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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 290 309
Rank change year-on-year -100 +19 +45
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 325 972 1,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.99% 1.14%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.54% 9.73% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 257 755 995
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,175 £25,420
25th Percentile £37,750 £32,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +1.18% -
75th Percentile £73,500 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,400
% change year-on-year - +12.99% -11.50%

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 4,972 9,994 15,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.53% 10.16% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,338 7,234 9,375
10th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £48,842 £45,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,212 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,525 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 15 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 30 April 2025. 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 -100 318 £50,000 +11.73% 136
London +10 186 £70,000 +27.27% 43
UK excluding London -121 136 £40,000 - 101
Work from Home +25 93 £52,500 +5.00% 64
North of England +4 44 £37,500 +11.94% 18
North West +22 31 £37,500 -9.06% 11
South West +3 27 £47,500 +11.76% 21
Midlands -25 26 £39,000 +1.96% 17
South East -37 26 £42,500 -5.56% 23
West Midlands -19 17 £47,500 +22.58% 12
East of England +45 12 £34,377 -14.06% 18
Yorkshire +16 11 £60,000 +88.98% 5
East Midlands +33 9 £32,500 -15.03% 4
Scotland +105 2 £52,134 +41.86% 6
North East +38 2 £40,000 +33.33% 2

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 74 (22.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (17.85%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.46%) IIS
4 3 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.62%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.46%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.92%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (2.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.85%) Temenos T24
3 4 (1.23%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.92%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.62%) Eikon
6 1 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 203 (62.46%) Microsoft 365
2 153 (47.08%) Azure
3 79 (24.31%) Entra ID
4 64 (19.69%) AWS
5 33 (10.15%) OneDrive
6 20 (6.15%) Power Automate
7 17 (5.23%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (4.92%) SaaS
9 15 (4.62%) PaaS
10 11 (3.38%) IaaS
11 10 (3.08%) Mimecast
12 9 (2.77%) Azure AKS
12 9 (2.77%) Power Platform
13 8 (2.46%) GCP
14 3 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.92%) GitHub
14 3 (0.92%) OpenShift
14 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
15 2 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (23.08%) Firewall
2 72 (22.15%) DNS
3 68 (20.92%) DHCP
4 41 (12.62%) TCP/IP
5 36 (11.08%) WAN
6 33 (10.15%) LAN
7 28 (8.62%) VLAN
8 24 (7.38%) SAN
9 23 (7.08%) VPN
9 23 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (6.77%) Cisco IOS
11 15 (4.62%) FTP
11 15 (4.62%) IPv4
11 15 (4.62%) PBX
11 15 (4.62%) SMTP
11 15 (4.62%) Structured Cabling
12 10 (3.08%) NetScaler
12 10 (3.08%) Network Security
12 10 (3.08%) VoIP
13 5 (1.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.85%) Power BI
4 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.23%) InstallShield
2 3 (0.92%) MSI
3 2 (0.62%) AutoIt
3 2 (0.62%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 96 (29.54%) Finance
2 76 (23.38%) Social Skills
3 44 (13.54%) Law
4 32 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.92%) Banking
6 26 (8.00%) Legal
7 12 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.08%) Retail
9 9 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.77%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.46%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.85%) International Banking
12 5 (1.54%) Games
12 5 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.23%) Electronics
13 4 (1.23%) Front Office
13 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.92%) Back Office
14 3 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 61 (18.77%) Analyst
2 56 (17.23%) Support Engineer
3 53 (16.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (12.62%) Support Analyst
5 37 (11.38%) Desktop Support
5 37 (11.38%) IT Support
6 33 (10.15%) Senior
7 29 (8.92%) Desktop Engineer
8 28 (8.62%) IT Analyst
9 25 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
10 23 (7.08%) Cloud Engineer
11 22 (6.77%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (6.46%) Lead
13 20 (6.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 19 (5.85%) IT Engineer
14 19 (5.85%) IT Support Analyst
15 17 (5.23%) Infrastructure Support
16 16 (4.92%) Desktop Analyst
16 16 (4.92%) Desktop Support Analyst
17 15 (4.62%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.15%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.85%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.62%) YAML
4 1 (0.31%) .NET
4 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.31%) CSS
4 1 (0.31%) LDAP
4 1 (0.31%) React
4 1 (0.31%) SAML
4 1 (0.31%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.31%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.46%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.77%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.69%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (3.69%) Public Cloud
5 11 (3.38%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.08%) Clustering
7 9 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.46%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.46%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.15%) Hedge funds
9 7 (2.15%) iPhone
9 7 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.85%) CCTV
10 6 (1.85%) CMDB
11 5 (1.54%) Blackberry
12 4 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.23%) iPad
12 4 (1.23%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.23%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 233 (71.69%) Windows
2 122 (37.54%) Windows Server
3 102 (31.38%) Windows 10
4 38 (11.69%) Linux
5 27 (8.31%) Android
5 27 (8.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (8.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.23%) Apple iOS
7 15 (4.62%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.69%) AIX
8 12 (3.69%) Mac OS X
9 10 (3.08%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.23%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.23%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.62%) SUSE
12 2 (0.62%) Unix
12 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.54%) ITIL
2 62 (19.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 52 (16.00%) Customer Service
3 52 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (13.23%) Mobile Device Management
5 38 (11.69%) Incident Management
6 36 (11.08%) Disaster Recovery
7 35 (10.77%) ITSM
8 29 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (7.38%) Task Automation
9 24 (7.38%) User Experience
10 22 (6.77%) Service Delivery
11 21 (6.46%) Problem Management
12 19 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (5.85%) Mentoring
12 19 (5.85%) Software Distribution
13 18 (5.54%) Asset Management
13 18 (5.54%) Time Management
14 17 (5.23%) CI/CD
14 17 (5.23%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (43.38%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.31%) Python
3 25 (7.69%) SQL
4 8 (2.46%) Bash
5 5 (1.54%) VB
6 2 (0.62%) Bicep
7 1 (0.31%) Java
7 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (17.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (16.31%) Degree
3 31 (9.54%) Security Cleared
4 25 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (6.15%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (5.85%) MCSE
7 17 (5.23%) CCNA
7 17 (5.23%) SC Cleared
8 15 (4.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 14 (4.31%) Azure Certification
9 14 (4.31%) DV Cleared
10 10 (3.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 9 (2.77%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.46%) A+ Certification
12 8 (2.46%) MCSA
13 7 (2.15%) IBM AIX Certification
13 7 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (1.85%) MCP
15 5 (1.54%) ACSP
15 5 (1.54%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.77%) SLA
2 8 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.54%) GDPR
4 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.92%) QA
5 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.31%) NCSC
5 1 (0.31%) NIST
5 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 195 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 89 (27.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (21.85%) Hyper-V
4 25 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (7.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (5.54%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (4.31%) BitLocker
8 9 (2.77%) Firmware
9 8 (2.46%) vSphere
10 7 (2.15%) XenApp
11 5 (1.54%) XenDesktop
12 4 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.31%) RHEV
14 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 134 (41.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (10.46%) SCOM
3 27 (8.31%) Terraform
4 21 (6.46%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (6.15%) Kubernetes
6 19 (5.85%) WSUS
7 13 (4.00%) Ansible
8 11 (3.38%) vCenter Server
9 10 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (3.08%) NetBackup
10 6 (1.85%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (1.85%) SCOrch
10 6 (1.85%) WMI
11 5 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (1.23%) Backup Exec
12 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (1.23%) SCSM
13 1 (0.31%) Norton AntiVirus
13 1 (0.31%) Puppet
Vendors
1 243 (74.77%) Microsoft
2 105 (32.31%) VMware
3 75 (23.08%) Citrix
4 67 (20.62%) Cisco
5 47 (14.46%) ServiceNow
6 34 (10.46%) Veeam
7 24 (7.38%) HP
8 20 (6.15%) Apple
8 20 (6.15%) iManage
9 18 (5.54%) SolarWinds
10 17 (5.23%) Palo Alto
11 13 (4.00%) MobileIron
11 13 (4.00%) Remedy
12 12 (3.69%) Dell
13 9 (2.77%) Aruba
13 9 (2.77%) Riverbed
13 9 (2.77%) SAP
14 8 (2.46%) Intapp
15 7 (2.15%) Okta
15 7 (2.15%) Reuters