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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 235 137
Rank change year-on-year -71 -98 +152
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 89 199 392
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.65% 1.26% 2.22%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.82% 7.54% 13.52%
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 £91,875 £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% +11.65%

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 1,528 2,641 2,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.14% 16.72% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 1,694 2,447
10th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £78,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.91% -1.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £69,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +6.92% -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 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 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
Central London +28 29 £55,000 -15.38% 5
West London +11 11 £95,000 +123.53% 6
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 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (13.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (1.12%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 65 (73.03%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (60.67%) Azure
3 32 (35.96%) Entra ID
4 14 (15.73%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (11.24%) Mimecast
6 7 (7.87%) AWS
6 7 (7.87%) IaaS
6 7 (7.87%) Nutanix
6 7 (7.87%) OneDrive
6 7 (7.87%) PaaS
7 6 (6.74%) Datadog
7 6 (6.74%) SaaS
8 4 (4.49%) OpenShift
9 3 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (3.37%) Rubrik
10 1 (1.12%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.12%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 27 (30.34%) Firewall
2 26 (29.21%) WAN
3 21 (23.60%) DHCP
3 21 (23.60%) DNS
4 20 (22.47%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (20.22%) LAN
6 16 (17.98%) VPN
7 9 (10.11%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (10.11%) WAAS
8 8 (8.99%) Internet
9 7 (7.87%) SD-WAN
9 7 (7.87%) VLAN
10 6 (6.74%) SAN
11 5 (5.62%) TCP/IP
11 5 (5.62%) VoIP
12 3 (3.37%) Wireless
13 2 (2.25%) NetScaler
13 2 (2.25%) Network Security
13 2 (2.25%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (1.12%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.12%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) MSI
General
1 37 (41.57%) Social Skills
2 32 (35.96%) Finance
3 13 (14.61%) Banking
4 10 (11.24%) Legal
5 9 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (7.87%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.62%) Advertising
8 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.49%) Wholesale Banking
9 3 (3.37%) Law
10 1 (1.12%) Aviation
10 1 (1.12%) Back Office
10 1 (1.12%) Front Office
10 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (26.97%) Support Engineer
2 17 (19.10%) Analyst
2 17 (19.10%) Senior
3 14 (15.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (14.61%) Lead
5 11 (12.36%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (12.36%) Support Analyst
6 10 (11.24%) Desktop Support
7 9 (10.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (10.11%) IT Analyst
8 8 (8.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 8 (8.99%) IT Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (7.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Head of Security
10 6 (6.74%) 3rd Line Support
10 6 (6.74%) IT Support
11 5 (5.62%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
11 5 (5.62%) Head of IT Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Onboarding
2 11 (12.36%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (11.24%) CMDB
4 7 (7.87%) Management Information System
4 7 (7.87%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (6.74%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.49%) CCTV
6 4 (4.49%) iPhone
6 4 (4.49%) PKI
7 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.25%) Security Posture
9 1 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 79 (88.76%) Windows
2 17 (19.10%) Windows Server
3 16 (17.98%) Windows 10
4 13 (14.61%) Android
5 6 (6.74%) Linux
6 5 (5.62%) Mac OS
7 4 (4.49%) Apple iOS
7 4 (4.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.71%) ITIL
2 24 (26.97%) Service Delivery
3 22 (24.72%) Information Security
4 20 (22.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (20.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (19.10%) Roadmaps
7 15 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (16.85%) ITSM
7 15 (16.85%) Migration
8 14 (15.73%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (15.73%) Data Protection
8 14 (15.73%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (14.61%) Service Management
10 12 (13.48%) Computer Science
11 11 (12.36%) Mentoring
12 10 (11.24%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (11.24%) Incident Response
12 10 (11.24%) Technology Roadmap
13 9 (10.11%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 26 (29.21%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.74%) SQL
3 3 (3.37%) Bicep
4 2 (2.25%) Bash
5 1 (1.12%) Perl
5 1 (1.12%) Python
5 1 (1.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (29.21%) Degree
2 24 (26.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (10.11%) Azure Certification
4 8 (8.99%) CISSP
4 8 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.87%) A+ Certification
5 7 (7.87%) CISA
5 7 (7.87%) CISM
6 6 (6.74%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.74%) Security Cleared
7 5 (5.62%) MCP
7 5 (5.62%) MCTS
8 3 (3.37%) HNC
8 3 (3.37%) HND
8 3 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.98%) SLA
2 12 (13.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (8.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (8.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (8.99%) NIST
4 7 (7.87%) GDPR
4 7 (7.87%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.62%) GRC
6 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 60 (67.42%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.85%) Firmware
3 9 (10.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (8.99%) BitLocker
5 5 (5.62%) XenDesktop
6 4 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (4.49%) XenApp
7 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (64.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.24%) Terraform
3 8 (8.99%) CASB
4 6 (6.74%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.49%) Nagios
6 3 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (3.37%) Grafana
6 3 (3.37%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (3.37%) Kubernetes
6 3 (3.37%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.12%) Ansible
7 1 (1.12%) QRadar
7 1 (1.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 64 (71.91%) Microsoft
2 24 (26.97%) Cisco
3 16 (17.98%) VMware
4 15 (16.85%) ServiceNow
5 13 (14.61%) Citrix
6 8 (8.99%) Palo Alto
7 7 (7.87%) HP
7 7 (7.87%) Juniper
8 6 (6.74%) AppDynamics
8 6 (6.74%) Dynatrace
8 6 (6.74%) Tenable
9 5 (5.62%) Apple
9 5 (5.62%) Bloomberg
9 5 (5.62%) Okta
9 5 (5.62%) Sophos
10 4 (4.49%) FactSet
10 4 (4.49%) Fortinet
10 4 (4.49%) Salesforce
10 4 (4.49%) Symantec
10 4 (4.49%) Zscaler