SCCM Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 131 121
Rank change year-on-year -29 -10 +44
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 21 60 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.41% 1.44% 2.18%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.07% 14.56% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 20 55 98
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,875 £28,437
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,250 £29,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% -18.37% +50.77%
75th Percentile £37,625 £53,000 £51,500
90th Percentile £56,243 £66,250 £54,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% +13.62%

All Systems Management Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 297 412 865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.87% 9.91% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 242 259 661
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,625
25th Percentile £36,313 £41,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in the South West

SCCM
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the South West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the South West

SCCM
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Wiltshire -3 13 £32,500 -23.08% 4
Devon -1 6 £42,500 +24.56% 3
Gloucestershire +17 2 £33,500 -51.27% 2
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (47.62%) Azure
3 3 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.52%) IaaS
4 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) LAN
1 5 (23.81%) VLAN
1 5 (23.81%) WAN
1 5 (23.81%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (19.05%) VoIP
3 3 (14.29%) DHCP
3 3 (14.29%) DNS
3 3 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (9.52%) VPN
5 1 (4.76%) NAS
5 1 (4.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
1 9 (42.86%) IT Analyst
1 9 (42.86%) IT Support
1 9 (42.86%) IT Support Analyst
1 9 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Applications Support
4 2 (9.52%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Licensing
3 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (80.95%) Windows
2 10 (47.62%) Windows 10
3 6 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) ITIL
2 8 (38.10%) Service Management
3 7 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
5 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (23.81%) Customer Service
5 5 (23.81%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 4 (19.05%) Software Licensing
7 3 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 2 (9.52%) Coaching
8 2 (9.52%) Email Filtering
8 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 2 (9.52%) Platform Engineering
8 2 (9.52%) Server Management
8 2 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (9.52%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) A+ Certification
2 4 (19.05%) DV Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (23.81%) BitLocker
3 4 (19.05%) Hyper-V
4 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 2 (9.52%) WSUS
3 1 (4.76%) Nessus
3 1 (4.76%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) SolarWinds
3 3 (14.29%) Sophos
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
4 2 (9.52%) Clearswift
4 2 (9.52%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.76%) HP
5 1 (4.76%) Tenable