The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 Chester 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 17 - 20
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SCCM 9 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 6.522% - 1.887%
As % of the Systems Management category 42.86% - 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £315 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £295 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.38% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £44.90 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
21 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 15.22% 7.759% 4.403%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
Average daily rate £400 £413 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £44.90 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCCM
Cheshire

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester SCCM Hourly Rate Trend

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (73.33%) ITIL
4 10 (66.67%) Citrix
5 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (53.33%) Migration
5 8 (53.33%) VMware
6 7 (46.67%) Clustering
6 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
7 6 (40.00%) DNS
7 6 (40.00%) DHCP
7 6 (40.00%) Hyper-V
8 5 (33.33%) XenApp
8 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
8 5 (33.33%) Windows NT
8 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
8 5 (33.33%) Windows 2000
8 5 (33.33%) HP
8 5 (33.33%) SAN
8 5 (33.33%) SCOM
8 5 (33.33%) Local Government
9 4 (26.67%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
10 3 (20.00%) Symantec
10 3 (20.00%) AppSense
10 3 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (13.33%) SCVMM
11 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
11 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
11 2 (13.33%) Remedy

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (6.667%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Project
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) DHCP
1 6 (40.00%) DNS
2 5 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (6.667%) VLAN
3 1 (6.667%) SSL
3 1 (6.667%) LAN
3 1 (6.667%) WAN
3 1 (6.667%) SMTP
3 1 (6.667%) HTTP
3 1 (6.667%) SNMP
3 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MSI
General
1 5 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Wintel Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Wintel Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Wintel Server Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Project Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Server Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Desktop Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Applications Packager
5 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (6.667%) IT Support
5 1 (6.667%) Build Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Clustering
2 1 (6.667%) FMCG
2 1 (6.667%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (33.33%) Windows 2000
4 5 (33.33%) Windows NT
4 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
6 1 (6.667%) Linux
6 1 (6.667%) UNIX
6 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) Migration
3 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) CRM
5 1 (6.667%) PRINCE
5 1 (6.667%) Service Management
5 1 (6.667%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (6.667%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.667%) Network Management
5 1 (6.667%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.667%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (33.33%) XenApp
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCOM
2 2 (13.33%) SCVMM
2 2 (13.33%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Citrix
2 8 (53.33%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) HP
4 3 (20.00%) AppSense
4 3 (20.00%) Symantec
5 2 (13.33%) Remedy
5 2 (13.33%) McAfee
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.667%) Red Hat