SCCM Contracts in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 168 183
Rank change year-on-year +8 +15 -1
Contract jobs citing SCCM 572 764 1,124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.56% 1.56% 1.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 13.11% 10.02% 10.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 554 796
10th Percentile £163 £180 £166
25th Percentile £205 £213 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £608 £624 £575
UK median daily rate £325 £370 £375
% change year-on-year -12.16% -1.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 49 75
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.67 £15.50 £15.69
Median hourly rate £22.15 £20.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.00 £23.91
90th Percentile £48.00 £65.15 -
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +10.75% -4.76% +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,364 7,625 11,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.87% 15.57% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,176 5,550 8,182
10th Percentile £257 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +12.75%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £675
90th Percentile £700 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £562 £565
% change year-on-year -8.36% -0.53% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 182 157
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.64 £13.33
25th Percentile £17.72 £23.69 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.74 £55.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.20% +155.81% -10.42%
75th Percentile £48.75 £73.16 £41.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £82.50 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £57.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -55.19% +155.56% -43.75%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in England.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London +29 197 £350 -1.41% 46
South East +61 190 £333 +2.31% 28
Midlands -10 54 £350 -6.67% 14
South West -22 50 £180 -55.00% 21
North of England -21 43 £220 -45.00% 16
West Midlands +13 41 £375 -16.67% 6
North West -21 38 £220 -51.11% 8
East of England -16 33 £305 +2.52% 16
East Midlands -14 12 £190 -42.42% 8
Yorkshire +9 4 £250 +11.11% 4
North East +14 2 £155 -31.11% 4
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 121 (21.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (7.52%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.32%) IIS
4 9 (1.57%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.52%) nginx
6 3 (0.52%) WordPress
7 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Confluence
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 108 (18.88%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.52%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.35%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 238 (41.61%) Microsoft 365
2 150 (26.22%) Azure
3 69 (12.06%) Entra ID
4 37 (6.47%) OneDrive
5 31 (5.42%) AWS
6 18 (3.15%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (2.80%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.45%) OCI
9 10 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.40%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.05%) IaaS
12 5 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.70%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.52%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.52%) SaaS
14 3 (0.52%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.35%) Azure Stack
15 2 (0.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 115 (20.10%) DNS
2 106 (18.53%) Firewall
3 95 (16.61%) DHCP
4 57 (9.97%) LAN
5 53 (9.27%) SAN
6 42 (7.34%) VPN
7 40 (6.99%) WAN
8 32 (5.59%) Wireless
9 28 (4.90%) TCP/IP
10 25 (4.37%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (2.80%) Skype
12 14 (2.45%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (2.27%) MPLS
13 13 (2.27%) VLAN
14 11 (1.92%) VoIP
15 9 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (1.22%) NAS
17 6 (1.05%) Internet
17 6 (1.05%) NetScaler
17 6 (1.05%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (0.87%) JIRA
2 4 (0.70%) MSI
3 2 (0.35%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.17%) Git
4 1 (0.17%) GitLab
4 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.17%) Subversion
4 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 232 (40.56%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.84%) Finance
3 44 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (5.07%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.02%) Banking
7 15 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (1.57%) Legal
10 8 (1.40%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.22%) French Language
12 6 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.87%) Front Office
14 4 (0.70%) Local Government
15 3 (0.52%) Billing
15 3 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.52%) Military
15 3 (0.52%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 134 (23.43%) Support Engineer
2 73 (12.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 67 (11.71%) Desktop Support
4 59 (10.31%) Desktop Engineer
5 54 (9.44%) IT Support
6 53 (9.27%) Windows Engineer
7 46 (8.04%) 2nd Line Support
8 44 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 44 (7.69%) IT Engineer
9 41 (7.17%) Analyst
10 32 (5.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 31 (5.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 30 (5.24%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 30 (5.24%) Support Specialist
13 28 (4.90%) IT Support Engineer
13 28 (4.90%) Technical Support
14 27 (4.72%) SCCM Engineer
15 25 (4.37%) Active Directory Support
16 24 (4.20%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
16 24 (4.20%) Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.97%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.57%) .NET
3 6 (1.05%) Software Packaging
4 5 (0.87%) EDI
5 3 (0.52%) LAMP
5 3 (0.52%) XMPP
6 2 (0.35%) WSH
7 1 (0.17%) Flash
7 1 (0.17%) LDAP
7 1 (0.17%) Middleware
7 1 (0.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.39%) Driving Licence
2 40 (6.99%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.72%) PKI
4 26 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (3.85%) Clustering
6 20 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (1.75%) iPad
9 9 (1.57%) iPhone
10 8 (1.40%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.22%) CMDB
11 7 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.05%) Smartphone
13 5 (0.87%) Handset
13 5 (0.87%) Replication
13 5 (0.87%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.70%) Blackberry
14 4 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (0.70%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 500 (87.41%) Windows
2 279 (48.78%) Windows 10
3 169 (29.55%) Windows Server
4 86 (15.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 81 (14.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 78 (13.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 76 (13.29%) Linux
8 66 (11.54%) Windows 7
9 37 (6.47%) Mac OS
10 32 (5.59%) Apple iOS
10 32 (5.59%) Unix
11 21 (3.67%) Android
12 20 (3.50%) Windows NT
13 18 (3.15%) Windows XP
14 13 (2.27%) Windows Server 2008
15 11 (1.92%) Windows Server 2003
16 10 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (1.57%) Mac OS X
18 6 (1.05%) Ubuntu
19 4 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (27.10%) ITIL
2 131 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 123 (21.50%) Customer Service
4 86 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 55 (9.62%) Service Management
6 53 (9.27%) Mobile Device Management
7 48 (8.39%) Migration
8 45 (7.87%) Release Management
9 41 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
10 37 (6.47%) Server Management
11 33 (5.77%) Asset Management
11 33 (5.77%) Software Deployment
12 32 (5.59%) Agile
13 31 (5.42%) DevOps
14 28 (4.90%) Deployment Automation
14 28 (4.90%) ITSM
14 28 (4.90%) Project Management
15 27 (4.72%) Application Packaging
15 27 (4.72%) Information Security
15 27 (4.72%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 142 (24.83%) PowerShell
2 29 (5.07%) VBScript
3 26 (4.55%) C#
4 20 (3.50%) SQL
4 20 (3.50%) VB
5 16 (2.80%) Bicep
6 10 (1.75%) Java
7 6 (1.05%) Python
8 3 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 171 (29.90%) Security Cleared
2 121 (21.15%) Degree
3 114 (19.93%) DV Cleared
4 78 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 26 (4.55%) CCNA
5 26 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (3.15%) CCNP
8 17 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 14 (2.45%) MCP
10 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.75%) MCSE
11 8 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.22%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.87%) MCTS
14 4 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
15 3 (0.52%) A+ Certification
16 2 (0.35%) MCDST
16 2 (0.35%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.79%) SLA
2 24 (4.20%) QA
3 7 (1.22%) NIST
4 4 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.70%) GDPR
5 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.17%) COBIT
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 351 (61.36%) Active Directory
2 99 (17.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (8.22%) Hyper-V
4 36 (6.29%) Firmware
4 36 (6.29%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (2.80%) XenApp
8 14 (2.45%) BitLocker
9 12 (2.10%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (1.92%) VMware NSX
11 10 (1.75%) vSphere
12 9 (1.57%) XenDesktop
13 8 (1.40%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.70%) Docker
15 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 125 (21.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (11.71%) WSUS
3 60 (10.49%) SCOM
4 29 (5.07%) vCenter Server
5 27 (4.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 25 (4.37%) NetBackup
7 22 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
8 21 (3.67%) Sysprep
9 19 (3.32%) Kubernetes
10 16 (2.80%) EMC NetWorker
11 13 (2.27%) Microsoft Clustering
12 9 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
12 9 (1.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 8 (1.40%) Nagios
13 8 (1.40%) SCVMM
14 6 (1.05%) Autotask
15 5 (0.87%) AirWatch
16 3 (0.52%) Ansible
16 3 (0.52%) AppManager
16 3 (0.52%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 320 (55.94%) Microsoft
2 135 (23.60%) VMware
3 79 (13.81%) Citrix
4 77 (13.46%) HP
5 59 (10.31%) Cisco
6 49 (8.57%) Apple
7 39 (6.82%) ServiceNow
8 36 (6.29%) Veeam
9 34 (5.94%) EMC
10 25 (4.37%) Dell
11 20 (3.50%) Symantec
12 17 (2.97%) Palo Alto
13 16 (2.80%) Avaya
13 16 (2.80%) Juniper
13 16 (2.80%) MobileIron
14 15 (2.62%) Oracle
15 14 (2.45%) 3PAR
15 14 (2.45%) Extreme Networks
15 14 (2.45%) Qualys
16 12 (2.10%) Ivanti