SCCM Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 232 233 171
Rank change year-on-year +1 -62 +72
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 29 53 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.28% 0.56% 1.36%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.82% 6.19% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 34 88
10th Percentile - £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,875 £31,438 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £37,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +2.78% -1.37%
75th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £52,313
90th Percentile £53,000 £48,617 £68,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.04% +11.65%

All Systems Management Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 602 856 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.73% 9.05% 13.65%
Number of salaries quoted 463 486 880
10th Percentile £28,800 £33,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,625 £84,056
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 the North of England

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in the North of England

SCCM
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the North of England

SCCM
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the North of England 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
North West +3 19 £29,000 -22.67% 9
Yorkshire -5 7 - - 1
North East +11 3 - - 1
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 14 (48.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (20.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.90%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (6.90%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (82.76%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (55.17%) Azure
3 6 (20.69%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (20.69%) Mimecast
4 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
5 3 (10.34%) Google Workspace
6 2 (6.90%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (6.90%) AWS
6 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) WAN
2 3 (10.34%) DHCP
2 3 (10.34%) DNS
2 3 (10.34%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) LAN
2 3 (10.34%) SD-WAN
2 3 (10.34%) VLAN
2 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (6.90%) Ethernet
3 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) German Language
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) IT Support
2 10 (34.48%) Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) IT Analyst
4 6 (20.69%) Service Analyst
4 6 (20.69%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (17.24%) IT Support Specialist
5 5 (17.24%) Support Specialist
6 4 (13.79%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (13.79%) IT Technician
6 4 (13.79%) Support Technician
7 3 (10.34%) 1st Line Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (10.34%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Applications Analyst
8 2 (6.90%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (6.90%) Technology Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) CMDB
2 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.90%) SCADA
2 2 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (75.86%) Windows
2 16 (55.17%) Windows 10
3 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
4 3 (10.34%) Mac OS
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 8
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) ITIL
2 11 (37.93%) Customer Service
3 8 (27.59%) Agile
3 8 (27.59%) ITSM
4 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (20.69%) Coaching
5 6 (20.69%) Creative Thinking
5 6 (20.69%) Incident Management
5 6 (20.69%) Mentoring
5 6 (20.69%) Workflow
6 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
7 3 (10.34%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (10.34%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 3 (10.34%) Service Management
8 2 (6.90%) Application Packaging
8 2 (6.90%) Data Security
8 2 (6.90%) Operations Management
8 2 (6.90%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
1 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) A+ Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (86.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.34%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) Autotask
2 3 (10.34%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (6.90%) AssetCenter
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (41.38%) ServiceNow
3 8 (27.59%) VMware
4 6 (20.69%) Sophos
5 4 (13.79%) Cisco
6 3 (10.34%) ESET
6 3 (10.34%) Google
7 2 (6.90%) Kepware
7 2 (6.90%) Rockwell
7 2 (6.90%) Siemens
7 2 (6.90%) Veeam
8 1 (3.45%) Apple
8 1 (3.45%) Citrix