The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCOM over the 3 months to 17 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 Portsmouth 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 14 - 20
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SCOM 2 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 2.439% - 6.369%
As % of the Systems Management category 33.33% - 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £364
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.25 £17.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+60.29% -51.42%
All Systems Management
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
6 12 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 7.317% 11.21% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
Average daily rate £318 £425 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.29% +44.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £298 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £535 £346
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.34% -41.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCOM
Hampshire

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth SCOM Jobs Demand Trend

SCOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth SCOM Hourly Rate Trend

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Juniper
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) IPv6
2 3 (60.00%) VLAN
2 3 (60.00%) IPsec
3 2 (40.00%) Network Management
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) SSL
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) SNMP
3 2 (40.00%) IPv4
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Military
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) DMZ
4 1 (20.00%) ISA Server
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) McAfee
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) COM
4 1 (20.00%) Windows

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 Development
1 1 (20.00%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) IPsec
2 3 (60.00%) VLAN
2 3 (60.00%) IPv6
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
3 2 (40.00%) SSL
3 2 (40.00%) IPv4
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) SNMP
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) DMZ
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Military
1 1 (20.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) HPUX
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCSP
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
2 1 (20.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) LogLogic
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) HP