Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SCCM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCCM over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 317 372
Rank change year-on-year -3 +55 -96
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 915 1,054 1,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 1.08% 1.00%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.29% 7.39% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 718 913 1,391
10th Percentile £29,175 £25,500 £26,450
25th Percentile £32,125 £32,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.61%
75th Percentile £55,675 £57,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £67,650 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,250 £37,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.08% -7.50% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,853 14,263 30,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.60% 14.65% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,027 8,875 14,106
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% -3.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +0.89% +7.27%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCCM.

Salary trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +19 865 £42,500 - 144
UK excluding London -6 617 £39,250 +6.08% 127
London +55 281 £55,000 +4.76% 36
Work from Home -10 258 £47,300 -2.65% 51
South East +11 188 £45,000 +12.50% 37
South West +27 134 £40,000 +24.03% 24
North of England +2 122 £34,000 -2.86% 17
Midlands -7 108 £36,500 -18.89% 12
West Midlands +30 85 £36,250 -19.44% 7
Yorkshire +69 62 £30,500 -6.87% 2
North West -33 44 £41,235 +11.44% 14
East of England -45 30 £45,000 - 21
East Midlands -40 23 £37,500 -21.05% 5
Scotland -73 18 £36,750 +41.35% 17
North East -9 16 £30,000 -29.41% 1
Wales +13 14 £34,000 -25.59% 1
Northern Ireland +21 3 - - 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
1 282 (30.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (10.05%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.42%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (1.42%) SharePoint 2013
4 12 (1.31%) IIS
5 9 (0.98%) WordPress
6 7 (0.77%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.44%) SAS
8 3 (0.33%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.22%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) Confluence
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) Site Server
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 153 (16.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) InCopy
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Farmplan
1 2 (0.22%) KEYPrime
1 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 494 (53.99%) Microsoft 365
2 324 (35.41%) Azure
3 160 (17.49%) Entra ID
4 58 (6.34%) AWS
5 41 (4.48%) OneDrive
6 34 (3.72%) Nutanix
7 27 (2.95%) Mimecast
8 22 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (2.30%) GCP
9 21 (2.30%) Google Workspace
10 20 (2.19%) Azure Storage
11 19 (2.08%) IaaS
12 12 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.31%) OCI
13 11 (1.20%) Power Platform
14 9 (0.98%) OpenShift
14 9 (0.98%) WhatsApp
15 7 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (18.58%) DNS
2 163 (17.81%) Firewall
3 155 (16.94%) WAN
4 143 (15.63%) DHCP
5 132 (14.43%) Wireless
6 85 (9.29%) SAN
7 84 (9.18%) LAN
8 81 (8.85%) SD-WAN
9 80 (8.74%) VPN
10 78 (8.52%) Cisco IOS
11 75 (8.20%) WebEx
12 57 (6.23%) TCP/IP
13 50 (5.46%) VoIP
14 41 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
15 38 (4.15%) VLAN
16 25 (2.73%) NAS
16 25 (2.73%) WLAN
17 24 (2.62%) Network Security
18 22 (2.40%) iSCSI
19 19 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.03%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.98%) MySQL
3 4 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.22%) Power BI
5 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (1.97%) MSI
2 12 (1.31%) AdminStudio
3 9 (0.98%) JIRA
4 7 (0.77%) Snyk
5 6 (0.66%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.11%) Git
6 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
General
1 338 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 131 (14.32%) Finance
3 59 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.26%) Legal
7 34 (3.72%) Banking
8 27 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (2.51%) Law
10 20 (2.19%) Aerospace
10 20 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 18 (1.97%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.53%) Automotive
12 14 (1.53%) Games
13 11 (1.20%) Advertising
13 11 (1.20%) Police
14 9 (0.98%) Marketing
14 9 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.98%) Retail
15 8 (0.87%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 179 (19.56%) IT Support
2 169 (18.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 165 (18.03%) Support Engineer
4 158 (17.27%) Analyst
5 126 (13.77%) Senior
6 115 (12.57%) Support Specialist
7 92 (10.05%) IT Engineer
8 80 (8.74%) IT Support Specialist
9 74 (8.09%) IT Analyst
10 68 (7.43%) Support Analyst
11 57 (6.23%) Lead
12 56 (6.12%) Desktop Support
12 56 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
13 53 (5.79%) IT Support Analyst
14 52 (5.68%) 2nd Line Support
15 50 (5.46%) Desktop Engineer
16 44 (4.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 42 (4.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 38 (4.15%) Infrastructure Support
19 36 (3.93%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.19%) Software Packaging
2 17 (1.86%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.98%) LAMP
4 6 (0.66%) ADO
5 5 (0.55%) EDI
6 3 (0.33%) Middleware
7 1 (0.11%) .NET
7 1 (0.11%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.11%) JSON
7 1 (0.11%) Web Services
7 1 (0.11%) XML
7 1 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.31%) Video Conferencing
2 72 (7.87%) Wiki
3 60 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
4 56 (6.12%) Data Centre
5 45 (4.92%) Driving Licence
5 45 (4.92%) Replication
6 34 (3.72%) Management Information System
7 30 (3.28%) Fat Client
7 30 (3.28%) Thin Client
8 26 (2.84%) PKI
9 20 (2.19%) Clustering
10 19 (2.08%) Smartphone
11 17 (1.86%) iPhone
12 13 (1.42%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.09%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.87%) EMC VNX
16 7 (0.77%) EFT
16 7 (0.77%) iPad
16 7 (0.77%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 715 (78.14%) Windows
2 342 (37.38%) Windows 10
2 342 (37.38%) Windows Server
3 113 (12.35%) Windows Server 2016
3 113 (12.35%) Windows Server 2019
4 111 (12.13%) Android
5 108 (11.80%) Linux
6 98 (10.71%) Windows Server 2012
7 67 (7.32%) Windows 7
8 57 (6.23%) Apple iOS
9 42 (4.59%) Mac OS
10 37 (4.04%) Unix
11 24 (2.62%) Mac OS X
12 22 (2.40%) Windows XP
13 21 (2.30%) VMS
14 17 (1.86%) Windows NT
15 11 (1.20%) Windows 8
15 11 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (1.09%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (34.43%) ITIL
2 197 (21.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 184 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
4 150 (16.39%) Customer Service
5 130 (14.21%) Service Management
6 129 (14.10%) Mobile Device Management
7 100 (10.93%) Change Management
8 93 (10.16%) Service Delivery
9 92 (10.05%) Application Virtualisation
10 87 (9.51%) Computer Science
11 86 (9.40%) Business Continuity
12 75 (8.20%) Agile
12 75 (8.20%) ITSM
13 74 (8.09%) BCP
14 72 (7.87%) Business Continuity Planning
14 72 (7.87%) Contract Negotiation
15 59 (6.45%) Incident Management
16 54 (5.90%) Asset Management
17 53 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
17 53 (5.79%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 252 (27.54%) PowerShell
2 49 (5.36%) SQL
3 23 (2.51%) C#
3 23 (2.51%) VB
4 19 (2.08%) VBScript
5 18 (1.97%) Bicep
6 14 (1.53%) Python
7 9 (0.98%) Bash
8 6 (0.66%) Ruby
9 5 (0.55%) Perl
10 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.22%) Java
12 1 (0.11%) C
12 1 (0.11%) Go
12 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 216 (23.61%) Security Cleared
2 210 (22.95%) Degree
3 170 (18.58%) SC Cleared
4 114 (12.46%) DV Cleared
5 86 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 80 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 73 (7.98%) Master's Degree
8 38 (4.15%) MCP
9 28 (3.06%) CCNA
9 28 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (3.06%) DBS Check
9 28 (3.06%) MCSE
10 22 (2.40%) A+ Certification
10 22 (2.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 20 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
12 17 (1.86%) HNC
13 16 (1.75%) MCITP
14 15 (1.64%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.42%) CCNP
16 12 (1.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.21%) SLA
2 16 (1.75%) GDPR
3 10 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.44%) QA
6 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.22%) NIST
8 1 (0.11%) GxP
8 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 672 (73.44%) Active Directory
2 219 (23.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 156 (17.05%) Hyper-V
4 136 (14.86%) VMware ESXi
5 117 (12.79%) XenApp
6 115 (12.57%) XenDesktop
7 92 (10.05%) Microsoft App-V
8 52 (5.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 41 (4.48%) vSphere
10 31 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
11 28 (3.06%) Firmware
12 17 (1.86%) Docker
13 6 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.55%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.33%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.33%) Terminal Server
15 3 (0.33%) Xen
16 2 (0.22%) NFS
16 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 240 (26.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 98 (10.71%) WSUS
3 87 (9.51%) SCOM
4 78 (8.52%) AirWatch
5 42 (4.59%) vCenter Server
6 34 (3.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 34 (3.72%) Kubernetes
7 29 (3.17%) Jamf Pro
8 23 (2.51%) Ansible
9 22 (2.40%) NetBackup
10 20 (2.19%) EMC NetWorker
11 15 (1.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 13 (1.42%) Failover Clustering
12 13 (1.42%) Nessus
13 12 (1.31%) Sysprep
14 11 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
15 10 (1.09%) Autotask
15 10 (1.09%) Terraform
16 8 (0.87%) Nagios
17 7 (0.77%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 639 (69.84%) Microsoft
2 318 (34.75%) VMware
3 171 (18.69%) Citrix
4 143 (15.63%) Cisco
5 80 (8.74%) Veeam
6 78 (8.52%) HP
7 76 (8.31%) Dell
8 64 (6.99%) Apple
9 55 (6.01%) ServiceNow
10 38 (4.15%) Google
10 38 (4.15%) Symantec
11 34 (3.72%) Aruba
12 27 (2.95%) iManage
12 27 (2.95%) Meraki
13 25 (2.73%) Oracle
14 24 (2.62%) Qualys
15 22 (2.40%) McAfee
16 21 (2.30%) Palo Alto
16 21 (2.30%) SolarWinds
17 20 (2.19%) EMC