SCCM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SCCM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCCM over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 198 257
Rank change year-on-year 0 +59 -38
Contract jobs citing SCCM 155 324 466
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.00% 1.23% 1.03%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.32% 7.41% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 256 347
10th Percentile £188 £176 £213
25th Percentile £314 £280 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £424 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -0.29% +13.33%
75th Percentile £533 £525 £525
90th Percentile £608 £619 £588
UK median daily rate £325 £365 £373
% change year-on-year -10.96% -2.14% +8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 17
10th Percentile £17.00 £13.10 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.06 £17.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £21.21 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.69% -1.37% +7.50%
75th Percentile £36.07 £47.50 £22.25
90th Percentile £38.58 £85.00 £23.15
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.89% +12.50% +11.11%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

SCCM is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,663 4,375 7,321
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.69% 16.60% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,246 3,245 5,471
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £440 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £563 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +0.45% +9.27%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £521 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -9.39% +2.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 77 49
10th Percentile £21.96 £21.45 £15.00
25th Percentile £39.44 £53.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -21.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £78.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £67.13 £87.82 £79.90
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -46.52% +161.36% -22.12%

SCCM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SCCM trend for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM.

SCCM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SCCM over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

SCCM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM.

SCCM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SCCM over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

SCCM hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 43 (27.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (6.45%) IIS
3 6 (3.87%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.65%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) assyst
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 61 (39.35%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (32.26%) Azure
3 37 (23.87%) Entra ID
4 20 (12.90%) Azure Monitor
5 15 (9.68%) Azure Storage
6 12 (7.74%) AWS
7 10 (6.45%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.58%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 47 (30.32%) Firewall
2 43 (27.74%) DNS
3 32 (20.65%) DHCP
4 13 (8.39%) SAN
5 6 (3.87%) VPN
6 5 (3.23%) SSL
6 5 (3.23%) WAAS
7 4 (2.58%) Network Security
8 3 (1.94%) LAN
8 3 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (1.94%) WAN
9 1 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.65%) MPLS
9 1 (0.65%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.65%) Skype
9 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Axure RP
1 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.65%) MSI
1 1 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (24.52%) Finance
2 36 (23.23%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.10%) Banking
6 8 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.29%) Marketing
8 2 (1.29%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.65%) French Language
9 1 (0.65%) Front Office
9 1 (0.65%) Legal
9 1 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (12.90%) Support Engineer
3 19 (12.26%) Support Specialist
4 15 (9.68%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (9.03%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (9.03%) Active Directory Support
6 11 (7.10%) IT Engineer
7 10 (6.45%) IT Support
7 10 (6.45%) Security Engineer
8 8 (5.16%) SCCM Engineer
8 8 (5.16%) Windows Engineer
9 7 (4.52%) Architect
9 7 (4.52%) Lead
9 7 (4.52%) Senior
10 6 (3.87%) Consultant
10 6 (3.87%) Infrastructure Support
10 6 (3.87%) Server Engineer
10 6 (3.87%) Technical Support
11 5 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (3.23%) Infrastructure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.61%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.94%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.97%) PKI
2 15 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.16%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.58%) Clustering
7 4 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.94%) NHS
8 3 (1.94%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.29%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.29%) iPad
9 2 (1.29%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.29%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.65%) iPhone
10 1 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 138 (89.03%) Windows
2 55 (35.48%) Windows Server
3 54 (34.84%) Windows 10
4 39 (25.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (17.42%) Linux
6 20 (12.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (12.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (7.10%) Windows 7
9 8 (5.16%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (4.52%) VMS
10 7 (4.52%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (3.23%) Unix
12 3 (1.94%) Android
12 3 (1.94%) Windows XP
13 2 (1.29%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.81%) ITIL
2 33 (21.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (14.19%) Agile
3 22 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (13.55%) DevOps
5 19 (12.26%) Disaster Recovery
5 19 (12.26%) Mobile Device Management
5 19 (12.26%) RBAC
6 17 (10.97%) Release Management
6 17 (10.97%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (10.32%) Analytics
7 16 (10.32%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 16 (10.32%) Service Management
8 15 (9.68%) Identity Management
8 15 (9.68%) Log Analytics
8 15 (9.68%) Migration
8 15 (9.68%) Privileged Identity Management
9 14 (9.03%) CI/CD
9 14 (9.03%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (6.45%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 54 (34.84%) PowerShell
2 20 (12.90%) VBScript
3 15 (9.68%) C#
3 15 (9.68%) VB
4 14 (9.03%) Bicep
5 7 (4.52%) SQL
6 5 (3.23%) Python
7 3 (1.94%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 29 (18.71%) SC Cleared
3 28 (18.06%) Degree
4 16 (10.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (9.68%) DV Cleared
6 10 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (5.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (3.87%) CCNA
8 6 (3.87%) CCNP
8 6 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.94%) MCSE
10 2 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.29%) MCSA
11 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.65%) MCTS
11 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.55%) SLA
2 4 (2.58%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (2.58%) GDPR
3 3 (1.94%) QA
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 109 (70.32%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.97%) Virtual Desktop
2 17 (10.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (6.45%) XenApp
5 8 (5.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.87%) XenDesktop
7 5 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.29%) vSphere
9 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.65%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (21.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (14.19%) SCOM
3 21 (13.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (12.26%) WSUS
5 15 (9.68%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (1.94%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.29%) Nexpose
7 2 (1.29%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.65%) Ansible
8 1 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.65%) Nessus
8 1 (0.65%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 81 (52.26%) Microsoft
2 39 (25.16%) VMware
3 31 (20.00%) Citrix
4 14 (9.03%) Cisco
4 14 (9.03%) HP
5 12 (7.74%) Qualys
6 11 (7.10%) ServiceNow
7 10 (6.45%) Avaya
7 10 (6.45%) CA
7 10 (6.45%) CheckPoint
7 10 (6.45%) EMC
8 4 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.58%) Ivanti
8 4 (2.58%) Symantec
9 3 (1.94%) F5
9 3 (1.94%) FireEye
9 3 (1.94%) NetApp
9 3 (1.94%) Tanium
10 2 (1.29%) Dell
10 2 (1.29%) Rapid7