SCCM Contracts in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 160 185
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 +8
Contract jobs citing SCCM 567 758 1,119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.51% 1.61% 1.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.30% 10.56% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 547 802
10th Percentile £175 £184 £163
25th Percentile £210 £224 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £488
90th Percentile £608 £650 £562
UK median daily rate £340 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -9.33% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 34 82
10th Percentile £14.66 £14.08 £11.38
25th Percentile £17.72 £15.60 £15.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.05% -9.30% +13.16%
75th Percentile £40.00 £25.71 £23.91
90th Percentile £52.00 £25.91 -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +19.00% -6.98% +13.16%

All Systems Management Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,609 7,176 11,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.29% 15.26% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,370 5,190 8,132
10th Percentile £290 £350 £358
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £684 £675
90th Percentile £700 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 166 155
10th Percentile £15.49 £17.61 £12.93
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.75 £52.93 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% +146.16% -12.07%
75th Percentile £52.31 £75.00 £27.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.38 £58.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% +161.36% -44.30%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 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
London +18 204 £350 -12.50% 27
South East +50 174 £425 +21.43% 32
Midlands -5 72 £375 +7.14% 19
West Midlands +20 53 £400 -8.57% 15
South West -28 45 £190 -57.78% 16
North of England -37 42 £220 -45.00% 19
North West -22 39 £220 -51.11% 10
East of England -36 25 £303 -3.20% 19
East Midlands -18 19 £200 -36.51% 4
Yorkshire 0 2 £250 +11.11% 7
North East +6 1 £300 +1.69% 2
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
1 118 (20.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (7.58%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.47%) IIS
4 6 (1.06%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.35%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 94 (16.58%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 212 (37.39%) Microsoft 365
2 157 (27.69%) Azure
3 76 (13.40%) Entra ID
4 34 (6.00%) AWS
5 29 (5.11%) OneDrive
6 24 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
7 21 (3.70%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.47%) OCI
9 9 (1.59%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.06%) IaaS
11 5 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.71%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.71%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.53%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.53%) Rubrik
13 3 (0.53%) SaaS
14 2 (0.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 119 (20.99%) DNS
2 115 (20.28%) Firewall
3 95 (16.75%) DHCP
4 50 (8.82%) SAN
5 48 (8.47%) LAN
6 44 (7.76%) VPN
7 35 (6.17%) Wireless
8 33 (5.82%) WAN
9 30 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (4.76%) TCP/IP
11 20 (3.53%) VLAN
12 13 (2.29%) VoIP
13 12 (2.12%) MPLS
14 10 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (1.76%) Skype
15 8 (1.41%) NAS
16 7 (1.23%) Internet
16 7 (1.23%) NetScaler
17 5 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
17 5 (0.88%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (1.59%) MSI
2 8 (1.41%) GitLab
3 5 (0.88%) JIRA
4 2 (0.35%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.35%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.35%) Git
4 2 (0.35%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 203 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.82%) Finance
3 43 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (3.88%) Banking
7 15 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.59%) Legal
8 9 (1.59%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.41%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.06%) Retail
11 5 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.88%) French Language
11 5 (0.88%) Front Office
11 5 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.71%) Advertising
12 4 (0.71%) Marketing
13 3 (0.53%) Local Government
13 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 131 (23.10%) Support Engineer
2 81 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 66 (11.64%) Desktop Support
4 56 (9.88%) Desktop Engineer
5 51 (8.99%) IT Support
6 45 (7.94%) Windows Engineer
7 41 (7.23%) 2nd Line Support
8 39 (6.88%) Analyst
8 39 (6.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 37 (6.53%) IT Engineer
10 30 (5.29%) Active Directory Support
11 28 (4.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 28 (4.94%) Deployment Engineer
11 28 (4.94%) SCCM Engineer
12 27 (4.76%) Support Specialist
13 26 (4.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 25 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
15 24 (4.23%) Architect
16 22 (3.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 22 (3.88%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.70%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.06%) .NET
2 6 (1.06%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.53%) XMPP
4 2 (0.35%) EDI
4 2 (0.35%) Flash
4 2 (0.35%) LAMP
4 2 (0.35%) Middleware
4 2 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.35%) WSH
5 1 (0.18%) ADO
5 1 (0.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.58%) Data Centre
2 39 (6.88%) Driving Licence
3 31 (5.47%) PKI
4 30 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (4.41%) Clustering
6 21 (3.70%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.35%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (1.76%) iPad
9 8 (1.41%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (1.41%) iPhone
10 6 (1.06%) Handset
11 5 (0.88%) CMDB
11 5 (0.88%) Fat Client
11 5 (0.88%) Grid Computing
11 5 (0.88%) Thin Client
11 5 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.71%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.71%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 490 (86.42%) Windows
2 261 (46.03%) Windows 10
3 169 (29.81%) Windows Server
4 87 (15.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 83 (14.64%) Linux
6 75 (13.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 71 (12.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 53 (9.35%) Windows 7
9 36 (6.35%) Apple iOS
10 32 (5.64%) Mac OS
10 32 (5.64%) Unix
11 29 (5.11%) Android
12 18 (3.17%) Windows XP
13 15 (2.65%) Windows NT
14 13 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 10 (1.76%) Mac OS X
15 10 (1.76%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.53%) VMS
17 3 (0.53%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (24.16%) ITIL
2 121 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
3 99 (17.46%) Customer Service
4 93 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 54 (9.52%) Mobile Device Management
6 50 (8.82%) Migration
7 48 (8.47%) Service Management
8 42 (7.41%) Release Management
9 41 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
10 36 (6.35%) Server Management
11 33 (5.82%) Application Packaging
11 33 (5.82%) DevOps
11 33 (5.82%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (5.29%) Agile
13 29 (5.11%) Information Security
14 28 (4.94%) Asset Management
14 28 (4.94%) Identity Management
14 28 (4.94%) Software Deployment
15 27 (4.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 27 (4.76%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 148 (26.10%) PowerShell
2 33 (5.82%) VBScript
3 31 (5.47%) C#
4 28 (4.94%) VB
5 21 (3.70%) Bicep
6 16 (2.82%) SQL
7 10 (1.76%) Java
8 6 (1.06%) Python
9 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 163 (28.75%) Security Cleared
2 107 (18.87%) Degree
3 101 (17.81%) DV Cleared
4 86 (15.17%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (3.88%) CCNA
6 22 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (3.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 18 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (3.00%) CCNP
9 9 (1.59%) MCP
9 9 (1.59%) MCSE
10 5 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.88%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.88%) MCTS
11 4 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.53%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.35%) HNC
13 2 (0.35%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.76%) SLA
2 21 (3.70%) QA
3 7 (1.23%) NIST
4 6 (1.06%) GDPR
5 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.53%) COBIT
6 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 324 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 110 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (9.17%) Hyper-V
4 40 (7.05%) VMware ESXi
5 31 (5.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 31 (5.47%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (4.76%) Firmware
7 16 (2.82%) BitLocker
7 16 (2.82%) vSphere
8 15 (2.65%) XenApp
9 12 (2.12%) VMware NSX
10 11 (1.94%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (1.59%) XenDesktop
12 8 (1.41%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 2 (0.35%) Docker
14 1 (0.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 128 (22.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (12.87%) WSUS
3 64 (11.29%) SCOM
4 30 (5.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (4.94%) vCenter Server
6 25 (4.41%) NetBackup
7 24 (4.23%) Kubernetes
8 20 (3.53%) Jamf Pro
9 16 (2.82%) Sysprep
10 15 (2.65%) AirWatch
11 14 (2.47%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (2.47%) Microsoft Clustering
12 11 (1.94%) Failover Clustering
13 10 (1.76%) SCVMM
14 8 (1.41%) Nagios
15 7 (1.23%) Autotask
15 7 (1.23%) Nessus
15 7 (1.23%) SCSM
16 5 (0.88%) Ansible
16 5 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 329 (58.02%) Microsoft
2 147 (25.93%) VMware
3 70 (12.35%) Citrix
4 63 (11.11%) HP
5 55 (9.70%) Apple
6 54 (9.52%) Cisco
7 32 (5.64%) EMC
8 31 (5.47%) Veeam
9 27 (4.76%) Dell
10 26 (4.59%) ServiceNow
11 21 (3.70%) Symantec
12 19 (3.35%) Avaya
12 19 (3.35%) Palo Alto
12 19 (3.35%) Qualys
13 17 (3.00%) Juniper
14 16 (2.82%) Oracle
15 15 (2.65%) MobileIron
16 14 (2.47%) 3PAR
16 14 (2.47%) Extreme Networks
16 14 (2.47%) Ivanti