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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 347 337
Rank change year-on-year -41 -10 -58
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 67 76 184
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.46% 0.74%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.16% 4.39% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 63 53 146
10th Percentile - £31,500 £29,625
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £44,114
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -9.32% -11.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £57,894
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £70,625
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £44,632
% change year-on-year +14.46% -7.02% -0.82%

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 1,611 1,730 2,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.02% 10.44% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,186 934 1,591
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,299 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £74,997 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 21 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 16 (23.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (22.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 35 (52.24%) Entra ID
2 30 (44.78%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (34.33%) Azure
4 14 (20.90%) OneDrive
5 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.48%) AWS
7 3 (4.48%) Google Workspace
7 3 (4.48%) IaaS
8 2 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.99%) SaaS
8 2 (2.99%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (35.82%) Firewall
2 5 (7.46%) DNS
2 5 (7.46%) VPN
3 3 (4.48%) DHCP
3 3 (4.48%) NetScaler
3 3 (4.48%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.99%) Network Security
4 2 (2.99%) VLAN
4 2 (2.99%) WAN
4 2 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.49%) LAN
5 1 (1.49%) SAN
5 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.49%) SMTP
5 1 (1.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.49%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.46%) Finance
3 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.49%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.49%) Legal
4 1 (1.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (28.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 17 (25.37%) Analyst
3 16 (23.88%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 16 (23.88%) Support Technician
4 8 (11.94%) IT Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) Consultant
6 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Architect
7 4 (5.97%) IT Support
7 4 (5.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Lead
8 3 (4.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Consultant
8 3 (4.48%) Senior
9 2 (2.99%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.99%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.48%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.99%) PKI
3 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.49%) Replication
4 1 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 50 (74.63%) Windows
2 12 (17.91%) Apple iOS
3 11 (16.42%) Windows 10
4 8 (11.94%) Android
5 5 (7.46%) Mac OS
5 5 (7.46%) Windows Server
6 4 (5.97%) Linux
7 1 (1.49%) CentOS
7 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.75%) ITIL
2 25 (37.31%) Customer Service
3 24 (35.82%) Project Delivery
4 22 (32.84%) Project Management
5 21 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (28.36%) Logistics
6 19 (28.36%) Time Management
7 12 (17.91%) Mobile Device Management
8 11 (16.42%) Application Packaging
8 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (10.45%) Software Deployment
9 7 (10.45%) Task Automation
10 6 (8.96%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (8.96%) Mentoring
11 5 (7.46%) Patch Management
11 5 (7.46%) Roadmaps
11 5 (7.46%) Ticket Management
11 5 (7.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 5 (7.46%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 28 (41.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.49%) Python
2 1 (1.49%) SQL
2 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.49%) VB
2 1 (1.49%) VBA
2 1 (1.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (28.36%) DBS Check
2 4 (5.97%) Azure Certification
2 4 (5.97%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.99%) Computer Science 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%) 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%) SLA
3 1 (1.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (58.21%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.96%) BitLocker
4 5 (7.46%) 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 22 (32.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.48%) WSUS
3 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (2.99%) SCOM
3 2 (2.99%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 54 (80.60%) Microsoft
2 19 (28.36%) Fortinet
2 19 (28.36%) SonicWALL
3 10 (14.93%) Citrix
4 9 (13.43%) VMware
5 4 (5.97%) Apple
5 4 (5.97%) Dell
5 4 (5.97%) Okta
5 4 (5.97%) Oracle
5 4 (5.97%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.48%) Google
6 3 (4.48%) iManage
6 3 (4.48%) Nexthink
6 3 (4.48%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.48%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.99%) Meraki
7 2 (2.99%) Qualys
8 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.49%) Snow
8 1 (1.49%) Tenable