Hybrid/Remote SCCM Job Trends

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SCCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 353 324
Rank change year-on-year -29 -29 -41
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 67 75 197
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.45% 0.78%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.50% 3.82% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 60 58 161
10th Percentile - £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £46,750 £41,500 £43,227
% change year-on-year +12.65% -4.00% -3.94%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

SCCM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,915 1,961 2,759
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.47% 11.89% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,413 1,117 1,961
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,289 £47,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £78,467 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £64,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -0.77% +1.56% -4.48%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCCM and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SCCM job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SCCM
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCCM

SCCM
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCCM over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

SCCM salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SCCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 13 (19.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (16.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 32 (47.76%) Entra ID
2 28 (41.79%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (29.85%) Azure
4 10 (14.93%) OneDrive
5 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.99%) AWS
7 2 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.99%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.49%) IaaS
8 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.49%) SaaS
8 1 (1.49%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (32.84%) Firewall
2 5 (7.46%) DNS
2 5 (7.46%) TCP/IP
2 5 (7.46%) VPN
3 3 (4.48%) DHCP
4 2 (2.99%) NetScaler
4 2 (2.99%) Network Security
4 2 (2.99%) WAN
5 1 (1.49%) LAN
5 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.49%) SMTP
5 1 (1.49%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.49%) VLAN
5 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) Power BI
1 4 (5.97%) Tableau
2 1 (1.49%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 17 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Finance
3 4 (5.97%) Legal
4 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.49%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (26.87%) 2nd Line Support
1 18 (26.87%) Analyst
2 15 (22.39%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 15 (22.39%) Support Technician
3 9 (13.43%) Support Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) IT Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) IT Support
6 6 (8.96%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) Senior
7 4 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Lead
7 4 (5.97%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (5.97%) Software Consultant
8 3 (4.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Technical Support
8 3 (4.48%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.99%) PKI
4 1 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Replication
4 1 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 45 (67.16%) Windows
2 12 (17.91%) Apple iOS
2 12 (17.91%) Windows 10
3 8 (11.94%) Android
4 6 (8.96%) Linux
5 4 (5.97%) Mac OS
5 4 (5.97%) Unix
6 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.49%) CentOS
7 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (52.24%) ITIL
2 22 (32.84%) Customer Service
2 22 (32.84%) Project Delivery
3 21 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (31.34%) Project Management
4 18 (26.87%) Logistics
4 18 (26.87%) Time Management
5 11 (16.42%) Application Packaging
5 11 (16.42%) Mobile Device Management
6 10 (14.93%) Task Automation
7 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
8 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (11.94%) Software Deployment
9 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.45%) ITSM
9 7 (10.45%) Service Management
10 5 (7.46%) Patch Management
10 5 (7.46%) Validation
10 5 (7.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 4 (5.97%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 27 (40.30%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.97%) Python
2 4 (5.97%) VB
2 4 (5.97%) VBA
2 4 (5.97%) VBScript
3 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.49%) SQL
3 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) DBS Check
2 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.99%) Degree
3 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.49%) MCSE
4 1 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) NIST
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.49%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (53.73%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.96%) BitLocker
4 4 (5.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (29.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.99%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.99%) WSUS
3 1 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.49%) SCOM
Vendors
1 53 (79.10%) Microsoft
2 18 (26.87%) Fortinet
2 18 (26.87%) SonicWALL
3 10 (14.93%) Citrix
3 10 (14.93%) VMware
4 6 (8.96%) Oracle
4 6 (8.96%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.97%) Adobe
5 4 (5.97%) Apple
5 4 (5.97%) Dell
5 4 (5.97%) IBM
5 4 (5.97%) Snow
6 3 (4.48%) iManage
6 3 (4.48%) Nexthink
6 3 (4.48%) Okta
7 2 (2.99%) Google
7 2 (2.99%) Meraki
7 2 (2.99%) Qualys
7 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.99%) Zscaler