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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 185 161
Rank change year-on-year -164 -24 0
Contract jobs citing SCCM 321 442 639
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.50% 1.46%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.83% 9.49% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 304 497
10th Percentile £163 £192 £175
25th Percentile £210 £204 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £347 £325 £340
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% -4.41% -9.33%
75th Percentile £499 £525 £500
90th Percentile £589 £585 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £323 £286 £300
% change year-on-year +12.76% -4.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 35
10th Percentile £18.22 - £14.66
25th Percentile £20.93 £13.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.73 £14.98 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +45.06% -37.06% +19.00%
75th Percentile £24.14 £25.53 £40.00
90th Percentile £31.49 £50.00 £52.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £23.07 £17.72
% change year-on-year -7.87% +30.16% +1.26%

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 6,648 4,656 5,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 15.78% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,531 3,137 3,841
10th Percentile £325 £305 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -0.49% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £686 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 50 97
10th Percentile £19.19 £13.75 £15.43
25th Percentile £23.06 £19.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +15.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.36 £53.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.83 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +37.50% -5.88%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -159 287 £352 -7.65% 67
UK excluding London -133 202 £323 +12.76% 63
London -81 109 £382 -4.50% 23
Work from Home -83 57 £450 -2.70% 20
Midlands -52 54 £225 +2.27% 6
South East -81 49 £406 +1.56% 24
North of England -75 41 £340 +60.71% 16
North West -36 33 £360 +75.41% 11
West Midlands -59 33 £250 +13.64% 5
South West -28 21 £385 -3.75% 6
Scotland -16 20 £150 -23.86% 1
East Midlands -12 18 £225 -50.00% 1
East of England -59 10 £450 -18.18% 9
Wales -15 7 £280 -6.67% 1
Yorkshire -60 5 £195 -2.50% 2
North East -42 3 £180 -34.55% 3
Channel Islands -1 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 49 (15.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (9.35%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.74%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.49%) HCL Notes
5 5 (1.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 46 (14.33%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.62%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 123 (38.32%) Microsoft 365
2 106 (33.02%) Azure
3 68 (21.18%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.54%) OneDrive
5 18 (5.61%) Power Platform
6 16 (4.98%) AWS
7 14 (4.36%) SaaS
8 10 (3.12%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.80%) PaaS
10 8 (2.49%) IaaS
10 8 (2.49%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.18%) Datadog
12 6 (1.87%) Cohesity
13 4 (1.25%) GCP
14 3 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.93%) Rubrik
15 2 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
15 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 46 (14.33%) VPN
2 45 (14.02%) DNS
3 40 (12.46%) DHCP
4 30 (9.35%) Firewall
5 27 (8.41%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (6.54%) TCP/IP
7 18 (5.61%) Skype
8 15 (4.67%) LAN
8 15 (4.67%) WAN
9 12 (3.74%) VLAN
10 11 (3.43%) SAN
11 10 (3.12%) NetScaler
12 8 (2.49%) DMZ
13 5 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (1.25%) WAAS
14 4 (1.25%) Wireless
15 3 (0.93%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.93%) SD-WAN
16 2 (0.62%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.80%) Power BI
3 3 (0.93%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.31%) Db2
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.30%) MSI
2 12 (3.74%) InstallShield
3 10 (3.12%) JIRA
4 7 (2.18%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.18%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.31%) WiX
General
1 114 (35.51%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (14.95%) Finance
4 20 (6.23%) Banking
5 18 (5.61%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.05%) Legal
7 12 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.43%) Front Office
8 11 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.80%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.56%) Law
10 5 (1.56%) Police
10 5 (1.56%) Retail
11 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.62%) Billing
12 2 (0.62%) Games
12 2 (0.62%) Local Government
12 2 (0.62%) Military
12 2 (0.62%) Publishing
12 2 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (12.77%) Support Engineer
2 33 (10.28%) Desktop Engineer
3 31 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (8.72%) IT Support
5 27 (8.41%) Senior
6 23 (7.17%) Analyst
7 22 (6.85%) IT Engineer
8 21 (6.54%) Desktop Support
9 19 (5.92%) Administrator
10 16 (4.98%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (4.67%) Architect
11 15 (4.67%) Deployment Engineer
12 14 (4.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 14 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
12 14 (4.36%) Windows Engineer
13 12 (3.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 12 (3.74%) Support Technician
14 11 (3.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (3.43%) IT Analyst
15 9 (2.80%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.67%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.25%) ADO
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.93%) Middleware
4 2 (0.62%) .NET
4 2 (0.62%) JSON
4 2 (0.62%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.62%) Qt
4 2 (0.62%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.23%) CMDB
3 15 (4.67%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.43%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.12%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.80%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.49%) Blackberry
7 8 (2.49%) PKI
7 8 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.87%) iPhone
8 6 (1.87%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.87%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.93%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 254 (79.13%) Windows
2 95 (29.60%) Windows 10
3 64 (19.94%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.72%) Mac OS
5 20 (6.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.30%) Apple iOS
6 17 (5.30%) Windows 7
7 16 (4.98%) Linux
7 16 (4.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (4.36%) Android
9 13 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.25%) Unix
10 4 (1.25%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.31%) AIX
12 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (23.68%) ITIL
3 56 (17.45%) ITSM
4 52 (16.20%) Migration
5 50 (15.58%) Application Packaging
6 48 (14.95%) Customer Service
7 42 (13.08%) Service Management
8 33 (10.28%) Asset Management
8 33 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (9.97%) User Experience
10 27 (8.41%) Service Delivery
11 26 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (7.79%) Agile
12 25 (7.79%) Patch Management
13 20 (6.23%) Change Management
14 17 (5.30%) Data Protection
14 17 (5.30%) Disk Encryption
14 17 (5.30%) Problem Management
15 16 (4.98%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (4.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (29.28%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.98%) VBScript
3 12 (3.74%) VB
4 10 (3.12%) Python
5 8 (2.49%) SQL
6 2 (0.62%) Bash
6 2 (0.62%) C#
6 2 (0.62%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.31%) Java
7 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 78 (24.30%) Security Cleared
2 55 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.21%) Degree
4 23 (7.17%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.49%) MCSE
7 7 (2.18%) CCA
7 7 (2.18%) Citrix Certification
7 7 (2.18%) MCSA
8 6 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.25%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.62%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.62%) CCNP
12 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.03%) SLA
2 7 (2.18%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.62%) COBIT
3 2 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 150 (46.73%) Active Directory
2 43 (13.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.17%) BitLocker
4 22 (6.85%) Hyper-V
5 20 (6.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (4.98%) Microsoft App-V
7 12 (3.74%) vSphere
8 9 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.49%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (2.18%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.87%) Docker
11 6 (1.87%) Firmware
11 6 (1.87%) XenApp
12 4 (1.25%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 95 (29.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.23%) WSUS
3 12 (3.74%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (3.74%) SCOM
4 8 (2.49%) Nessus
5 6 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.56%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.56%) Ansible
7 4 (1.25%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.25%) SCVMM
7 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.25%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.93%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.93%) SCSM
8 3 (0.93%) Terraform
9 2 (0.62%) Packer
9 2 (0.62%) vMotion
9 2 (0.62%) WMI
10 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 203 (63.24%) Microsoft
2 57 (17.76%) ServiceNow
3 53 (16.51%) VMware
4 36 (11.21%) Citrix
5 19 (5.92%) HP
6 16 (4.98%) Cisco
7 15 (4.67%) Apple
7 15 (4.67%) Tenable
8 13 (4.05%) Bloomberg
9 11 (3.43%) Dynatrace
9 11 (3.43%) Reuters
10 10 (3.12%) Qualys
11 8 (2.49%) ION Trading
11 8 (2.49%) Lotus
11 8 (2.49%) McAfee
12 7 (2.18%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.18%) Google
12 7 (2.18%) SolarWinds
12 7 (2.18%) Veeam
13 6 (1.87%) F5