SCCM Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 254 212
Rank change year-on-year +22 -42 0
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 64 23 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.44% 0.30% 1.10%
As % of the Systems Management category 11.45% 3.67% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 40 23 167
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% -7.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,875 £56,000
90th Percentile - £79,500 £59,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £43,227
% change year-on-year +5.00% +15.67% +1.71%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 559 626 1,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.86% 8.15% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 438 405 1,269
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,384 £60,500
% change year-on-year -6.32% +14.68% -10.37%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in the South East

SCCM
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the South East

SCCM
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Kent -12 27 £52,500 +40.00%
Surrey - 13 - - 2
Thames Valley +10 12 £35,000 -15.66% 4
Hampshire -17 12 £35,250 -41.25% 4
Oxfordshire +2 7 £35,000 -15.66%
Berkshire +9 5 £47,500 +50.79% 4
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (14.06%) Azure
3 8 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 8 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 8 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) DHCP
1 6 (9.38%) DNS
1 6 (9.38%) Firewall
2 4 (6.25%) SAN
3 3 (4.69%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (3.13%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.13%) Unified Communications
4 2 (3.13%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Subversion
2 3 (4.69%) JIRA
General
1 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (31.25%) Infrastructure Manager
1 20 (31.25%) Infrastructure Support
1 20 (31.25%) Infrastructure Support Manager
1 20 (31.25%) Support Manager
2 14 (21.88%) 2nd Line Support
2 14 (21.88%) IT Support
3 11 (17.19%) Analyst
3 11 (17.19%) Service Analyst
3 11 (17.19%) Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 8 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Applications Support
4 8 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) ITIL Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Service Desk Support
4 8 (12.50%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Windows Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.13%) Driving Licence
1 2 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (85.94%) Windows
2 23 (35.94%) Windows 10
3 13 (20.31%) Windows Server
4 8 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (57.81%) ITSM
2 27 (42.19%) Security Operations
3 26 (40.63%) ITIL
4 23 (35.94%) Emotional Intelligence
4 23 (35.94%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 23 (35.94%) Patch Management
4 23 (35.94%) Software Deployment
5 21 (32.81%) Customer Service
6 15 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (21.88%) Project Management
8 10 (15.63%) Asset Management
8 10 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (14.06%) Incident Management
9 9 (14.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (12.50%) Application Packaging
10 8 (12.50%) Change Management
10 8 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
10 8 (12.50%) Problem Management
10 8 (12.50%) Project Delivery
11 6 (9.38%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Degree
2 7 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) DBS Check
3 6 (9.38%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.69%) ISTQB
5 3 (4.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (53.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.69%) Terminal Server
3 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (12.50%) SCOM
2 8 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (51.56%) Microsoft
2 31 (48.44%) ServiceNow
2 31 (48.44%) SolarWinds
3 11 (17.19%) VMware
4 8 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 8 (12.50%) Qualys
5 7 (10.94%) McAfee
6 6 (9.38%) Fortinet
6 6 (9.38%) SonicWALL
7 4 (6.25%) 3PAR
7 4 (6.25%) NetApp
7 4 (6.25%) Veeam
8 3 (4.69%) Cisco
8 3 (4.69%) Juniper