SCCM Job Trends in London

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 249 145
Rank change year-on-year -39 -104 +143
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 91 198 390
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.66% 1.25% 2.21%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.92% 7.49% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 70 135 239
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,438 £45,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +33.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £66,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.04% +11.36%

All Systems Management Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,536 2,645 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.22% 16.69% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 1,699 2,448
10th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £79,066
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.18% -1.17%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £69,308 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.82% +6.63% -3.70%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in London

SCCM
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SCCM in London

SCCM
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Central London +15 30 £55,000 -15.38% 13
West London +7 11 £95,000 +123.53% 5
South London - 1 £34,500 -
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (13.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (1.10%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 68 (74.73%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (60.44%) Azure
3 35 (38.46%) Entra ID
4 14 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (9.89%) Mimecast
6 7 (7.69%) AWS
6 7 (7.69%) IaaS
6 7 (7.69%) Nutanix
6 7 (7.69%) OneDrive
6 7 (7.69%) PaaS
7 6 (6.59%) Datadog
7 6 (6.59%) SaaS
8 5 (5.49%) OpenShift
9 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.20%) Rubrik
11 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.10%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 29 (31.87%) Firewall
1 29 (31.87%) WAN
2 21 (23.08%) LAN
3 20 (21.98%) DHCP
3 20 (21.98%) DNS
3 20 (21.98%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (18.68%) VPN
5 9 (9.89%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (9.89%) WAAS
6 8 (8.79%) Internet
7 7 (7.69%) SAN
7 7 (7.69%) SD-WAN
7 7 (7.69%) VLAN
8 6 (6.59%) VoIP
9 5 (5.49%) TCP/IP
10 3 (3.30%) Wireless
11 2 (2.20%) NetScaler
11 2 (2.20%) Network Security
11 2 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (1.10%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.10%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) MSI
General
1 37 (40.66%) Social Skills
2 33 (36.26%) Finance
3 13 (14.29%) Banking
4 10 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (10.99%) Legal
5 7 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Advertising
7 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.40%) Wholesale Banking
8 3 (3.30%) Law
9 1 (1.10%) Aviation
9 1 (1.10%) Back Office
9 1 (1.10%) Front Office
9 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (26.37%) Support Engineer
2 18 (19.78%) Analyst
3 17 (18.68%) Senior
4 14 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (14.29%) Lead
6 12 (13.19%) Support Analyst
7 11 (12.09%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (10.99%) Desktop Support
8 10 (10.99%) IT Analyst
9 9 (9.89%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (8.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (8.79%) IT Engineer
11 7 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
11 7 (7.69%) Head of Security
11 7 (7.69%) IT Support
12 6 (6.59%) 3rd Line Support
13 5 (5.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 5 (5.49%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.10%) EDI
1 1 (1.10%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 10 (10.99%) CMDB
2 10 (10.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (6.59%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (5.49%) PKI
6 4 (4.40%) CCTV
6 4 (4.40%) iPhone
7 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 80 (87.91%) Windows
2 16 (17.58%) Windows 10
2 16 (17.58%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.29%) Android
4 7 (7.69%) Linux
5 5 (5.49%) Mac OS
5 5 (5.49%) Unix
6 4 (4.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) ITIL
2 25 (27.47%) Service Delivery
3 22 (24.18%) Information Security
4 20 (21.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (19.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (19.78%) Roadmaps
6 15 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (16.48%) Data Protection
6 15 (16.48%) ITSM
6 15 (16.48%) Migration
7 14 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (15.38%) Service Management
8 12 (13.19%) Computer Science
9 11 (12.09%) Mentoring
9 11 (12.09%) Technology Roadmap
10 10 (10.99%) Application Packaging
10 10 (10.99%) Incident Response
10 10 (10.99%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (29.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.59%) SQL
3 2 (2.20%) Bash
3 2 (2.20%) Bicep
4 1 (1.10%) Perl
4 1 (1.10%) Python
4 1 (1.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (28.57%) Degree
2 24 (26.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (9.89%) Azure Certification
4 8 (8.79%) CISSP
4 8 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.69%) A+ Certification
5 7 (7.69%) CISA
5 7 (7.69%) CISM
6 6 (6.59%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared
7 5 (5.49%) MCP
7 5 (5.49%) MCTS
8 3 (3.30%) HNC
8 3 (3.30%) HND
8 3 (3.30%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.58%) SLA
2 12 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (8.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (8.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (8.79%) NIST
4 7 (7.69%) GDPR
4 7 (7.69%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.49%) GRC
6 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 61 (67.03%) Active Directory
2 16 (17.58%) Firmware
3 10 (10.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (9.89%) BitLocker
5 6 (6.59%) XenDesktop
6 5 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (5.49%) XenApp
7 2 (2.20%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (62.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.89%) Terraform
3 8 (8.79%) CASB
4 7 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.40%) Nagios
6 3 (3.30%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.20%) Grafana
7 2 (2.20%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.20%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.10%) Ansible
8 1 (1.10%) QRadar
8 1 (1.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (72.53%) Microsoft
2 24 (26.37%) Cisco
3 16 (17.58%) VMware
4 15 (16.48%) ServiceNow
5 14 (15.38%) Citrix
6 8 (8.79%) HP
6 8 (8.79%) Palo Alto
7 7 (7.69%) Juniper
8 6 (6.59%) AppDynamics
8 6 (6.59%) Apple
8 6 (6.59%) Dynatrace
8 6 (6.59%) Tenable
9 5 (5.49%) Bloomberg
9 5 (5.49%) Sophos
10 4 (4.40%) FactSet
10 4 (4.40%) Fortinet
10 4 (4.40%) MobileIron
10 4 (4.40%) Okta
10 4 (4.40%) Salesforce
10 4 (4.40%) Symantec