SCCM Contracts in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 165 186
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 +3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 561 764 1,131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.52% 1.60% 1.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.45% 10.42% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 551 810
10th Percentile £165 £185 £166
25th Percentile £205 £225 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £524 £488
90th Percentile £608 £650 £550
UK median daily rate £338 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 38 84
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.18 £11.63
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.60 £15.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.05% -8.24% +18.06%
75th Percentile £40.00 £25.71 £23.91
90th Percentile £46.00 £38.04 -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -4.76% +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,506 7,335 11,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.20% 15.36% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,308 5,306 8,188
10th Percentile £270 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +10.58%
75th Percentile £625 £683 £675
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 159
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.52 £12.98
25th Percentile £20.00 £25.53 £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £52.93 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.04% +146.16% -11.89%
75th Percentile £50.25 £73.94 £27.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £83.68 £57.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -47.83% +165.71% -45.22%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +31 205 £350 -12.50% 28
South East +46 177 £400 +14.29% 32
Midlands -8 57 £350 -6.67% 31
South West -14 47 £190 -57.78% 19
North of England -23 44 £220 -45.00% 21
West Midlands +8 41 £375 -16.67% 25
North West -21 40 £220 -51.11% 14
East of England -29 27 £300 -4.00% 16
East Midlands -18 16 £218 -33.59% 6
Yorkshire +8 4 £250 +11.11% 4
North East +9 1 £90 -69.49% 3
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
1 119 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.50%) IIS
4 6 (1.07%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 93 (16.58%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.36%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 220 (39.22%) Microsoft 365
2 151 (26.92%) Azure
3 73 (13.01%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.88%) AWS
5 31 (5.53%) OneDrive
6 23 (4.10%) Azure Monitor
7 20 (3.57%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.50%) OCI
9 7 (1.25%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.89%) IaaS
12 4 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
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 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 118 (21.03%) DNS
2 111 (19.79%) Firewall
3 95 (16.93%) DHCP
4 50 (8.91%) LAN
4 50 (8.91%) SAN
5 42 (7.49%) VPN
6 35 (6.24%) WAN
7 34 (6.06%) Wireless
8 29 (5.17%) TCP/IP
9 28 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (3.21%) VLAN
11 12 (2.14%) Skype
12 11 (1.96%) MPLS
12 11 (1.96%) VoIP
13 10 (1.78%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (1.43%) Internet
14 8 (1.43%) NAS
15 7 (1.25%) NetScaler
16 6 (1.07%) WAAS
17 5 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.13%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 7 (1.25%) MSI
2 6 (1.07%) GitLab
3 4 (0.71%) JIRA
4 2 (0.36%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.36%) Git
4 2 (0.36%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 217 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.94%) Finance
3 43 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.10%) Banking
7 16 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.78%) Legal
9 8 (1.43%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.07%) Retail
11 6 (1.07%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.89%) French Language
12 5 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.71%) Front Office
14 3 (0.53%) Advertising
14 3 (0.53%) Billing
14 3 (0.53%) Local Government
14 3 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 133 (23.71%) Support Engineer
2 79 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 67 (11.94%) Desktop Support
4 58 (10.34%) Desktop Engineer
5 49 (8.73%) IT Support
5 49 (8.73%) Windows Engineer
6 45 (8.02%) 2nd Line Support
7 41 (7.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 39 (6.95%) Analyst
9 38 (6.77%) IT Engineer
10 31 (5.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 29 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 29 (5.17%) Active Directory Support
12 28 (4.99%) Deployment Engineer
12 28 (4.99%) SCCM Engineer
13 27 (4.81%) Support Specialist
14 26 (4.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 24 (4.28%) IT Support Engineer
15 24 (4.28%) Technical Support
16 23 (4.10%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.57%) ARM Templates
2 7 (1.25%) Software Packaging
3 6 (1.07%) .NET
4 3 (0.53%) XMPP
5 2 (0.36%) EDI
5 2 (0.36%) LAMP
5 2 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.36%) WSH
6 1 (0.18%) Flash
6 1 (0.18%) Middleware
6 1 (0.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.66%) Data Centre
2 40 (7.13%) Driving Licence
3 31 (5.53%) PKI
4 29 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.10%) Clustering
6 21 (3.74%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
8 11 (1.96%) iPad
9 9 (1.60%) iPhone
10 8 (1.43%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.25%) CMDB
12 5 (0.89%) Fat Client
12 5 (0.89%) Handset
12 5 (0.89%) Smartphone
12 5 (0.89%) Thin Client
12 5 (0.89%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.71%) EPoS
13 4 (0.71%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 493 (87.88%) Windows
2 265 (47.24%) Windows 10
3 170 (30.30%) Windows Server
4 87 (15.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 79 (14.08%) Linux
6 75 (13.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 74 (13.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 55 (9.80%) Windows 7
9 32 (5.70%) Mac OS
10 31 (5.53%) Unix
11 29 (5.17%) Apple iOS
12 18 (3.21%) Windows XP
13 17 (3.03%) Android
13 17 (3.03%) Windows NT
14 11 (1.96%) Windows Server 2003
15 10 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 10 (1.78%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (1.60%) Mac OS X
17 3 (0.53%) Windows 8
18 2 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (26.02%) ITIL
2 124 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (19.25%) Customer Service
4 88 (15.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 52 (9.27%) Mobile Device Management
5 52 (9.27%) Service Management
6 49 (8.73%) Migration
7 45 (8.02%) Release Management
8 41 (7.31%) Disaster Recovery
9 36 (6.42%) Server Management
10 33 (5.88%) Agile
11 31 (5.53%) Asset Management
11 31 (5.53%) DevOps
11 31 (5.53%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (5.35%) Application Packaging
13 29 (5.17%) Information Security
14 28 (4.99%) Proactive Monitoring
14 28 (4.99%) Software Deployment
15 26 (4.63%) Identity Management
15 26 (4.63%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 147 (26.20%) PowerShell
2 32 (5.70%) VBScript
3 30 (5.35%) C#
4 27 (4.81%) VB
5 20 (3.57%) Bicep
6 18 (3.21%) SQL
7 10 (1.78%) Java
8 6 (1.07%) Python
9 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 158 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 111 (19.79%) Degree
3 103 (18.36%) DV Cleared
4 78 (13.90%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (4.10%) CCNA
6 23 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 17 (3.03%) CCNP
9 11 (1.96%) MCP
10 10 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.43%) MCSE
12 7 (1.25%) DBS Check
13 6 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.89%) MCTS
15 4 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
16 3 (0.53%) A+ Certification
17 2 (0.36%) MCDST
17 2 (0.36%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.91%) SLA
2 23 (4.10%) QA
3 7 (1.25%) NIST
4 6 (1.07%) 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 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 331 (59.00%) Active Directory
2 106 (18.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (9.27%) Hyper-V
4 37 (6.60%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (5.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 30 (5.35%) Firmware
7 28 (4.99%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.85%) BitLocker
9 13 (2.32%) XenApp
10 12 (2.14%) VMware NSX
10 12 (2.14%) vSphere
11 11 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
11 11 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (1.43%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (1.25%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 2 (0.36%) Docker
16 1 (0.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
16 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 122 (21.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (13.01%) WSUS
3 63 (11.23%) SCOM
4 30 (5.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (4.99%) vCenter Server
6 25 (4.46%) NetBackup
7 23 (4.10%) Kubernetes
8 20 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
9 18 (3.21%) Sysprep
10 14 (2.50%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
11 10 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
11 10 (1.78%) SCVMM
12 8 (1.43%) Nagios
13 7 (1.25%) Nessus
13 7 (1.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 6 (1.07%) Autotask
15 5 (0.89%) AirWatch
15 5 (0.89%) Ansible
15 5 (0.89%) SCSM
Vendors
1 321 (57.22%) Microsoft
2 138 (24.60%) VMware
3 69 (12.30%) Citrix
4 66 (11.76%) HP
5 53 (9.45%) Cisco
6 48 (8.56%) Apple
7 32 (5.70%) EMC
7 32 (5.70%) ServiceNow
8 30 (5.35%) Veeam
9 25 (4.46%) Dell
10 21 (3.74%) Symantec
11 19 (3.39%) Avaya
11 19 (3.39%) Qualys
12 18 (3.21%) Palo Alto
13 17 (3.03%) Juniper
14 16 (2.85%) Oracle
15 15 (2.67%) MobileIron
16 14 (2.50%) 3PAR
16 14 (2.50%) Extreme Networks
17 12 (2.14%) Ivanti