SCCM Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 222 211
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 -32
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 30 21 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.25% 0.40% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.32% 2.07% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 25 14 46
10th Percentile £27,162 - £28,375
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £37,500 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -7.98% -4.12%
75th Percentile £41,500 £38,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £42,850 £39,250 £53,750
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.73% -7.78% -1.10%

All Systems Management Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 475 1,016 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.94% 19.52% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 370 193 292
10th Percentile £30,950 £25,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £48,256
Median % change year-on-year - +19.16% -26.16%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in the North West

SCCM
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the North West over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the North West

SCCM
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Cumbria -4 12 £35,500 +22.41% 1
Manchester -25 10 £33,500 -4.29% 10
Cheshire +2 4 £41,000 +9.33% 4
Merseyside -19 2 £42,500 -5.56%
Lancashire - 2 £50,638 - 2
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (20.00%) Skype for Business
3 5 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.00%) Azure
3 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (10.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Skype
2 3 (10.00%) DHCP
2 3 (10.00%) DNS
3 2 (6.67%) WAN
4 1 (3.33%) Firewall
4 1 (3.33%) LAN
4 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.33%) VLAN
4 1 (3.33%) VPN
4 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 12 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 11 (36.67%) Desktop Support
4 9 (30.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 9 (30.00%) IT Support
5 6 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (16.67%) IT Engineer
6 5 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (13.33%) SCCM Engineer
8 3 (10.00%) Lead
9 2 (6.67%) Deskside Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) Deskside Support Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (6.67%) Service Desk Specialist
9 2 (6.67%) Service Desk Support
9 2 (6.67%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) CMDB
2 5 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 4 (13.33%) Driving Licence
4 3 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
4 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.67%) Linux
5 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
5 2 (6.67%) VMS
5 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Customer Service
2 14 (46.67%) ITSM
3 8 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (26.67%) User Experience
4 7 (23.33%) ITIL
4 7 (23.33%) Service Management
5 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (20.00%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.67%) Ticket Management
7 4 (13.33%) Application Packaging
7 4 (13.33%) Configuration Management
7 4 (13.33%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (6.67%) Computer Science
8 2 (6.67%) People Management
8 2 (6.67%) Problem Management
8 2 (6.67%) Runbook
8 2 (6.67%) Time Management
8 2 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (26.67%) VBScript
3 4 (13.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) A+ Certification
2 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) SLA
2 3 (10.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (33.33%) BitLocker
3 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (6.67%) vSphere
6 1 (3.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Ansible
2 2 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (6.67%) WSUS
3 1 (3.33%) Autotask
Vendors
1 29 (96.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (16.67%) VMware
4 2 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
4 2 (6.67%) Veeam
5 1 (3.33%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (3.33%) Citrix
5 1 (3.33%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.33%) ESET
5 1 (3.33%) Google
5 1 (3.33%) Remedy