The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SCOM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCOM over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category.

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.

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank359374403
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Up+29
Matching contract IT job ads231215137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.395 %0.357 %0.248 %
As % of the Systems Management category6.442 %6.058 %4.872 %
Number of daily rates quoted11310448
Average daily rate£371£375£342
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.00 %+9.64 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£213£208
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£451
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£364£338
% change year-on-year
-3.71 %+7.46 %
Number of hourly rates quoted172234
Average hourly rate£17.50£29.25£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.17 %-22.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.30£19.55£18.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.50£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£35.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
-51.42 %-12.50 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
358635492812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.135 %5.899 %5.095 %
Number of daily rates quoted181416831261
Average daily rate£350£370£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40 %+9.62 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£210£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£488£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£320
% change year-on-year
+8.33 %-6.25 %
Number of hourly rates quoted170225232
Average hourly rate£19.01£23.38£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.67 %+6.25 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£14.50£13.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£40.00£39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£24.40£21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.27 %+16.19 %

SCOM
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SCOM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

SCOM Demand Trend

SCOM
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SCOM within the UK.

SCOM Daily Rate Trend

SCOM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCOM within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

SCOM Daily Rate Histogram

SCOM
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SCOM within the UK.

SCOM Hourly Rate Trend

SCOM
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCOM within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

SCOM Hourly Rate Histogram

SCOM
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+30223£388+3.33 %
LondonUp+93146£400+2.56 %
City of LondonUp+2232£438+16.66 %
South EastDown-1430£360+6.66 %
North WestDown-715£313-21.87 %
SurreyUp+1013£370-15.90 %
East of EnglandDown-38£400-
West MidlandsDown-198£350+4.47 %
ManchesterDown-117--
CheshireUp+56£313-21.87 %
BirminghamDown-96£350+16.66 %
East MidlandsNew entry-6£341-
HampshireUp+45£360-
BuckinghamshireUp+25£251+16.51 %
ScotlandDown-15£350+20.17 %
Milton KeynesDown-75£251+16.51 %
YorkshireDown-245£356+14.00 %
DerbyNew entry-5£331-
DerbyshireNew entry-5£331-
MidlandsUp+24--
BerkshireDown-194--
ReigateNew entry-4£420-
EdinburghUp+23£350-
BracknellNo change03--
LeedsDown-143£335+7.20 %
West YorkshireDown-283£335-10.66 %
Docklands, LondonNew entry-3£525-
North YorkshireUp+42£381-
MerseysideDown-12--
WiltshireDown-102--

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1314 (77.92 %)Windows
2225 (55.83 %)VMware
3223 (55.33 %)Microsoft
4219 (54.34 %)Active Directory
5199 (49.38 %)Windows Server 2008
6180 (44.67 %)SCCM
7143 (35.48 %)MS Exchange
8142 (35.24 %)HP
9128 (31.76 %)Citrix
9128 (31.76 %)VMware Infrastructure
10117 (29.03 %)SAN
11110 (27.30 %)Exchange Server 2010
12101 (25.06 %)Clustering
1399 (24.57 %)Windows Server 2003
1493 (23.08 %)Migration
1583 (20.60 %)vSphere
1678 (19.35 %)ITIL
1777 (19.11 %)SQL Server
1876 (18.86 %)Finance
1973 (18.11 %)PowerShell
2072 (17.87 %)Dell
2170 (17.37 %)MS Excel
2266 (16.38 %)SQL
2364 (15.88 %)NetApp
2461 (15.14 %)SharePoint
2558 (14.39 %)Microsoft Certification
2558 (14.39 %)VMware ESX
2656 (13.90 %)DNS
2753 (13.15 %)VBScript
2852 (12.90 %)McAfee

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
125 (6.203 %).NET
221 (5.211 %)Web Services
221 (5.211 %)Application Packaging
317 (4.218 %)ASP.NET
412 (2.978 %)HTML
511 (2.730 %)ADSI
67 (1.737 %)Forefront TMG
76 (1.489 %)Middleware
84 (0.993 %)WSH
93 (0.744 %)Spring
93 (0.744 %)jQuery
93 (0.744 %)WCF
93 (0.744 %)Flash
102 (0.496 %)ASP
102 (0.496 %)COM
102 (0.496 %)X-Windows
111 (0.248 %)Ruby on Rails
111 (0.248 %).NET Framework
111 (0.248 %)WebSphere
111 (0.248 %)XML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1143 (35.48 %)MS Exchange
2110 (27.30 %)Exchange Server 2010
361 (15.14 %)SharePoint
447 (11.66 %)IIS
541 (10.17 %)SharePoint 2010
637 (9.181 %)Exchange Server 2007
733 (8.189 %)Exchange Server 2003
827 (6.700 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
827 (6.700 %)Lync
926 (6.452 %)Lotus Notes
1012 (2.978 %)Apache
1012 (2.978 %)BizTalk Server
116 (1.489 %)Exchange Server 5.5
125 (1.241 %)CMS
134 (0.993 %)SharePoint Server
143 (0.744 %)Office Communications Server
151 (0.248 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
170 (17.37 %)MS Excel
29 (2.233 %)MS Office
38 (1.985 %)MS Project
45 (1.241 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (1.241 %)MS Visio
53 (0.744 %)InfoPath
61 (0.248 %)Office 365
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.248 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1117 (29.03 %)SAN
256 (13.90 %)DNS
349 (12.16 %)Firewall
438 (9.429 %)DHCP
531 (7.692 %)WAN
629 (7.196 %)NAS
728 (6.948 %)TCP/IP
825 (6.203 %)NetScaler
921 (5.211 %)Unified Communications
1017 (4.218 %)Internet
1113 (3.226 %)Kerberos
1211 (2.730 %)LAN
139 (2.233 %)SSL
139 (2.233 %)FTP
148 (1.985 %)SMTP
157 (1.737 %)Broadband
166 (1.489 %)HTTP
166 (1.489 %)VPN
166 (1.489 %)Fibre Channel
175 (1.241 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
177 (19.11 %)SQL Server
235 (8.685 %)SQL Server 2008
318 (4.467 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (1.489 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (1.241 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
55 (1.241 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
55 (1.241 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
55 (1.241 %)SQL Server Integration Services
63 (0.744 %)Oracle 11g
63 (0.744 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.248 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (1.241 %)Ant
22 (0.496 %)Subversion
31 (0.248 %)MSI
31 (0.248 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
176 (18.86 %)Finance
215 (3.722 %)Financial Institution
312 (2.978 %)Telecoms
312 (2.978 %)Banking
48 (1.985 %)Publishing
55 (1.241 %)Investment Banking
63 (0.744 %)Online Betting
63 (0.744 %)Back Office
71 (0.248 %)Retail
71 (0.248 %)Multimedia
71 (0.248 %)Local Government
71 (0.248 %)French Language
71 (0.248 %)Law
71 (0.248 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
172 (17.87 %)Analyst
250 (12.41 %)Architect
340 (9.926 %)Consultant
428 (6.948 %)Designer
428 (6.948 %)Technical Architect
519 (4.715 %)Support Analyst
618 (4.467 %)Administrator
717 (4.218 %)Systems Engineer
816 (3.970 %)Server Specialist
915 (3.722 %)Support Engineer
915 (3.722 %)Infrastructure Architect
1014 (3.474 %)Wintel Specialist
1113 (3.226 %)Wintel Engineer
1212 (2.978 %)3rd Line Support
1212 (2.978 %)Wintel Server Specialist
1311 (2.730 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1410 (2.481 %)Server Engineer
1410 (2.481 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1410 (2.481 %)Technical Consultant
1410 (2.481 %)Windows Systems Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1101 (25.06 %)Clustering
228 (6.948 %)Replication
327 (6.700 %)Blackberry
419 (4.715 %)AS400
59 (2.233 %)Statistics
67 (1.737 %)Computer Science
67 (1.737 %)Management Information System
67 (1.737 %)Client/Server
74 (0.993 %)Thin Client
74 (0.993 %)Fat Client
74 (0.993 %)PKI
74 (0.993 %)HP StorageWorks
83 (0.744 %)CLARiiON
92 (0.496 %)Mainframe
92 (0.496 %)Tandem
92 (0.496 %)iPhone
92 (0.496 %)iPad
101 (0.248 %)Enterprise Storage
101 (0.248 %)EqualLogic
101 (0.248 %)SaaS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1314 (77.92 %)Windows
2199 (49.38 %)Windows Server 2008
399 (24.57 %)Windows Server 2003
452 (12.90 %)Windows 7
535 (8.685 %)Windows XP
626 (6.452 %)Linux
722 (5.459 %)Windows 2000
821 (5.211 %)UNIX
916 (3.970 %)Windows NT
1013 (3.226 %)Windows 2000 Server
1111 (2.730 %)Solaris
127 (1.737 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
132 (0.496 %)Windows Vista
132 (0.496 %)Oracle Linux
141 (0.248 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
193 (23.08 %)Migration
278 (19.35 %)ITIL
340 (9.926 %)Change Management
430 (7.444 %)Disaster Recovery
430 (7.444 %)Project Management
430 (7.444 %)Load Balancing
526 (6.452 %)Incident Management
622 (5.459 %)Problem Management
622 (5.459 %)Information Security
721 (5.211 %)Business Continuity
820 (4.963 %)Change Control
913 (3.226 %)PRINCE2
1011 (2.730 %)Capacity Management
1110 (2.481 %)Configuration Management
129 (2.233 %)Service Management
137 (1.737 %)Root Cause Analysis
137 (1.737 %)Service Delivery
146 (1.489 %)Quality Management
146 (1.489 %)ITIL V2
155 (1.241 %)ITIL V3
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
173 (18.11 %)PowerShell
266 (16.38 %)SQL
353 (13.15 %)VBScript
417 (4.218 %)VB
55 (1.241 %)C#
63 (0.744 %)Shell Script
63 (0.744 %)JavaScript
72 (0.496 %)C
81 (0.248 %)Bash shell
81 (0.248 %)Ruby
81 (0.248 %)Python
81 (0.248 %)Java
81 (0.248 %)Perl
81 (0.248 %)T-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
158 (14.39 %)Microsoft Certification
244 (10.92 %)MCSE
328 (6.948 %)MCITP
427 (6.700 %)Security Cleared
521 (5.211 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
617 (4.218 %)Degree
715 (3.722 %)SC Cleared
812 (2.978 %)MCP
911 (2.730 %)ITIL Certification
109 (2.233 %)Cisco Certification
115 (1.241 %)MCTS
124 (0.993 %)MCSA
124 (0.993 %)CCNA
133 (0.744 %)DV Cleared
133 (0.744 %)HP AIS
133 (0.744 %)CCNP
142 (0.496 %)Citrix Certification
142 (0.496 %)Network+ Certification
142 (0.496 %)BC Cleared
142 (0.496 %)VCP4
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (2.978 %)SLA
24 (0.993 %)QA
31 (0.248 %)BS25999
31 (0.248 %)ISO 9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1219 (54.34 %)Active Directory
2128 (31.76 %)VMware Infrastructure
383 (20.60 %)vSphere
458 (14.39 %)VMware ESX
551 (12.66 %)XenApp
638 (9.429 %)Hyper-V
725 (6.203 %)XenDesktop
820 (4.963 %)Citrix Presentation Server
918 (4.467 %)VMware ESXi
109 (2.233 %)ISA Server
118 (1.985 %)Terminal Server
118 (1.985 %)XenServer
127 (1.737 %)UAG
127 (1.737 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
127 (1.737 %)Terminal Services
135 (1.241 %)MetaFrame
144 (0.993 %)PowerConvert
153 (0.744 %)Xen
162 (0.496 %)VMware GSX
162 (0.496 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1180 (44.67 %)SCCM
250 (12.41 %)NetBackup
328 (6.948 %)MOM
424 (5.955 %)Backup Exec
523 (5.707 %)HP SIM
614 (3.474 %)Legato
712 (2.978 %)SCVMM
810 (2.481 %)Tivoli
99 (2.233 %)Norton AntiVirus
99 (2.233 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
108 (1.985 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
108 (1.985 %)EMC NetWorker
108 (1.985 %)McAfee ePO
117 (1.737 %)WMI
117 (1.737 %)WSUS
117 (1.737 %)OpenView
126 (1.489 %)BladeLogic
135 (1.241 %)Nagios
144 (0.993 %)Windows Storage Server
153 (0.744 %)vCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1225 (55.83 %)VMware
2223 (55.33 %)Microsoft
3142 (35.24 %)HP
4128 (31.76 %)Citrix
572 (17.87 %)Dell
664 (15.88 %)NetApp
752 (12.90 %)McAfee
850 (12.41 %)IBM
948 (11.91 %)Symantec
1037 (9.181 %)Cisco
1133 (8.189 %)EMC
1226 (6.452 %)Lotus
1325 (6.203 %)Veritas
1423 (5.707 %)AppSense
1519 (4.715 %)Sophos
1617 (4.218 %)PlateSpin
1716 (3.970 %)CA
1812 (2.978 %)BMC
1911 (2.730 %)Leostream
2010 (2.481 %)Oracle