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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 151 226
Rank change year-on-year -13 +75 -32
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 31 47 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.40% 1.10% 0.34%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.67% 11.27% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 19 30 23
10th Percentile - £30,450 £26,550
25th Percentile £25,875 £34,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £38,000 £41,235
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% -7.84% +9.96%
75th Percentile £41,500 £43,063 £50,625
90th Percentile £43,200 £48,306 £68,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +10.47%

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 404 417 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.26% 9.73% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 302 273 488
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.41%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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
Lancashire +5 9 £26,250 - 4
Manchester -17 6 £45,000 +20.00% 6
Merseyside -20 6 - - 1
Cheshire -25 6 £41,000 -15.12% 2
Cumbria - 4 £29,250 -
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 13 (41.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (32.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (87.10%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (54.84%) Azure
3 9 (29.03%) Google Workspace
4 6 (19.35%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (19.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) WAN
2 9 (29.03%) Firewall
2 9 (29.03%) SD-WAN
3 4 (12.90%) DHCP
3 4 (12.90%) DNS
3 4 (12.90%) LAN
3 4 (12.90%) VLAN
3 4 (12.90%) VPN
3 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.45%) German Language
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) IT Support
2 13 (41.94%) Support Engineer
3 12 (38.71%) Analyst
3 12 (38.71%) IT Analyst
4 10 (32.26%) Service Analyst
4 10 (32.26%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (29.03%) 1st Line Engineer
5 9 (29.03%) 1st Line Support
5 9 (29.03%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 9 (29.03%) IT Engineer
5 9 (29.03%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (25.81%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (12.90%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (12.90%) IT Support Specialist
7 4 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (12.90%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 4 (12.90%) Senior IT Support
7 4 (12.90%) Senior IT Support Analyst
7 4 (12.90%) Senior Support Analyst
7 4 (12.90%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) CMDB
1 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (93.55%) Windows
2 23 (74.19%) Windows 10
3 11 (35.48%) Windows Server
4 9 (29.03%) Windows 7
4 9 (29.03%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (38.71%) Customer Service
3 10 (32.26%) Coaching
3 10 (32.26%) Mentoring
4 9 (29.03%) ITIL
4 9 (29.03%) Proactive Maintenance
4 9 (29.03%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 9 (29.03%) Service Management
5 8 (25.81%) Agile
6 6 (19.35%) Creative Thinking
6 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
6 6 (19.35%) Workflow
7 4 (12.90%) Configuration Management
7 4 (12.90%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.90%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.90%) Emotional Intelligence
7 4 (12.90%) ITSM
7 4 (12.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) SLA
2 4 (12.90%) Accessibility
System Software
1 29 (93.55%) Active Directory
2 9 (29.03%) Hyper-V
2 9 (29.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (29.03%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (29.03%) Autotask
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) ServiceNow
3 9 (29.03%) ESET
3 9 (29.03%) Google
3 9 (29.03%) VMware
4 6 (19.35%) Sophos