SCCM Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 111 131
Rank change year-on-year +46 +20 -37
Contract jobs citing SCCM 51 53 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.38% 1.98% 1.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 21.34% 10.50% 9.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 37 33
10th Percentile £188 £131 £119
25th Percentile £200 £158 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +14.29% -50.00%
75th Percentile £430 £388 £300
90th Percentile £613 £445 £555
UK median daily rate £340 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -9.33% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.00
25th Percentile - - £30.00
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £56.00
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +19.00% -6.98% +13.16%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 239 505 494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.15% 18.90% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 336 356
10th Percentile £200 £257 £325
25th Percentile £370 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% -7.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
10th Percentile £16.00 £19.49 £36.20
25th Percentile £17.37 £21.36 £41.75
Median hourly rate £20.08 £39.59 £45.14
Median % change year-on-year -49.29% -12.31% -32.12%
75th Percentile £22.35 £58.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £23.45 £59.65 £52.62
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% +161.36% -44.30%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Edinburgh +44 35 £240 +20.00% 10
Glasgow +15 13 £475 +26.67% 1
Lanarkshire -1 1 £185 +12.12%
Renfrewshire - 1 £425 -
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (49.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.96%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (19.61%) Azure
3 4 (7.84%) OneDrive
3 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.88%) AWS
5 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (41.18%) DNS
2 19 (37.25%) DHCP
2 19 (37.25%) VPN
3 5 (9.80%) Firewall
4 3 (5.88%) SSL
5 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
General
1 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 8 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Desktop Engineer
2 10 (19.61%) Desktop Support
3 9 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Infrastructure Support
4 8 (15.69%) Security Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Analyst
5 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 7 (13.73%) Support Analyst
5 7 (13.73%) Support Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 6 (11.76%) Network Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) Support Specialist
6 6 (11.76%) Windows Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) IT Analyst
7 5 (9.80%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) PKI
2 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.92%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 49 (96.08%) Windows
2 27 (52.94%) Windows 10
3 15 (29.41%) Windows 7
4 14 (27.45%) Windows Server
5 6 (11.76%) Unix
6 5 (9.80%) Mac OS
6 5 (9.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (58.82%) ITIL
2 18 (35.29%) Customer Service
3 17 (33.33%) Break/Fix
3 17 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 16 (31.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (21.57%) Agile
7 9 (17.65%) Network Management
7 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (13.73%) DevOps
8 7 (13.73%) Disk Encryption
8 7 (13.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 6 (11.76%) Refactoring
10 5 (9.80%) Email Filtering
10 5 (9.80%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (9.80%) Security Operations
11 4 (7.84%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 4 (7.84%) Security Testing
11 4 (7.84%) Static Application Security Testing
11 4 (7.84%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (54.90%) SC Cleared
1 28 (54.90%) Security Cleared
2 15 (29.41%) A+ Certification
3 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (17.65%) MCSE
5 6 (11.76%) Degree
5 6 (11.76%) MCP
6 3 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.96%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.92%) SLA
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 44 (86.27%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.80%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) WSUS
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (86.27%) Microsoft
2 19 (37.25%) Cisco
3 7 (13.73%) Splunk
4 5 (9.80%) Citrix
5 1 (1.96%) IFS
5 1 (1.96%) VMware