The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM 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 SCOM over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SCOM 28 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 12.17% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 28 0 0
Average daily rate £318 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £364
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.25 £17.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+60.29% -51.42%
All Systems Management
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
42 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 18.26% 3.509% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 4 4
Average daily rate £320 £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +75.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCOM
Oxfordshire

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford SCOM Jobs Demand Trend

SCOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford SCOM Daily Rate Trend

SCOM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCOM across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford SCOM Daily Rate Histogram

SCOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford SCOM Hourly Rate Trend

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

1 30 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 30 (100.00%) VMware
1 30 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 27 (90.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 27 (90.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 26 (86.67%) MCSE
3 26 (86.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (83.33%) Migration
4 25 (83.33%) vSphere
5 23 (76.67%) MobileIron
6 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
7 21 (70.00%) Data Protection
7 21 (70.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 18 (60.00%) Postini
9 16 (53.33%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (26.67%) Office Communications Server
10 8 (26.67%) Lync
11 7 (23.33%) Publishing
11 7 (23.33%) Mercator
12 3 (10.00%) SCCM
12 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (10.00%) Windows
12 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
12 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
12 3 (10.00%) DHCP
12 3 (10.00%) DNS
13 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Application Platforms
1 30 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 30 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 27 (90.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 27 (90.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 8 (26.67%) Office Communications Server
3 8 (26.67%) Lync
4 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) DHCP
1 3 (10.00%) DNS
General
1 7 (23.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) Consultant
2 17 (56.67%) Messaging Consultant
3 6 (20.00%) Messaging Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Exchange Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.333%) Migration Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
1 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (83.33%) Migration
2 21 (70.00%) Data Protection
3 16 (53.33%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 26 (86.67%) MCSE
1 26 (86.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (70.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 25 (83.33%) vSphere
2 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (76.67%) MobileIron
3 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
4 18 (60.00%) Postini
5 7 (23.33%) Mercator
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