The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Oxford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 21 36 16
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -20
Contract jobs citing SCCM 13 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 5.556% 0.904% 6.587%
As % of the Systems Management category 27.66% 33.33% 57.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 5
Average daily rate £320 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £18.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
47 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 20.09% 2.711% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 4 5
Average daily rate £340 £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +75.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
SCCM
Oxfordshire

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford SCCM Hourly Rate Trend

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 17 (70.83%) Windows 7
3 16 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
5 13 (54.17%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (33.33%) Wise Package Studio
7 5 (20.83%) Migration
8 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
9 3 (12.50%) Citrix
9 3 (12.50%) DHCP
9 3 (12.50%) DNS
9 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
9 3 (12.50%) MS Exchange
9 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (12.50%) VMware
9 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (12.50%) SCOM
9 3 (12.50%) vSphere
9 3 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (8.333%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (8.333%) Performance Testing
10 2 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (8.333%) Marketing
10 2 (8.333%) Programme Management
10 2 (8.333%) DTV
10 2 (8.333%) Electronics
10 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
10 2 (8.333%) Finance
10 2 (8.333%) Manufacturing

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 3 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) DHCP
1 3 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (4.167%) LAN
2 1 (4.167%) WAN
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (4.167%) MSI
General
1 2 (8.333%) Marketing
1 2 (8.333%) Electronics
1 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 2 (8.333%) Finance
1 2 (8.333%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Applications Packager
2 5 (20.83%) Desktop Support
3 4 (16.67%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Citrix Support
5 2 (8.333%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Server Support
6 1 (4.167%) Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.167%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 17 (70.83%) Windows 7
3 16 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Migration
2 2 (8.333%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (8.333%) Performance Testing
2 2 (8.333%) Programme Management
2 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) CCA
1 2 (8.333%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Citrix
2 3 (12.50%) VMware
3 2 (8.333%) SAP