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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 214 193
Rank change year-on-year -19 -21 -32
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 33 14 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.26% 0.27% 0.66%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.72% 1.37% 10.08%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 38
10th Percentile £27,162 - £29,550
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £35,098
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -6.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £48,875 £53,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £41,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.05% -8.89% -3.23%

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 491 1,019 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.84% 19.94% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 358 202 234
10th Percentile £32,675 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.15% -2.56% -23.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,725 £77,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% -4.62% -

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 September 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 September 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
Manchester -33 18 £33,500 -4.29% 19
Cumbria +5 12 £35,500 +22.41% 2
Merseyside -14 2 £42,500 -34.62%
Lancashire - 1 £75,026 - 3
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 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (18.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (27.27%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
3 4 (12.12%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 2 (6.06%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) DHCP
1 6 (18.18%) Skype
2 5 (15.15%) DNS
3 2 (6.06%) NetScaler
4 1 (3.03%) LAN
4 1 (3.03%) VLAN
4 1 (3.03%) VPN
4 1 (3.03%) WAN
4 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (51.52%) Desktop Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) IT Support
3 8 (24.24%) Desktop Support
3 8 (24.24%) Support Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Senior
6 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (12.12%) IT Engineer
6 4 (12.12%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) IT Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) Lead
7 3 (9.09%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) Service Desk Specialist
7 3 (9.09%) Service Desk Support
7 3 (9.09%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.12%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.06%) CMDB
4 2 (6.06%) CSOC
4 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.06%) Fat Client
4 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (6.06%) Replication
4 2 (6.06%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (60.61%) Windows 10
3 8 (24.24%) Windows 7
4 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
5 4 (12.12%) Linux
6 3 (9.09%) VMS
7 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
7 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) ITSM
2 13 (39.39%) Customer Service
3 12 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (36.36%) User Experience
4 9 (27.27%) ITIL
5 7 (21.21%) Application Packaging
5 7 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (18.18%) Disk Encryption
6 6 (18.18%) Service Management
6 6 (18.18%) Ticket Management
7 5 (15.15%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (12.12%) Problem Management
9 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 3 (9.09%) Incident Management
9 3 (9.09%) Incident Response
10 2 (6.06%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (6.06%) Logistics
10 2 (6.06%) Personalization
10 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (6.06%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 9 (27.27%) VBScript
3 4 (12.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) Security Cleared
2 14 (42.42%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) Degree
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
6 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
6 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (6.06%) MCSE
6 2 (6.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) SLA
2 3 (9.09%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 11 (33.33%) BitLocker
3 7 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (9.09%) vSphere
5 2 (6.06%) Hyper-V
5 2 (6.06%) UAG
5 2 (6.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.12%) WSUS
3 2 (6.06%) AirWatch
3 2 (6.06%) Ansible
3 2 (6.06%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (6.06%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 12 (36.36%) ServiceNow
3 7 (21.21%) VMware
4 3 (9.09%) Veeam
5 2 (6.06%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (6.06%) CyberArk
5 2 (6.06%) F5
5 2 (6.06%) Google
5 2 (6.06%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (6.06%) SolarWinds
5 2 (6.06%) Thales
6 1 (3.03%) Citrix
6 1 (3.03%) Remedy