The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 24 27 26
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing SCCM 4 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 2.516% 1.058% 1.546%
As % of the Systems Management category 80.00% 22.22% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £295 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.38% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.77 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
5 9 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.145% 4.762% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 11
Average daily rate - £325 £219
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +48.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
Average hourly rate £15.77 - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCCM
Scotland

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SCCM across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Aberdeen SCCM Jobs Demand Trend

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SCCM across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SCCM Daily Rate Trend

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SCCM across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SCCM Hourly Rate Trend

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SCCM also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SCCM.

1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows 7
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) MS Office
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Software Packaging
4 3 (30.00%) Data Management
4 3 (30.00%) Citrix
4 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
4 3 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (20.00%) MSI
5 2 (20.00%) X-Windows
5 2 (20.00%) Avaya
5 2 (20.00%) Veritas
5 2 (20.00%) Advertising
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (10.00%) Service Management
6 1 (10.00%) Altiris
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) QA
6 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
6 1 (10.00%) Symantec
6 1 (10.00%) InstallShield
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL
6 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
6 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
6 1 (10.00%) Dell

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SCCM also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SCCM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) Software Packaging
2 2 (20.00%) X-Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SMS
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MSI
2 1 (10.00%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (20.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Applications Packager
2 3 (30.00%) Project Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows 7
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) Avaya
3 2 (20.00%) Veritas
4 1 (10.00%) Symantec
4 1 (10.00%) Altiris
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
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