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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 189 168
Rank change year-on-year -163 -21 +7
Contract jobs citing SCCM 335 449 627
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.45% 1.44%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.85% 9.21% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 298 480
10th Percentile £163 £192 £178
25th Percentile £213 £201 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% -7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £519 £522 £500
90th Percentile £613 £584 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £344 £275 £310
% change year-on-year +25.09% -11.29% -11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 37
10th Percentile £18.15 - £16.58
25th Percentile £20.50 £13.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -46.44% +28.55%
75th Percentile £22.73 £23.44 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.67 £47.00 £48.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £28.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -24.11% +1.82% +57.14%

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 6,913 4,874 5,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.43% 15.74% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,730 3,249 3,842
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £421 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £510 £519
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -1.78% -5.59%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 58 103
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £16.05
25th Percentile £22.11 £20.25 £21.29
Median hourly rate £55.00 £35.14 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.54% +8.11% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.36 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.86 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.27% +37.50% -8.57%

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 2 July 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 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 2 July 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 -148 298 £375 - 67
UK excluding London -151 204 £344 +25.09% 60
London -86 117 £375 -4.76% 24
Work from Home -60 66 £450 -2.17% 21
Midlands -38 55 £275 +2.80% 8
North of England -82 47 £340 +61.67% 6
South East -87 43 £406 +1.56% 29
West Midlands -53 39 £288 +30.68% 3
North West -47 34 £365 +82.50% 5
South West -37 24 £413 +3.13% 6
Scotland -13 19 £150 -23.47% 4
East Midlands -15 13 £270 -43.16% 5
East of England -57 9 £450 -18.18% 9
Yorkshire -50 8 £195 -2.50%
Wales -15 7 £280 -6.67%
North East -36 5 £188 -31.82% 1
Channel Islands - 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 47 (14.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (8.66%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.58%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.39%) HCL Notes
5 5 (1.49%) IIS
6 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 49 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.30%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 125 (37.31%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (31.04%) Azure
3 67 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.46%) OneDrive
5 18 (5.37%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.18%) SaaS
7 12 (3.58%) AWS
8 9 (2.69%) Google Workspace
8 9 (2.69%) PaaS
9 8 (2.39%) IaaS
10 7 (2.09%) Datadog
11 6 (1.79%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.79%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.79%) Rubrik
12 3 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.60%) GitHub
13 2 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 51 (15.22%) VPN
2 48 (14.33%) DNS
3 41 (12.24%) DHCP
4 32 (9.55%) Wi-Fi
5 31 (9.25%) Firewall
6 20 (5.97%) TCP/IP
7 18 (5.37%) Skype
8 16 (4.78%) LAN
9 15 (4.48%) WAN
10 12 (3.58%) SAN
10 12 (3.58%) VLAN
11 10 (2.99%) DMZ
12 7 (2.09%) NetScaler
13 6 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (1.49%) Internet
14 5 (1.49%) Network Security
14 5 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.49%) Wireless
15 4 (1.19%) WAAS
16 3 (0.90%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.69%) Power BI
3 3 (0.90%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.30%) Db2
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (5.67%) MSI
2 12 (3.58%) InstallShield
3 10 (2.99%) JIRA
4 7 (2.09%) AdminStudio
4 7 (2.09%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) WiX
General
1 130 (38.81%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (14.93%) Finance
4 19 (5.67%) Banking
4 19 (5.67%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.78%) Legal
6 15 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.28%) Front Office
9 8 (2.39%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.79%) Retail
11 5 (1.49%) Police
12 4 (1.19%) Law
13 3 (0.90%) Billing
13 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.60%) Games
14 2 (0.60%) Local Government
14 2 (0.60%) Military
14 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (12.84%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (9.55%) Desktop Engineer
4 29 (8.66%) IT Support
5 26 (7.76%) Analyst
6 25 (7.46%) Senior
7 23 (6.87%) IT Engineer
8 19 (5.67%) Administrator
9 17 (5.07%) Desktop Support
10 16 (4.78%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (4.48%) IT Support Engineer
12 14 (4.18%) Architect
12 14 (4.18%) Deployment Engineer
13 13 (3.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (3.88%) Lead
14 12 (3.58%) IT Analyst
14 12 (3.58%) Support Technician
14 12 (3.58%) Windows Engineer
15 11 (3.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 11 (3.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.78%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.19%) ADO
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.90%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.60%) .NET
4 2 (0.60%) JSON
4 2 (0.60%) Middleware
4 2 (0.60%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.60%) Qt
4 2 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.15%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.67%) CMDB
3 13 (3.88%) Smartphone
4 12 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.99%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.69%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.39%) Blackberry
7 8 (2.39%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.39%) PKI
7 8 (2.39%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.79%) iPhone
8 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.79%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.79%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.90%) Fat Client
11 3 (0.90%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 267 (79.70%) Windows
2 95 (28.36%) Windows 10
3 64 (19.10%) Windows Server
4 29 (8.66%) Mac OS
5 19 (5.67%) Linux
6 17 (5.07%) Android
7 16 (4.78%) Apple iOS
7 16 (4.78%) Windows 7
8 13 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (3.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.90%) Unix
12 3 (0.90%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.30%) AIX
13 1 (0.30%) Debian
13 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (24.78%) ITIL
1 83 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (18.51%) ITSM
3 53 (15.82%) Migration
3 53 (15.82%) Service Management
4 52 (15.52%) Application Packaging
5 48 (14.33%) Customer Service
6 37 (11.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (10.15%) Asset Management
7 34 (10.15%) Service Delivery
7 34 (10.15%) User Experience
8 32 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (7.46%) Patch Management
10 22 (6.57%) Agile
11 21 (6.27%) Data Protection
12 20 (5.97%) Project Delivery
13 19 (5.67%) Problem Management
14 18 (5.37%) Change Management
14 18 (5.37%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (5.07%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 93 (27.76%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.07%) VBScript
3 12 (3.58%) VB
4 8 (2.39%) Python
4 8 (2.39%) SQL
5 5 (1.49%) Bash
6 2 (0.60%) C#
6 2 (0.60%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 59 (17.61%) SC Cleared
3 33 (9.85%) Degree
4 28 (8.36%) DV Cleared
5 21 (6.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.39%) MCSE
7 6 (1.79%) MCSA
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.49%) CCA
8 5 (1.49%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.49%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.60%) CCNP
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.25%) SLA
2 7 (2.09%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.79%) QA
4 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.60%) COBIT
5 2 (0.60%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 155 (46.27%) Active Directory
2 49 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (7.16%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.87%) BitLocker
5 20 (5.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (5.07%) Microsoft App-V
7 12 (3.58%) vSphere
8 10 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (1.79%) Firmware
11 5 (1.49%) Docker
11 5 (1.49%) XenDesktop
12 4 (1.19%) XenApp
13 3 (0.90%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 102 (30.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.97%) WSUS
3 14 (4.18%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (4.18%) SCOM
4 11 (3.28%) Nessus
5 6 (1.79%) AirWatch
5 6 (1.79%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.49%) Ansible
7 4 (1.19%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.90%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.90%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.90%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.90%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.90%) SCSM
8 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.90%) Terraform
9 2 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.60%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.60%) WMI
Vendors
1 207 (61.79%) Microsoft
2 59 (17.61%) VMware
3 58 (17.31%) ServiceNow
4 40 (11.94%) Citrix
5 23 (6.87%) Cisco
6 19 (5.67%) HP
7 18 (5.37%) Tenable
8 17 (5.07%) Apple
9 14 (4.18%) Bloomberg
10 12 (3.58%) Qualys
11 11 (3.28%) Dynatrace
11 11 (3.28%) McAfee
11 11 (3.28%) Reuters
12 10 (2.99%) SolarWinds
13 8 (2.39%) ION Trading
13 8 (2.39%) Lotus
13 8 (2.39%) Zscaler
14 7 (2.09%) AppDynamics
14 7 (2.09%) Veeam
15 6 (1.79%) Canon