Hybrid/Remote SCOrch Contract Job Trends

Microsoft System Center Orchestrator (formerly Opalis)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SCOrch skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 - 386
Rank change year-on-year - - +188
Contract jobs citing SCOrch 2 0 13
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% - 0.070%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.12% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £591 - -
25th Percentile £597 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £772 - -
90th Percentile £774 - -
UK median daily rate £688 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +57.14% -2.78% -23.40%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

SCOrch falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,712 1,677 2,689
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.76% 13.75% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,106 2,012
10th Percentile £358 £360 £363
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.71% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 48
10th Percentile £29.40 £24.22 £30.05
25th Percentile £33.00 £36.69 £45.70
Median hourly rate £56.00 £49.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -23.44% +16.36%
75th Percentile £67.00 £64.38 £77.67
90th Percentile £102.40 £66.88 £83.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year -7.69% -36.59% +102.13%

SCOrch
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCOrch and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SCOrch job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SCOrch
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCOrch.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCOrch

SCOrch
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BMC
1 2 (100.00%) MuleSoft