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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 159 182
Rank change year-on-year -36 +23 +15
Contract jobs citing SCCM 474 586 737
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.54% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.17% 11.36% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 430 504
10th Percentile £185 £185 £163
25th Percentile £200 £240 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £538
90th Percentile £585 £608 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £308 £340 £325
% change year-on-year -9.56% +4.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 43
10th Percentile - £22.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.75 £23.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £27.00 £19.99
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% +35.07% -9.14%
75th Percentile £18.97 £55.00 £25.71
90th Percentile £25.99 £62.70 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year -31.38% +46.67% -6.25%

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 5,170 5,160 7,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.83% 13.57% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,397 3,500 5,224
10th Percentile £300 £307 £325
25th Percentile £410 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £668
90th Percentile £682 £704 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 61 179
10th Percentile £13.75 £20.00 £18.45
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £33.50
Median hourly rate £29.25 £38.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.03% -30.00% +130.03%
75th Percentile £63.06 £60.00 £75.25
90th Percentile £67.78 £74.00 £79.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.39 £39.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year -45.50% -15.01% +114.79%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 -24 407 £375 - 158
UK excluding London -12 315 £308 -9.56% 158
London -36 125 £400 +14.29% 15
Work from Home -14 89 £465 -7.00% 49
South East -8 82 £400 -9.86% 40
North of England +4 59 £210 -13.85% 26
Midlands -3 51 £281 -26.18% 37
South West +22 49 £413 +22.22% 24
East of England +28 45 £550 +46.67% 21
North West -10 34 £211 -8.15% 12
West Midlands -8 33 £275 -32.10% 16
Scotland -39 20 £200 -28.57% 6
East Midlands +1 18 £374 +24.50% 20
Yorkshire -4 17 £200 -44.44% 6
Wales +3 11 £300 +27.66% 2
North East +2 8 £225 -25.00% 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £200 - 1

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 72 (15.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (9.07%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.16%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.05%) Confluence
6 2 (0.42%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.42%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 39 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.42%) Alphatax
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.21%) Eikon
3 1 (0.21%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 159 (33.54%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (23.84%) Azure
3 46 (9.70%) Entra ID
4 30 (6.33%) OneDrive
5 22 (4.64%) AWS
6 21 (4.43%) Cohesity
7 12 (2.53%) GCP
8 8 (1.69%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.05%) SaaS
11 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.63%) Nutanix
13 2 (0.42%) IaaS
13 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.42%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.42%) ShareGate
14 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.21%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 75 (15.82%) DNS
2 56 (11.81%) Firewall
3 48 (10.13%) DHCP
4 37 (7.81%) VPN
5 31 (6.54%) TCP/IP
6 25 (5.27%) Cisco IOS
7 24 (5.06%) SAN
8 19 (4.01%) LAN
9 18 (3.80%) Skype
9 18 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (3.59%) WAN
11 16 (3.38%) VLAN
12 9 (1.90%) Internet
13 7 (1.48%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.27%) NetScaler
14 6 (1.27%) VoIP
15 5 (1.05%) WAAS
16 4 (0.84%) IP Telephony
17 3 (0.63%) SSH
17 3 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.84%) Power BI
3 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 24 (5.06%) MSI
2 23 (4.85%) AdminStudio
3 18 (3.80%) InstallShield
4 14 (2.95%) JIRA
5 8 (1.69%) WiX
6 7 (1.48%) Git
6 7 (1.48%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.48%) Postman
7 5 (1.05%) Bitbucket
General
1 193 (40.72%) Social Skills
2 70 (14.77%) Finance
3 53 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.86%) Documentation Skills
5 33 (6.96%) Legal
6 31 (6.54%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.27%) Games
8 20 (4.22%) Banking
9 12 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.48%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.27%) Front Office
11 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.05%) Local Government
13 4 (0.84%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.84%) Retail
14 3 (0.63%) Automotive
14 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (14.35%) Support Engineer
2 65 (13.71%) Deployment Engineer
3 47 (9.92%) Windows Engineer
4 45 (9.49%) Analyst
4 45 (9.49%) Desktop Engineer
5 39 (8.23%) Desktop Support
6 33 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
6 33 (6.96%) SCCM Engineer
7 31 (6.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 29 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 28 (5.91%) Support Analyst
10 26 (5.49%) Platform Engineer
11 25 (5.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 25 (5.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (4.43%) IT Support
13 15 (3.16%) Senior
13 15 (3.16%) Windows Deployment Engineer
14 14 (2.95%) Architect
14 14 (2.95%) IT Engineer
14 14 (2.95%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.01%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.42%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.42%) LDAP
2 2 (0.42%) Middleware
2 2 (0.42%) OAuth
2 2 (0.42%) OpenID
2 2 (0.42%) SAML
3 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.21%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.95%) Management Information System
1 14 (2.95%) Onboarding
2 13 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.32%) PKI
4 9 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.27%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.27%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.05%) Hedge funds
7 5 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.84%) Blackberry
8 4 (0.84%) CMDB
8 4 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.84%) Device Driver
8 4 (0.84%) Replication
8 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 393 (82.91%) Windows
2 137 (28.90%) Windows 10
3 85 (17.93%) Windows Server
4 51 (10.76%) Mac OS
5 31 (6.54%) Android
6 28 (5.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (4.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 18 (3.80%) Linux
9 13 (2.74%) Apple iOS
10 12 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (2.32%) Windows 7
12 8 (1.69%) Windows 8
13 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (1.05%) Windows XP
15 4 (0.84%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
17 2 (0.42%) Unix
18 1 (0.21%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (17.30%) ITIL
2 80 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (10.97%) Migration
4 51 (10.76%) Application Packaging
5 38 (8.02%) Deployment Automation
6 34 (7.17%) Patch Management
7 32 (6.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (6.54%) SIEM
9 30 (6.33%) Agile
10 29 (6.12%) Customer Service
11 27 (5.70%) Asset Management
11 27 (5.70%) Change Management
12 25 (5.27%) Vulnerability Management
13 24 (5.06%) E-Commerce
13 24 (5.06%) Mobile Device Management
14 23 (4.85%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (4.85%) User Experience
15 22 (4.64%) Build Automation
15 22 (4.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (4.64%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 158 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 24 (5.06%) VBScript
3 16 (3.38%) SQL
4 11 (2.32%) Bash
5 10 (2.11%) C#
5 10 (2.11%) Python
6 9 (1.90%) VB
7 2 (0.42%) Java
8 1 (0.21%) Bicep
8 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (21.94%) Security Cleared
2 64 (13.50%) SC Cleared
3 60 (12.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (8.02%) DV Cleared
5 32 (6.75%) Degree
6 10 (2.11%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 10 (2.11%) MCSA
7 9 (1.90%) MCSE
8 8 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.48%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.27%) A+ Certification
10 6 (1.27%) MCP
11 5 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.84%) CCNA
12 4 (0.84%) CCNP
12 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.84%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.63%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.27%) SLA
2 15 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.95%) GDPR
4 10 (2.11%) QA
5 5 (1.05%) NIST
6 4 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 247 (52.11%) Active Directory
2 68 (14.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 24 (5.06%) Virtual Servers
4 22 (4.64%) BitLocker
5 18 (3.80%) Microsoft App-V
6 17 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (3.16%) Firmware
8 13 (2.74%) Hyper-V
9 9 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (1.27%) vSphere
12 4 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.84%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.42%) XenApp
14 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 135 (28.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (8.86%) WSUS
3 30 (6.33%) Ansible
4 12 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (2.32%) SCOM
6 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 7 (1.48%) Nessus
6 7 (1.48%) Puppet
7 4 (0.84%) AppManager
8 3 (0.63%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.63%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.63%) Terraform
9 2 (0.42%) CASB
9 2 (0.42%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.42%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.42%) ThinApp
9 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 300 (63.29%) Microsoft
2 75 (15.82%) VMware
3 50 (10.55%) Splunk
4 43 (9.07%) Cisco
5 42 (8.86%) ServiceNow
6 41 (8.65%) Citrix
7 26 (5.49%) Apple
8 24 (5.06%) Meraki
9 20 (4.22%) NetApp
10 15 (3.16%) McAfee
11 13 (2.74%) SolarWinds
12 10 (2.11%) Remedy
13 9 (1.90%) Ivanti
13 9 (1.90%) Tenable
14 8 (1.69%) Qualys
15 7 (1.48%) Canon
15 7 (1.48%) Dell
15 7 (1.48%) HP
15 7 (1.48%) MuleSoft
16 6 (1.27%) Veeam