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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 312 356
Rank change year-on-year +25 +44 -97
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 973 1,182 1,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 1.13% 1.09%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.77% 7.64% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 753 997 1,431
10th Percentile £29,190 £25,420 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

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 9,961 15,465 27,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 14.78% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,202 9,470 14,208
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,675 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +38 916 £45,000 +5.88% 130
UK excluding London -14 644 £40,000 +11.11% 110
London +67 314 £55,000 +4.76% 41
Work from Home -17 273 £50,000 +5.26% 44
South East +20 186 £45,000 +23.29% 30
South West +46 154 £42,500 +32.81% 15
North of England +10 124 £33,500 -4.29% 15
Midlands -32 112 £39,000 -12.36% 16
West Midlands +18 87 £40,000 -11.11% 11
Yorkshire +93 66 £31,750 -3.79% 1
North West -36 42 £41,235 +10.70% 10
East of England -38 25 £40,000 -11.11% 11
East Midlands -56 25 £38,250 -10.00% 5
Scotland -73 25 £36,750 +47.00% 21
North East -3 16 £30,000 -29.41% 4
Wales +24 14 £34,000 -18.56% 2
Northern Ireland +29 4 £42,500 +46.55% 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
1 307 (31.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (9.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.23%) IIS
4 10 (1.03%) WordPress
5 7 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.72%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (0.72%) SharePoint 2013
6 4 (0.41%) SAS
7 3 (0.31%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.21%) Confluence
9 1 (0.10%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.10%) Moodle
9 1 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.10%) Site Server
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 158 (16.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.21%) InCopy
4 2 (0.21%) InDesign
4 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.10%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.10%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.21%) Farmplan
2 2 (0.21%) KEYPrime
3 1 (0.10%) Eikon
3 1 (0.10%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 537 (55.19%) Microsoft 365
2 312 (32.07%) Azure
3 157 (16.14%) Entra ID
4 51 (5.24%) AWS
5 40 (4.11%) OneDrive
6 32 (3.29%) Nutanix
7 23 (2.36%) Google Workspace
7 23 (2.36%) IaaS
8 20 (2.06%) Mimecast
9 19 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (1.75%) Azure Storage
11 15 (1.54%) GCP
12 12 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (1.23%) OCI
13 10 (1.03%) PaaS
14 8 (0.82%) OpenShift
14 8 (0.82%) WhatsApp
15 7 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.72%) Power Platform
16 5 (0.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 183 (18.81%) WAN
2 170 (17.47%) Wireless
3 159 (16.34%) DNS
4 152 (15.62%) Firewall
5 131 (13.46%) DHCP
6 113 (11.61%) SD-WAN
7 112 (11.51%) Cisco IOS
8 107 (11.00%) WebEx
9 95 (9.76%) SAN
10 88 (9.04%) VPN
11 84 (8.63%) LAN
12 55 (5.65%) TCP/IP
13 50 (5.14%) VoIP
14 43 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
15 40 (4.11%) VLAN
16 29 (2.98%) NAS
17 26 (2.67%) Network Security
18 25 (2.57%) WLAN
19 22 (2.26%) iSCSI
20 19 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.82%) MySQL
3 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.31%) Power BI
4 2 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (1.64%) MSI
2 10 (1.03%) JIRA
3 9 (0.92%) AdminStudio
4 7 (0.72%) Snyk
5 4 (0.41%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.21%) Git
6 2 (0.21%) GitLab
6 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.10%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.10%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.10%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.10%) Redmine
7 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.10%) Subversion
General
1 371 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 131 (13.46%) Finance
3 67 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (4.83%) Legal
7 40 (4.11%) Banking
8 32 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 30 (3.08%) Law
10 23 (2.36%) Retail
11 20 (2.06%) Aerospace
12 19 (1.95%) Public Sector
13 15 (1.54%) Games
14 14 (1.44%) Automotive
14 14 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.13%) Advertising
16 9 (0.92%) Police
17 8 (0.82%) Marketing
18 7 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 219 (22.51%) IT Support
2 177 (18.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 156 (16.03%) Analyst
4 153 (15.72%) Support Engineer
5 151 (15.52%) Senior
6 150 (15.42%) Support Specialist
7 113 (11.61%) IT Support Specialist
8 100 (10.28%) IT Engineer
9 80 (8.22%) IT Analyst
10 71 (7.30%) Support Analyst
11 58 (5.96%) IT Support Analyst
11 58 (5.96%) IT Support Engineer
11 58 (5.96%) Lead
12 57 (5.86%) Desktop Support
13 45 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
14 43 (4.42%) Desktop Engineer
15 41 (4.21%) Infrastructure Support
16 40 (4.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 40 (4.11%) Team Leader
16 40 (4.11%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.95%) Software Packaging
2 14 (1.44%) ARM Templates
3 10 (1.03%) LAMP
4 7 (0.72%) EDI
5 3 (0.31%) Middleware
6 1 (0.10%) .NET
6 1 (0.10%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.10%) JSON
6 1 (0.10%) Web Services
6 1 (0.10%) XML
6 1 (0.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (11.31%) Video Conferencing
2 105 (10.79%) Wiki
3 59 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (5.86%) Data Centre
5 47 (4.83%) Driving Licence
6 42 (4.32%) Replication
7 35 (3.60%) Management Information System
8 32 (3.29%) Fat Client
8 32 (3.29%) Thin Client
9 28 (2.88%) PKI
10 22 (2.26%) Clustering
11 17 (1.75%) iPhone
12 16 (1.64%) Smartphone
13 11 (1.13%) Blackberry
13 11 (1.13%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.92%) BYOD
16 8 (0.82%) EFT
17 7 (0.72%) EMC VNX
17 7 (0.72%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 773 (79.45%) Windows
2 370 (38.03%) Windows 10
3 355 (36.49%) Windows Server
4 144 (14.80%) Android
5 114 (11.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 113 (11.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 110 (11.31%) Linux
8 99 (10.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 72 (7.40%) Windows 7
10 51 (5.24%) Apple iOS
11 40 (4.11%) Mac OS
12 37 (3.80%) Unix
13 24 (2.47%) Mac OS X
14 22 (2.26%) VMS
14 22 (2.26%) Windows XP
15 19 (1.95%) Windows NT
16 12 (1.23%) Windows 8
17 11 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 11 (1.13%) Ubuntu
17 11 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (34.22%) ITIL
2 214 (21.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 193 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
4 163 (16.75%) Customer Service
5 150 (15.42%) Mobile Device Management
6 128 (13.16%) Application Virtualisation
7 127 (13.05%) Service Management
8 122 (12.54%) Computer Science
9 114 (11.72%) Business Continuity
10 105 (10.79%) BCP
10 105 (10.79%) Business Continuity Planning
10 105 (10.79%) Contract Negotiation
11 101 (10.38%) Change Management
12 98 (10.07%) Service Delivery
13 77 (7.91%) ITSM
14 74 (7.61%) Agile
15 73 (7.50%) Incident Management
16 58 (5.96%) Problem Management
17 55 (5.65%) Asset Management
18 50 (5.14%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 264 (27.13%) PowerShell
2 61 (6.27%) SQL
3 19 (1.95%) VB
4 18 (1.85%) C#
5 15 (1.54%) Python
5 15 (1.54%) VBScript
6 14 (1.44%) Bicep
7 11 (1.13%) Bash
8 10 (1.03%) Ruby
9 5 (0.51%) Perl
10 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.10%) C
11 1 (0.10%) Go
11 1 (0.10%) Java
11 1 (0.10%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 242 (24.87%) Degree
2 223 (22.92%) Security Cleared
3 165 (16.96%) SC Cleared
4 125 (12.85%) DV Cleared
5 121 (12.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 106 (10.89%) Master's Degree
7 77 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (3.91%) MCP
9 28 (2.88%) CCNA
9 28 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (2.77%) MCSE
11 26 (2.67%) DBS Check
12 25 (2.57%) A+ Certification
13 23 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
14 21 (2.16%) Azure Certification
14 21 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 18 (1.85%) MCSA
16 16 (1.64%) HNC
17 12 (1.23%) CCNP
18 10 (1.03%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.50%) SLA
2 13 (1.34%) GDPR
3 8 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.21%) NIST
5 2 (0.21%) QA
6 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.10%) GxP
System Software
1 715 (73.48%) Active Directory
2 232 (23.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 168 (17.27%) Hyper-V
4 165 (16.96%) VMware ESXi
5 139 (14.29%) XenApp
6 137 (14.08%) XenDesktop
7 122 (12.54%) Microsoft App-V
8 54 (5.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 44 (4.52%) vSphere
10 34 (3.49%) Firmware
11 31 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
12 15 (1.54%) Docker
13 6 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.51%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.41%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.31%) Terminal Server
16 3 (0.31%) Xen
17 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 231 (23.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (11.72%) AirWatch
3 93 (9.56%) WSUS
4 80 (8.22%) SCOM
5 41 (4.21%) vCenter Server
6 29 (2.98%) Kubernetes
7 25 (2.57%) Jamf Pro
8 24 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (2.26%) Ansible
10 21 (2.16%) NetBackup
11 19 (1.95%) EMC NetWorker
12 17 (1.75%) Failover Clustering
12 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 14 (1.44%) Sysprep
14 12 (1.23%) Nessus
15 9 (0.92%) Autotask
15 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
16 7 (0.72%) Backup Exec
16 7 (0.72%) Nexpose
16 7 (0.72%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 704 (72.35%) Microsoft
2 331 (34.02%) VMware
3 190 (19.53%) Citrix
4 168 (17.27%) Cisco
5 86 (8.84%) HP
6 78 (8.02%) Veeam
7 77 (7.91%) Dell
8 69 (7.09%) Apple
9 57 (5.86%) ServiceNow
10 36 (3.70%) iManage
10 36 (3.70%) Symantec
11 34 (3.49%) Google
12 33 (3.39%) Aruba
13 24 (2.47%) Meraki
13 24 (2.47%) Oracle
13 24 (2.47%) Qualys
14 22 (2.26%) Palo Alto
15 19 (1.95%) EMC
15 19 (1.95%) McAfee
16 18 (1.85%) SolarWinds