The first table below looks at the demand for MOM skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MOM 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 South 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
Rank 107 134 110
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -24
Contract jobs citing MOM 1 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.050% 0.062% 0.424%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.917% 0.990% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
Average daily rate £475 £405 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.28% +107.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £449 £354 £215
% change year-on-year
+26.85% +64.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Systems Management
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
109 202 192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 5.404% 6.244% 6.784%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 119 95
Average daily rate £400 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 8
Average hourly rate £10.00 £19.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.05% +1.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.30 £18.05 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £22.00 £20.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
MOM
England

MOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West MOM Jobs Demand Trend

MOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West MOM Daily Rate Trend

MOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West MOM Hourly Rate Trend

MOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MOM within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Wiltshire 0 1 £475 +17.28%
MOM
England

MOM
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing MOM 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 MOM.

1 12 (100.00%) VBScript
1 12 (100.00%) SCOM
2 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 11 (91.67%) VB
3 7 (58.33%) Windows
3 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
3 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (41.67%) WMI
5 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
6 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (16.67%) Compuware
7 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

MOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing MOM 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 MOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Author
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
1 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) VBScript
2 11 (91.67%) VB
3 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 12 (100.00%) SCOM
2 5 (41.67%) WMI
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Compuware