The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 20 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 Manchester 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 58 64 56
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -8
Contract jobs citing SCCM 12 20 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.235% 1.643% 1.170%
As % of the Systems Management category 18.75% 21.51% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 11
Average daily rate £240 £270 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +80.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £221 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £289 £213
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+6.08% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Average hourly rate £24.75 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -
All Systems Management
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
64 93 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 6.584% 7.642% 3.119%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 19
Average daily rate £290 £275 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% +57.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £383 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 3
Average hourly rate £24.75 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.00% +7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
SCCM
North West

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 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
Altrincham - - - -
Rochdale - - - -
SCCM
North West

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
3 14 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (47.62%) VMware
4 10 (47.62%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (47.62%) MS Exchange
5 8 (38.10%) Windows XP
6 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 7 (33.33%) NetApp
6 7 (33.33%) Firewall
6 7 (33.33%) SCOM
6 7 (33.33%) vSphere
6 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (28.57%) ITIL
7 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
8 5 (23.81%) SQL
8 5 (23.81%) Cisco
9 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
9 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (19.05%) CCNP
9 4 (19.05%) CCNA
9 4 (19.05%) InstallShield
10 3 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (14.29%) Symantec
10 3 (14.29%) Citrix
10 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
10 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (14.29%) Application Packaging
11 2 (9.524%) Change Management

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (14.29%) Application Packaging
2 1 (4.762%) COM
2 1 (4.762%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (47.62%) MS Exchange
2 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (9.524%) VPN
3 2 (9.524%) Internet
3 2 (9.524%) NetScreen
4 1 (4.762%) Ethernet
4 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.762%) LAN
4 1 (4.762%) WAN
4 1 (4.762%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (19.05%) Project Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Support Technician
3 3 (14.29%) Applications Packager
3 3 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 2 (9.524%) SCCM Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.762%) Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) IT Support
5 1 (4.762%) Build Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) SCCM Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Data Centre Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Server Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 14 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (47.62%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (38.10%) Windows XP
5 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
6 2 (9.524%) VMS
7 1 (4.762%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) ITIL
1 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (9.524%) Change Management
3 2 (9.524%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (9.524%) Migration
3 2 (9.524%) Release Management
4 1 (4.762%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.762%) Software Distribution
4 1 (4.762%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (19.05%) CCNP
1 4 (19.05%) CCNA
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (33.33%) vSphere
3 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.524%) XenServer
4 1 (4.762%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.762%) XenApp
4 1 (4.762%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) SCOM
2 3 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (9.524%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (4.762%) Backup Exec
4 1 (4.762%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 1 (4.762%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) VMware
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) NetApp
3 5 (23.81%) Cisco
4 3 (14.29%) Symantec
4 3 (14.29%) Citrix
5 2 (9.524%) Kaspersky
5 2 (9.524%) Veritas
6 1 (4.762%) SAP
6 1 (4.762%) LANDesk
6 1 (4.762%) Altiris
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