SCOM Contracts in England

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SCOM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCOM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 547 660
Rank change year-on-year +131 +113 -132
Contract jobs citing SCOM 119 116 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.74% 1.47% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 76 81
10th Percentile £425 £363 £250
25th Percentile £491 £412 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +13.10%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £550
90th Percentile £631 £738 £600
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 2
10th Percentile £22.05 - -
25th Percentile £22.08 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £23.05 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.54% - -
75th Percentile £26.29 £65.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £43.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.05 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -64.54% -0.76% -

All Systems Management Skills
England

SCOM is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,348 7,914 11,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.76% 15.66% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,145 5,780 8,321
10th Percentile £250 £350 £361
25th Percentile £409 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £675
90th Percentile £700 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 186 161
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.02 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.73 £25.18 £15.25
Median hourly rate £26.38 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.12% +167.44% -10.42%
75th Percentile £50.19 £73.74 £42.20
90th Percentile £70.38 £82.50 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.28
% change year-on-year -47.83% +158.08% -41.37%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SCOM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SCOM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCOM in England.

Daily rate trend for SCOM in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCOM in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCOM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCOM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SCOM in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SCOM in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SCOM in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +61 44 £605 +2.54% 11
South West +37 32 £500 -9.09%
London +98 28 £511 +13.56%
East of England -11 12 £500 - 3
Midlands +25 3 £525 +40.00%
East Midlands +19 2 £543 +44.67%
North of England +21 1 £250 -43.18%
North West +10 1 £250 -42.86%
West Midlands - 1 £413 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (31.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 25 (21.01%) Confluence
4 24 (20.17%) SharePoint Server
5 16 (13.45%) IIS
6 2 (1.68%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.84%) Apache
7 1 (0.84%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.84%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 79 (66.39%) Azure
2 28 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (21.85%) Azure Stack
4 18 (15.13%) Entra ID
5 16 (13.45%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (13.45%) Azure Storage
6 14 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (10.92%) OCI
8 9 (7.56%) AWS
9 3 (2.52%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.68%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.68%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.84%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (49.58%) Firewall
2 43 (36.13%) DNS
3 40 (33.61%) DHCP
4 24 (20.17%) BGP
5 16 (13.45%) SAN
6 9 (7.56%) LAN
7 8 (6.72%) Skype
7 8 (6.72%) WAN
8 7 (5.88%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.36%) Wireshark
10 3 (2.52%) Internet
10 3 (2.52%) SMTP
11 2 (1.68%) DKIM
11 2 (1.68%) DMARC
11 2 (1.68%) Extranet
11 2 (1.68%) NAS
11 2 (1.68%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.68%) VPN
11 2 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (21.85%) JIRA
2 4 (3.36%) Fiddler
3 2 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.84%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.84%) GitLab
4 1 (0.84%) GoCD
4 1 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (50.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.56%) Public Sector
3 7 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.52%) Military
6 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.84%) Advertising
7 1 (0.84%) Banking
7 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.84%) Electronics
7 1 (0.84%) Finance
7 1 (0.84%) Legal
7 1 (0.84%) Local Government
7 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (14.29%) Microsoft Engineer
3 15 (12.61%) Active Directory Support
3 15 (12.61%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (11.76%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (11.76%) Support Specialist
5 12 (10.08%) Administrator
6 11 (9.24%) Support Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Senior
7 9 (7.56%) Storage Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Web Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Wintel Engineer
8 8 (6.72%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (6.72%) IT Support
8 8 (6.72%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (4.20%) Applications Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) Applications Support
9 5 (4.20%) Applications Support Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.61%) ARM Templates
2 14 (11.76%) .NET
3 4 (3.36%) .NET Framework
3 4 (3.36%) SAML
4 2 (1.68%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.84%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.53%) PKI
2 27 (22.69%) Private Cloud
3 22 (18.49%) Data Centre
4 16 (13.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.68%) Clustering
5 2 (1.68%) CMDB
5 2 (1.68%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.68%) Thin Client
5 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.84%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 104 (87.39%) Windows
2 57 (47.90%) Windows Server
3 42 (35.29%) Linux
4 34 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 32 (26.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (15.13%) Windows 10
7 17 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (11.76%) Unix
9 13 (10.92%) Windows XP
10 4 (3.36%) Solaris
11 3 (2.52%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (2.52%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.84%) Android
12 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.84%) VMS
12 1 (0.84%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (59.66%) ITIL
2 48 (40.34%) Service Management
3 33 (27.73%) Capacity Management
4 30 (25.21%) DevOps
5 28 (23.53%) Agile
6 26 (21.85%) Security Monitoring
7 25 (21.01%) ITSM
7 25 (21.01%) Network Management
8 23 (19.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (19.33%) Server Management
9 21 (17.65%) Release Management
10 20 (16.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (15.13%) Analytics
12 18 (15.13%) Converged Infrastructure
12 18 (15.13%) Project Management
13 16 (13.45%) Identity Management
13 16 (13.45%) Performance Monitoring
13 16 (13.45%) Privileged Identity Management
13 16 (13.45%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 50 (42.02%) PowerShell
2 17 (14.29%) VBScript
3 16 (13.45%) C#
3 16 (13.45%) VB
4 15 (12.61%) Bicep
5 14 (11.76%) SQL
6 2 (1.68%) Bash
7 1 (0.84%) C
Qualifications
1 78 (65.55%) Security Cleared
2 59 (49.58%) DV Cleared
3 42 (35.29%) Degree
3 42 (35.29%) SC Cleared
4 16 (13.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (12.61%) CCNA
5 15 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (11.76%) CCNP
7 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.68%) MCSE
9 1 (0.84%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.84%) MCSA
9 1 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.17%) Government Security Classifications
2 5 (4.20%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (54.62%) Active Directory
2 34 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (21.01%) Hyper-V
4 19 (15.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (5.88%) vSphere
7 4 (3.36%) Docker
7 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (3.36%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.68%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.68%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.84%) Firmware
9 1 (0.84%) NFS
9 1 (0.84%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 64 (53.78%) SCCM
2 31 (26.05%) WSUS
3 22 (18.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (16.81%) Kubernetes
5 19 (15.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (14.29%) EMC NetWorker
7 16 (13.45%) NetBackup
8 14 (11.76%) vCenter Server
9 8 (6.72%) SCVMM
10 5 (4.20%) Ansible
11 4 (3.36%) Rancher
11 4 (3.36%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (3.36%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 3 (2.52%) OPNET
13 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (1.68%) Nagios
13 2 (1.68%) VxRail
14 1 (0.84%) Simpana
14 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 82 (68.91%) Microsoft
2 48 (40.34%) VMware
3 27 (22.69%) Dell
4 25 (21.01%) Atlassian
5 21 (17.65%) Cisco
5 21 (17.65%) HP
6 20 (16.81%) EMC
7 15 (12.61%) Juniper
8 14 (11.76%) Veeam
9 13 (10.92%) 3PAR
9 13 (10.92%) Extreme Networks
9 13 (10.92%) Oracle
9 13 (10.92%) Palo Alto
9 13 (10.92%) Symantec
10 10 (8.40%) F5
11 7 (5.88%) ServiceNow
11 7 (5.88%) SolarWinds
12 5 (4.20%) Citrix
12 5 (4.20%) Remedy
13 4 (3.36%) IBM