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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 323 374
Rank change year-on-year 0 +51 -94
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 908 1,058 1,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 1.08% 1.01%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.21% 7.37% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 716 917 1,380
10th Percentile £29,175 £25,500 £26,450
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.61%
75th Percentile £55,356 £57,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £36,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.12% -8.13% -

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 9,854 14,363 30,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.67% 14.64% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,050 8,943 13,999
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,353 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.11% -3.57% +11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +0.89% +7.27%

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 26 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 26 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 +6 856 £42,500 - 175
UK excluding London -11 609 £39,000 +6.12% 156
London +40 282 £55,000 +4.76% 52
Work from Home -25 255 £46,550 -2.35% 60
South East +11 182 £45,000 +12.50% 58
South West +34 134 £40,000 +24.03% 23
North of England -3 122 £34,000 -2.86% 17
Midlands -11 108 £36,500 -18.89% 14
West Midlands +33 85 £36,250 -19.44% 7
Yorkshire +63 62 £30,500 -6.87% 2
North West -31 44 £41,235 +11.44% 13
East of England -31 26 £42,500 -5.56% 29
East Midlands -43 23 £37,500 -21.05% 7
Scotland -74 20 £37,500 +44.23% 17
North East -4 16 £30,000 -27.27% 2
Wales +21 14 £34,000 -25.59% 1
Northern Ireland +24 3 - - 2

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
1 281 (30.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (9.91%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.43%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (1.43%) SharePoint 2013
4 11 (1.21%) IIS
5 9 (0.99%) WordPress
6 7 (0.77%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.44%) SAS
8 3 (0.33%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) Confluence
9 1 (0.11%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) Site Server
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 151 (16.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) InCopy
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
4 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
1 493 (54.30%) Microsoft 365
2 318 (35.02%) Azure
3 157 (17.29%) Entra ID
4 57 (6.28%) AWS
5 40 (4.41%) OneDrive
6 33 (3.63%) Nutanix
7 27 (2.97%) Mimecast
8 21 (2.31%) GCP
8 21 (2.31%) Google Workspace
9 20 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (2.09%) IaaS
11 18 (1.98%) Azure Storage
12 12 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.32%) OCI
13 10 (1.10%) Power Platform
14 9 (0.99%) WhatsApp
15 8 (0.88%) OpenShift
16 7 (0.77%) PaaS
17 6 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 166 (18.28%) DNS
2 161 (17.73%) Firewall
3 159 (17.51%) WAN
4 139 (15.31%) DHCP
5 136 (14.98%) Wireless
6 85 (9.36%) LAN
6 85 (9.36%) SAN
6 85 (9.36%) SD-WAN
7 82 (9.03%) Cisco IOS
8 80 (8.81%) VPN
9 79 (8.70%) WebEx
10 57 (6.28%) TCP/IP
11 50 (5.51%) VoIP
12 42 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (4.30%) VLAN
14 25 (2.75%) NAS
15 24 (2.64%) Network Security
15 24 (2.64%) WLAN
16 22 (2.42%) iSCSI
17 19 (2.09%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.07%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.88%) MySQL
3 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.22%) Power BI
5 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (1.76%) MSI
2 11 (1.21%) AdminStudio
3 9 (0.99%) JIRA
4 7 (0.77%) Snyk
5 5 (0.55%) 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
1 335 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 127 (13.99%) Finance
3 61 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.30%) Legal
7 35 (3.85%) Banking
8 27 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (2.53%) Law
10 20 (2.20%) Aerospace
10 20 (2.20%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.54%) Automotive
12 14 (1.54%) Games
13 11 (1.21%) Advertising
13 11 (1.21%) Police
14 9 (0.99%) Marketing
14 9 (0.99%) Retail
15 8 (0.88%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 183 (20.15%) IT Support
2 165 (18.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 164 (18.06%) Support Engineer
4 154 (16.96%) Analyst
5 128 (14.10%) Senior
6 117 (12.89%) Support Specialist
7 93 (10.24%) IT Engineer
8 84 (9.25%) IT Support Specialist
9 74 (8.15%) IT Analyst
10 67 (7.38%) Support Analyst
11 57 (6.28%) Lead
12 56 (6.17%) Desktop Support
12 56 (6.17%) IT Support Engineer
13 53 (5.84%) IT Support Analyst
14 51 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support
15 50 (5.51%) Desktop Engineer
16 44 (4.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 41 (4.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 37 (4.07%) Infrastructure Support
19 36 (3.96%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.20%) Software Packaging
2 15 (1.65%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.99%) LAMP
4 5 (0.55%) ADO
4 5 (0.55%) EDI
5 3 (0.33%) Middleware
6 1 (0.11%) .NET
6 1 (0.11%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.11%) JSON
6 1 (0.11%) Web Services
6 1 (0.11%) XML
6 1 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.81%) Video Conferencing
2 76 (8.37%) Wiki
3 57 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (5.95%) Data Centre
5 46 (5.07%) Driving Licence
6 45 (4.96%) Replication
7 34 (3.74%) Management Information System
8 30 (3.30%) Fat Client
8 30 (3.30%) Thin Client
9 24 (2.64%) PKI
10 19 (2.09%) Clustering
10 19 (2.09%) Smartphone
11 17 (1.87%) iPhone
12 11 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (0.77%) EFT
14 7 (0.77%) EMC VNX
14 7 (0.77%) iPad
14 7 (0.77%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 714 (78.63%) Windows
2 344 (37.89%) Windows 10
3 337 (37.11%) Windows Server
4 114 (12.56%) Android
5 111 (12.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 110 (12.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 105 (11.56%) Linux
8 96 (10.57%) Windows Server 2012
9 68 (7.49%) Windows 7
10 56 (6.17%) Apple iOS
11 42 (4.63%) Mac OS
12 37 (4.07%) Unix
13 24 (2.64%) Mac OS X
14 22 (2.42%) Windows XP
15 21 (2.31%) VMS
16 16 (1.76%) Windows NT
17 12 (1.32%) Windows 8
18 11 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
19 10 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 10 (1.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (34.36%) ITIL
2 193 (21.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 188 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
4 147 (16.19%) Customer Service
5 132 (14.54%) Mobile Device Management
6 124 (13.66%) Service Management
7 99 (10.90%) Change Management
8 94 (10.35%) Application Virtualisation
9 93 (10.24%) Service Delivery
10 92 (10.13%) Computer Science
11 88 (9.69%) Business Continuity
12 77 (8.48%) BCP
13 76 (8.37%) Business Continuity Planning
13 76 (8.37%) Contract Negotiation
14 74 (8.15%) ITSM
15 72 (7.93%) Agile
16 61 (6.72%) Incident Management
17 54 (5.95%) Asset Management
18 53 (5.84%) Problem Management
19 52 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 247 (27.20%) PowerShell
2 48 (5.29%) SQL
3 21 (2.31%) VB
4 20 (2.20%) C#
5 17 (1.87%) VBScript
6 15 (1.65%) Bicep
7 14 (1.54%) Python
8 9 (0.99%) Bash
9 6 (0.66%) Ruby
10 5 (0.55%) Perl
11 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.22%) Java
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) Go
13 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 210 (23.13%) Degree
2 209 (23.02%) Security Cleared
3 161 (17.73%) SC Cleared
4 109 (12.00%) DV Cleared
5 91 (10.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 79 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 77 (8.48%) Master's Degree
8 38 (4.19%) MCP
9 28 (3.08%) MCSE
10 27 (2.97%) CCNA
10 27 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (2.97%) DBS Check
11 22 (2.42%) A+ Certification
12 20 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
12 20 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 17 (1.87%) HNC
14 16 (1.76%) MCITP
15 15 (1.65%) Azure Certification
16 13 (1.43%) CCNP
17 12 (1.32%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.27%) SLA
2 15 (1.65%) GDPR
3 9 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.33%) QA
5 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.11%) GxP
7 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 667 (73.46%) Active Directory
2 217 (23.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 158 (17.40%) Hyper-V
4 139 (15.31%) VMware ESXi
5 120 (13.22%) XenApp
6 118 (13.00%) XenDesktop
7 93 (10.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 50 (5.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 40 (4.41%) vSphere
10 29 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
11 28 (3.08%) Firmware
12 16 (1.76%) Docker
13 6 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.55%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.33%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.33%) Terminal Server
15 3 (0.33%) Xen
16 2 (0.22%) NFS
16 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 236 (25.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (10.24%) WSUS
3 82 (9.03%) AirWatch
4 81 (8.92%) SCOM
5 41 (4.52%) vCenter Server
6 31 (3.41%) Kubernetes
7 30 (3.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 29 (3.19%) Jamf Pro
9 23 (2.53%) Ansible
10 22 (2.42%) NetBackup
11 19 (2.09%) EMC NetWorker
12 14 (1.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 13 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
13 13 (1.43%) Nessus
14 11 (1.21%) Sysprep
15 10 (1.10%) Autotask
15 10 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
16 8 (0.88%) Terraform
17 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Clustering
17 7 (0.77%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 638 (70.26%) Microsoft
2 314 (34.58%) VMware
3 172 (18.94%) Citrix
4 146 (16.08%) Cisco
5 79 (8.70%) HP
6 78 (8.59%) Veeam
7 76 (8.37%) Dell
8 64 (7.05%) Apple
9 54 (5.95%) ServiceNow
10 38 (4.19%) Google
10 38 (4.19%) Symantec
11 33 (3.63%) Aruba
12 28 (3.08%) iManage
13 26 (2.86%) Meraki
14 24 (2.64%) Oracle
14 24 (2.64%) Qualys
15 22 (2.42%) McAfee
16 21 (2.31%) Palo Alto
17 19 (2.09%) EMC
17 19 (2.09%) SolarWinds