Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SCOM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCOM over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 714 719 1062
Rank change year-on-year +5 +343 -345
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 192 227 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.94% 1.65% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 118 163 177
10th Percentile £32,650 £30,725 £26,450
25th Percentile £35,195 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +3.33% -7.14%
75th Percentile £59,000 £56,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £44,623
% change year-on-year +31.25% -10.36% +4.38%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

SCOM 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 9,899 13,744 31,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.41% 14.50% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7,032 8,785 14,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £58,750 £58,000
% change year-on-year -6.38% +1.29% +5.45%

SCOM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCOM over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +36 185 £52,500 +16.67% 37
UK excluding London -55 169 £52,500 +31.25% 34
Work from Home +64 94 £52,500 -4.55% 19
South East +20 90 £52,500 +31.25% 7
North of England -12 30 £37,500 +16.46% 4
Yorkshire +20 25 £29,025 -9.86%
Midlands -1 24 £50,000 -4.76% 12
London +95 22 £65,000 +17.86% 3
West Midlands +2 13 £75,000 +57.89% 8
East Midlands -17 11 £50,000 -4.76% 4
East of England -12 10 £45,000 -5.76% 4
South West -44 9 £52,500 +33.63% 5
Wales - 5 £36,476 -
North East -10 3 £37,500 -17.13%
North West -17 2 £52,500 -0.94% 4
Scotland -67 1 - - 2

SCOM
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 53 (27.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (13.54%) IIS
3 13 (6.77%) CMS
4 9 (4.69%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 82 (42.71%) Azure
2 49 (25.52%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (13.54%) Entra ID
4 22 (11.46%) Azure Monitor
5 18 (9.38%) Azure Storage
6 13 (6.77%) AWS
7 12 (6.25%) OCI
8 10 (5.21%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (4.69%) IaaS
10 5 (2.60%) GCP
10 5 (2.60%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.08%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.56%) Nutanix
13 2 (1.04%) PaaS
14 1 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 1 (0.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 84 (43.75%) DNS
2 75 (39.06%) DHCP
3 60 (31.25%) Firewall
4 33 (17.19%) SAN
5 11 (5.73%) TCP/IP
6 10 (5.21%) SNMP
7 7 (3.65%) VPN
8 6 (3.13%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (3.13%) Wireless
9 5 (2.60%) BIG-IP
9 5 (2.60%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (2.60%) Extranet
9 5 (2.60%) Internet
9 5 (2.60%) NetScaler
9 5 (2.60%) Network Security
9 5 (2.60%) Unified Communications
10 4 (2.08%) BGP
11 2 (1.04%) IPv4
11 2 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
1 9 (4.69%) Redis
2 8 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.60%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.21%) JIRA
General
1 68 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.58%) Finance
3 27 (14.06%) Legal
4 21 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (6.25%) Aerospace
7 8 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.65%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.13%) Police
10 5 (2.60%) Automotive
10 5 (2.60%) Local Government
10 5 (2.60%) Retail
11 3 (1.56%) Law
12 1 (0.52%) Back Office
12 1 (0.52%) Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (19.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (14.06%) Systems Engineer
3 26 (13.54%) Senior
4 23 (11.98%) Administrator
5 17 (8.85%) Active Directory Specialist
5 17 (8.85%) Active Directory Support
5 17 (8.85%) Azure Specialist
5 17 (8.85%) Support Specialist
6 16 (8.33%) Project Manager
7 13 (6.77%) ServiceNow Administrator
8 12 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
8 12 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
9 11 (5.73%) IT Engineer
10 10 (5.21%) VMware Engineer
10 10 (5.21%) Windows Systems Engineer
11 9 (4.69%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.69%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (4.17%) PowerShell Engineer
12 8 (4.17%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.38%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.60%) Middleware
3 4 (2.08%) .NET
3 4 (2.08%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 24 (12.50%) PKI
3 19 (9.90%) Replication
4 17 (8.85%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (7.81%) Clustering
6 14 (7.29%) CMDB
7 13 (6.77%) Digital Signage
8 10 (5.21%) Public Cloud
9 7 (3.65%) Management Information System
10 6 (3.13%) AS400
10 6 (3.13%) IoT
11 4 (2.08%) Driving Licence
11 4 (2.08%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.52%) Blackberry
12 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 141 (73.44%) Windows
2 99 (51.56%) Windows Server
3 78 (40.63%) Linux
4 42 (21.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (20.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (13.54%) Windows 10
7 21 (10.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (8.85%) Windows XP
9 9 (4.69%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (3.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (2.60%) Windows 2000
12 5 (2.60%) Windows NT
13 4 (2.08%) Unix
13 4 (2.08%) Windows 7
13 4 (2.08%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.52%) Solaris
14 1 (0.52%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (40.10%) ITIL
2 55 (28.65%) Service Management
3 46 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (21.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 36 (18.75%) Agile
6 30 (15.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (13.54%) Mentoring
8 25 (13.02%) Performance Tuning
8 25 (13.02%) Release Management
9 24 (12.50%) ITSM
10 22 (11.46%) DevOps
10 22 (11.46%) Identity Management
11 21 (10.94%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 21 (10.94%) Project Management
12 20 (10.42%) Proactive Monitoring
13 19 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
13 19 (9.90%) Infrastructure as Code
14 18 (9.38%) Change Management
14 18 (9.38%) CI/CD
14 18 (9.38%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 66 (34.38%) PowerShell
2 34 (17.71%) SQL
3 18 (9.38%) Bicep
3 18 (9.38%) VBScript
4 17 (8.85%) C#
4 17 (8.85%) VB
5 13 (6.77%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.21%) RPG
7 6 (3.13%) Python
8 3 (1.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 94 (48.96%) Security Cleared
2 72 (37.50%) DV Cleared
2 72 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 54 (28.13%) Degree
4 21 (10.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (6.77%) CCNA
6 13 (6.77%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (6.25%) CCNP
8 9 (4.69%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.60%) CISSP
10 5 (2.60%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.60%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.56%) MCSA
11 3 (1.56%) MCSE
11 3 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.65%) Good Clinical Practice
2 6 (3.13%) SLA
3 2 (1.04%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.52%) NIST
System Software
1 123 (64.06%) Active Directory
2 66 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (25.52%) Hyper-V
4 34 (17.71%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (10.94%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (10.42%) Firmware
6 20 (10.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (5.21%) VMware Workstation
8 9 (4.69%) Forefront TMG
9 7 (3.65%) vSphere
10 5 (2.60%) Terminal Services
11 4 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (2.08%) VMware Server
12 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.52%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.52%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 85 (44.27%) SCCM
2 53 (27.60%) WSUS
3 28 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (11.98%) Kubernetes
6 20 (10.42%) NetBackup
7 15 (7.81%) vCenter Server
8 12 (6.25%) EMC NetWorker
9 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 7 (3.65%) Ansible
11 6 (3.13%) SCOrch
12 5 (2.60%) Grafana
12 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (2.60%) Prometheus
12 5 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (2.08%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (2.08%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (2.08%) vMotion
14 3 (1.56%) Cisco Prime
14 3 (1.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 129 (67.19%) Microsoft
2 80 (41.67%) VMware
3 35 (18.23%) HP
4 32 (16.67%) Dynatrace
5 29 (15.10%) Dell
6 26 (13.54%) Veeam
7 24 (12.50%) Oracle
8 22 (11.46%) Cisco
8 22 (11.46%) ServiceNow
9 19 (9.90%) SolarWinds
10 18 (9.38%) NetApp
11 15 (7.81%) Citrix
12 13 (6.77%) 3PAR
12 13 (6.77%) Riverbed
13 12 (6.25%) EMC
13 12 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (6.25%) Juniper
13 12 (6.25%) McAfee
13 12 (6.25%) Palo Alto
13 12 (6.25%) Symantec