SCCM Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring SCCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 104 102
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +31
Contract jobs citing SCCM 21 35 51
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.12% 1.49% 1.67%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.92% 9.38% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 26 39
10th Percentile £220 £289 £179
25th Percentile £256 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -22.22% +38.46%
75th Percentile £513 £490 £525
90th Percentile £615 £545 £590
London median daily rate £425 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.00 -
London median hourly rate - £27.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year - +5.02% +5.13%

All Systems Management Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 265 373 464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 14.14% 15.86% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 246 337
10th Percentile £291 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £755 £750 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -7.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £19.26 £44.00 £23.88
25th Percentile £19.85 £69.50 £27.81
Median hourly rate £24.43 £112.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -78.19% +208.97% +85.90%
75th Percentile £39.08 - £45.31
90th Percentile £54.98 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £43.75 £27.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +62.04% -55.00% +140.00%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

SCCM job vacancy trend in Central London

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SCCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SCCM

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in Central London over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in Central London

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SCCM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SCCM

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 October 2025. 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
City of London -14 17 £275 -21.43% 11
City of Westminster - 3 £475 -
SCCM
London

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Azure
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
3 3 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.76%) AWS
4 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) DNS
2 4 (19.05%) DHCP
2 4 (19.05%) LAN
2 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
3 3 (14.29%) VPN
3 3 (14.29%) WAN
4 2 (9.52%) Firewall
4 2 (9.52%) VLAN
5 1 (4.76%) Internet
5 1 (4.76%) Intranet
5 1 (4.76%) IP Telephony
5 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Windows Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 3 (14.29%) PowerShell Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Build Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) SCCM Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Support Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Hedge funds
2 2 (9.52%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) iPad
3 1 (4.76%) iPhone
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.76%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
3 3 (14.29%) Application Packaging
3 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (9.52%) Backlog Management
4 2 (9.52%) Build Automation
4 2 (9.52%) Change Management
4 2 (9.52%) Configuration Management
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) ITSM
4 2 (9.52%) Patch Management
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Software Distribution
4 2 (9.52%) Time Management
4 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (4.76%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 2 (9.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
1 2 (9.52%) MCSA
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.76%) MCSE
2 1 (4.76%) MOS
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.76%) BitLocker
3 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) VMware
3 4 (19.05%) Citrix
3 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Apple
4 1 (4.76%) Avaya
4 1 (4.76%) Bloomberg
4 1 (4.76%) Nexthink
4 1 (4.76%) Polycom
4 1 (4.76%) Remedy
4 1 (4.76%) Reuters
4 1 (4.76%) Snow
4 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.76%) Tenable
4 1 (4.76%) Wyse