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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 332 330
Rank change year-on-year -61 -2 -96
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 74 82 156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.49% 0.72%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.27% 4.91% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 67 51 114
10th Percentile - £31,500 £27,598
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £39,821 £47,465
Median % change year-on-year +31.84% -16.10% -11.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,425 £59,938
90th Percentile £75,026 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -3.23%

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 1,735 1,671 2,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.98% 10.02% 10.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,230 858 1,265
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,425 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,536 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,225 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% -2.73% -3.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 10 October 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 19 (25.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (24.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (51.35%) Entra ID
2 32 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (40.54%) Azure
4 15 (20.27%) OneDrive
5 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (6.76%) ShareGate
7 3 (4.05%) AWS
7 3 (4.05%) Google Workspace
7 3 (4.05%) IaaS
7 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.70%) SaaS
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.35%) GitHub
9 1 (1.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (35.14%) Firewall
2 8 (10.81%) DNS
3 7 (9.46%) DHCP
4 4 (5.41%) SAN
4 4 (5.41%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.41%) VPN
5 3 (4.05%) NAS
5 3 (4.05%) NetScaler
6 2 (2.70%) VLAN
7 1 (1.35%) Network Security
7 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.35%) GitLab
General
1 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.41%) Finance
3 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (28.38%) Support Technician
2 20 (27.03%) 2nd Line Support
2 20 (27.03%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 14 (18.92%) Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) IT Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Consultant
7 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Architect
8 4 (5.41%) Lead
8 4 (5.41%) Senior
9 3 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) IT Support
10 2 (2.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.35%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.11%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.76%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.05%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.05%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (4.05%) Replication
4 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.70%) PKI
4 2 (2.70%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 57 (77.03%) Windows
2 12 (16.22%) Windows 10
2 12 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.46%) Apple iOS
4 6 (8.11%) Android
5 5 (6.76%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.70%) Linux
7 1 (1.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.59%) ITIL
2 28 (37.84%) Customer Service
3 27 (36.49%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (32.43%) Project Delivery
5 22 (29.73%) Project Management
6 20 (27.03%) Logistics
6 20 (27.03%) Time Management
7 18 (24.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (20.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (13.51%) Identity Access Management
9 10 (13.51%) Migration
9 10 (13.51%) Mobile Device Management
10 9 (12.16%) Application Packaging
11 7 (9.46%) Cloud Security
11 7 (9.46%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (9.46%) Patch Management
11 7 (9.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 6 (8.11%) Root Cause Analysis
13 5 (6.76%) Service Management
13 5 (6.76%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 33 (44.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (27.03%) DBS Check
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.11%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
3 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.05%) MCSA
5 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.35%) NIST
2 1 (1.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (59.46%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.76%) Hyper-V
5 4 (5.41%) BitLocker
6 2 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (37.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.41%) WSUS
3 3 (4.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (4.05%) SCVMM
4 2 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (2.70%) SCOM
5 1 (1.35%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.03%) Fortinet
2 20 (27.03%) SonicWALL
3 7 (9.46%) Citrix
3 7 (9.46%) VMware
4 6 (8.11%) Okta
5 4 (5.41%) SolarWinds
6 3 (4.05%) Apple
6 3 (4.05%) Cisco
6 3 (4.05%) Google
6 3 (4.05%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.70%) iManage
7 2 (2.70%) Oracle
7 2 (2.70%) Qualys
7 2 (2.70%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.70%) Veeam
8 1 (1.35%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.35%) Meraki
8 1 (1.35%) Splunk