Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 326 364
Rank change year-on-year +7 +38 -96
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 927 1,062 1,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 1.07% 1.04%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.41% 7.28% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 725 918 1,406
10th Percentile £29,175 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,675 £57,500 £56,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,250 £36,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +7.53% -8.75% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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 requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,851 14,586 29,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.86% 14.71% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,078 9,021 14,016
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,250 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.17% -0.46% +8.23%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCCM.

Salary trend for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCCM over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SCCM in the UK

SCCM
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +26 874 £43,000 +1.18% 170
UK excluding London -14 611 £39,250 +7.53% 145
London +60 300 £55,001 +4.76% 46
Work from Home -19 259 £47,500 - 53
South East +9 179 £45,000 +12.50% 43
South West +19 136 £40,000 +25.00% 24
North of England +15 125 £35,000 - 15
Midlands -14 109 £36,500 -18.89% 17
West Midlands +31 87 £36,250 -19.44% 8
Yorkshire +78 65 £31,000 -4.62% 3
North West -36 44 £41,235 +11.44% 8
East of England -43 23 £42,500 -5.56% 27
East Midlands -36 22 £37,500 -21.05% 9
Scotland -77 21 £37,500 +44.23% 21
North East -5 16 £30,000 -29.41% 4
Wales +19 14 £34,000 +25.93%
Northern Ireland +23 4 £42,500 +30.77% 1

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 294 (31.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 91 (9.82%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.29%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (1.29%) SharePoint 2013
4 11 (1.19%) IIS
5 9 (0.97%) WordPress
6 7 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.43%) SAS
8 3 (0.32%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) Confluence
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) Site Server
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 152 (16.40%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.22%) InCopy
4 2 (0.22%) InDesign
4 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Farmplan
1 2 (0.22%) KEYPrime
1 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 511 (55.12%) Microsoft 365
2 320 (34.52%) Azure
3 161 (17.37%) Entra ID
4 57 (6.15%) AWS
5 40 (4.31%) OneDrive
6 32 (3.45%) Nutanix
7 24 (2.59%) Mimecast
8 22 (2.37%) Google Workspace
9 20 (2.16%) GCP
9 20 (2.16%) IaaS
10 19 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (1.83%) Azure Storage
12 12 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (1.29%) OCI
13 11 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.19%) Power Platform
14 9 (0.97%) WhatsApp
15 8 (0.86%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.86%) PaaS
16 5 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 166 (17.91%) WAN
2 162 (17.48%) DNS
3 157 (16.94%) Firewall
4 146 (15.75%) Wireless
5 135 (14.56%) DHCP
6 94 (10.14%) SD-WAN
7 92 (9.92%) Cisco IOS
8 89 (9.60%) WebEx
9 88 (9.49%) SAN
10 84 (9.06%) LAN
11 81 (8.74%) VPN
12 55 (5.93%) TCP/IP
13 49 (5.29%) VoIP
14 41 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
15 38 (4.10%) VLAN
16 26 (2.80%) NAS
16 26 (2.80%) Network Security
17 24 (2.59%) WLAN
18 21 (2.27%) iSCSI
19 19 (2.05%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.96%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.76%) MySQL
3 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.32%) Power BI
4 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (1.73%) MSI
2 10 (1.08%) AdminStudio
3 9 (0.97%) JIRA
4 7 (0.76%) Snyk
5 4 (0.43%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.11%) Git
6 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
General
1 345 (37.22%) Social Skills
2 129 (13.92%) Finance
3 61 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (4.31%) Banking
7 39 (4.21%) Legal
8 29 (3.13%) Law
9 27 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.27%) Public Sector
11 20 (2.16%) Aerospace
12 18 (1.94%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.51%) Games
14 13 (1.40%) Automotive
15 11 (1.19%) Advertising
15 11 (1.19%) Retail
16 10 (1.08%) Police
17 9 (0.97%) Marketing
18 8 (0.86%) Manufacturing
19 7 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 195 (21.04%) IT Support
2 169 (18.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 162 (17.48%) Support Engineer
4 154 (16.61%) Analyst
5 134 (14.46%) Senior
6 128 (13.81%) Support Specialist
7 94 (10.14%) IT Engineer
7 94 (10.14%) IT Support Specialist
8 76 (8.20%) IT Analyst
9 68 (7.34%) Support Analyst
10 59 (6.36%) Lead
11 58 (6.26%) Desktop Support
12 56 (6.04%) IT Support Engineer
13 55 (5.93%) IT Support Analyst
14 51 (5.50%) 2nd Line Support
15 48 (5.18%) Desktop Engineer
16 44 (4.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 41 (4.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 39 (4.21%) Team Leader
19 37 (3.99%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.16%) Software Packaging
2 14 (1.51%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.97%) LAMP
4 5 (0.54%) EDI
5 4 (0.43%) ADO
6 3 (0.32%) Middleware
7 1 (0.11%) .NET
7 1 (0.11%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.11%) JSON
7 1 (0.11%) Web Services
7 1 (0.11%) XML
7 1 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.71%) Video Conferencing
2 86 (9.28%) Wiki
3 57 (6.15%) Data Centre
4 55 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (5.07%) Driving Licence
6 44 (4.75%) Replication
7 33 (3.56%) Management Information System
8 30 (3.24%) Fat Client
8 30 (3.24%) Thin Client
9 23 (2.48%) PKI
10 19 (2.05%) Smartphone
11 18 (1.94%) Clustering
12 17 (1.83%) iPhone
13 12 (1.29%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.08%) Blackberry
14 10 (1.08%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
16 8 (0.86%) BYOD
17 7 (0.76%) EMC VNX
17 7 (0.76%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 734 (79.18%) Windows
2 354 (38.19%) Windows 10
3 341 (36.79%) Windows Server
4 124 (13.38%) Android
5 107 (11.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 107 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 103 (11.11%) Linux
7 96 (10.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 68 (7.34%) Windows 7
9 55 (5.93%) Apple iOS
10 42 (4.53%) Mac OS
11 37 (3.99%) Unix
12 24 (2.59%) Mac OS X
13 21 (2.27%) VMS
13 21 (2.27%) Windows XP
14 15 (1.62%) Windows NT
15 12 (1.29%) Windows 8
16 10 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.97%) Ubuntu
17 9 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (33.55%) ITIL
2 200 (21.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 188 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
4 149 (16.07%) Customer Service
5 140 (15.10%) Mobile Device Management
6 122 (13.16%) Service Management
7 105 (11.33%) Application Virtualisation
8 103 (11.11%) Computer Science
9 99 (10.68%) Change Management
10 97 (10.46%) Business Continuity
11 95 (10.25%) Service Delivery
12 86 (9.28%) BCP
12 86 (9.28%) Business Continuity Planning
12 86 (9.28%) Contract Negotiation
13 74 (7.98%) ITSM
14 70 (7.55%) Agile
15 62 (6.69%) Incident Management
16 54 (5.83%) Asset Management
17 53 (5.72%) Problem Management
18 52 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 249 (26.86%) PowerShell
2 49 (5.29%) SQL
3 19 (2.05%) VB
4 18 (1.94%) C#
5 16 (1.73%) VBScript
6 14 (1.51%) Bicep
6 14 (1.51%) Python
7 9 (0.97%) Bash
8 7 (0.76%) Ruby
9 5 (0.54%) Perl
10 3 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.22%) Java
12 1 (0.11%) C
12 1 (0.11%) Go
12 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 219 (23.62%) Degree
2 207 (22.33%) Security Cleared
3 156 (16.83%) SC Cleared
4 105 (11.33%) DV Cleared
5 102 (11.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 87 (9.39%) Master's Degree
7 84 (9.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (4.10%) MCP
9 32 (3.45%) MCSE
10 27 (2.91%) CCNA
10 27 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (2.80%) DBS Check
12 22 (2.37%) A+ Certification
13 20 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
13 20 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (1.83%) Azure Certification
14 17 (1.83%) HNC
14 17 (1.83%) MCSA
15 15 (1.62%) MCITP
16 13 (1.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.55%) SLA
2 15 (1.62%) GDPR
3 10 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.22%) NIST
6 2 (0.22%) QA
7 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.11%) GxP
7 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 680 (73.35%) Active Directory
2 221 (23.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 158 (17.04%) Hyper-V
4 150 (16.18%) VMware ESXi
5 129 (13.92%) XenApp
6 127 (13.70%) XenDesktop
7 103 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
8 50 (5.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 42 (4.53%) vSphere
10 31 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
11 29 (3.13%) Firmware
12 15 (1.62%) Docker
13 6 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.43%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.32%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.32%) Terminal Server
16 3 (0.32%) Xen
17 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
18 1 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 234 (25.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (9.92%) AirWatch
3 90 (9.71%) WSUS
4 78 (8.41%) SCOM
5 41 (4.42%) vCenter Server
6 29 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
6 29 (3.13%) Kubernetes
7 27 (2.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 23 (2.48%) Ansible
9 22 (2.37%) NetBackup
10 19 (2.05%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 13 (1.40%) Failover Clustering
12 13 (1.40%) Nessus
13 11 (1.19%) Sysprep
14 9 (0.97%) Autotask
14 9 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
15 7 (0.76%) Nexpose
15 7 (0.76%) SCDPM
15 7 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 657 (70.87%) Microsoft
2 319 (34.41%) VMware
3 179 (19.31%) Citrix
4 153 (16.50%) Cisco
5 81 (8.74%) HP
6 79 (8.52%) Veeam
7 77 (8.31%) Dell
8 64 (6.90%) Apple
9 54 (5.83%) ServiceNow
10 39 (4.21%) Google
11 37 (3.99%) Symantec
12 31 (3.34%) Aruba
13 29 (3.13%) iManage
14 25 (2.70%) Meraki
15 24 (2.59%) Oracle
15 24 (2.59%) Qualys
16 21 (2.27%) McAfee
16 21 (2.27%) Palo Alto
17 19 (2.05%) EMC
17 19 (2.05%) SolarWinds