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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 185 153
Rank change year-on-year -23 -32 +70
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 20 47 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.42% 0.68% 1.33%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.97% 8.64% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12 31 51
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,563 £33,625 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -18.89% +20.00%
75th Percentile £41,563 £43,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £48,925 £46,500
% change year-on-year -18.24% +5.22% +5.57%

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 673 544 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.99% 7.85% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 229 270 569
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,725 £36,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -16.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £79,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -3.70%

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 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
Merseyside -4 7 £65,000 +103.13%
Cheshire -22 6 £37,500 +2.04%
Cumbria +13 3 £29,000 -7.94% 1
Manchester +1 3 £45,000 +12.50% 4
Lancashire -4 1 £26,250 - 4
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 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (10.00%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (10.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) Azure
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (35.00%) AWS
4 6 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (30.00%) Mimecast
5 5 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (25.00%) Power Automate
5 5 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (25.00%) PowerApps
6 2 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
7 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) WAN
2 3 (15.00%) DHCP
2 3 (15.00%) DNS
2 3 (15.00%) LAN
2 3 (15.00%) VLAN
2 3 (15.00%) VPN
2 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (10.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (5.00%) Firewall
4 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Retail
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) German Language
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) IT Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Service Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (25.00%) Applications Specialist
4 5 (25.00%) Applications Support
4 5 (25.00%) Applications Support Specialist
4 5 (25.00%) Support Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Applications Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Technology Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (5.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) IT Support
7 1 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (10.00%) SCADA
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) ITIL
3 7 (35.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (30.00%) Coaching
4 6 (30.00%) Creative Thinking
4 6 (30.00%) Incident Management
4 6 (30.00%) ITSM
4 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (30.00%) Workflow
5 5 (25.00%) API Integration
5 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (25.00%) CRM
5 5 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (25.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.00%) Data Security
7 2 (10.00%) Operations Management
7 2 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
8 1 (5.00%) Asset Management
8 1 (5.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (65.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.00%) AssetCenter
3 1 (5.00%) Autotask
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (60.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (30.00%) Sophos
4 5 (25.00%) Blue Prism
4 5 (25.00%) Databricks
4 5 (25.00%) Facebook
4 5 (25.00%) UiPath
5 3 (15.00%) VMware
6 2 (10.00%) Cisco
6 2 (10.00%) Kepware
6 2 (10.00%) Rockwell
6 2 (10.00%) Siemens
7 1 (5.00%) Apple
7 1 (5.00%) ESET
7 1 (5.00%) Google