SCCM Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 106 120
Rank change year-on-year -37 +14 -11
Contract jobs citing SCCM 42 101 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.87% 1.86% 2.03%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.16% 12.42% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 79 109
10th Percentile £165 £170 £153
25th Percentile £165 £215 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +33.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £300 £488 £400
90th Percentile £405 £500 £478
England median daily rate £346 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -7.67% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 9
10th Percentile £16.58 £13.68 £15.15
25th Percentile £17.26 £14.56 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £17.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £18.26 £21.81 £21.78
90th Percentile £22.75 £22.85 £22.55
England median hourly rate £23.80 £19.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +22.05% -9.30% +13.16%

All Systems Management Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 515 813 1,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 10.63% 14.94% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 571 825
10th Percentile £235 £319 £250
25th Percentile £394 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +3.81% +13.51%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 46 20
10th Percentile £17.26 £16.25 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.72 £21.47 £16.25
Median hourly rate £46.84 £31.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.89% +56.25% -16.67%
75th Percentile £50.94 £45.76 £22.69
90th Percentile £71.88 £50.83 £51.68
England median hourly rate £30.75 £52.93 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.90% +146.16% -12.07%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 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
North West -22 39 £220 -51.11% 10
Yorkshire 0 2 £250 +11.11% 7
North East +6 1 £300 +1.69% 2
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (30.95%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.14%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.38%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.38%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Firewall
2 5 (11.90%) LAN
2 5 (11.90%) VPN
3 4 (9.52%) VLAN
3 4 (9.52%) VoIP
3 4 (9.52%) WAAS
3 4 (9.52%) WAN
3 4 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.76%) DNS
5 1 (2.38%) DHCP
5 1 (2.38%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (2.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) AdminStudio
1 2 (4.76%) InstallShield
1 2 (4.76%) MSI
General
1 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Legal
3 2 (4.76%) Banking
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
3 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Deployment Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) IT Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (11.90%) Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Desktop Support
3 5 (11.90%) SCCM Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Senior
4 4 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 4 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) PowerShell Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Support Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Clustering
2 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.76%) NHS
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) PKI
4 1 (2.38%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (92.86%) Windows
2 34 (80.95%) Windows 10
3 8 (19.05%) Mac OS
4 6 (14.29%) Apple iOS
5 5 (11.90%) Windows Server
5 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.76%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.38%) Linux
7 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.38%) Unix
7 1 (2.38%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 6 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (11.90%) ITIL
4 5 (11.90%) Migration
5 4 (9.52%) Asset Management
5 4 (9.52%) Change Control
5 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
5 4 (9.52%) Quality Management
5 4 (9.52%) Software Deployment
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (7.14%) Service Management
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Analysis
7 2 (4.76%) Batch Scripting
7 2 (4.76%) Customer Experience
7 2 (4.76%) Incident Management
7 2 (4.76%) Inventory Management
7 2 (4.76%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (4.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) VB
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) MCP
3 2 (4.76%) MCSE
4 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.38%) CCNA
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.38%) MCTS
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certified Master
4 1 (2.38%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) QA
1 2 (4.76%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 22 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (11.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (9.52%) Autotask
3 4 (9.52%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (9.52%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.43%) Apple
3 7 (16.67%) VMware
4 4 (9.52%) Datto
4 4 (9.52%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.14%) Sophos
6 1 (2.38%) Aruba
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco
6 1 (2.38%) Citrix
6 1 (2.38%) Proofpoint