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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 85 106
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 +20
Contract jobs citing SCCM 23 39 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.18% 1.71% 1.71%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.71% 10.80% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 41
10th Percentile £223 £259 £153
25th Percentile £255 - £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -22.22% +24.14%
75th Percentile £544 £486 £513
90th Percentile £614 £542 £600
London median daily rate £400 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +14.29% -22.22% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £27.00 -
London median hourly rate - £27.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year - +5.02% +7.53%

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 264 361 542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.60% 15.78% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 247 375
10th Percentile £281 £375 £388
25th Percentile £413 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -1.74% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £765 £788
London median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £21.14 - £23.88
25th Percentile £24.56 - £27.81
Median hourly rate £27.48 £27.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% -25.52% +81.25%
75th Percentile £39.08 - £45.31
90th Percentile £54.98 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +48.15% -55.00% +150.94%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -12 21 £306 -12.50% 2
City of Westminster - 1 £450 -
SCCM
London

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.04%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.35%) AWS
5 1 (4.35%) Mimecast
5 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) DNS
2 5 (21.74%) DHCP
3 4 (17.39%) LAN
3 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
4 3 (13.04%) VLAN
4 3 (13.04%) VPN
4 3 (13.04%) WAN
5 2 (8.70%) Firewall
6 1 (4.35%) Internet
6 1 (4.35%) Intranet
6 1 (4.35%) IP Telephony
6 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Windows Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 3 (13.04%) SCCM Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Build Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Documentation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) iPad
2 1 (4.35%) iPhone
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) ITIL
2 5 (21.74%) Asset Management
3 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (17.39%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Time Management
5 2 (8.70%) Agile
5 2 (8.70%) Backlog Management
5 2 (8.70%) Build Automation
5 2 (8.70%) Change Management
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) ITSM
5 2 (8.70%) Patch Management
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Software Distribution
5 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security
6 1 (4.35%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) VBScript
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) MCSA
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.35%) MCSE
2 1 (4.35%) MOS
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) BitLocker
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.35%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Citrix
3 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 1 (4.35%) Apple
5 1 (4.35%) Avaya
5 1 (4.35%) Bloomberg
5 1 (4.35%) Nexthink
5 1 (4.35%) Polycom
5 1 (4.35%) Remedy
5 1 (4.35%) Reuters
5 1 (4.35%) Snow
5 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.35%) Tenable
5 1 (4.35%) Wyse