SCCM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 211 181 257
Rank change year-on-year -30 +76 -23
Contract jobs citing SCCM 142 327 471
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.97% 1.35% 1.07%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.62% 8.37% 6.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 245 353
10th Percentile £182 £181 £228
25th Percentile £344 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £438 £420
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +4.17% +12.00%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £500
90th Percentile £608 £743 £587
UK median daily rate £338 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 16
10th Percentile - £15.50 £15.63
25th Percentile - £20.00 £19.63
Median hourly rate - £25.36 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - +17.93% +16.22%
75th Percentile - £25.71 £22.25
90th Percentile - £67.21 £23.25
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% -4.76% +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,648 3,906 7,095
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.25% 16.11% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 2,893 5,298
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £448 £473 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £564
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -1.15% +7.43%
75th Percentile £629 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 78 45
10th Percentile - £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.01 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +85.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £85.75 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -47.83% +165.71% -45.22%

SCCM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SCCM trend for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM.

SCCM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SCCM over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

SCCM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM.

SCCM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (32.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.93%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) assyst
1 1 (0.70%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 56 (39.44%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (34.51%) Azure
3 36 (25.35%) Entra ID
4 22 (15.49%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (14.08%) Azure Storage
6 10 (7.04%) AWS
7 9 (6.34%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.11%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 45 (31.69%) Firewall
2 42 (29.58%) DNS
3 34 (23.94%) DHCP
4 9 (6.34%) VPN
5 8 (5.63%) SAN
6 5 (3.52%) WAAS
7 4 (2.82%) Wireless
8 2 (1.41%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.41%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.41%) VLAN
9 1 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.70%) FTP
9 1 (0.70%) Skype
9 1 (0.70%) SSL
9 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.82%) MSI
2 1 (0.70%) TestRail
General
1 40 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 36 (25.35%) Finance
3 16 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.34%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.63%) Banking
6 7 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.41%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.41%) Marketing
9 2 (1.41%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.70%) French Language
10 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (15.49%) Support Engineer
3 20 (14.08%) Active Directory Support
4 19 (13.38%) Support Specialist
5 14 (9.86%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (9.86%) Azure Specialist
6 10 (7.04%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.63%) IT Engineer
7 8 (5.63%) SCCM Engineer
7 8 (5.63%) Windows Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Active Directory Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Consultant
8 7 (4.93%) IT Support
9 6 (4.23%) Active Directory Support Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) Analyst
9 6 (4.23%) Senior
9 6 (4.23%) Technical Support
10 5 (3.52%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.08%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.49%) PKI
2 20 (14.08%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 8 (5.63%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (4.93%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.82%) Clustering
6 4 (2.82%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.11%) Blackberry
7 3 (2.11%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.41%) iPad
8 2 (1.41%) NHS
8 2 (1.41%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.70%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 127 (89.44%) Windows
2 56 (39.44%) Windows Server
3 48 (33.80%) Windows 10
4 42 (29.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (20.42%) Linux
6 25 (17.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (11.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (6.34%) Windows 7
9 8 (5.63%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (4.93%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (3.52%) Unix
12 3 (2.11%) Android
12 3 (2.11%) Apple iOS
12 3 (2.11%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.39%) ITIL
2 26 (18.31%) Agile
3 25 (17.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (16.20%) DevOps
4 23 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (15.49%) Release Management
6 21 (14.79%) Identity Management
6 21 (14.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 21 (14.79%) Service Management
7 20 (14.08%) Analytics
7 20 (14.08%) CI/CD
7 20 (14.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (14.08%) Log Analytics
7 20 (14.08%) Privileged Identity Management
7 20 (14.08%) RBAC
8 19 (13.38%) Mobile Device Management
9 18 (12.68%) Vulnerability Management
10 17 (11.97%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (8.45%) Application Packaging
11 12 (8.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 49 (34.51%) PowerShell
2 25 (17.61%) VBScript
3 22 (15.49%) VB
4 20 (14.08%) Bicep
4 20 (14.08%) C#
5 3 (2.11%) SQL
6 2 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (24.65%) Degree
1 35 (24.65%) Security Cleared
2 33 (23.24%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.08%) DV Cleared
3 20 (14.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 8 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.41%) CCNA
7 2 (1.41%) CCNP
7 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.41%) MCSA
8 1 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) HNC
8 1 (0.70%) MCP
8 1 (0.70%) MCSE
8 1 (0.70%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.08%) SLA
2 4 (2.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (2.82%) GDPR
3 3 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 95 (66.90%) Active Directory
2 24 (16.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 21 (14.79%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (14.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (6.34%) Hyper-V
6 8 (5.63%) XenApp
7 5 (3.52%) XenDesktop
8 4 (2.82%) vSphere
9 3 (2.11%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.70%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.70%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.70%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (28.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (18.31%) WSUS
3 25 (17.61%) SCOM
4 22 (15.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (14.08%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (2.11%) Nessus
6 3 (2.11%) SCVMM
6 3 (2.11%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.41%) Nexpose
8 1 (0.70%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.70%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.70%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.70%) SCDPM
8 1 (0.70%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.70%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 84 (59.15%) Microsoft
2 39 (27.46%) VMware
3 28 (19.72%) Citrix
4 14 (9.86%) Qualys
5 13 (9.15%) HP
6 10 (7.04%) Cisco
7 9 (6.34%) Avaya
7 9 (6.34%) CA
7 9 (6.34%) ServiceNow
8 8 (5.63%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.63%) EMC
9 5 (3.52%) Symantec
10 4 (2.82%) Apple
10 4 (2.82%) Ivanti
11 3 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (2.11%) FireEye
11 3 (2.11%) Tanium
12 2 (1.41%) Google
12 2 (1.41%) Huawei
12 2 (1.41%) Trend Micro