SCCM Contracts

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 162 196
Rank change year-on-year +1 +34 +3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 636 905 1,284
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.61% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.19% 10.25% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 652 907
10th Percentile £175 £176 £163
25th Percentile £205 £214 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £501 £493
90th Percentile £608 £635 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 46 87
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.98 £15.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.00 £25.71 £23.91
90th Percentile £46.00 £65.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £17.61 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.62% -11.95% +11.11%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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 requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,219 8,830 13,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.12% 15.75% 15.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,781 6,309 9,985
10th Percentile £275 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -2.22% +11.17%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.81% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 202 182
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.72 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.38 £25.71 £15.56
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +164.00% -45.55%
75th Percentile £51.44 £73.74 £43.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £83.68 £58.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.43% +113.75% -12.74%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 16 Contract 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 1 June 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
England -2 561 £325 -13.33% 142
UK excluding London +2 409 £300 -14.29% 126
London +33 205 £350 -12.50% 27
South East +48 177 £400 +14.29% 32
Work from Home -24 142 £440 +0.57% 58
Midlands -9 57 £350 -6.67% 24
Scotland +28 52 £258 +28.75% 13
South West -20 47 £190 -57.78% 21
North of England -30 44 £220 -45.00% 21
West Midlands +7 41 £375 -16.67% 18
North West -18 40 £220 -51.11% 14
East of England -35 27 £300 -4.00% 16
East Midlands -16 16 £218 -33.59% 6
Wales 0 5 £220 -56.00% 1
Yorkshire +5 4 £250 +11.11% 4
North East +9 1 £90 -69.49% 3

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
1 134 (21.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (7.86%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.52%) IIS
4 7 (1.10%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.31%) Apache
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 123 (19.34%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.31%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.16%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 245 (38.52%) Microsoft 365
2 169 (26.57%) Azure
3 77 (12.11%) Entra ID
4 38 (5.97%) OneDrive
5 37 (5.82%) AWS
6 23 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
7 20 (3.14%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.20%) OCI
9 9 (1.42%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.10%) Mimecast
11 6 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.79%) IaaS
13 4 (0.63%) Nutanix
13 4 (0.63%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (0.47%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.47%) Rubrik
14 3 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 140 (22.01%) DNS
2 119 (18.71%) Firewall
3 115 (18.08%) DHCP
4 61 (9.59%) VPN
5 52 (8.18%) LAN
6 50 (7.86%) SAN
7 35 (5.50%) WAN
8 34 (5.35%) Wireless
9 31 (4.87%) TCP/IP
10 28 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (2.83%) VLAN
12 13 (2.04%) Skype
13 11 (1.73%) MPLS
13 11 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
13 11 (1.73%) VoIP
14 8 (1.26%) Internet
14 8 (1.26%) NAS
15 7 (1.10%) NetScaler
16 6 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
16 6 (0.94%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (1.26%) MSI
2 6 (0.94%) GitLab
3 4 (0.63%) JIRA
4 2 (0.31%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.31%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.31%) Git
4 2 (0.31%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.16%) Subversion
5 1 (0.16%) TestRail
General
1 244 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 68 (10.69%) Finance
3 54 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (7.39%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.62%) Banking
7 16 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.57%) Legal
9 8 (1.26%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.94%) French Language
11 6 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.94%) Retail
12 4 (0.63%) Front Office
13 3 (0.47%) Advertising
13 3 (0.47%) Billing
13 3 (0.47%) Local Government
13 3 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 142 (22.33%) Support Engineer
2 91 (14.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 77 (12.11%) Desktop Support
4 71 (11.16%) Desktop Engineer
5 57 (8.96%) Windows Engineer
6 56 (8.81%) IT Support
7 51 (8.02%) 2nd Line Support
8 46 (7.23%) Analyst
9 44 (6.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 42 (6.60%) IT Engineer
11 33 (5.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 33 (5.19%) Support Specialist
12 31 (4.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 30 (4.72%) SCCM Engineer
14 29 (4.56%) Active Directory Support
14 29 (4.56%) Deployment Engineer
15 28 (4.40%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 26 (4.09%) Senior
17 25 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
18 24 (3.77%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.14%) ARM Templates
2 7 (1.10%) Software Packaging
3 6 (0.94%) .NET
4 3 (0.47%) XMPP
5 2 (0.31%) EDI
5 2 (0.31%) LAMP
5 2 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.31%) WSH
6 1 (0.16%) Flash
6 1 (0.16%) Middleware
6 1 (0.16%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.76%) Data Centre
2 41 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 37 (5.82%) PKI
4 29 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.77%) Clustering
6 21 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
8 13 (2.04%) iPad
9 10 (1.57%) iPhone
10 8 (1.26%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.10%) CMDB
12 6 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.94%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.79%) Fat Client
13 5 (0.79%) Handset
13 5 (0.79%) Smartphone
13 5 (0.79%) Thin Client
14 4 (0.63%) Blackberry
14 4 (0.63%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 562 (88.36%) Windows
2 296 (46.54%) Windows 10
3 192 (30.19%) Windows Server
4 97 (15.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 84 (13.21%) Linux
6 78 (12.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 75 (11.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 71 (11.16%) Windows 7
9 39 (6.13%) Mac OS
10 37 (5.82%) Unix
11 30 (4.72%) Apple iOS
12 19 (2.99%) Android
13 18 (2.83%) Windows XP
14 17 (2.67%) Windows NT
15 12 (1.89%) Windows Server 2003
16 10 (1.57%) Mac OS X
16 10 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.47%) Windows 8
18 2 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (27.99%) ITIL
2 140 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (20.13%) Customer Service
4 107 (16.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 57 (8.96%) Mobile Device Management
6 54 (8.49%) Migration
7 52 (8.18%) Service Management
8 46 (7.23%) Agile
9 45 (7.08%) Release Management
10 41 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 39 (6.13%) DevOps
11 39 (6.13%) Service Delivery
12 36 (5.66%) Server Management
13 35 (5.50%) Application Packaging
14 34 (5.35%) Asset Management
15 32 (5.03%) Break/Fix
16 31 (4.87%) Infrastructure as Code
17 29 (4.56%) Information Security
17 29 (4.56%) Proactive Monitoring
18 28 (4.40%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 163 (25.63%) PowerShell
2 32 (5.03%) VBScript
3 30 (4.72%) C#
4 27 (4.25%) VB
5 20 (3.14%) Bicep
6 18 (2.83%) SQL
7 13 (2.04%) Python
8 10 (1.57%) Java
9 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 193 (30.35%) Security Cleared
2 118 (18.55%) Degree
3 111 (17.45%) SC Cleared
4 103 (16.19%) DV Cleared
5 37 (5.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (3.62%) CCNA
6 23 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 18 (2.83%) A+ Certification
8 18 (2.83%) MCSE
9 17 (2.67%) CCNP
9 17 (2.67%) MCP
10 12 (1.89%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
13 5 (0.79%) MCTS
14 2 (0.31%) HNC
14 2 (0.31%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.49%) SLA
2 23 (3.62%) QA
3 7 (1.10%) NIST
4 6 (0.94%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (0.94%) GDPR
5 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.47%) COBIT
7 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 387 (60.85%) Active Directory
2 111 (17.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (9.75%) Hyper-V
4 37 (5.82%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 30 (4.72%) Firmware
7 28 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.52%) BitLocker
9 15 (2.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 13 (2.04%) vSphere
10 13 (2.04%) XenApp
11 12 (1.89%) VMware NSX
12 11 (1.73%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (1.26%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (1.10%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
16 2 (0.31%) Docker
17 1 (0.16%) Citrix Presentation Server
17 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 136 (21.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (12.89%) WSUS
3 65 (10.22%) SCOM
4 31 (4.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 29 (4.56%) vCenter Server
6 25 (3.93%) NetBackup
7 23 (3.62%) Kubernetes
8 20 (3.14%) Jamf Pro
9 18 (2.83%) Sysprep
10 15 (2.36%) Microsoft Clustering
11 14 (2.20%) EMC NetWorker
12 11 (1.73%) Failover Clustering
12 11 (1.73%) SCVMM
13 8 (1.26%) Nagios
14 7 (1.10%) Nessus
14 7 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 6 (0.94%) Autotask
16 5 (0.79%) AirWatch
16 5 (0.79%) Ansible
16 5 (0.79%) SCSM
Vendors
1 380 (59.75%) Microsoft
2 143 (22.48%) VMware
3 75 (11.79%) Cisco
3 75 (11.79%) Citrix
4 66 (10.38%) HP
5 50 (7.86%) Apple
6 32 (5.03%) EMC
6 32 (5.03%) ServiceNow
7 30 (4.72%) Veeam
8 27 (4.25%) Dell
9 21 (3.30%) Symantec
10 19 (2.99%) Avaya
10 19 (2.99%) Qualys
11 18 (2.83%) Palo Alto
12 17 (2.67%) Juniper
13 16 (2.52%) Oracle
14 15 (2.36%) MobileIron
15 14 (2.20%) 3PAR
15 14 (2.20%) Extreme Networks
16 12 (1.89%) Ivanti