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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 195 160
Rank change year-on-year -151 -35 +15
Contract jobs citing SCCM 355 461 595
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.39% 1.53%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.04% 8.87% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 304 453
10th Percentile £154 £192 £181
25th Percentile £213 £206 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £344 £385
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -10.71% -3.14%
75th Percentile £534 £526 £538
90th Percentile £623 £587 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £344 £315 £341
% change year-on-year +9.21% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 16
10th Percentile £17.25 - £19.63
25th Percentile £17.59 £13.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -49.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £23.02 £18.87 £52.50
90th Percentile £25.75 £40.40 £74.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £18.87 £29.25
% change year-on-year +12.61% -35.49% +58.11%

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 7,047 5,198 5,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.21% 15.68% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,784 3,435 3,655
10th Percentile £325 £300 £302
25th Percentile £425 £408 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £503 £523
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -3.83% -5.00%
75th Percentile £604 £600 £625
90th Percentile £694 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 77 76
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £20.25
25th Percentile £25.75 £20.25 £24.09
Median hourly rate £63.14 £36.00 £35.08
Median % change year-on-year +75.38% +2.62% -38.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £58.13
90th Percentile £78.90 £77.98 £74.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.07 £55.00 £43.09
% change year-on-year +14.67% +27.64% -6.69%

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 10 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 10 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 -141 315 £375 - 99
UK excluding London -127 219 £344 +9.21% 81
London -98 117 £375 - 28
Work from Home -58 64 £450 -5.26% 30
Midlands -39 57 £325 +4.00% 9
South East -102 49 £400 -8.57% 19
North of England -70 43 £318 +27.00% 32
West Midlands -42 39 £275 -15.38% 6
North West -35 33 £335 +1.52% 27
South West -43 30 £413 +3.13% 8
Scotland -5 24 £150 -25.00% 4
East Midlands -9 16 £355 +18.33% 3
East of England -50 13 £450 -18.18% 9
North East -45 5 £200 -11.11% 3
Yorkshire -54 5 £245 -2.00% 2
Wales -24 4 - - 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 43 (12.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.45%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.66%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.54%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 48 (13.52%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.28%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 133 (37.46%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (33.24%) Azure
3 82 (23.10%) Entra ID
4 27 (7.61%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.66%) SaaS
7 10 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.54%) AWS
8 9 (2.54%) IaaS
8 9 (2.54%) Rubrik
9 8 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.25%) Datadog
9 8 (2.25%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.25%) PaaS
10 7 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.69%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.69%) GitHub
12 5 (1.41%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 68 (19.15%) DNS
1 68 (19.15%) VPN
2 56 (15.77%) DHCP
3 37 (10.42%) Firewall
4 29 (8.17%) TCP/IP
5 24 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (4.23%) Skype
7 13 (3.66%) SAN
8 12 (3.38%) Network Security
9 9 (2.54%) DMZ
9 9 (2.54%) VLAN
9 9 (2.54%) WAN
10 8 (2.25%) LAN
11 7 (1.97%) Wireless
12 6 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (1.41%) Internet
14 4 (1.13%) SSH
15 3 (0.85%) NetScaler
15 3 (0.85%) WAAS
16 2 (0.56%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.97%) Power BI
3 3 (0.85%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (5.92%) MSI
2 11 (3.10%) InstallShield
3 8 (2.25%) Chocolatey
4 7 (1.97%) AdminStudio
5 6 (1.69%) JIRA
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) WiX
General
1 143 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.06%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (14.93%) Finance
4 20 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.35%) Banking
5 19 (5.35%) Legal
6 13 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.66%) Front Office
7 11 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.97%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.13%) Law
9 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.13%) Military
9 4 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.13%) Police
9 4 (1.13%) Retail
10 3 (0.85%) Billing
10 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.56%) German Language
Job Titles
1 52 (14.65%) Support Engineer
2 39 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (9.86%) Desktop Engineer
3 35 (9.86%) IT Support
4 32 (9.01%) Analyst
4 32 (9.01%) IT Engineer
5 30 (8.45%) Senior
6 22 (6.20%) Desktop Support
6 22 (6.20%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (5.35%) Administrator
8 17 (4.79%) Windows Engineer
9 16 (4.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 15 (4.23%) Consultant
10 15 (4.23%) IT Analyst
11 13 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support
11 13 (3.66%) Deployment Engineer
11 13 (3.66%) Lead
12 12 (3.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 11 (3.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (2.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.23%) Software Packaging
2 7 (1.97%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.69%) JSON
4 4 (1.13%) ADO
5 3 (0.85%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.85%) REST
6 2 (0.56%) .NET
6 2 (0.56%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.56%) Qt
7 1 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.80%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.35%) CMDB
3 15 (4.23%) Blackberry
3 15 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (2.82%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.54%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.25%) iPhone
8 7 (1.97%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (1.97%) PKI
9 6 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.69%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.69%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.41%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 291 (81.97%) Windows
2 105 (29.58%) Windows 10
3 72 (20.28%) Windows Server
4 36 (10.14%) Linux
5 26 (7.32%) Mac OS
6 19 (5.35%) Android
6 19 (5.35%) Apple iOS
7 11 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (2.54%) Windows 7
9 9 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.85%) Unix
12 1 (0.28%) AIX
12 1 (0.28%) Debian
12 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.14%) ITIL
2 94 (26.48%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (20.00%) ITSM
4 57 (16.06%) Customer Service
4 57 (16.06%) Service Management
5 52 (14.65%) Migration
6 50 (14.08%) Application Packaging
7 44 (12.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 39 (10.99%) Service Delivery
9 35 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (9.58%) Asset Management
11 32 (9.01%) Patch Management
12 31 (8.73%) User Experience
13 28 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (7.04%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 23 (6.48%) Data Protection
16 21 (5.92%) Agile
17 20 (5.63%) Project Delivery
18 19 (5.35%) Cybersecurity
18 19 (5.35%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 108 (30.42%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.23%) Bash
3 14 (3.94%) VBScript
4 9 (2.54%) Python
5 8 (2.25%) VB
6 7 (1.97%) Bicep
6 7 (1.97%) SQL
7 2 (0.56%) C#
7 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (31.83%) Security Cleared
2 76 (21.41%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.70%) Degree
4 32 (9.01%) DV Cleared
5 25 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.82%) MCSE
7 9 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.69%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.69%) MCSA
9 6 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.85%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.85%) CCA
11 3 (0.85%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.17%) SLA
2 7 (1.97%) QA
3 6 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.85%) NIST
5 2 (0.56%) COBIT
5 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.56%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 179 (50.42%) Active Directory
2 45 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (9.01%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.07%) BitLocker
5 16 (4.51%) Microsoft App-V
6 15 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (4.23%) vSphere
7 9 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.13%) Firmware
10 3 (0.85%) Docker
10 3 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.85%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.56%) XenApp
12 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 118 (33.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.20%) WSUS
3 18 (5.07%) SCOM
4 13 (3.66%) Ansible
4 13 (3.66%) Terraform
5 11 (3.10%) Nessus
6 10 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.69%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.69%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.41%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.85%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.85%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.85%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.85%) SCSM
10 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.56%) Packer
10 2 (0.56%) vMotion
10 2 (0.56%) WMI
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 239 (67.32%) Microsoft
2 70 (19.72%) ServiceNow
3 56 (15.77%) VMware
4 37 (10.42%) Citrix
5 21 (5.92%) Cisco
6 19 (5.35%) Tenable
7 18 (5.07%) Apple
8 15 (4.23%) Lotus
9 14 (3.94%) Bloomberg
9 14 (3.94%) HP
10 13 (3.66%) McAfee
11 12 (3.38%) Qualys
12 10 (2.82%) Dynatrace
12 10 (2.82%) Reuters
12 10 (2.82%) SolarWinds
13 9 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (2.25%) AppDynamics
14 8 (2.25%) CyberArk
15 7 (1.97%) Splunk
15 7 (1.97%) Tanium