SCCM Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 408 304
Rank change year-on-year -44 -104 -60
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 183 155 603
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.46% 0.82%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.66% 4.50% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 146 135 498
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,950 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £53,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £61,250 £56,525
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% -4.55%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,235 3,443 5,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.53% 10.19% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,540 1,777 4,005
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,938 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.48% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the UK excluding London

SCCM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
North of England -16 59 £35,000 -11.39% 17
South East -10 54 £45,000 +8.43% 32
North West -11 32 £35,500 -5.33% 11
East of England -4 26 £55,000 +52.10% 13
Yorkshire -28 19 £33,750 -48.08% 3
South West -55 19 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Midlands -56 14 £52,500 +34.62% 10
West Midlands -30 12 £52,500 +25.00% 5
North East -49 8 £39,750 -0.63% 3
Scotland - 8 £52,500 - 3
East Midlands -45 2 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £46,000 - 3
Wales -50 1 £37,000 +5.71% 2
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 39 (21.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (12.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.19%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 40 (21.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 95 (51.91%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (14.21%) Azure
3 18 (9.84%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.37%) OneDrive
4 8 (4.37%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.37%) PowerApps
5 7 (3.83%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.64%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.55%) AWS
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.75%) Firewall
2 20 (10.93%) WAN
3 14 (7.65%) DNS
4 13 (7.10%) DHCP
4 13 (7.10%) LAN
5 11 (6.01%) VLAN
5 11 (6.01%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (4.37%) SD-WAN
7 7 (3.83%) VPN
8 5 (2.73%) Wireless
9 4 (2.19%) Skype
10 3 (1.64%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.09%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (1.09%) Network Security
11 2 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.55%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.55%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.55%) SAN
12 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (6.01%) JIRA
2 3 (1.64%) Git
3 2 (1.09%) Subversion
General
1 73 (39.89%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.38%) Finance
3 14 (7.65%) Law
4 9 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.73%) Local Government
7 3 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.55%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.55%) Police
8 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 47 (25.68%) Analyst
2 36 (19.67%) Support Engineer
3 33 (18.03%) IT Support
4 32 (17.49%) Desktop Support
5 31 (16.94%) 2nd Line Support
6 28 (15.30%) Desktop Engineer
7 24 (13.11%) Service Analyst
7 24 (13.11%) Service Desk Analyst
8 22 (12.02%) IT Engineer
9 20 (10.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 17 (9.29%) IT Support Engineer
10 17 (9.29%) Service Desk Support
10 17 (9.29%) Service Desk Support Analyst
11 14 (7.65%) IT Analyst
11 14 (7.65%) Support Technician
12 13 (7.10%) Lead
12 13 (7.10%) Senior
12 13 (7.10%) Support Analyst
13 12 (6.56%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
13 12 (6.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.20%) CMDB
2 14 (7.65%) Driving Licence
3 13 (7.10%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.01%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.73%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.73%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.73%) IoT
5 5 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.19%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.19%) Replication
6 4 (2.19%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.64%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.64%) PKI
7 3 (1.64%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.09%) SCADA
9 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 153 (83.61%) Windows
2 67 (36.61%) Windows 10
3 34 (18.58%) Windows Server
4 11 (6.01%) Windows 7
5 10 (5.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (4.92%) Apple iOS
7 7 (3.83%) Windows 8
8 6 (3.28%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.73%) Mac OS
10 4 (2.19%) Linux
10 4 (2.19%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.09%) Android
12 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (41.53%) ITIL
2 63 (34.43%) Customer Service
3 58 (31.69%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (24.59%) ITSM
5 31 (16.94%) Service Management
6 28 (15.30%) Project Delivery
7 23 (12.57%) Project Management
8 22 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (10.93%) Asset Management
10 19 (10.38%) Incident Management
10 19 (10.38%) Time Management
11 18 (9.84%) Emotional Intelligence
11 18 (9.84%) Patch Management
11 18 (9.84%) Problem Management
12 17 (9.29%) Logistics
13 16 (8.74%) Configuration Management
13 16 (8.74%) Knowledge Management
13 16 (8.74%) Software Deployment
13 16 (8.74%) Vulnerability Management
14 15 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.85%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.83%) VBScript
3 5 (2.73%) SQL
4 4 (2.19%) Python
5 2 (1.09%) VB
6 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.55%) Ruby
6 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 22 (12.02%) DBS Check
3 19 (10.38%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.84%) Degree
5 13 (7.10%) DV Cleared
6 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.28%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.19%) MCSE
9 3 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.09%) A+ Certification
10 2 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (1.09%) HNC
10 2 (1.09%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.09%) MCSA
10 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.09%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.30%) SLA
2 5 (2.73%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.73%) PMO
3 3 (1.64%) QA
4 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 107 (58.47%) Active Directory
2 30 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (9.84%) Hyper-V
4 15 (8.20%) BitLocker
5 8 (4.37%) vSphere
6 7 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.83%) VMware Workstation
7 5 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.09%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.55%) Firmware
9 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.55%) XenApp
9 1 (0.55%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (14.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.56%) SCOM
3 7 (3.83%) Autotask
4 5 (2.73%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (2.73%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 5 (2.73%) WSUS
5 3 (1.64%) Ansible
5 3 (1.64%) SCOrch
6 2 (1.09%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (1.09%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (72.13%) Microsoft
2 40 (21.86%) ServiceNow
3 33 (18.03%) VMware
4 16 (8.74%) Fortinet
5 15 (8.20%) SonicWALL
6 14 (7.65%) McAfee
6 14 (7.65%) SolarWinds
7 13 (7.10%) Apple
7 13 (7.10%) Remedy
8 10 (5.46%) Citrix
9 9 (4.92%) Qualys
10 8 (4.37%) Dell
10 8 (4.37%) Palo Alto
11 7 (3.83%) ESET
11 7 (3.83%) Google
11 7 (3.83%) HP
12 6 (3.28%) IBM
13 5 (2.73%) Adobe
13 5 (2.73%) Aruba
13 5 (2.73%) Meraki