Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 162 196
Rank change year-on-year -3 +34 -8
Contract jobs citing SCCM 626 917 1,312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 1.61% 1.50%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.33% 10.04% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 665 920
10th Percentile £163 £175 £163
25th Percentile £205 £213 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £370 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% -1.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £496
90th Percentile £608 £622 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 53 82
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.61 £15.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £22.15 £20.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.00 £26.00 £23.91
90th Percentile £50.00 £65.60 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £17.61 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.62% -11.95% +11.11%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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 requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,079 9,138 13,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.94% 16.00% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,654 6,565 10,050
10th Percentile £263 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -0.88% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.86% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 200 180
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.82
25th Percentile £17.72 £22.67 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.77 £55.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.15% +144.44% -43.75%
75th Percentile £50.06 £70.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £83.08 £62.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.35% +112.50% -12.74%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England +1 561 £310 -12.68% 173
UK excluding London 0 410 £300 -14.29% 136
London +37 194 £350 -5.41% 53
South East +57 185 £340 +4.62% 36
Work from Home -9 139 £440 +3.53% 57
Midlands -3 54 £331 -11.67% 21
South West -17 50 £180 -55.00% 20
North of England -32 43 £220 -41.88% 14
Scotland +29 41 £240 +20.00% 19
West Midlands +13 41 £375 -17.13% 9
North West -19 38 £220 -51.11% 8
East of England -21 32 £303 +1.68% 27
East Midlands -20 13 £200 -39.39% 12
Wales +4 5 £220 -56.00% 1
Yorkshire +10 4 £250 +11.11% 4
North East +9 2 £155 -31.11% 2

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 130 (20.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (7.35%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.88%) IIS
4 10 (1.60%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.48%) WordPress
7 2 (0.32%) Apache
7 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 128 (20.45%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.32%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.16%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 254 (40.58%) Microsoft 365
2 160 (25.56%) Azure
3 69 (11.02%) Entra ID
4 42 (6.71%) OneDrive
5 37 (5.91%) AWS
6 18 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (2.72%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.24%) OCI
9 10 (1.60%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.28%) Mimecast
11 7 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.96%) IaaS
13 4 (0.64%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.48%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.48%) SaaS
14 3 (0.48%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.32%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 133 (21.25%) DNS
2 113 (18.05%) Firewall
3 110 (17.57%) DHCP
4 56 (8.95%) LAN
5 55 (8.79%) VPN
6 49 (7.83%) SAN
7 36 (5.75%) WAN
8 31 (4.95%) Wireless
9 29 (4.63%) TCP/IP
10 25 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (2.72%) Skype
12 16 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (2.24%) VLAN
14 13 (2.08%) MPLS
15 11 (1.76%) VoIP
16 7 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (1.12%) NAS
17 6 (0.96%) Internet
17 6 (0.96%) NetScaler
17 6 (0.96%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.48%) Power BI
3 2 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 6 (0.96%) JIRA
2 5 (0.80%) MSI
3 3 (0.48%) GitLab
4 2 (0.32%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.16%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.16%) Subversion
5 1 (0.16%) TestRail
General
1 251 (40.10%) Social Skills
2 65 (10.38%) Finance
3 55 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.87%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.71%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.67%) Banking
7 15 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.44%) Legal
9 8 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.28%) French Language
9 8 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.12%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.80%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.64%) Front Office
13 3 (0.48%) Billing
13 3 (0.48%) Local Government
13 3 (0.48%) Military
13 3 (0.48%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 141 (22.52%) Support Engineer
2 84 (13.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 73 (11.66%) Desktop Support
4 67 (10.70%) Desktop Engineer
5 61 (9.74%) Windows Engineer
6 60 (9.58%) IT Support
7 52 (8.31%) 2nd Line Support
8 48 (7.67%) IT Engineer
9 46 (7.35%) Analyst
10 45 (7.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 34 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 33 (5.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 33 (5.27%) Support Specialist
13 32 (5.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 29 (4.63%) IT Support Engineer
14 29 (4.63%) SCCM Engineer
15 27 (4.31%) Senior
15 27 (4.31%) Technical Support
16 26 (4.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
16 26 (4.15%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.72%) ARM Templates
2 7 (1.12%) .NET
3 6 (0.96%) Software Packaging
4 3 (0.48%) LAMP
4 3 (0.48%) XMPP
5 2 (0.32%) EDI
5 2 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.32%) WSH
6 1 (0.16%) Flash
6 1 (0.16%) Middleware
6 1 (0.16%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.35%) Driving Licence
2 39 (6.23%) Data Centre
3 33 (5.27%) PKI
4 27 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.67%) Clustering
6 21 (3.35%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (1.92%) iPad
9 10 (1.60%) iPhone
10 8 (1.28%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.12%) CMDB
12 6 (0.96%) Smartphone
12 6 (0.96%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.80%) Handset
13 5 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 4 (0.64%) Blackberry
14 4 (0.64%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.64%) Replication
14 4 (0.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 551 (88.02%) Windows
2 300 (47.92%) Windows 10
3 189 (30.19%) Windows Server
4 96 (15.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 80 (12.78%) Linux
6 78 (12.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 77 (12.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 74 (11.82%) Windows 7
9 41 (6.55%) Mac OS
10 37 (5.91%) Unix
11 33 (5.27%) Apple iOS
12 20 (3.19%) Android
13 19 (3.04%) Windows NT
14 18 (2.88%) Windows XP
15 12 (1.92%) Windows Server 2003
16 10 (1.60%) Mac OS X
16 10 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 3 (0.48%) VMS
18 3 (0.48%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (27.80%) ITIL
2 144 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (21.57%) Customer Service
4 101 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 59 (9.42%) Mobile Device Management
6 55 (8.79%) Service Management
7 52 (8.31%) Migration
8 44 (7.03%) Agile
8 44 (7.03%) Release Management
9 40 (6.39%) Disaster Recovery
10 38 (6.07%) DevOps
11 36 (5.75%) Asset Management
11 36 (5.75%) Server Management
12 35 (5.59%) Service Delivery
13 32 (5.11%) Application Packaging
14 31 (4.95%) Software Deployment
15 28 (4.47%) Information Security
15 28 (4.47%) Infrastructure as Code
15 28 (4.47%) ITSM
16 26 (4.15%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 157 (25.08%) PowerShell
2 29 (4.63%) VBScript
3 27 (4.31%) C#
4 21 (3.35%) VB
5 17 (2.72%) Bicep
6 14 (2.24%) SQL
7 13 (2.08%) Python
8 10 (1.60%) Java
9 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 193 (30.83%) Security Cleared
2 124 (19.81%) Degree
3 111 (17.73%) DV Cleared
4 102 (16.29%) SC Cleared
5 34 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (4.15%) CCNA
6 26 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.88%) CCNP
7 18 (2.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 17 (2.72%) MCP
8 17 (2.72%) MCSE
9 13 (2.08%) A+ Certification
10 12 (1.92%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.80%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.80%) MCTS
13 2 (0.32%) MCDST
13 2 (0.32%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.42%) SLA
2 23 (3.67%) QA
3 7 (1.12%) NIST
4 6 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.64%) GDPR
7 1 (0.16%) COBIT
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 388 (61.98%) Active Directory
2 106 (16.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (8.95%) Hyper-V
4 37 (5.91%) VMware ESXi
5 34 (5.43%) Firmware
6 27 (4.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (2.40%) BitLocker
8 15 (2.40%) XenApp
9 12 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (1.76%) Microsoft App-V
10 11 (1.76%) VMware NSX
10 11 (1.76%) vSphere
11 8 (1.28%) VMware Workstation
11 8 (1.28%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.64%) Docker
12 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 130 (20.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (11.98%) WSUS
3 63 (10.06%) SCOM
4 30 (4.79%) vCenter Server
5 27 (4.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (3.83%) NetBackup
7 20 (3.19%) Jamf Pro
7 20 (3.19%) Kubernetes
7 20 (3.19%) Sysprep
8 16 (2.56%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (2.24%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.60%) Failover Clustering
11 9 (1.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 8 (1.28%) Nagios
12 8 (1.28%) SCVMM
13 6 (0.96%) AirWatch
13 6 (0.96%) Autotask
14 5 (0.80%) Ansible
15 3 (0.48%) AppManager
15 3 (0.48%) OPNET
Vendors
1 368 (58.79%) Microsoft
2 140 (22.36%) VMware
3 81 (12.94%) Citrix
4 72 (11.50%) Cisco
5 71 (11.34%) HP
6 52 (8.31%) Apple
7 38 (6.07%) ServiceNow
8 33 (5.27%) EMC
8 33 (5.27%) Veeam
9 27 (4.31%) Dell
10 20 (3.19%) Symantec
11 17 (2.72%) Avaya
11 17 (2.72%) Palo Alto
12 16 (2.56%) Juniper
12 16 (2.56%) Qualys
13 15 (2.40%) MobileIron
13 15 (2.40%) Oracle
14 14 (2.24%) 3PAR
14 14 (2.24%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (1.92%) Ivanti