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

LinkMicrosoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank476542
Rank change on same period last yearUp+66
Matching contract IT job ads4383
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.089 %
As % of the category below2.401 %2.891 %
Daily rates quoted1239
Average minimum daily rate£374£294
Average daily rate£390£315
% change on same period last year+23.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£292
% change on same period last year+25.38 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£15.19
Average hourly rate£22.00£15.53
% change on same period last year+41.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£15.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.00£14.63
% change on same period last year+50.36 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
England
Matching contract IT job ads17912871
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.821 %3.076 %
Daily rates quoted597771
Average minimum daily rate£338£349
Average daily rate£355£369
% change on same period last year-3.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£347
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted268430
Average minimum hourly rate£25.90£25.32
Average hourly rate£27.63£26.70
% change on same period last year+3.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.35£28.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.37£27.57
% change on same period last year+6.53 %
SCOM UKSCOM
UK

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.

SCOM
Demand Trend

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

England SCOM Demand Trend

SCOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SCOM Daily Rate Trend

SCOM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCOM across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England SCOM Daily Rate Histogram

SCOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SCOM Hourly Rate Trend

SCOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+9730£398-1.37 %
South EastUp+226£500+79.31 %
East of EnglandUp+32£300+0.88 %
West MidlandsNew entry-2--
North WestNew entry-2--
YorkshireNew entry-1--
East MidlandsNew entry-1£300-
SCOM UKSCOM
UK

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SCOM 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 SCOM.

168 (51.13 %)MOM
265 (48.87 %)Microsoft
364 (48.12 %)Windows
444 (33.08 %)Windows Server 2003
536 (27.07 %)Active Directory
536 (27.07 %)SCCM
632 (24.06 %)MS Exchange
725 (18.80 %)Exchange Server 2007
824 (18.05 %)SAN
922 (16.54 %)SQL
1019 (14.29 %)HP
1117 (12.78 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1216 (12.03 %)SharePoint
1315 (11.28 %)Microsoft Certification
1414 (10.53 %)MCSE
1414 (10.53 %)Finance
1513 (9.774 %)Windows Vista
1513 (9.774 %)Banking
1513 (9.774 %)Retail
1513 (9.774 %)Exchange Server 2003
1612 (9.023 %)SQL Server
1711 (8.271 %)ITIL
1711 (8.271 %)MS Excel
1711 (8.271 %)SMS
1711 (8.271 %)Clustering
1711 (8.271 %)Data Protection
1711 (8.271 %)Security Cleared
1810 (7.519 %)Retail Banking
1810 (7.519 %)VBScript
1810 (7.519 %)Tivoli

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SCOM 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 SCOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (3.008 %)Middleware
23 (2.256 %)Application Packaging
31 (0.752 %).NET
31 (0.752 %)WMI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
132 (24.06 %)MS Exchange
225 (18.80 %)Exchange Server 2007
316 (12.03 %)SharePoint
413 (9.774 %)Exchange Server 2003
59 (6.767 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
59 (6.767 %)Exchange Server 5.5
68 (6.015 %)IIS
76 (4.511 %)SharePoint Server 2007
83 (2.256 %)Office Communications Server
91 (0.752 %)SharePoint Portal Server
91 (0.752 %)CMS
91 (0.752 %)Live Communications Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (8.271 %)MS Excel
27 (5.263 %)MS Office
35 (3.759 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.504 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.759 %)SoftGrid
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (18.05 %)SAN
211 (8.271 %)SMS
37 (5.263 %)Internet
37 (5.263 %)Firewall
45 (3.759 %)VPN
54 (3.008 %)DNS
63 (2.256 %)VLAN
63 (2.256 %)DHCP
63 (2.256 %)TCP/IP
71 (0.752 %)LDAP
71 (0.752 %)ATM
71 (0.752 %)LAN
71 (0.752 %)WAN
71 (0.752 %)POP3
71 (0.752 %)SMTP
71 (0.752 %)IMAP
71 (0.752 %)IPsec
71 (0.752 %)SSL
71 (0.752 %)DMZ
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (9.023 %)SQL Server
22 (1.504 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.752 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (0.752 %)DB2
31 (0.752 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (0.752 %)DTS
31 (0.752 %)RDBMS
31 (0.752 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.752 %)InstallShield
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (10.53 %)Finance
213 (9.774 %)Banking
213 (9.774 %)Retail
310 (7.519 %)Retail Banking
46 (4.511 %)Telecoms
55 (3.759 %)Government
62 (1.504 %)Health
62 (1.504 %)Games
62 (1.504 %)Insurance
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (20.30 %)Architect
224 (18.05 %)Consultant
311 (8.271 %)Analyst
410 (7.519 %)Support Analyst
59 (6.767 %)Capacity Manager
68 (6.015 %)Lead Architect
68 (6.015 %)Technical Architect
77 (5.263 %)Operations Manager
86 (4.511 %)Microsoft Consultant
95 (3.759 %)Security Architect
95 (3.759 %)Infrastructure Architect
95 (3.759 %)Technical Consultant
95 (3.759 %)Programmer
95 (3.759 %)Systems Programmer
104 (3.008 %)Lead Technical Architect
104 (3.008 %)Project Manager
104 (3.008 %)Infrastructure Specialist
113 (2.256 %)Technical Lead
113 (2.256 %)Design Engineer
113 (2.256 %)Systems Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (8.271 %)Clustering
25 (3.759 %)IBM Mainframe
25 (3.759 %)Mainframe
34 (3.008 %)Firmware
41 (0.752 %)Thin Client
41 (0.752 %)Smartcard
41 (0.752 %)Blackberry
41 (0.752 %)Management Information System
41 (0.752 %)Replication
41 (0.752 %)CLARiiON
41 (0.752 %)PKI
41 (0.752 %)Fat Client
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
164 (48.12 %)Windows
244 (33.08 %)Windows Server 2003
313 (9.774 %)Windows Vista
49 (6.767 %)Windows Server 2008
57 (5.263 %)Windows XP
65 (3.759 %)MVS
65 (3.759 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (3.008 %)UNIX
82 (1.504 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.752 %)zOS
91 (0.752 %)Windows Mobile
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (8.271 %)ITIL
111 (8.271 %)Data Protection
111 (8.271 %)Security Cleared
28 (6.015 %)SC Cleared
37 (5.263 %)Business Desktop Deployment
46 (4.511 %)Project Management
46 (4.511 %)Service Management
46 (4.511 %)Disaster Recovery
46 (4.511 %)Technical Architecture
54 (3.008 %)Migration
54 (3.008 %)PRINCE2
54 (3.008 %)OO
63 (2.256 %)Operations Management
72 (1.504 %)Validation
72 (1.504 %)Configuration Management
72 (1.504 %)Service Delivery
72 (1.504 %)Load Balancing
72 (1.504 %)Risk Analysis
72 (1.504 %)Release Management
81 (0.752 %)User Acceptance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (16.54 %)SQL
210 (7.519 %)VBScript
35 (3.759 %)JCL
43 (2.256 %)VB
43 (2.256 %)C
51 (0.752 %)PowerShell
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (11.28 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (10.53 %)MCSE
34 (3.008 %)MCSA
43 (2.256 %)MCP
51 (0.752 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.752 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.752 %)CCA
51 (0.752 %)Citrix Certification
51 (0.752 %)CISSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.008 %)ISO/IEC 20000
21 (0.752 %)SLA
21 (0.752 %)BS7799
21 (0.752 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
136 (27.07 %)Active Directory
29 (6.767 %)ISA Server
38 (6.015 %)MailMarshal
47 (5.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (2.256 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
53 (2.256 %)Terminal Services
62 (1.504 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.752 %)NetBackup
71 (0.752 %)Xen
71 (0.752 %)Citrix Presentation Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
168 (51.13 %)MOM
236 (27.07 %)SCCM
317 (12.78 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
410 (7.519 %)Tivoli
59 (6.767 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
64 (3.008 %)WSUS
72 (1.504 %)MIIS
81 (0.752 %)Foglight
81 (0.752 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
81 (0.752 %)OpenView
81 (0.752 %)SCVMM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
165 (48.87 %)Microsoft
219 (14.29 %)HP
39 (6.767 %)VMware
45 (3.759 %)IBM
45 (3.759 %)Citrix
54 (3.008 %)Juniper
54 (3.008 %)EMC
63 (2.256 %)Sun
72 (1.504 %)Intel
72 (1.504 %)Sophos
81 (0.752 %)Altiris
81 (0.752 %)BladeLogic
81 (0.752 %)LANDesk
81 (0.752 %)Oracle
81 (0.752 %)Sybase
81 (0.752 %)CA
81 (0.752 %)VERITAS
81 (0.752 %)Symantec
81 (0.752 %)Remedy