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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 207 164
Rank change year-on-year -105 -43 +2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 349 382 653
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.30% 1.51%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.39% 8.31% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 277 507
10th Percentile £168 £182 £163
25th Percentile £213 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £320
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% -14.67%
75th Percentile £496 £500 £500
90th Percentile £599 £590 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £328 £250 £275
% change year-on-year +31.00% -9.09% -21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 54
10th Percentile £16.42 £12.65 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £13.75 £16.61
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -38.04% +11.13%
75th Percentile £23.85 £17.89 £39.81
90th Percentile £28.42 £25.04 £40.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £16.19 £17.72
% change year-on-year +31.25% -8.63% -2.15%

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 6,477 4,597 5,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.60% 15.68% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,457 3,150 3,655
10th Percentile £325 £313 £258
25th Percentile £413 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -8.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.00% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 56 122
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £20.21 £17.73
Median hourly rate £56.50 £26.50 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +113.21% -2.75% -52.61%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £71.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £34.25
% change year-on-year +107.55% -22.63% -23.68%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -98 322 £356 +1.71% 63
UK excluding London -95 203 £328 +31.00% 48
London -55 132 £379 -5.38% 20
Work from Home -54 58 £470 +2.17% 11
South East -40 54 £439 +4.46% 14
Midlands -63 53 £225 +7.14% 9
North of England -69 45 £340 +46.02% 14
North West -39 38 £370 +85.00% 10
East Midlands -6 32 £225 -52.63% 1
South West -39 19 £406 +8.33% 4
West Midlands -75 18 £375 +87.50% 8
East of England -35 15 £450 +83.67% 8
Scotland -11 10 £159 -18.35% 2
Wales -16 7 £280 -27.74%
North East -21 4 £184 -52.58% 2
Yorkshire -66 3 £195 -13.33% 3
Channel Islands -2 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 46 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.88%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.58%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.43%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 38 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.57%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 143 (40.97%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (32.66%) Azure
3 69 (19.77%) Entra ID
4 24 (6.88%) AWS
5 18 (5.16%) SaaS
6 13 (3.72%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.15%) PaaS
7 11 (3.15%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.87%) GCP
8 10 (2.87%) IaaS
9 9 (2.58%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.58%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.01%) Datadog
11 6 (1.72%) Cohesity
11 6 (1.72%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.15%) GitHub
13 3 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.57%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.91%) DNS
2 50 (14.33%) DHCP
3 33 (9.46%) VPN
4 32 (9.17%) Firewall
5 28 (8.02%) TCP/IP
6 25 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (4.58%) LAN
8 15 (4.30%) Skype
9 14 (4.01%) WAN
10 13 (3.72%) VLAN
11 12 (3.44%) SAN
12 10 (2.87%) NetScaler
12 10 (2.87%) Wireless
13 7 (2.01%) DMZ
14 5 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (1.15%) IPv4
15 4 (1.15%) WAAS
16 3 (0.86%) BIG-IP
16 3 (0.86%) SD-WAN
16 3 (0.86%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.87%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.01%) Power BI
3 3 (0.86%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.29%) DB2
4 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (5.44%) MSI
2 13 (3.72%) InstallShield
3 11 (3.15%) JIRA
4 9 (2.58%) Chocolatey
5 7 (2.01%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.57%) Git
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 114 (32.66%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.04%) Finance
3 43 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.45%) Banking
5 21 (6.02%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (4.30%) Legal
8 9 (2.58%) Front Office
8 9 (2.58%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.29%) Law
10 6 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.43%) Police
11 5 (1.43%) Retail
12 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.86%) Military
13 3 (0.86%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.57%) Back Office
14 2 (0.57%) Games
14 2 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (12.89%) Support Engineer
2 35 (10.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (9.17%) IT Support
4 31 (8.88%) Senior
5 29 (8.31%) Desktop Engineer
6 27 (7.74%) Desktop Support
6 27 (7.74%) IT Engineer
7 26 (7.45%) Analyst
8 21 (6.02%) Architect
9 20 (5.73%) Deployment Engineer
10 18 (5.16%) Windows Engineer
11 17 (4.87%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
13 13 (3.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (3.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) Support Technician
15 11 (3.15%) Applications Packager
15 11 (3.15%) IT Analyst
16 10 (2.87%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.30%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.15%) ADO
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.86%) Middleware
4 2 (0.57%) .NET
4 2 (0.57%) BREW
4 2 (0.57%) JSON
4 2 (0.57%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.57%) Qt
4 2 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.59%) CMDB
2 20 (5.73%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.44%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.30%) Driving Licence
5 14 (4.01%) Data Centre
6 13 (3.72%) Client/Server
7 11 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.29%) iPhone
9 7 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.72%) PKI
10 6 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.72%) Smartcard
10 6 (1.72%) YubiKey
11 5 (1.43%) Replication
11 5 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.15%) Clustering
12 4 (1.15%) iPad
12 4 (1.15%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 287 (82.23%) Windows
2 108 (30.95%) Windows 10
3 75 (21.49%) Windows Server
4 34 (9.74%) Mac OS
5 24 (6.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (6.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (5.16%) Apple iOS
8 17 (4.87%) Linux
9 15 (4.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (4.01%) Windows 7
11 11 (3.15%) Android
12 4 (1.15%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.57%) Unix
15 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.29%) Solaris
15 1 (0.29%) VMS
15 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (19.77%) Migration
3 68 (19.48%) ITIL
4 57 (16.33%) Application Packaging
5 49 (14.04%) ITSM
6 42 (12.03%) Customer Service
6 42 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (9.17%) Asset Management
9 31 (8.88%) User Experience
10 30 (8.60%) Service Management
11 26 (7.45%) Agile
12 24 (6.88%) Change Management
13 21 (6.02%) Data Protection
14 20 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
16 17 (4.87%) Patch Management
16 17 (4.87%) Project Delivery
17 16 (4.58%) Roadmaps
17 16 (4.58%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.65%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.16%) SQL
3 17 (4.87%) VBScript
4 10 (2.87%) Bash
4 10 (2.87%) VB
5 8 (2.29%) Python
6 2 (0.57%) C#
6 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.29%) Java
7 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 85 (24.36%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.17%) Degree
4 36 (10.32%) DV Cleared
5 20 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.43%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.43%) CCA
7 5 (1.43%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.15%) MCSA
9 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.57%) CCNP
9 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.57%) CISSP
9 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.57%) MCSE
9 2 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.16%) SLA
2 8 (2.29%) GDPR
3 6 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.57%) NIST
5 2 (0.57%) QA
6 1 (0.29%) COBIT
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 184 (52.72%) Active Directory
2 54 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.30%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.02%) BitLocker
4 21 (6.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (4.58%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (2.58%) vSphere
7 8 (2.29%) Docker
7 8 (2.29%) XenApp
7 8 (2.29%) XenDesktop
8 7 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.43%) Firmware
9 5 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 102 (29.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.16%) WSUS
3 16 (4.58%) SCOM
4 13 (3.72%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.01%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.72%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.72%) Ansible
6 6 (1.72%) Nessus
6 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.43%) SCVMM
7 5 (1.43%) Terraform
8 4 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.86%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.86%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.86%) SCSM
10 2 (0.57%) Packer
10 2 (0.57%) WMI
Vendors
1 204 (58.45%) Microsoft
2 68 (19.48%) VMware
3 46 (13.18%) ServiceNow
4 44 (12.61%) Citrix
5 25 (7.16%) HP
6 16 (4.58%) Apple
6 16 (4.58%) Cisco
6 16 (4.58%) Tenable
7 15 (4.30%) Bloomberg
8 11 (3.15%) Dynatrace
8 11 (3.15%) Veeam
9 10 (2.87%) Google
9 10 (2.87%) Reuters
10 8 (2.29%) McAfee
11 7 (2.01%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.01%) Dell
11 7 (2.01%) F5
11 7 (2.01%) ION Trading
11 7 (2.01%) Sophos
12 6 (1.72%) SolarWinds