Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 384 308
Rank change year-on-year -49 -76 +6
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 310 301 918
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.69% 0.95%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.70% 5.74% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 240 241 727
10th Percentile £29,700 £32,500 £29,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,306 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +13.66% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £55,675
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £39,250
% change year-on-year +2.50% +1.91% +7.53%

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 4,626 5,241 9,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.07% 11.98% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,237 3,247 7,085
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +11.57% -10.37%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -5.17%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SCCM job vacancy trend in the UK

SCCM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 16 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 16 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
England -48 292 £52,500 +8.68% 60
UK excluding London +1 193 £41,000 +2.50% 53
London -61 111 £65,000 -7.14% 19
Work from Home -1 65 £52,500 +5.00% 21
South East +23 64 £48,750 +17.47% 13
North of England -19 51 £31,000 -17.33% 15
North West +2 28 £31,000 -17.33% 12
South West -44 28 £32,500 -29.35% 3
East of England +2 26 £55,000 +59.99% 5
Yorkshire -46 18 £30,000 -52.00% 3
Midlands -40 12 £50,000 +28.21% 11
Scotland +5 10 £36,500 -48.59% 7
West Midlands -46 10 £53,750 +27.98% 9
North East -36 5 £32,000 -20.00%
East Midlands -36 2 £42,500 +21.43% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £46,000 -

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 63 (20.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (13.55%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.29%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 50 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 198 (63.87%) Microsoft 365
2 101 (32.58%) Azure
3 50 (16.13%) Entra ID
4 31 (10.00%) OneDrive
5 25 (8.06%) PaaS
6 24 (7.74%) SaaS
7 23 (7.42%) IaaS
8 21 (6.77%) Datadog
9 16 (5.16%) Power Platform
10 13 (4.19%) AWS
11 12 (3.87%) Mimecast
12 9 (2.90%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (2.58%) Google Workspace
14 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (1.61%) Nutanix
16 3 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
17 2 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
17 2 (0.65%) Rubrik
18 1 (0.32%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (17.74%) DNS
2 54 (17.42%) DHCP
3 51 (16.45%) Firewall
4 41 (13.23%) VLAN
4 41 (13.23%) Wi-Fi
5 38 (12.26%) VPN
6 31 (10.00%) WAN
7 28 (9.03%) SAN
8 17 (5.48%) LAN
9 14 (4.52%) SD-WAN
10 9 (2.90%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (2.90%) WAAS
11 8 (2.58%) TCP/IP
12 6 (1.94%) VoIP
12 6 (1.94%) Wireless
13 5 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.61%) Unified Communications
14 4 (1.29%) Internet
14 4 (1.29%) Skype
15 3 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.61%) Power BI
2 5 (1.61%) Tableau
3 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (6.77%) Chocolatey
2 12 (3.87%) JIRA
3 4 (1.29%) Subversion
4 3 (0.97%) Git
General
1 112 (36.13%) Social Skills
2 42 (13.55%) Finance
3 30 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (6.77%) Banking
6 19 (6.13%) Legal
7 16 (5.16%) Law
8 11 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.61%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.29%) Front Office
13 3 (0.97%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.97%) Aviation
13 3 (0.97%) Retail
14 2 (0.65%) Advertising
14 2 (0.65%) Local Government
15 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (23.87%) Analyst
2 57 (18.39%) Support Engineer
3 53 (17.10%) IT Support
4 37 (11.94%) IT Engineer
5 36 (11.61%) Desktop Engineer
5 36 (11.61%) Desktop Support
6 35 (11.29%) Service Analyst
7 34 (10.97%) Senior
7 34 (10.97%) Service Desk Analyst
8 28 (9.03%) IT Analyst
8 28 (9.03%) Support Analyst
9 27 (8.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 26 (8.39%) Lead
11 25 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (7.42%) 2nd Line Support
12 23 (7.42%) Azure Engineer
12 23 (7.42%) Infrastructure Support
12 23 (7.42%) IT Support Engineer
13 21 (6.77%) Infrastructure Manager
14 20 (6.45%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.32%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.71%) CMDB
2 21 (6.77%) Cyber Threat
2 21 (6.77%) Management Information System
3 20 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.84%) Video Conferencing
5 14 (4.52%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.26%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.61%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.29%) Derivative
9 4 (1.29%) Equities
9 4 (1.29%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.97%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.97%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.97%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 258 (83.23%) Windows
2 114 (36.77%) Windows 10
3 48 (15.48%) Windows Server
4 25 (8.06%) Apple iOS
5 18 (5.81%) Android
6 16 (5.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (3.87%) Linux
8 11 (3.55%) Mac OS X
8 11 (3.55%) Windows 7
9 10 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.90%) Mac OS
11 7 (2.26%) Windows 8
12 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (1.61%) Unix
14 1 (0.32%) CentOS
14 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (42.58%) ITIL
2 96 (30.97%) ITSM
3 91 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (26.77%) Customer Service
5 54 (17.42%) Service Management
6 48 (15.48%) Service Delivery
7 40 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (11.94%) Migration
9 34 (10.97%) Software Deployment
10 33 (10.65%) Asset Management
10 33 (10.65%) Incident Management
11 32 (10.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 32 (10.32%) Patch Management
12 31 (10.00%) Security Operations
13 30 (9.68%) Problem Management
14 29 (9.35%) Roadmaps
15 28 (9.03%) Disaster Recovery
16 27 (8.71%) Emotional Intelligence
17 26 (8.39%) Vulnerability Management
18 25 (8.06%) Application Packaging
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.81%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.19%) SQL
3 12 (3.87%) Python
4 9 (2.90%) VBScript
5 7 (2.26%) VB
6 5 (1.61%) VBA
7 2 (0.65%) Bicep
8 1 (0.32%) Bash
8 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (14.52%) Security Cleared
2 42 (13.55%) Degree
3 34 (10.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (10.32%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.45%) Azure Certification
6 19 (6.13%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.23%) DBS Check
9 9 (2.90%) A+ Certification
10 8 (2.58%) CISSP
11 7 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (2.26%) MCSE
12 6 (1.94%) CCNP
12 6 (1.94%) MBCS
13 5 (1.61%) CISA
13 5 (1.61%) CISM
14 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (1.29%) MOS
15 3 (0.97%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (20.97%) SLA
2 12 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.55%) NIST
4 9 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.94%) GDPR
7 5 (1.61%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.61%) GRC
7 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.61%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 204 (65.81%) Active Directory
2 51 (16.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (8.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 25 (8.06%) BitLocker
5 19 (6.13%) Hyper-V
6 12 (3.87%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.58%) Firmware
8 7 (2.26%) VMware Workstation
8 7 (2.26%) vSphere
9 3 (0.97%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.32%) XenApp
10 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 115 (37.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.13%) SCOM
3 11 (3.55%) WSUS
4 10 (3.23%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.58%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.26%) Autotask
7 5 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.61%) CASB
7 5 (1.61%) Terraform
7 5 (1.61%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 3 (0.97%) Ansible
8 3 (0.97%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.65%) Grafana
9 2 (0.65%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.65%) VxRail
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 227 (73.23%) Microsoft
2 71 (22.90%) VMware
3 62 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 31 (10.00%) SolarWinds
5 26 (8.39%) Tenable
6 21 (6.77%) AppDynamics
6 21 (6.77%) Dynatrace
7 19 (6.13%) Apple
8 18 (5.81%) Citrix
8 18 (5.81%) McAfee
9 17 (5.48%) Cisco
10 13 (4.19%) Remedy
11 12 (3.87%) IBM
12 11 (3.55%) Dell
12 11 (3.55%) Palo Alto
13 10 (3.23%) Adobe
14 9 (2.90%) Qualys
15 8 (2.58%) Google
15 8 (2.58%) HP
15 8 (2.58%) Veeam