The first table below looks at the demand for MOM skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MOM over the 3 months to 21 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 England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
Rank 478 526 508
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -18
Contract jobs citing MOM 34 31 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.080% 0.058% 0.085%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.188% 0.943% 1.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 22
Average daily rate £438 £330 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.57% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £265 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £449 £345 £217
% change year-on-year
+30.07% +58.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £20.75
All Systems Management
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
2862 3287 3228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 6.765% 6.143% 5.827%
Number of daily rates quoted 1641 1695 1572
Average daily rate £375 £353 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -6.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 156 212
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £23.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -14.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.66 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
MOM
UK

MOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England MOM Jobs Demand Trend

MOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England MOM Daily Rate Trend

MOM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOM across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England MOM Daily Rate Histogram

MOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England MOM Hourly Rate Trend

MOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MOM within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +15 18 £400 +23.07%
South East +28 5 £483 -
East of England - 5 £449 -
Yorkshire +8 4 - -
South West +24 1 £475 +17.28%
North West +12 1 - -
MOM
UK

MOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MOM 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 MOM.

1 44 (59.46%) SCOM
2 39 (52.70%) Microsoft
3 33 (44.59%) Windows
4 27 (36.49%) Finance
5 25 (33.78%) Windows Server 2008
6 21 (28.38%) Active Directory
7 20 (27.03%) Java
8 19 (25.68%) Windows Server 2003
9 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (20.27%) SAN
10 15 (20.27%) MS Exchange
11 14 (18.92%) HP
11 14 (18.92%) SQL
11 14 (18.92%) Oracle
11 14 (18.92%) ITIL
11 14 (18.92%) Windows 7
11 14 (18.92%) SCCM
11 14 (18.92%) VMware
12 13 (17.57%) PowerShell
12 13 (17.57%) Firewall
12 13 (17.57%) Migration
13 12 (16.22%) Citrix
13 12 (16.22%) Middleware
13 12 (16.22%) SQL Server
13 12 (16.22%) VBScript
13 12 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
13 12 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2010
14 11 (14.86%) Big Data
14 11 (14.86%) Data Architecture
14 11 (14.86%) VMware ESX

MOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MOM 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 MOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (16.22%) Middleware
2 11 (14.86%) JDBC
2 11 (14.86%) XML
3 7 (9.459%) JMS
4 6 (8.108%) J2EE
5 5 (6.757%) Hibernate
5 5 (6.757%) Spring
5 5 (6.757%) Ajax
5 5 (6.757%) Spring MVC
5 5 (6.757%) Struts
6 2 (2.703%) .NET
6 2 (2.703%) Web Services
6 2 (2.703%) Application Packaging
7 1 (1.351%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 15 (20.27%) MS Exchange
2 12 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (13.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 10 (13.51%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (13.51%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (8.108%) IIS
5 5 (6.757%) WebSphere MQ
6 4 (5.405%) SharePoint
7 3 (4.054%) Live Communications Server
8 2 (2.703%) Apache
8 2 (2.703%) Tomcat
8 2 (2.703%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (2.703%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (2.703%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (2.703%) ActiveMQ
8 2 (2.703%) TIBCO EMS
9 1 (1.351%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 1 (1.351%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (1.351%) Lync
9 1 (1.351%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (4.054%) MS Excel
1 3 (4.054%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (9.459%) SAP MII
2 3 (4.054%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.351%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.27%) SAN
2 13 (17.57%) Firewall
3 10 (13.51%) DNS
4 9 (12.16%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.757%) NetScaler
6 4 (5.405%) SSL
6 4 (5.405%) LAN
7 3 (4.054%) VLAN
7 3 (4.054%) Internet
7 3 (4.054%) DHCP
7 3 (4.054%) IPv6
8 2 (2.703%) Ethernet
8 2 (2.703%) HTTP
8 2 (2.703%) WAN
8 2 (2.703%) SMTP
8 2 (2.703%) NAS
9 1 (1.351%) DMZ
9 1 (1.351%) SMS
9 1 (1.351%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.86%) Big Data
3 5 (6.757%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (6.757%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (4.054%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (4.054%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (4.054%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.351%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 5 (6.757%) CruiseControl
1 5 (6.757%) Maven
1 5 (6.757%) jMock
1 5 (6.757%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 5 (6.757%) Ant
1 5 (6.757%) JUnit
2 2 (2.703%) WinRunner
2 2 (2.703%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (2.703%) LoadRunner
2 2 (2.703%) MSI
2 2 (2.703%) Bugzilla
2 2 (2.703%) InstallShield
2 2 (2.703%) Selenium
3 1 (1.351%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 27 (36.49%) Finance
2 11 (14.86%) Banking
3 10 (13.51%) Back Office
4 7 (9.459%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.108%) Investment Banking
6 5 (6.757%) Front Office
7 2 (2.703%) Publishing
7 2 (2.703%) Retail
8 1 (1.351%) Legal
8 1 (1.351%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 25 (33.78%) Consultant
2 16 (21.62%) Analyst
3 14 (18.92%) Technical Consultant
4 8 (10.81%) Developer
5 7 (9.459%) Technical Analyst
5 7 (9.459%) ITSM Consultant
6 6 (8.108%) Administrator
6 6 (8.108%) Architect
6 6 (8.108%) Business Analyst
6 6 (8.108%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
6 6 (8.108%) Technical Business Analyst
6 6 (8.108%) Java Developer
7 5 (6.757%) Senior Java Developer
7 5 (6.757%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.757%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.405%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (5.405%) Wintel Engineer
9 3 (4.054%) Remedy Consultant
9 3 (4.054%) Exchange Engineer
9 3 (4.054%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Clustering
2 7 (9.459%) CMDB
2 7 (9.459%) SaaS
2 7 (9.459%) Blackberry
3 5 (6.757%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.703%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.351%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.351%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.351%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (44.59%) Windows
2 25 (33.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (25.68%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (18.92%) Windows 7
5 10 (13.51%) UNIX
6 9 (12.16%) Linux
7 6 (8.108%) Windows XP
8 2 (2.703%) Windows 2000
8 2 (2.703%) Windows NT
8 2 (2.703%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.351%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (1.351%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.92%) ITIL
2 13 (17.57%) Migration
3 11 (14.86%) Data Architecture
3 11 (14.86%) ETL
4 7 (9.459%) Use Case
4 7 (9.459%) ITSM
5 6 (8.108%) Project Planning
6 5 (6.757%) Asset Management
6 5 (6.757%) Multithreading
6 5 (6.757%) Data Migration
6 5 (6.757%) Domain-Driven Design
6 5 (6.757%) Quality Management
7 4 (5.405%) Business Analysis
8 3 (4.054%) Project Management
8 3 (4.054%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.054%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (2.703%) Software Distribution
9 2 (2.703%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (2.703%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.03%) Java
2 14 (18.92%) SQL
3 13 (17.57%) PowerShell
4 12 (16.22%) VBScript
5 11 (14.86%) VB
6 7 (9.459%) C
6 7 (9.459%) C++
7 6 (8.108%) Shell Script
8 3 (4.054%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.351%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (12.16%) MCSE
3 4 (5.405%) MCITP
4 3 (4.054%) CCNA
4 3 (4.054%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.054%) MCSA
5 2 (2.703%) ISEB
5 2 (2.703%) CCA
5 2 (2.703%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.703%) OCP
5 2 (2.703%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (2.703%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.703%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (2.703%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.351%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) QA
2 3 (4.054%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (28.38%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (14.86%) VMware ESX
4 9 (12.16%) Hyper-V
5 7 (9.459%) XenApp
6 4 (5.405%) UAG
6 4 (5.405%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 3 (4.054%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (4.054%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (4.054%) vSphere
8 2 (2.703%) ISA Server
8 2 (2.703%) XenServer
8 2 (2.703%) XenDesktop
9 1 (1.351%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (1.351%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 44 (59.46%) SCOM
2 14 (18.92%) SCCM
3 11 (14.86%) Tivoli
4 7 (9.459%) Netcool
4 7 (9.459%) BMC PATROL
4 7 (9.459%) Unicenter
5 6 (8.108%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (6.757%) WSUS
6 5 (6.757%) WMI
7 3 (4.054%) HP SIM
7 3 (4.054%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 2 (2.703%) MIMEsweeper
8 2 (2.703%) Backup Exec
9 1 (1.351%) NetBackup
9 1 (1.351%) ServiceCenter
9 1 (1.351%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (1.351%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 1 (1.351%) OpenView
Vendors
1 39 (52.70%) Microsoft
2 14 (18.92%) HP
2 14 (18.92%) Oracle
2 14 (18.92%) VMware
3 12 (16.22%) Citrix
4 11 (14.86%) Informatica
5 7 (9.459%) Wonderware
5 7 (9.459%) BMC
5 7 (9.459%) SAP
6 6 (8.108%) Symantec
7 5 (6.757%) Cisco
7 5 (6.757%) IBM
8 4 (5.405%) SolarWinds
9 3 (4.054%) Brocade
9 3 (4.054%) Websense
9 3 (4.054%) Remedy
9 3 (4.054%) TIBCO
9 3 (4.054%) Dell
10 2 (2.703%) JBoss
10 2 (2.703%) Compuware
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