (5.22%) Cybersecurity
19 20 (5.22%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 125 (32.64%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.74%) VBScript
3 16 (4.18%) Bash
3 16 (4.18%) VB
4 10 (2.61%) Python
5 8 (2.09%) Bicep
5 8 (2.09%) SQL
6 2 (0.52%) C#
6 2 (0.52%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 125 (32.64%) Security Cleared
2 86 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.70%) Degree
4 33 (8.62%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.87%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (2.61%) MCSE
8 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.57%) MCSA
8 6 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.78%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.78%) CCA
10 3 (0.78%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.36%) SLA
2 8 (2.09%) QA
3 7 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.78%) NIST
5 2 (0.52%) COBIT
5 2 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.52%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 195 (50.91%) Active Directory
2 50 (13.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (8.62%) Hyper-V
4 26 (6.79%) BitLocker
5 18 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (4.18%) Microsoft App-V
7 15 (3.92%) vSphere
8 9 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.04%) Firmware
11 3 (0.78%) Docker
11 3 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.78%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.52%) XenApp
13 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 125 (32.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.27%) WSUS
3 18 (4.70%) SCOM
4 14 (3.66%) Terraform
5 13 (3.39%) Ansible
6 11 (2.87%) Nessus
7 8 (2.09%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.57%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.57%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.31%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.78%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.78%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.78%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.78%) SCSM
11 2 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.52%) Packer
11 2 (0.52%) vMotion
11 2 (0.52%) WMI
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 260 (67.89%) Microsoft
2 79 (20.63%) ServiceNow
3 66 (17.23%) VMware
4 40 (10.44%) Citrix
5 21 (5.48%) Cisco
6 20 (5.22%) Tenable
7 17 (4.44%) Apple
7 17 (4.44%) Lotus
8 14 (3.66%) Bloomberg
8 14 (3.66%) CyberArk
8 14 (3.66%) McAfee
9 13 (3.39%) HP
10 12 (3.13%) Qualys
11 11 (2.87%) Dynatrace
12 10 (2.61%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (2.61%) Reuters
12 10 (2.61%) SolarWinds
13 9 (2.35%) AppDynamics
13 9 (2.35%) Tanium
14 7 (1.83%) Splunk