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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 298 315
Rank change year-on-year -34 +17 -14
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 59 99 271
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.34% 0.76% 0.86%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.81% 5.41% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 38 77 249
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,750 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £53,750 £76,250 £57,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £69,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% +11.11% +5.88%

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 1,549 1,830 3,766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.95% 14.09% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 1,371 3,073
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% -7.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

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 10 April 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 10 (16.95%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (23.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 26 (44.07%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (25.42%) Azure
3 10 (16.95%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.47%) Power Platform
5 4 (6.78%) Mimecast
5 4 (6.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.95%) DNS
2 9 (15.25%) DHCP
3 8 (13.56%) TCP/IP
3 8 (13.56%) VPN
4 6 (10.17%) Firewall
5 5 (8.47%) SAN
6 4 (6.78%) VoIP
7 2 (3.39%) WAN
8 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.69%) LAN
8 1 (1.69%) Network Security
8 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.69%) SMTP
8 1 (1.69%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.69%) VLAN
8 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Power BI
1 5 (8.47%) SQL Server
1 5 (8.47%) Tableau
2 1 (1.69%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
General
1 37 (62.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.47%) Finance
2 5 (8.47%) Legal
3 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.08%) Aviation
3 3 (5.08%) Retail
4 1 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (1.69%) Police
4 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (30.51%) Analyst
2 14 (23.73%) IT Support
2 14 (23.73%) Senior
3 12 (20.34%) Infrastructure Manager
3 12 (20.34%) Infrastructure Support
3 12 (20.34%) Infrastructure Support Manager
3 12 (20.34%) IT Analyst
3 12 (20.34%) Support Manager
4 9 (15.25%) Consultant
4 9 (15.25%) Support Engineer
5 8 (13.56%) IT Support Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) Service Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) Service Desk Analyst
6 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (11.86%) IT Engineer
7 6 (10.17%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (8.47%) Software Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) Onboarding
2 5 (8.47%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.78%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Licensing
3 4 (6.78%) NHS
4 3 (5.08%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (5.08%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.39%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.69%) Replication
6 1 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (76.27%) Windows
2 26 (44.07%) Windows 10
3 9 (15.25%) Windows Server
4 6 (10.17%) Linux
5 5 (8.47%) Apple iOS
5 5 (8.47%) Unix
5 5 (8.47%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (8.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (5.08%) Android
7 1 (1.69%) CentOS
7 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (38.98%) ITIL
3 18 (30.51%) ITSM
3 18 (30.51%) Security Operations
4 17 (28.81%) Patch Management
5 16 (27.12%) Emotional Intelligence
6 15 (25.42%) Software Deployment
7 14 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (20.34%) Infrastructure Monitoring
9 11 (18.64%) Service Management
10 10 (16.95%) Customer Service
10 10 (16.95%) Mentoring
11 9 (15.25%) Asset Management
11 9 (15.25%) Software Licensing
12 8 (13.56%) Task Automation
13 7 (11.86%) Incident Management
13 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 7 (11.86%) Process Improvement
13 7 (11.86%) Project Management
13 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.47%) Python
2 5 (8.47%) VB
2 5 (8.47%) VBA
2 5 (8.47%) VBScript
3 1 (1.69%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.69%) SQL
3 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (13.56%) Degree
3 5 (8.47%) MCSE
4 4 (6.78%) A+ Certification
4 4 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (6.78%) MOS
4 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.08%) CISSP
5 3 (5.08%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) NIST
2 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (50.85%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.47%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (5.08%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.39%) BitLocker
5 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (28.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.17%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 39 (66.10%) Microsoft
2 20 (33.90%) ServiceNow
3 17 (28.81%) SolarWinds
4 15 (25.42%) VMware
5 8 (13.56%) Citrix
6 6 (10.17%) Oracle
6 6 (10.17%) Veeam
7 5 (8.47%) 3PAR
7 5 (8.47%) Adobe
7 5 (8.47%) IBM
7 5 (8.47%) NetApp
7 5 (8.47%) Snow
8 3 (5.08%) Dell
8 3 (5.08%) Fortinet
8 3 (5.08%) SonicWALL
9 2 (3.39%) iManage
9 2 (3.39%) Nexthink
10 1 (1.69%) Apple
10 1 (1.69%) Meraki
10 1 (1.69%) Red Hat