The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 62 100 94
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -6
Contract jobs citing SCCM 59 34 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.472% 1.119% 1.025%
As % of the Systems Management category 28.92% 12.59% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 20
Average daily rate £240 £270 £194
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +39.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £238 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £342 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+5.21% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 0
Average hourly rate £20.75 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.13 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.37% -
All Systems Management
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
204 270 238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 8.546% 8.887% 7.873%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 102 148
Average daily rate £300 £345 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +2.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £225 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £488 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 7
Average hourly rate £21.50 £15.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.33% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.55 £14.45 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £19.80 £33.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
SCCM
England

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West SCCM Hourly Rate Trend

SCCM
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

North West SCCM Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North West 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
Lancashire - 23 £325 - 2
Cheshire +8 18 £306 -10.52%
Manchester -2 12 £240 -11.11% 4
Merseyside +10 4 £275 +4.76%
SCCM
England

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 97 (93.27%) Windows
2 58 (55.77%) Windows 7
3 55 (52.88%) Citrix
4 52 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 48 (46.15%) Windows XP
6 45 (43.27%) Microsoft
7 37 (35.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 36 (34.62%) Microsoft App-V
9 30 (28.85%) VMware
10 28 (26.92%) ITIL
11 26 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
11 26 (25.00%) XenApp
12 25 (24.04%) Migration
13 23 (22.12%) AppSense
14 22 (21.15%) SCOM
15 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
15 19 (18.27%) MS Exchange
16 18 (17.31%) SC Cleared
17 17 (16.35%) Windows Vista
17 17 (16.35%) Application Packaging
17 17 (16.35%) MS Office
18 16 (15.38%) HP
18 16 (15.38%) MSI
18 16 (15.38%) Software Deployment
19 15 (14.42%) PowerShell
19 15 (14.42%) SLA
20 14 (13.46%) Blackberry
21 13 (12.50%) DNS
21 13 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
22 12 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 17 (16.35%) Application Packaging
2 4 (3.846%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.962%) COM
Application Platforms
1 19 (18.27%) MS Exchange
2 12 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (8.654%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.808%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (3.846%) Lync
5 4 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.962%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.962%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 17 (16.35%) MS Office
2 8 (7.692%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.962%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.962%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.923%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.50%) DNS
2 12 (11.54%) SAN
2 12 (11.54%) DHCP
3 9 (8.654%) Firewall
4 4 (3.846%) NetScreen
4 4 (3.846%) Wireless
4 4 (3.846%) Internet
4 4 (3.846%) VPN
5 3 (2.885%) LAN
5 3 (2.885%) SMS
5 3 (2.885%) WAN
5 3 (2.885%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.885%) NAS
5 3 (2.885%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.923%) HTTP
6 2 (1.923%) LDAP
7 1 (0.962%) SMTP
7 1 (0.962%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.962%) SNMP
7 1 (0.962%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.654%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.962%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 16 (15.38%) MSI
2 9 (8.654%) InstallShield
3 4 (3.846%) Wise Package Studio
4 2 (1.923%) AdminStudio
General
1 10 (9.615%) Finance
2 8 (7.692%) Banking
3 6 (5.769%) Local Government
4 1 (0.962%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.962%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.962%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (18.27%) Support Engineer
2 14 (13.46%) 2nd Line Support
3 13 (12.50%) Analyst
4 11 (10.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 9 (8.654%) Applications Packager
6 8 (7.692%) Wintel Engineer
6 8 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
7 7 (6.731%) Desktop Support
7 7 (6.731%) Consultant
7 7 (6.731%) Project Engineer
8 6 (5.769%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 5 (4.808%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (4.808%) SCCM Engineer
9 5 (4.808%) Wintel Analyst
10 4 (3.846%) Deployment Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) Wintel Specialist
10 4 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
10 4 (3.846%) Server Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) Technical Support
10 4 (3.846%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.46%) Blackberry
2 11 (10.58%) Clustering
3 2 (1.923%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.923%) NHS
4 1 (0.962%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.962%) Replication
4 1 (0.962%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 97 (93.27%) Windows
2 58 (55.77%) Windows 7
3 48 (46.15%) Windows XP
4 37 (35.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 17 (16.35%) Windows Vista
7 7 (6.731%) Windows 8
8 6 (5.769%) Windows NT
8 6 (5.769%) Windows 2000
9 4 (3.846%) VMS
10 2 (1.923%) UNIX
11 1 (0.962%) Solaris
11 1 (0.962%) Linux
11 1 (0.962%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.92%) ITIL
2 25 (24.04%) Migration
3 16 (15.38%) Software Deployment
4 12 (11.54%) PRINCE2
5 9 (8.654%) Change Management
6 5 (4.808%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (4.808%) TQM
7 4 (3.846%) Change Control
7 4 (3.846%) Release Management
7 4 (3.846%) Service Management
8 3 (2.885%) Service Delivery
8 3 (2.885%) Data Migration
8 3 (2.885%) Data Analysis
8 3 (2.885%) Asset Management
8 3 (2.885%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (2.885%) Incident Management
9 2 (1.923%) Software Distribution
9 2 (1.923%) Business Analysis
9 2 (1.923%) Data Protection
9 2 (1.923%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.42%) PowerShell
2 12 (11.54%) SQL
3 8 (7.692%) VB
4 6 (5.769%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
2 18 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.846%) CCNP
4 4 (3.846%) CCNA
4 4 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.885%) MCP
5 3 (2.885%) MCDST
5 3 (2.885%) MCITP
6 2 (1.923%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.962%) MCSE
7 1 (0.962%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) SLA
2 1 (0.962%) QA
System Software
1 52 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 36 (34.62%) Microsoft App-V
3 26 (25.00%) XenApp
4 13 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (9.615%) Hyper-V
6 9 (8.654%) XenDesktop
7 7 (6.731%) XenServer
7 7 (6.731%) vSphere
8 5 (4.808%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.962%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 22 (21.15%) SCOM
2 10 (9.615%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (3.846%) ZENworks
4 3 (2.885%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (2.885%) SCVMM
5 2 (1.923%) AppDNA
5 2 (1.923%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.962%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.962%) Sysprep
6 1 (0.962%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.962%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 55 (52.88%) Citrix
2 45 (43.27%) Microsoft
3 30 (28.85%) VMware
4 23 (22.12%) AppSense
5 16 (15.38%) HP
6 12 (11.54%) Lumension
6 12 (11.54%) CA
7 11 (10.58%) Symantec
8 10 (9.615%) Cisco
9 9 (8.654%) NetApp
10 5 (4.808%) Remedy
10 5 (4.808%) McAfee
10 5 (4.808%) Dell
11 4 (3.846%) Novell
11 4 (3.846%) Veritas
12 3 (2.885%) Oracle
12 3 (2.885%) LANDesk
12 3 (2.885%) Kaspersky
12 3 (2.885%) Altiris
13 2 (1.923%) Veeam
Manchester, North West
Application PackagerApplication Packager required for a large Windows 7 deployment based in Manchester.Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities or Duties:The Application Packager will have specific accountability with regard to:...
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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