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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 92 94
Rank change year-on-year -27 +2 +21
Contract jobs citing SCCM 14 32 39
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.63% 1.54% 1.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.83% 8.74% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 30
10th Percentile £199 £225 £250
25th Percentile £266 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £553 £606 £447
90th Percentile £583 £625 £541
London median daily rate £450 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £22.27 £29.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -23.22% +12.80% +2.84%

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 290 366 306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.09% 17.64% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 247 224
10th Percentile £350 £320 £325
25th Percentile £413 £451 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £675
90th Percentile £703 £725 £754
London median daily rate £525 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -8.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £21.98 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% +729.63% -42.55%
75th Percentile - - £32.25
90th Percentile £42.60 - £43.05
London median hourly rate £53.25 £36.75 £25.71
% change year-on-year +44.90% +42.94% -5.15%

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 6 March 2026.

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 6 March 2026. 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 -25 12 £349 -0.36% 3
City of Westminster - 2 £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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
3 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) IPv4
1 1 (7.14%) IPv6
1 1 (7.14%) NetScaler
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) French Language
4 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (7.14%) Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix Support
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
2 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Hedge funds
2 1 (7.14%) Client/Server
2 1 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 4 (28.57%) Mac OS
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (7.14%) Android
5 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (7.14%) Mac OS X
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Application Packaging
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) ITSM
3 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (14.29%) Runbook
4 1 (7.14%) Backlog Management
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
4 1 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CCA
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.14%) XenApp
3 1 (7.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) AirWatch
2 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.14%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) Apple
3 2 (14.29%) Citrix
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Altiris
4 1 (7.14%) Bomgar