Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SCCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCCM over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 281 368
Rank change year-on-year -48 +87 -44
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 713 1,043 1,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 1.29% 1.01%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.59% 9.20% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 587 902 1,412
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,600 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £34,063 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +4.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.33% +5.63% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 8,299 11,343 31,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.18% 14.06% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,668 8,161 14,111
10th Percentile £34,404 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,719 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCCM.

Salary trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England -51 686 £42,500 -4.49% 71
UK excluding London -39 512 £40,000 -5.33% 74
Work from Home -17 216 £43,227 -13.55% 30
London -54 187 £48,750 -2.50% 11
South East -35 144 £48,338 -1.05% 22
South West +43 118 £38,000 +16.92% 14
North of England -41 102 £36,500 +1.39% 16
Midlands -34 100 £36,500 -21.08% 6
West Midlands +17 84 £36,500 -16.49% 5
North West -24 46 £40,750 +10.14% 10
Yorkshire +21 44 £32,500 -7.14% 3
East of England -40 32 £50,000 +37.93% 6
East Midlands -60 16 £35,000 -26.32% 1
North East -15 12 £34,000 -24.86% 3
Scotland -59 8 £36,250 +10.69% 9
Wales +31 6 £35,238 -22.89% 1
Northern Ireland +21 2 - - 3

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 184 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (13.18%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.52%) SharePoint 2010
3 18 (2.52%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (0.84%) IIS
5 5 (0.70%) IBM Domino
5 5 (0.70%) WordPress
6 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 3 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.14%) Site Server
Applications
1 145 (20.34%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.14%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.28%) Farmplan
2 2 (0.28%) KEYPrime
2 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.14%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 383 (53.72%) Microsoft 365
2 286 (40.11%) Azure
3 137 (19.21%) Entra ID
4 60 (8.42%) AWS
5 39 (5.47%) OneDrive
6 31 (4.35%) Mimecast
7 27 (3.79%) GCP
8 25 (3.51%) Nutanix
9 24 (3.37%) IaaS
10 20 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
11 18 (2.52%) Azure Storage
12 16 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (2.24%) Power Platform
13 13 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
14 11 (1.54%) Google Workspace
15 10 (1.40%) WhatsApp
16 8 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.12%) Cohesity
17 6 (0.84%) Azure Functions
17 6 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 159 (22.30%) DNS
2 140 (19.64%) Firewall
3 126 (17.67%) DHCP
4 86 (12.06%) WAN
5 83 (11.64%) LAN
6 78 (10.94%) SAN
7 71 (9.96%) VPN
8 67 (9.40%) TCP/IP
9 44 (6.17%) VLAN
10 43 (6.03%) VoIP
11 40 (5.61%) Wireless
12 32 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
13 24 (3.37%) NAS
13 24 (3.37%) WLAN
14 20 (2.81%) iSCSI
15 15 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
16 14 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
17 12 (1.68%) FTP
18 11 (1.54%) PBX
18 11 (1.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.03%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.40%) MySQL
3 4 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.56%) MariaDB
4 3 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (2.66%) AdminStudio
2 18 (2.52%) MSI
3 15 (2.10%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.42%) JIRA
5 2 (0.28%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 234 (32.82%) Social Skills
2 105 (14.73%) Finance
3 49 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (3.51%) Legal
7 20 (2.81%) Banking
8 18 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.24%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.10%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.82%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.68%) Automotive
12 12 (1.68%) Police
13 11 (1.54%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.54%) Law
14 9 (1.26%) Advertising
14 9 (1.26%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.26%) Retail
15 5 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 138 (19.35%) Analyst
2 135 (18.93%) Support Engineer
3 133 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 96 (13.46%) IT Support
5 93 (13.04%) Senior
6 71 (9.96%) IT Engineer
7 69 (9.68%) IT Analyst
8 66 (9.26%) Support Analyst
9 58 (8.13%) IT Support Analyst
10 57 (7.99%) Desktop Engineer
11 55 (7.71%) 2nd Line Support
12 51 (7.15%) Desktop Support
13 42 (5.89%) IT Support Engineer
13 42 (5.89%) Lead
14 39 (5.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 37 (5.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 35 (4.91%) Support Specialist
17 32 (4.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 30 (4.21%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
19 28 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.23%) Software Packaging
2 16 (2.24%) ARM Templates
3 9 (1.26%) ADO
4 5 (0.70%) LAMP
5 3 (0.42%) EDI
6 2 (0.28%) JSON
6 2 (0.28%) LDAP
7 1 (0.14%) .NET
7 1 (0.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (5.33%) Data Centre
2 38 (5.33%) Replication
3 33 (4.63%) Fat Client
3 33 (4.63%) Thin Client
4 32 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 31 (4.35%) Driving Licence
6 29 (4.07%) Clustering
7 27 (3.79%) PKI
8 16 (2.24%) iPhone
8 16 (2.24%) Smartphone
9 13 (1.82%) Shadow IT
10 12 (1.68%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.26%) iPad
12 8 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.84%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.84%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.84%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.70%) EMC VNX
14 5 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 538 (75.46%) Windows
2 287 (40.25%) Windows Server
3 254 (35.62%) Windows 10
4 104 (14.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 96 (13.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 87 (12.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 70 (9.82%) Linux
8 54 (7.57%) Windows 7
9 46 (6.45%) Android
10 45 (6.31%) Apple iOS
11 39 (5.47%) Mac OS
12 14 (1.96%) Mac OS X
13 13 (1.82%) Windows NT
13 13 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
14 10 (1.40%) Windows XP
15 9 (1.26%) Ubuntu
16 8 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.70%) Unix
18 5 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (38.29%) ITIL
2 144 (20.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 131 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (16.69%) Service Management
5 118 (16.55%) Customer Service
6 80 (11.22%) Change Management
7 74 (10.38%) Agile
7 74 (10.38%) ITSM
8 64 (8.98%) Service Delivery
9 57 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 57 (7.99%) Mobile Device Management
10 53 (7.43%) Problem Management
11 49 (6.87%) Application Packaging
12 43 (6.03%) Asset Management
13 42 (5.89%) Incident Management
13 42 (5.89%) Patch Management
14 41 (5.75%) Project Management
15 39 (5.47%) Release Management
16 36 (5.05%) Roadmaps
17 34 (4.77%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 205 (28.75%) PowerShell
2 37 (5.19%) SQL
3 29 (4.07%) C#
3 29 (4.07%) VB
4 21 (2.95%) VBScript
5 17 (2.38%) Bicep
6 15 (2.10%) Python
7 12 (1.68%) Bash
8 6 (0.84%) Ruby
9 5 (0.70%) C
9 5 (0.70%) Perl
10 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.28%) Java
12 1 (0.14%) Go
12 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 168 (23.56%) Security Cleared
2 136 (19.07%) SC Cleared
3 125 (17.53%) Degree
4 85 (11.92%) DV Cleared
5 68 (9.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (4.77%) MCSE
7 26 (3.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 26 (3.65%) MCP
8 21 (2.95%) MCITP
9 19 (2.66%) ITIL Certification
10 15 (2.10%) MCSA
11 12 (1.68%) CCNA
11 12 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.54%) HNC
13 10 (1.40%) Azure Certification
14 9 (1.26%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.98%) A+ Certification
16 5 (0.70%) CCNP
17 3 (0.42%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.73%) SLA
2 16 (2.24%) GDPR
3 12 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.54%) QA
5 9 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.14%) GxP
8 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 540 (75.74%) Active Directory
2 201 (28.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (16.13%) Hyper-V
4 55 (7.71%) VMware ESXi
5 51 (7.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 46 (6.45%) XenApp
7 44 (6.17%) XenDesktop
8 42 (5.89%) vSphere
9 25 (3.51%) Microsoft App-V
9 25 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
10 16 (2.24%) Firmware
11 13 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
12 12 (1.68%) Docker
13 11 (1.54%) VMware NSX
13 11 (1.54%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (0.98%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.70%) NFS
16 4 (0.56%) pfSense
17 3 (0.42%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 206 (28.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (11.92%) SCOM
2 85 (11.92%) WSUS
3 38 (5.33%) Jamf Pro
4 35 (4.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 32 (4.49%) vCenter Server
6 28 (3.93%) Kubernetes
7 23 (3.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 15 (2.10%) Failover Clustering
8 15 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (1.96%) Ansible
9 14 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
10 12 (1.68%) Terraform
11 10 (1.40%) SCDPM
12 9 (1.26%) EMC NetWorker
12 9 (1.26%) NetBackup
12 9 (1.26%) Sysprep
13 8 (1.12%) Autotask
14 5 (0.70%) AirWatch
14 5 (0.70%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 452 (63.39%) Microsoft
2 269 (37.73%) VMware
3 110 (15.43%) Citrix
4 82 (11.50%) Cisco
5 71 (9.96%) Dell
6 61 (8.56%) HP
7 58 (8.13%) ServiceNow
8 57 (7.99%) Veeam
9 38 (5.33%) Google
10 37 (5.19%) Apple
10 37 (5.19%) Symantec
11 28 (3.93%) Aruba
12 26 (3.65%) Meraki
13 24 (3.37%) Bloomberg
14 19 (2.66%) Sophos
15 17 (2.38%) iManage
16 16 (2.24%) McAfee
17 14 (1.96%) Autodesk
17 14 (1.96%) SolarWinds
18 13 (1.82%) NetApp