Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 June 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > England
6 months to
28 Jun 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 332 286 183
Rank change year-on-year -46 -103 +18
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 1,625 1,094 1,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.10% 1.17% 1.90%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.18% 6.65% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,337 934 1,136
10th Percentile £26,450 £26,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £55,859 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.61% -3.16% +5.56%

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 advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

All Systems Management Skills
England
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 26,306 16,449 10,618
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England 17.73% 17.55% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,664 11,269 8,627
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £69,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.92% +4.00% +6.84%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SCCM in England

SCCM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in England over the 6 months to 28 June 2022.

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 28 June 2022. 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 -46 731 £50,000 -10.31% 72
South East -7 262 £40,000 -23.81% 64
North of England -55 245 £37,000 -7.50% 40
Midlands -57 156 £42,500 +6.25% 36
East of England -34 127 £40,000 +20.30% 21
Yorkshire +2 123 £32,500 +1.78% 17
North West -59 113 £40,000 -5.88% 21
South West -5 103 £35,000 -12.50% 27
West Midlands -57 82 £42,500 +27.82% 24
East Midlands -25 70 £42,500 - 12
North East -41 9 £35,000 -47.17% 2
SCCM
UK

For the 6 months to 28 June 2022, IT jobs citing SCCM also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region with a requirement for SCCM.

1 1,215 (74.77%) Windows
2 1,151 (70.83%) Active Directory
3 1,086 (66.83%) Microsoft
4 1,037 (63.82%) Microsoft 365
5 732 (45.05%) Azure
6 605 (37.23%) ITIL
7 524 (32.25%) Windows Server
8 519 (31.94%) Windows 10
8 519 (31.94%) PowerShell
9 495 (30.46%) VMware
10 477 (29.35%) Microsoft Intune
11 424 (26.09%) Social Skills
12 328 (20.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 327 (20.12%) VMware Infrastructure
14 304 (18.71%) Citrix
15 303 (18.65%) Azure Active Directory
16 301 (18.52%) DNS
17 285 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
18 254 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
19 248 (15.26%) DHCP
20 245 (15.08%) SharePoint
21 243 (14.95%) SLA
22 216 (13.29%) Cisco
23 215 (13.23%) Microsoft Certification
24 205 (12.62%) Finance
25 196 (12.06%) WAN
25 196 (12.06%) Windows Server 2012
26 187 (11.51%) LAN
27 181 (11.14%) Firewall
28 180 (11.08%) Hyper-V

SCCM
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 245 (15.08%) SharePoint
2 138 (8.49%) MS Exchange
3 45 (2.77%) Skype for Business
4 40 (2.46%) IIS
5 23 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2013
6 14 (0.86%) Confluence
7 8 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
9 5 (0.31%) Apache
10 3 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.12%) Site Server
12 1 (0.062%) CMS
12 1 (0.062%) SAS
12 1 (0.062%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 285 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.49%) Adobe Premiere
6 8 (0.49%) InCopy
6 8 (0.49%) InDesign
6 8 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 22 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (0.68%) Line 50
2 11 (0.68%) Sage 200
3 8 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.31%) Eikon
5 4 (0.25%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.18%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.062%) assyst
8 1 (0.062%) CaseMap
8 1 (0.062%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.062%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.062%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 1,037 (63.82%) Microsoft 365
2 732 (45.05%) Azure
3 303 (18.65%) Azure Active Directory
4 140 (8.62%) PaaS
5 131 (8.06%) SaaS
6 126 (7.75%) IaaS
7 109 (6.71%) AWS
8 69 (4.25%) OneDrive
9 65 (4.00%) Mimecast
10 34 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (2.09%) Power Platform
11 33 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
12 31 (1.91%) GCP
13 30 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
14 29 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 23 (1.42%) Trello
16 21 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (1.17%) Google Workspace
18 14 (0.86%) Power Automate
19 12 (0.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 301 (18.52%) DNS
2 248 (15.26%) DHCP
3 196 (12.06%) WAN
4 187 (11.51%) LAN
5 181 (11.14%) Firewall
6 149 (9.17%) SAN
7 135 (8.31%) VPN
8 119 (7.32%) TCP/IP
9 88 (5.42%) Skype
10 66 (4.06%) Wireless
11 64 (3.94%) VoIP
12 54 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
13 49 (3.02%) SD-WAN
14 44 (2.71%) VLAN
15 31 (1.91%) PBX
16 28 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
17 25 (1.54%) MPLS
17 25 (1.54%) WebEx
18 24 (1.48%) Fibre Channel
19 22 (1.35%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (10.83%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.83%) Big Data
3 21 (1.29%) Power BI
3 21 (1.29%) Tableau
4 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.74%) MS Access
6 7 (0.43%) DTS
7 6 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.37%) GIS
7 6 (0.37%) MySQL
7 6 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.12%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.062%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.062%) Metadata
11 1 (0.062%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 44 (2.71%) Octopus Deploy
1 44 (2.71%) TeamCity
2 34 (2.09%) JIRA
3 19 (1.17%) MSI
4 12 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.68%) Chocolatey
5 11 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.55%) InstallShield
7 3 (0.18%) AdminStudio
7 3 (0.18%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.12%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.062%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 424 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 205 (12.62%) Finance
3 116 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (5.97%) Law
5 68 (4.18%) Telecoms
6 64 (3.94%) Legal
7 53 (3.26%) Banking
8 49 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 48 (2.95%) Public Sector
10 44 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (2.71%) Retail
11 26 (1.60%) Games
12 25 (1.54%) Advertising
13 21 (1.29%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.17%) Marketing
14 19 (1.17%) Publishing
15 17 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.92%) Back Office
17 13 (0.80%) Local Government
18 12 (0.74%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 331 (20.37%) Analyst
2 286 (17.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 230 (14.15%) Support Engineer
4 152 (9.35%) Support Analyst
5 132 (8.12%) Desktop Support
5 132 (8.12%) IT Support
6 130 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 128 (7.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 120 (7.38%) IT Engineer
9 89 (5.48%) Service Analyst
10 85 (5.23%) Service Desk Analyst
11 83 (5.11%) Architect
12 82 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
13 77 (4.74%) Desktop Engineer
14 75 (4.62%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 73 (4.49%) IT Analyst
16 66 (4.06%) Cloud Engineer
17 62 (3.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 62 (3.82%) IT Support Engineer
18 60 (3.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.48%) ARM Templates
2 19 (1.17%) Web Services
3 17 (1.05%) LDAP
3 17 (1.05%) XMPP
4 14 (0.86%) .NET
5 12 (0.74%) Software Packaging
6 8 (0.49%) HTML
7 6 (0.37%) COM
7 6 (0.37%) XML
8 5 (0.31%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.25%) Middleware
10 3 (0.18%) EDI
10 3 (0.18%) JSON
10 3 (0.18%) X-Windows
11 2 (0.12%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.12%) Azure Blueprints
11 2 (0.12%) CSS
12 1 (0.062%) Ajax
12 1 (0.062%) SAML
12 1 (0.062%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 110 (6.77%) Public Cloud
2 93 (5.72%) Management Information System
3 91 (5.60%) Data Centre
4 79 (4.86%) Video Conferencing
5 66 (4.06%) User Experience
6 53 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 51 (3.14%) Clustering
8 43 (2.65%) PKI
8 43 (2.65%) Replication
9 41 (2.52%) Cloud Native
10 37 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 37 (2.28%) Smartphone
11 32 (1.97%) NHS
12 24 (1.48%) iPhone
13 21 (1.29%) Driving Licence
14 20 (1.23%) EMC VNX
14 20 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.86%) Blackberry
16 13 (0.80%) BYOD
16 13 (0.80%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,215 (74.77%) Windows
2 524 (32.25%) Windows Server
3 519 (31.94%) Windows 10
4 196 (12.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 167 (10.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 137 (8.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 136 (8.37%) Windows 7
8 103 (6.34%) Linux
9 95 (5.85%) Mac OS
10 85 (5.23%) Apple iOS
11 80 (4.92%) Android
12 70 (4.31%) Windows Server 2008
13 40 (2.46%) Mac OS X
14 38 (2.34%) Windows 8
15 28 (1.72%) Unix
16 20 (1.23%) Windows Server 2003
17 19 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 9 (0.55%) Windows XP
19 7 (0.43%) VMS
20 4 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (37.23%) ITIL
2 328 (20.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 254 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (10.40%) Service Management
5 164 (10.09%) Change Management
6 158 (9.72%) Service Delivery
7 144 (8.86%) ITSM
8 139 (8.55%) Mentoring
9 126 (7.75%) Incident Management
10 117 (7.20%) Problem Management
11 114 (7.02%) Migration
12 111 (6.83%) Patch Management
13 103 (6.34%) DevOps
13 103 (6.34%) Project Management
14 97 (5.97%) Asset Management
15 95 (5.85%) Disaster Recovery
16 86 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 86 (5.29%) Mobile Device Management
17 84 (5.17%) Project Delivery
17 84 (5.17%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 519 (31.94%) PowerShell
2 155 (9.54%) SQL
3 43 (2.65%) VBScript
4 39 (2.40%) Python
5 16 (0.98%) C
6 15 (0.92%) Bash
6 15 (0.92%) PHP
7 14 (0.86%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.80%) Perl
9 4 (0.25%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.25%) VB
10 2 (0.12%) C#
11 1 (0.062%) C++
11 1 (0.062%) Java
11 1 (0.062%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 215 (13.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 152 (9.35%) Degree
3 89 (5.48%) MCSE
4 87 (5.35%) Security Cleared
5 68 (4.18%) SC Cleared
6 62 (3.82%) ITIL Certification
7 61 (3.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 48 (2.95%) MCSA
9 39 (2.40%) MCP
10 38 (2.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 36 (2.22%) A+ Certification
12 30 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.35%) CCNP
13 22 (1.35%) DV Cleared
13 22 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
14 20 (1.23%) Master's Degree
15 18 (1.11%) CCNA
15 18 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
16 15 (0.92%) CISSP
16 15 (0.92%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (14.95%) SLA
2 78 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (1.23%) GDPR
5 15 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.43%) QA
9 6 (0.37%) COBIT
9 6 (0.37%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.062%) DICOM
11 1 (0.062%) HL7
11 1 (0.062%) PMO
System Software
1 1,151 (70.83%) Active Directory
2 327 (20.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 180 (11.08%) Hyper-V
4 108 (6.65%) vSphere
5 98 (6.03%) VMware ESXi
6 76 (4.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 72 (4.43%) XenApp
8 58 (3.57%) XenDesktop
9 49 (3.02%) Microsoft App-V
10 41 (2.52%) BitLocker
11 38 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
12 23 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
13 22 (1.35%) Terminal Services
14 21 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 15 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
16 9 (0.55%) Firmware
17 8 (0.49%) VMware NSX
18 7 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
19 3 (0.18%) NFS
20 2 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 477 (29.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 136 (8.37%) SCOM
3 111 (6.83%) Jamf Pro
4 74 (4.55%) WSUS
5 53 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 51 (3.14%) Puppet
7 50 (3.08%) Opscode Chef
8 46 (2.83%) vCenter Server
9 32 (1.97%) Microsoft Clustering
9 32 (1.97%) Terraform
10 29 (1.78%) SCSM
11 26 (1.60%) SCVMM
12 23 (1.42%) Backup Exec
12 23 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
13 22 (1.35%) Kubernetes
14 20 (1.23%) Ansible
15 18 (1.11%) SolarWinds Orion
16 17 (1.05%) Norton AntiVirus
16 17 (1.05%) SCOrch
17 16 (0.98%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1,086 (66.83%) Microsoft
2 495 (30.46%) VMware
3 304 (18.71%) Citrix
4 216 (13.29%) Cisco
5 131 (8.06%) ServiceNow
6 115 (7.08%) Veeam
7 111 (6.83%) Apple
8 92 (5.66%) HP
9 84 (5.17%) SolarWinds
10 67 (4.12%) Meraki
11 59 (3.63%) Sophos
12 58 (3.57%) Dell
13 41 (2.52%) 3PAR
13 41 (2.52%) Adobe
14 40 (2.46%) Google
15 37 (2.28%) EMC
16 31 (1.91%) NetApp
16 31 (1.91%) Palo Alto
17 29 (1.78%) Symantec
18 28 (1.72%) Zscaler