The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 24 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 Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 48 44 55
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +11
Contract jobs citing SCCM 9 19 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.080% 1.748% 1.004%
As % of the Systems Management category 16.98% 25.68% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 0
Average daily rate - £338 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
53 74 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 6.363% 6.808% 8.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 44 25
Average daily rate £375 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £287 £233 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
SCCM
Scotland

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SCCM Hourly Rate Trend

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 25 (83.33%) Windows
2 15 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 14 (46.67%) Windows 7
4 11 (36.67%) Finance
4 11 (36.67%) Migration
4 11 (36.67%) VMware
5 10 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (30.00%) PowerShell
6 9 (30.00%) Application Packaging
6 9 (30.00%) SCOM
7 8 (26.67%) Windows XP
7 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
7 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
7 8 (26.67%) Citrix
8 7 (23.33%) MSI
8 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (20.00%) AdminStudio
9 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (20.00%) Wireless
9 6 (20.00%) VPN
9 6 (20.00%) IPv6
10 5 (16.67%) Broadband
10 5 (16.67%) 3G
10 5 (16.67%) Smartcard
11 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
11 4 (13.33%) SQL
11 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
11 4 (13.33%) XenApp
12 3 (10.00%) Banking
12 3 (10.00%) Wise Package Studio

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 9 (30.00%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Wireless
1 6 (20.00%) VPN
1 6 (20.00%) IPv6
2 5 (16.67%) Broadband
2 5 (16.67%) 3G
3 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.667%) SMS
5 1 (3.333%) DHCP
5 1 (3.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MSI
2 6 (20.00%) AdminStudio
3 3 (10.00%) Wise Package Studio
3 3 (10.00%) InstallShield
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 3 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Applications Packager
2 6 (20.00%) Designer
3 3 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (10.00%) SCCM Specialist
4 2 (6.667%) Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Leader
5 1 (3.333%) Citrix Support
5 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Designer
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Citrix Support Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) IT Support
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Support
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.333%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 25 (83.33%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows 7
3 8 (26.67%) Windows XP
4 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Migration
2 3 (10.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (13.33%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) VBScript
3 3 (10.00%) VB
4 2 (6.667%) Perl
System Software
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 10 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (13.33%) XenApp
5 1 (3.333%) XenServer
5 1 (3.333%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) SCOM
2 3 (10.00%) ZENworks
3 2 (6.667%) Tivoli
3 2 (6.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (6.667%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) VMware
2 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Citrix
3 3 (10.00%) Novell
4 2 (6.667%) HP
5 1 (3.333%) Fujitsu
5 1 (3.333%) BT
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