The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hampshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 85 84 88
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Contract jobs citing SCCM 16 14 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.999% 0.900% 0.850%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.877% 9.272% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 5
Average daily rate £300 £360 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £241 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £360 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+5.21% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 7
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.13 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.37% -
All Systems Management
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
162 151 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 10.11% 9.711% 6.536%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 62 31
Average daily rate £350 £360 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 22
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.75 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.50% -18.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.53 £14.35 £19.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
SCCM
South East

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire SCCM Daily Rate Trend

SCCM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCCM across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire SCCM Daily Rate Histogram

SCCM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire SCCM Hourly Rate Trend

SCCM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Farnborough - 5 £325 - 1
Basingstoke -6 3 £175 -
Portsmouth -5 1 - -
Southampton -6 1 - - 3
Andover - - - -
Ringwood - - - -
Fareham - - - -
SCCM
South East

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 31 (81.58%) Windows
2 20 (52.63%) Active Directory
3 15 (39.47%) Windows 7
4 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
5 12 (31.58%) Microsoft App-V
5 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
5 12 (31.58%) VBScript
6 10 (26.32%) Windows XP
6 10 (26.32%) Application Packaging
7 9 (23.68%) SCOM
7 9 (23.68%) MSI
8 8 (21.05%) Software Distribution
9 7 (18.42%) Windows 8
9 7 (18.42%) HP
9 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
10 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
10 6 (15.79%) VMware
10 6 (15.79%) Cisco
11 5 (13.16%) MS Excel
11 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (13.16%) Windows Vista
12 4 (10.53%) Migration
12 4 (10.53%) MCSE
12 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (10.53%) InstallShield
12 4 (10.53%) AdminStudio
13 3 (7.895%) McAfee
13 3 (7.895%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (7.895%) VB

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (26.32%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (5.263%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.632%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.895%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.263%) Network Security
1 2 (5.263%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (5.263%) SAN
1 2 (5.263%) DNS
1 2 (5.263%) DHCP
1 2 (5.263%) Ethernet
1 2 (5.263%) SNMP
1 2 (5.263%) Firewall
1 2 (5.263%) FDDI
2 1 (2.632%) Internet
2 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.632%) LAN
2 1 (2.632%) SMS
2 1 (2.632%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (5.263%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (23.68%) MSI
2 4 (10.53%) InstallShield
2 4 (10.53%) AdminStudio
3 2 (5.263%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 1 (2.632%) Back Office
1 1 (2.632%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Applications Packager
2 7 (18.42%) Desktop Support
3 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Architect
3 4 (10.53%) Architect
4 3 (7.895%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (7.895%) Support Manager
4 3 (7.895%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.895%) Desktop Support Manager
4 3 (7.895%) Desktop Manager
5 2 (5.263%) SCCM Specialist
5 2 (5.263%) PC Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Rollout Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (5.263%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (2.632%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) PDA
2 1 (2.632%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.632%) Firmware
2 1 (2.632%) CESG
2 1 (2.632%) Clustering
2 1 (2.632%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (81.58%) Windows
2 15 (39.47%) Windows 7
3 10 (26.32%) Windows XP
4 7 (18.42%) Windows 8
5 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (13.16%) Windows Vista
6 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.632%) HPUX
8 1 (2.632%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) Software Distribution
2 4 (10.53%) Migration
3 3 (7.895%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.263%) Time Management
4 2 (5.263%) Software Deployment
4 2 (5.263%) ITIL
4 2 (5.263%) Service Delivery
4 2 (5.263%) Workflow
5 1 (2.632%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (2.632%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.632%) Validation
5 1 (2.632%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.632%) Fault Management
5 1 (2.632%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.632%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (2.632%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) VBScript
2 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.895%) VB
3 3 (7.895%) C
4 2 (5.263%) SQL
4 2 (5.263%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) MCSE
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.895%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.263%) MCITP
5 2 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (5.263%) CCNP
5 2 (5.263%) CCNA
5 2 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.632%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (52.63%) Active Directory
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (7.895%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.263%) vSphere
4 2 (5.263%) XenApp
5 1 (2.632%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (23.68%) SCOM
2 3 (7.895%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (7.895%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (5.263%) HP SIM
3 2 (5.263%) AppDNA
4 1 (2.632%) MOM
4 1 (2.632%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) HP
3 6 (15.79%) VMware
3 6 (15.79%) Cisco
4 3 (7.895%) McAfee
5 2 (5.263%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.263%) 3PAR
5 2 (5.263%) Lumension
5 2 (5.263%) Brocade
5 2 (5.263%) Blue Coat
5 2 (5.263%) Intel
6 1 (2.632%) Sophos
6 1 (2.632%) Citrix
6 1 (2.632%) NetApp
6 1 (2.632%) Apple
6 1 (2.632%) Oracle
6 1 (2.632%) Altiris
6 1 (2.632%) Qualys
6 1 (2.632%) LogLogic
6 1 (2.632%) Kaspersky
Hampshire
Experience in providing support for: * Microsoft server 2003 and 2008 * Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 * Network Printing * Microsoft Office applications * Local and Wide Area Networks Understanding in...
Experis IT
Rate: £180 - £220 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Application Packager to work in Southampton, SC clearance preferable but not essential. *3+ years' experience with packaging as primary role *App-V sequencing / OSD scripting *MSI / MST packaging...
LA International
Rate: £300 - £315 per day + quote
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hook, Hampshire
SC Cleared - SCCM Consultant- Hook - 3 month contract. SCCM, SCOM, SCORCH, System/Asset Management. A requirement has arisen for a SC Cleared SCCM Consultant based in the Hook...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013