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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 206 160
Rank change year-on-year -111 -46 0
Contract jobs citing SCCM 340 390 641
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.34% 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.27% 8.52% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 281 499
10th Percentile £163 £185 £163
25th Percentile £211 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £325 £325
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £493 £500 £500
90th Percentile £599 £588 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £330 £250 £300
% change year-on-year +32.00% -16.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 52
10th Percentile £16.42 £12.65 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £13.75 £16.47
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.77 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -37.83% +10.75%
75th Percentile £23.85 £17.89 £40.00
90th Percentile £28.42 £25.04 £40.28
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 6,455 4,580 5,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.60% 15.74% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,451 3,134 3,647
10th Percentile £325 £313 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -8.36%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 55 118
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £35.50 £20.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £56.50 £26.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +113.21% +2.85% -55.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £51.75 £49.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £71.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £25.34 £28.75
% change year-on-year +117.05% -11.86% -35.93%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -98 315 £350 -0.14% 56
UK excluding London -96 200 £330 +32.00% 47
London -69 128 £375 -6.25% 12
Work from Home -51 54 £459 -0.27% 12
South East -60 52 £419 -2.33% 13
Midlands -64 51 £244 +16.07% 9
North of England -71 45 £340 +69.75% 16
North West -35 38 £370 +85.00% 12
East Midlands -7 30 £225 -52.63% 1
South West -43 20 £385 +7.69% 3
West Midlands -76 18 £375 +87.50% 8
East of England -34 15 £450 +81.82% 6
Scotland -16 10 £159 -18.72% 2
Wales -10 7 £280 -27.74%
North East -19 4 £184 -47.50% 2
Yorkshire -57 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 (13.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (9.41%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.65%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.47%) IIS
5 2 (0.59%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 38 (11.18%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.76%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.59%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 138 (40.59%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (32.35%) Azure
3 68 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.47%) AWS
5 16 (4.71%) SaaS
6 13 (3.82%) OneDrive
7 9 (2.65%) GCP
7 9 (2.65%) Google Workspace
7 9 (2.65%) Nutanix
7 9 (2.65%) PaaS
7 9 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.35%) IaaS
9 7 (2.06%) Datadog
10 6 (1.76%) Cohesity
10 6 (1.76%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.88%) GitHub
12 2 (0.59%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.35%) DNS
2 50 (14.71%) DHCP
3 32 (9.41%) VPN
4 30 (8.82%) Firewall
5 28 (8.24%) TCP/IP
6 25 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (4.71%) LAN
8 15 (4.41%) Skype
9 14 (4.12%) WAN
10 13 (3.82%) VLAN
11 12 (3.53%) SAN
12 10 (2.94%) NetScaler
12 10 (2.94%) Wireless
13 7 (2.06%) DMZ
14 5 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (1.18%) IPv4
15 4 (1.18%) WAAS
16 3 (0.88%) BIG-IP
16 3 (0.88%) SD-WAN
16 3 (0.88%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.76%) Power BI
3 3 (0.88%) 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 18 (5.29%) MSI
2 13 (3.82%) InstallShield
3 11 (3.24%) JIRA
4 8 (2.35%) Chocolatey
5 7 (2.06%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.29%) Git
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) WiX
General
1 111 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.53%) Finance
3 42 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.35%) Banking
5 21 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.29%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (4.41%) Legal
8 9 (2.65%) Front Office
8 9 (2.65%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.65%) Law
9 6 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.47%) Police
10 5 (1.47%) Retail
11 4 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.88%) Military
12 3 (0.88%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.59%) Billing
13 2 (0.59%) Games
13 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (13.53%) Support Engineer
2 35 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (9.41%) IT Support
4 31 (9.12%) Senior
5 30 (8.82%) Desktop Engineer
6 27 (7.94%) IT Engineer
7 26 (7.65%) Desktop Support
8 25 (7.35%) Analyst
9 19 (5.59%) Deployment Engineer
9 19 (5.59%) Windows Engineer
10 18 (5.29%) Architect
11 17 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
12 14 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support
12 14 (4.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 13 (3.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.53%) Support Technician
15 11 (3.24%) Applications Packager
15 11 (3.24%) IT Analyst
16 10 (2.94%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.41%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.18%) ADO
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.88%) Middleware
4 2 (0.59%) .NET
4 2 (0.59%) JSON
4 2 (0.59%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.59%) Qt
4 2 (0.59%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.29%) BREW
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.47%) CMDB
2 20 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.88%) Smartphone
3 14 (4.12%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.12%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.82%) Client/Server
5 11 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.35%) iPhone
7 7 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.76%) PKI
8 6 (1.76%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.76%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.76%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.47%) Replication
9 5 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.18%) iPad
10 4 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.18%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 280 (82.35%) Windows
2 106 (31.18%) Windows 10
3 75 (22.06%) Windows Server
4 33 (9.71%) Mac OS
5 24 (7.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (6.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (5.59%) Apple iOS
8 18 (5.29%) Linux
9 15 (4.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (4.12%) Windows 7
11 11 (3.24%) Android
12 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.18%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.59%) Unix
14 1 (0.29%) AIX
14 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.29%) Solaris
14 1 (0.29%) VMS
14 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (20.00%) ITIL
3 66 (19.41%) Migration
4 53 (15.59%) Application Packaging
5 49 (14.41%) ITSM
6 41 (12.06%) Customer Service
6 41 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (9.12%) Asset Management
8 31 (9.12%) User Experience
9 30 (8.82%) Service Management
10 26 (7.65%) Agile
11 25 (7.35%) Change Management
12 21 (6.18%) Data Protection
12 21 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (5.29%) Patch Management
14 17 (5.00%) Business Continuity
15 16 (4.71%) Roadmaps
15 16 (4.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 98 (28.82%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.29%) SQL
3 16 (4.71%) VBScript
4 10 (2.94%) VB
5 9 (2.65%) Bash
6 7 (2.06%) Python
7 2 (0.59%) C#
7 2 (0.59%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.29%) Java
8 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 85 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.47%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.47%) Degree
4 36 (10.59%) DV Cleared
5 16 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.47%) CCA
7 5 (1.47%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.18%) MCSA
9 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.59%) CCNP
10 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.59%) MCSE
10 2 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.35%) SLA
2 6 (1.76%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.76%) GDPR
3 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.59%) QA
5 1 (0.29%) COBIT
5 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 179 (52.65%) Active Directory
2 54 (15.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.47%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (5.29%) BitLocker
6 16 (4.71%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (2.65%) Docker
7 9 (2.65%) vSphere
8 8 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.35%) XenApp
8 8 (2.35%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.47%) Firmware
9 5 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.18%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 95 (27.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.35%) WSUS
3 17 (5.00%) SCOM
4 13 (3.82%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.06%) Ansible
6 6 (1.76%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.76%) Nessus
6 6 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.76%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.47%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.47%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.18%) Terraform
9 3 (0.88%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.88%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.88%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.88%) SCSM
10 2 (0.59%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.59%) WMI
Vendors
1 197 (57.94%) Microsoft
2 68 (20.00%) VMware
3 45 (13.24%) ServiceNow
4 44 (12.94%) Citrix
5 25 (7.35%) HP
6 16 (4.71%) Apple
7 15 (4.41%) Bloomberg
8 14 (4.12%) Cisco
8 14 (4.12%) Tenable
9 11 (3.24%) Dynatrace
9 11 (3.24%) Veeam
10 10 (2.94%) Reuters
11 9 (2.65%) Google
12 8 (2.35%) McAfee
13 7 (2.06%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.06%) Dell
13 7 (2.06%) F5
13 7 (2.06%) ION Trading
13 7 (2.06%) Sophos
14 6 (1.76%) SolarWinds