SCCM Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring SCCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCCM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 69 92
Rank change year-on-year +10 +23 -2
Contract jobs citing SCCM 38 42 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.83% 2.16% 1.97%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.32% 22.83% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 41 34
10th Percentile £145 £188 £193
25th Percentile £183 £200 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £400 £453
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -11.60% +57.39%
75th Percentile £368 £538 £538
90th Percentile £480 £575 £584
England median daily rate £350 £308 £353
% change year-on-year +13.82% -12.77% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £12.18 - £16.78
25th Percentile £12.94 - £17.13
Median hourly rate £16.19 £15.65 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -11.68% +7.39%
75th Percentile £17.89 - -
90th Percentile £18.13 - -
England median hourly rate £17.16 £22.30 £22.41
% change year-on-year -23.05% -0.49% +6.71%

All Systems Management Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 187 184 310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.90% 9.45% 13.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 147 209
10th Percentile £200 £200 £310
25th Percentile £310 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £673
90th Percentile £700 £647 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £12.18 £23.52 £17.25
25th Percentile £12.94 £35.33 £17.72
Median hourly rate £16.19 £55.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +197.30% +14.76%
75th Percentile £17.89 - £43.59
90th Percentile £18.13 - £66.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the West Midlands

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Coventry +12 11 £200 -50.00%
Worcestershire +3 11 £145 -73.64%
Shropshire 0 5 £205 +75.21% 1
Birmingham +2 4 £400 +6.67% 4
Solihull +17 3 £460 +104.44% 1
Staffordshire - 1 £200 - 2
Warwickshire - 1 £220 -
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.42%) Entra ID
3 6 (15.79%) Azure
4 3 (7.89%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (34.21%) VPN
2 2 (5.26%) Intranet
2 2 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
General
1 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Legal
3 3 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Electronics
5 1 (2.63%) Marketing
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Deployment Engineer
2 8 (21.05%) Desktop Engineer
2 8 (21.05%) Windows Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Windows Deployment Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Active Directory Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) IT Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) SCCM Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.26%) ICT Assistant
5 2 (5.26%) Junior
5 2 (5.26%) Service Desk Assistant
6 1 (2.63%) 1st Line Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Junior IT Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Junior Support Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) NHS
2 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 34 (89.47%) Windows
2 19 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.89%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.26%) Android
4 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.68%) Customer Service
3 7 (18.42%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (13.16%) Migration
5 4 (10.53%) ITIL
5 4 (10.53%) Time Management
6 3 (7.89%) Software Deployment
7 2 (5.26%) Service Management
8 1 (2.63%) Agile
8 1 (2.63%) Application Packaging
8 1 (2.63%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.63%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.63%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (2.63%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (2.63%) Performance Tuning
8 1 (2.63%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.63%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (2.63%) Validation
8 1 (2.63%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (31.58%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) MCSE
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) QA
1 2 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (71.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 13 (34.21%) Cisco
3 11 (28.95%) Citrix
3 11 (28.95%) Nexthink
4 6 (15.79%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.89%) Apple
6 2 (5.26%) Dell
6 2 (5.26%) HP
7 1 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.63%) SAP
7 1 (2.63%) Symantec
7 1 (2.63%) Veeam
7 1 (2.63%) VMware