SCCM Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 136 183
Rank change year-on-year +11 +47 +1
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 16 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.58% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.02% 5.33% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile - £34,168 £27,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,760 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,727 £34,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +14.32% +41.84%
75th Percentile £40,000 £49,375 £53,519
90th Percentile £55,625 £58,600 £57,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% +13.95%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 228 225 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.25% 8.78% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 54 123 241
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,231 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,938 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £93,778 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +6.92% -3.70%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in Scotland

SCCM
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in Scotland

SCCM
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 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
Edinburgh -4 8 - - 2
Aberdeen +6 5 £35,000 -50.70% 1
Glasgow +13 3 £67,500 +42.11% 2
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (62.50%) Azure
3 8 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
5 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DHCP
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Analyst
1 3 (18.75%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
1 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) Service Analyst
1 3 (18.75%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
2 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
2 1 (6.25%) Lead
2 1 (6.25%) Senior
2 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (6.25%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 8 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Life Science
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) ITIL
2 10 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (56.25%) Asset Management
4 8 (50.00%) Agile
4 8 (50.00%) AI
4 8 (50.00%) Analytics
4 8 (50.00%) Application Virtualisation
4 8 (50.00%) Coaching
4 8 (50.00%) FinOps
4 8 (50.00%) Machine Learning
4 8 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 8 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 8 (50.00%) Zero Trust
5 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Ticket Management
6 3 (18.75%) Time Management
7 2 (12.50%) ITSM
7 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) MCP
2 1 (6.25%) MCSE
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.25%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (6.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix