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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank173182
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.004 %
As % of the category below2.273 %2.000 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£342£300
Average daily rate£354£300
% change on same period last year+18.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£438
% change on same period last year-27.88 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.13-
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads220200
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.347 %0.214 %
Daily rates quoted9769
Average minimum daily rate£362£368
Average daily rate£384£379
% change on same period last year+1.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£347
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted2019
Average minimum hourly rate£21.08£25.61
Average hourly rate£23.03£26.70
% change on same period last year-13.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.99£27.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.37£27.57
% change on same period last year+6.53 %
SCCM LondonSCCM
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SCCM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SCCM across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

City of London SCCM Demand Trend

SCCM
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SCCM across the City of London region.

City of London SCCM Daily Rate Trend

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

17 (70.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)Active Directory
35 (50.00 %)Finance
44 (40.00 %)Microsoft
44 (40.00 %)Citrix
44 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (40.00 %)SMS
44 (40.00 %)VB
53 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
53 (30.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (30.00 %)SoftGrid
53 (30.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (30.00 %)VMware
62 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
62 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
62 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
62 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (20.00 %)HP
62 (20.00 %)DNS
62 (20.00 %)MCSE
62 (20.00 %)Windows XP
62 (20.00 %)SQL
62 (20.00 %)VBScript
62 (20.00 %)ITIL
71 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
71 (10.00 %)DB2
71 (10.00 %)IIS
71 (10.00 %)MS Office
71 (10.00 %)C#
71 (10.00 %)Kerberos

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)IIS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
11 (10.00 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (30.00 %)SoftGrid
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (40.00 %)SMS
22 (20.00 %)DNS
31 (10.00 %)SAN
31 (10.00 %)Kerberos
31 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (10.00 %)LDAP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)DB2
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (10.00 %)Government
21 (10.00 %)Law
21 (10.00 %)Legal
21 (10.00 %)Banking
21 (10.00 %)Financial Institution
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Applications Packager
22 (20.00 %)Analyst
22 (20.00 %)Desktop Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Deployment Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Applications Specialist
31 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Technical Specialist
31 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
31 (10.00 %)Desktop Support
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Thin Client
11 (10.00 %)Fat Client
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (70.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (20.00 %)Windows XP
42 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
51 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
12 (20.00 %)ITIL
21 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (10.00 %)Migration
21 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)VB
22 (20.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)VBScript
31 (10.00 %)PowerShell
31 (10.00 %)C#
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)MCSE
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (10.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (60.00 %)Active Directory
23 (30.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (10.00 %)Terminal Server
31 (10.00 %)VMware Workstation
31 (10.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (30.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (10.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (10.00 %)SCOM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)Microsoft
14 (40.00 %)Citrix
23 (30.00 %)VMware
32 (20.00 %)HP
41 (10.00 %)EMC
41 (10.00 %)NetApp
41 (10.00 %)Symantec
41 (10.00 %)IBM