SCCM Job Trends in England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 332 244
Rank change year-on-year -86 -88 +46
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 285 321 946
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.86% 1.15%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.02% 7.02% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 223 254 748
10th Percentile £28,091 £32,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £34,125 £38,375 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £87,125 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Systems Management Skills
England

SCCM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,061 4,575 8,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.24% 12.25% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,912 3,138 6,714
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £32,715
25th Percentile £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCCM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SCCM job vacancy trend in England

SCCM
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in England

SCCM
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the England region over the 6 months to 20 April 2026. 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
London -73 108 £65,000 -7.14% 20
South East +2 64 £47,500 +5.56% 22
North of England -58 45 £27,875 -25.67% 17
South West -44 31 £33,500 -29.47% 4
East of England -21 25 £55,000 +59.99% 12
North West -36 24 £26,250 -30.00% 10
Yorkshire -51 17 £28,375 -18.93% 4
Midlands -44 12 £43,000 -14.00% 4
West Midlands -35 8 £53,750 +7.50% 3
North East -36 4 £32,000 -20.00% 4
East Midlands -57 4 £42,500 +13.33% 1
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 55 (19.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (10.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 44 (15.44%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 178 (62.46%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (34.39%) Azure
3 47 (16.49%) Entra ID
4 22 (7.72%) IaaS
5 21 (7.37%) OneDrive
5 21 (7.37%) PaaS
6 19 (6.67%) SaaS
7 18 (6.32%) Datadog
8 14 (4.91%) Power Platform
9 12 (4.21%) AWS
9 12 (4.21%) Google Workspace
10 9 (3.16%) Mimecast
10 9 (3.16%) PowerApps
11 8 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.46%) Nutanix
13 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.70%) Rubrik
15 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
15 1 (0.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.89%) Firewall
2 46 (16.14%) DNS
3 45 (15.79%) DHCP
4 38 (13.33%) VLAN
4 38 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
5 33 (11.58%) VPN
5 33 (11.58%) WAN
6 24 (8.42%) SAN
7 19 (6.67%) SD-WAN
8 14 (4.91%) LAN
9 10 (3.51%) TCP/IP
10 9 (3.16%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (3.16%) WAAS
11 6 (2.11%) VoIP
12 5 (1.75%) Internet
12 5 (1.75%) Unified Communications
13 4 (1.40%) Network Security
13 4 (1.40%) Wireless
14 3 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
14 3 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.12%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.75%) Power BI
2 5 (1.75%) Tableau
3 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.32%) Chocolatey
2 14 (4.91%) JIRA
3 4 (1.40%) Subversion
4 3 (1.05%) Git
5 1 (0.35%) MSI
General
1 99 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.04%) Finance
3 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (7.02%) Legal
5 18 (6.32%) Banking
6 16 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.21%) Law
8 11 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.11%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.40%) Front Office
12 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.05%) Aviation
12 3 (1.05%) Retail
13 2 (0.70%) Advertising
14 1 (0.35%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 65 (22.81%) Analyst
2 59 (20.70%) Support Engineer
3 57 (20.00%) IT Support
4 35 (12.28%) Desktop Support
5 34 (11.93%) IT Engineer
6 31 (10.88%) Senior
7 28 (9.82%) Desktop Engineer
8 27 (9.47%) Service Analyst
8 27 (9.47%) Service Desk Analyst
8 27 (9.47%) Support Analyst
9 26 (9.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 26 (9.12%) IT Analyst
10 24 (8.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 24 (8.42%) Lead
11 23 (8.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 22 (7.72%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (7.72%) Infrastructure Support
13 21 (7.37%) 2nd Line Support
14 20 (7.02%) Consultant
15 19 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.70%) LDAP
2 1 (0.35%) REST
2 1 (0.35%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.47%) CMDB
2 21 (7.37%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.32%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (5.61%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.91%) Driving Licence
6 13 (4.56%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.40%) Derivative
10 4 (1.40%) Equities
10 4 (1.40%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (1.40%) NHS
10 4 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.05%) Fat Client
11 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.05%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 234 (82.11%) Windows
2 104 (36.49%) Windows 10
3 50 (17.54%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.67%) Apple iOS
5 17 (5.96%) Android
6 15 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (4.91%) Linux
8 10 (3.51%) Mac OS
8 10 (3.51%) Windows 7
8 10 (3.51%) Windows 8
8 10 (3.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (2.81%) Mac OS X
10 7 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.75%) Unix
13 1 (0.35%) CentOS
13 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (44.56%) ITIL
2 86 (30.18%) ITSM
3 85 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (24.21%) Customer Service
5 53 (18.60%) Service Management
6 49 (17.19%) Service Delivery
7 36 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.58%) Asset Management
8 33 (11.58%) Migration
9 32 (11.23%) Patch Management
10 30 (10.53%) Software Deployment
11 29 (10.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 28 (9.82%) Incident Management
13 27 (9.47%) Security Operations
14 26 (9.12%) Roadmaps
15 25 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
15 25 (8.77%) Emotional Intelligence
15 25 (8.77%) Vulnerability Management
16 24 (8.42%) Information Security
17 22 (7.72%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.14%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.56%) SQL
3 12 (4.21%) Python
4 5 (1.75%) VB
4 5 (1.75%) VBA
4 5 (1.75%) VBScript
5 2 (0.70%) Bash
5 2 (0.70%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (14.74%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.68%) Degree
3 32 (11.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (9.47%) SC Cleared
5 20 (7.02%) DV Cleared
6 16 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (5.26%) Azure Certification
8 12 (4.21%) A+ Certification
9 10 (3.51%) CISSP
10 7 (2.46%) CISA
10 7 (2.46%) CISM
11 5 (1.75%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.40%) MBCS
13 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.05%) CCNP
13 3 (1.05%) ISTQB
13 3 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.05%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (18.95%) SLA
2 14 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.56%) NIST
4 11 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (2.81%) GDPR
7 7 (2.46%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.75%) GRC
8 5 (1.75%) PMO
9 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 190 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 47 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.72%) Hyper-V
4 21 (7.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (6.32%) BitLocker
6 10 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.51%) VMware Workstation
7 9 (3.16%) Firmware
8 4 (1.40%) vSphere
9 3 (1.05%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.35%) XenApp
11 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 111 (38.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (6.32%) SCOM
3 11 (3.86%) vCenter Server
4 10 (3.51%) Autotask
5 9 (3.16%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (2.81%) WSUS
7 7 (2.46%) CASB
8 6 (2.11%) Terraform
9 5 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.75%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 3 (1.05%) Ansible
10 3 (1.05%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.70%) Grafana
11 2 (0.70%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.70%) VxRail
12 1 (0.35%) Nagios
12 1 (0.35%) Nessus
12 1 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.35%) SCSM
Vendors
1 207 (72.63%) Microsoft
2 68 (23.86%) VMware
3 52 (18.25%) ServiceNow
4 31 (10.88%) SolarWinds
5 24 (8.42%) Tenable
6 18 (6.32%) AppDynamics
6 18 (6.32%) Cisco
6 18 (6.32%) Dynatrace
6 18 (6.32%) McAfee
7 17 (5.96%) Citrix
8 13 (4.56%) Apple
9 12 (4.21%) Google
9 12 (4.21%) IBM
9 12 (4.21%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.86%) Dell
11 10 (3.51%) Adobe
11 10 (3.51%) ESET
11 10 (3.51%) HP
11 10 (3.51%) Remedy
12 8 (2.81%) Bloomberg