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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 353 337
Rank change year-on-year -20 -16 -25
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 60 80 264
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.50% 0.79%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.43% 3.91% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 42 66 228
10th Percentile - £31,500 £30,425
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,375 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,153 £42,864
Median % change year-on-year +6.81% +14.67% -14.27%
75th Percentile £72,188 £65,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,875 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +0.59% -

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 1,748 2,047 3,540
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.39% 12.75% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 1,187 2,673
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,000 £84,919
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

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 3 July 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 14 (23.33%) SharePoint
2 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (18.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 31 (51.67%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (35.00%) Azure
3 20 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 9 (15.00%) OneDrive
5 5 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 4 (6.67%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.67%) Firewall
2 7 (11.67%) DNS
3 6 (10.00%) DHCP
4 5 (8.33%) VPN
5 4 (6.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.33%) Network Security
6 2 (3.33%) SAN
6 2 (3.33%) WAN
7 1 (1.67%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.67%) LAN
7 1 (1.67%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.67%) SMTP
7 1 (1.67%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.67%) VLAN
7 1 (1.67%) VoIP
7 1 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) Power BI
1 5 (8.33%) Tableau
2 1 (1.67%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.33%) Finance
2 5 (8.33%) Legal
3 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.33%) Aviation
3 2 (3.33%) Retail
4 1 (1.67%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (1.67%) Police
4 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (33.33%) Analyst
2 14 (23.33%) Senior
3 12 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (18.33%) IT Support
5 9 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 9 (15.00%) IT Analyst
5 9 (15.00%) Support Engineer
5 9 (15.00%) Support Technician
6 8 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (13.33%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (13.33%) Service Analyst
6 8 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
7 7 (11.67%) Consultant
7 7 (11.67%) IT Engineer
8 6 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (8.33%) Software Consultant
10 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
10 4 (6.67%) IT Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.67%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (1.67%) PKI
4 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.67%) Replication
4 1 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (75.00%) Windows
2 19 (31.67%) Windows 10
3 11 (18.33%) Apple iOS
4 8 (13.33%) Android
5 6 (10.00%) Linux
6 5 (8.33%) Unix
6 5 (8.33%) Windows Server
7 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.67%) CentOS
8 1 (1.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (56.67%) ITIL
2 23 (38.33%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (31.67%) Customer Service
4 15 (25.00%) Project Management
5 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
6 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (20.00%) Logistics
6 12 (20.00%) Task Automation
6 12 (20.00%) Time Management
7 11 (18.33%) Software Deployment
8 10 (16.67%) ITSM
8 10 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 10 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
8 10 (16.67%) Patch Management
9 9 (15.00%) Application Packaging
10 8 (13.33%) Emotional Intelligence
10 8 (13.33%) Security Operations
10 8 (13.33%) Service Management
11 7 (11.67%) Incident Management
11 7 (11.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.33%) Python
2 5 (8.33%) VB
2 5 (8.33%) VBA
2 5 (8.33%) VBScript
3 1 (1.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.67%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (11.67%) Degree
4 5 (8.33%) MCSE
5 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (6.67%) MOS
6 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.33%) CISSP
8 1 (1.67%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.67%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) NIST
2 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.00%) BitLocker
4 3 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (3.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (35.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 49 (81.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 12 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 12 (20.00%) SonicWALL
3 11 (18.33%) VMware
4 8 (13.33%) Citrix
5 6 (10.00%) Oracle
5 6 (10.00%) SolarWinds
6 5 (8.33%) Adobe
6 5 (8.33%) IBM
6 5 (8.33%) Snow
7 4 (6.67%) Dell
8 3 (5.00%) iManage
8 3 (5.00%) Nexthink
8 3 (5.00%) Veeam
9 2 (3.33%) 3PAR
9 2 (3.33%) Apple
9 2 (3.33%) Meraki
9 2 (3.33%) NetApp
9 2 (3.33%) Qualys