The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM 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 SCCM 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 89 99 102
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 26 40 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.270% 1.207% 0.536%
As % of the Systems Management category 22.61% 19.51% 8.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 20 3
Average daily rate £290 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £248 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £400 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £293 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.27% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 7
Average hourly rate £10.00 £18.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.94% +2.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
115 205 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 5.615% 6.186% 6.605%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 120 91
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £262 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 10
Average hourly rate £10.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.94% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.30 £17.70 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £41.50 £30.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCCM
England

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South 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 South West region.

South West SCCM Hourly Rate Trend

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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Somerset - 14 £160 -
Bristol -4 8 £320 +6.66%
Wiltshire +1 1 - -
Devon -3 1 - -
Cornwall - 1 - -
SCCM
England

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 50 (94.34%) Windows
2 41 (77.36%) Windows 7
3 33 (62.26%) Windows XP
4 30 (56.60%) Active Directory
5 23 (43.40%) Microsoft
6 21 (39.62%) MS Office
7 20 (37.74%) VMware
7 20 (37.74%) Kaspersky
8 19 (35.85%) Apple
8 19 (35.85%) Blackberry
9 16 (30.19%) VMware Infrastructure
10 14 (26.42%) Cisco
11 13 (24.53%) MS Excel
11 13 (24.53%) Video Conferencing
12 10 (18.87%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (16.98%) McAfee
14 8 (15.09%) Microsoft App-V
15 7 (13.21%) PowerShell
15 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
15 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
15 7 (13.21%) Software Distribution
16 6 (11.32%) MSI
17 5 (9.434%) Telecoms
17 5 (9.434%) JSP
17 5 (9.434%) ITIL
17 5 (9.434%) Citrix
17 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (9.434%) DV Cleared
17 5 (9.434%) Application Packaging
17 5 (9.434%) Compatibility Testing

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 5 (9.434%) JSP
1 5 (9.434%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.887%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.774%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.887%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 21 (39.62%) MS Office
2 13 (24.53%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.547%) DNS
2 2 (3.774%) DHCP
2 2 (3.774%) Firewall
3 1 (1.887%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.547%) SQL Server
1 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) MSI
2 3 (5.660%) InstallShield
2 3 (5.660%) AdminStudio
General
1 5 (9.434%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.547%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (39.62%) 2nd Line Support
2 14 (26.42%) Support Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Help Desk Support
4 10 (18.87%) Helpdesk Technician
4 10 (18.87%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 10 (18.87%) Support Technician
4 10 (18.87%) Service Desk Technician
4 10 (18.87%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 9 (16.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (15.09%) Applications Packager
7 6 (11.32%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (7.547%) Desktop Support
8 4 (7.547%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (5.660%) Consultant
9 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (3.774%) Test Leader
11 1 (1.887%) SCCM Consultant
11 1 (1.887%) Rollout Engineer
11 1 (1.887%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 1 (1.887%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.85%) Blackberry
2 13 (24.53%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (7.547%) Clustering
4 2 (3.774%) PKI
4 2 (3.774%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.887%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.887%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 50 (94.34%) Windows
2 41 (77.36%) Windows 7
3 33 (62.26%) Windows XP
4 10 (18.87%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (5.660%) Linux
7 2 (3.774%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (3.774%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.887%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (13.21%) Software Distribution
2 5 (9.434%) ITIL
2 5 (9.434%) Compatibility Testing
3 4 (7.547%) Migration
4 2 (3.774%) Test Management
5 1 (1.887%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.547%) VBScript
3 3 (5.660%) SQL
4 2 (3.774%) VB
5 1 (1.887%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
1 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.434%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.774%) ISEB
4 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.887%) MCTS
4 1 (1.887%) MCITP
4 1 (1.887%) MCP
4 1 (1.887%) MCSE
System Software
1 30 (56.60%) Active Directory
2 16 (30.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (15.09%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (5.660%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (5.660%) vSphere
5 2 (3.774%) XenApp
6 1 (1.887%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (1.887%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (7.547%) SCOM
1 4 (7.547%) AppDNA
2 2 (3.774%) WSUS
2 2 (3.774%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.774%) Unicenter
3 1 (1.887%) ZENworks
3 1 (1.887%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.887%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.887%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 23 (43.40%) Microsoft
2 20 (37.74%) VMware
2 20 (37.74%) Kaspersky
3 19 (35.85%) Apple
4 14 (26.42%) Cisco
5 9 (16.98%) McAfee
6 5 (9.434%) Citrix
7 4 (7.547%) CA
7 4 (7.547%) HP
8 3 (5.660%) Dell
9 2 (3.774%) CommVault
9 2 (3.774%) SonicWALL
9 2 (3.774%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.887%) Symantec
10 1 (1.887%) Sophos
10 1 (1.887%) Wyse
10 1 (1.887%) Novell
10 1 (1.887%) EMC
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