Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SCCM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCCM over the 6 months to 1 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
1 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 394 312 128
Rank change year-on-year -82 -184 +11
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 632 363 205
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 0.98% 2.31%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.99% 5.23% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 556 311 137
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

SCCM is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 15,859 6,940 1,586
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.17% 18.65% 17.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,150 5,194 1,355
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £68,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% +4.00% +6.84%

SCCM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SCCM trend for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SCCM.

SCCM salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SCCM
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SCCM over the 6 months to 1 July 2022.

SCCM salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 1 July 2022, SCCM job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for SCCM.

1 437 (69.15%) Active Directory
2 420 (66.46%) Windows
3 407 (64.40%) Microsoft
4 368 (58.23%) Microsoft 365
5 333 (52.69%) Azure
6 215 (34.02%) PowerShell
7 208 (32.91%) ITIL
8 199 (31.49%) Windows Server
9 183 (28.96%) VMware
10 177 (28.01%) Microsoft Intune
11 162 (25.63%) Social Skills
12 151 (23.89%) Windows 10
13 150 (23.73%) Azure Active Directory
14 145 (22.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 121 (19.15%) VMware Infrastructure
16 103 (16.30%) DNS
17 101 (15.98%) Citrix
17 101 (15.98%) SaaS
18 100 (15.82%) Public Cloud
19 99 (15.66%) Cisco
20 96 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
21 95 (15.03%) Microsoft Certification
22 90 (14.24%) SharePoint
23 88 (13.92%) PaaS
24 84 (13.29%) AWS
24 84 (13.29%) Windows Server 2012
25 79 (12.50%) WAN
26 76 (12.03%) SLA
27 75 (11.87%) Disaster Recovery
27 75 (11.87%) Firewall

SCCM
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 90 (14.24%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.91%) IIS
3 28 (4.43%) MS Exchange
4 15 (2.37%) Skype for Business
5 6 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.32%) Apache
8 2 (0.32%) Confluence
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) SAS
9 1 (0.16%) Site Server
Applications
1 70 (11.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.32%) InCopy
3 2 (0.32%) InDesign
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.32%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.16%) Blender
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.16%) CaseMap
2 1 (0.16%) Eikon
2 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.16%) Relativity
2 1 (0.16%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 368 (58.23%) Microsoft 365
2 333 (52.69%) Azure
3 150 (23.73%) Azure Active Directory
4 101 (15.98%) SaaS
5 88 (13.92%) PaaS
6 84 (13.29%) AWS
7 70 (11.08%) IaaS
8 41 (6.49%) OneDrive
9 27 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (4.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 27 (4.27%) Mimecast
10 25 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
11 24 (3.80%) GCP
12 14 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.11%) Nutanix
14 7 (1.11%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.95%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.95%) Power Platform
16 4 (0.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 103 (16.30%) DNS
2 79 (12.50%) WAN
3 75 (11.87%) Firewall
4 74 (11.71%) DHCP
5 65 (10.28%) LAN
6 63 (9.97%) SAN
7 46 (7.28%) VPN
8 41 (6.49%) TCP/IP
9 39 (6.17%) Network Security
10 31 (4.91%) Wireless
11 17 (2.69%) Skype
11 17 (2.69%) VLAN
12 16 (2.53%) SNMP
12 16 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (2.06%) VoIP
14 11 (1.74%) PBX
15 10 (1.58%) MPLS
15 10 (1.58%) WLAN
16 9 (1.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.13%) SQL Server
2 62 (9.81%) Big Data
3 16 (2.53%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (0.63%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.63%) Metadata
4 4 (0.63%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
5 3 (0.47%) DTS
6 1 (0.16%) GIS
6 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.16%) MySQL
6 1 (0.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 42 (6.65%) Octopus Deploy
1 42 (6.65%) TeamCity
2 21 (3.32%) JIRA
3 17 (2.69%) MSI
4 16 (2.53%) CircleCI
4 16 (2.53%) Git (software)
5 6 (0.95%) InstallShield
6 4 (0.63%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.63%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 162 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 49 (7.75%) Finance
3 46 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.22%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.06%) Law
6 23 (3.64%) Legal
7 22 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.32%) Advertising
8 21 (3.32%) Games
9 15 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.37%) Marketing
10 13 (2.06%) Retail
11 10 (1.58%) Publishing
12 9 (1.42%) Banking
12 9 (1.42%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.27%) Local Government
13 8 (1.27%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.11%) Humanities
14 7 (1.11%) Social Science
15 6 (0.95%) Billing
Job Titles
1 119 (18.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 112 (17.72%) Analyst
3 69 (10.92%) Support Engineer
4 57 (9.02%) Architect
5 46 (7.28%) IT Engineer
6 44 (6.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 39 (6.17%) IT Support
7 39 (6.17%) Support Analyst
8 34 (5.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 31 (4.91%) 3rd Line Support
10 30 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (4.59%) Service Analyst
11 29 (4.59%) Service Desk Analyst
12 28 (4.43%) Consultant
13 26 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support
13 26 (4.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 25 (3.96%) Cloud Architect
15 24 (3.80%) Azure Architect
15 24 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
15 24 (3.80%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.80%) ARM Templates
2 23 (3.64%) HTML
3 18 (2.85%) Spring
4 17 (2.69%) AngularJS
4 17 (2.69%) CSS
5 16 (2.53%) CSS3
5 16 (2.53%) NgRx
5 16 (2.53%) RxJS
6 7 (1.11%) .NET
6 7 (1.11%) Software Packaging
6 7 (1.11%) XMPP
7 5 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.47%) XML
9 2 (0.32%) FIDO
9 2 (0.32%) LDAP
9 2 (0.32%) OAuth
9 2 (0.32%) RESTful
9 2 (0.32%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.16%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 100 (15.82%) Public Cloud
2 44 (6.96%) Cloud Native
3 37 (5.85%) Data Centre
4 27 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 27 (4.27%) NHS
5 23 (3.64%) User Experience
6 22 (3.48%) Blog
6 22 (3.48%) PKI
7 17 (2.69%) Management Information System
8 16 (2.53%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.74%) Replication
10 10 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (0.79%) EMC VNX
12 5 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.63%) Blackberry
13 4 (0.63%) iPhone
14 3 (0.47%) Clustering
14 3 (0.47%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 420 (66.46%) Windows
2 199 (31.49%) Windows Server
3 151 (23.89%) Windows 10
4 84 (13.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 63 (9.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 42 (6.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (5.22%) Windows 7
8 28 (4.43%) Linux
9 25 (3.96%) Apple iOS
10 24 (3.80%) Android
10 24 (3.80%) Mac OS
11 19 (3.01%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.11%) Mac OS X
13 6 (0.95%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.32%) CentOS
14 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.16%) SUSE
15 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (32.91%) ITIL
2 145 (22.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 96 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (11.87%) Disaster Recovery
5 71 (11.23%) Mentoring
6 62 (9.81%) Problem Management
6 62 (9.81%) Service Delivery
7 61 (9.65%) DevOps
8 60 (9.49%) Change Management
8 60 (9.49%) Patch Management
9 53 (8.39%) Migration
10 52 (8.23%) Incident Management
11 51 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (7.91%) Business Continuity
13 45 (7.12%) Computer Science
14 44 (6.96%) Service Management
15 43 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
16 42 (6.65%) Coaching
17 40 (6.33%) Agile
17 40 (6.33%) Application Packaging
Programming Languages
1 215 (34.02%) PowerShell
2 63 (9.97%) SQL
3 26 (4.11%) JavaScript
4 23 (3.64%) Python
5 20 (3.16%) Java
6 16 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.06%) VBScript
8 5 (0.79%) C
9 4 (0.63%) Scala
10 3 (0.47%) Bash
10 3 (0.47%) Perl
10 3 (0.47%) PHP
11 2 (0.32%) C#
12 1 (0.16%) C++
12 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 95 (15.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 58 (9.18%) Degree
2 58 (9.18%) MCSE
3 33 (5.22%) MCSA
4 28 (4.43%) MCP
5 26 (4.11%) ITIL Certification
6 24 (3.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 22 (3.48%) Security Cleared
8 20 (3.16%) SC Cleared
9 19 (3.01%) AWS Certification
10 18 (2.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.58%) CCNA
12 10 (1.58%) MCITP
13 8 (1.27%) CISSP
14 5 (0.79%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.79%) MCTS
14 5 (0.79%) SSCP
14 5 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.47%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (12.03%) SLA
2 33 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (2.69%) GDPR
5 6 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.95%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.47%) QA
8 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 437 (69.15%) Active Directory
2 121 (19.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (11.23%) Hyper-V
4 42 (6.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 30 (4.75%) BitLocker
6 26 (4.11%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (3.96%) Microsoft App-V
8 23 (3.64%) vSphere
9 22 (3.48%) XenDesktop
10 17 (2.69%) Docker
11 16 (2.53%) XenApp
12 12 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
13 10 (1.58%) VMware Workstation
14 9 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 6 (0.95%) Terminal Services
17 5 (0.79%) Firmware
18 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
18 1 (0.16%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 177 (28.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (8.39%) SCOM
3 47 (7.44%) Opscode Chef
3 47 (7.44%) Puppet
4 40 (6.33%) WSUS
5 37 (5.85%) Jamf Pro
6 33 (5.22%) Panaseer
7 25 (3.96%) SCSM
8 21 (3.32%) vCenter Server
9 20 (3.16%) Kubernetes
10 19 (3.01%) Ansible
11 17 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
12 14 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (2.22%) Terraform
13 11 (1.74%) SolarWinds Orion
14 10 (1.58%) AirWatch
14 10 (1.58%) Backup Exec
14 10 (1.58%) N-central
14 10 (1.58%) VxRail
15 9 (1.42%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 407 (64.40%) Microsoft
2 183 (28.96%) VMware
3 101 (15.98%) Citrix
4 99 (15.66%) Cisco
5 54 (8.54%) Veeam
6 43 (6.80%) Apple
7 42 (6.65%) ServiceNow
8 31 (4.91%) Google
9 29 (4.59%) SolarWinds
10 27 (4.27%) Sophos
11 25 (3.96%) HP
12 17 (2.69%) 3PAR
13 16 (2.53%) YouTube
14 15 (2.37%) Adobe
14 15 (2.37%) Dell
14 15 (2.37%) Forcepoint
14 15 (2.37%) Palo Alto
15 14 (2.22%) Aruba
16 13 (2.06%) Meraki
16 13 (2.06%) NetApp