The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 21 51 54
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +3
Contract jobs citing SCCM 22 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 5.446% 0.541% 0.772%
As % of the Systems Management category 66.67% 15.00% 7.813%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 1
Average daily rate £293 £155 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+88.70% -55.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £293 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.27% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
33 20 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 8.168% 3.604% 9.877%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 19
Average daily rate £320 £316 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.18% -24.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £122 £123 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £415 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £14.00 £29.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales 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
South Wales +14 15 £275 -
West Wales - 3 - -
North Wales 0 2 £315 +103.22%
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 30 (76.92%) Windows
2 27 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
4 16 (41.03%) Windows 7
5 11 (28.21%) Migration
6 10 (25.64%) Microsoft App-V
6 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
6 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
7 8 (20.51%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (20.51%) VMware
7 8 (20.51%) Service Management
7 8 (20.51%) Novell eDirectory
7 8 (20.51%) LAN
8 7 (17.95%) Citrix
8 7 (17.95%) Novell
8 7 (17.95%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (17.95%) Windows Vista
9 6 (15.38%) Firewall
9 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
9 6 (15.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (15.38%) WAN
9 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
9 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
10 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (12.82%) SCOM
11 4 (10.26%) Workflow
11 4 (10.26%) Asset Management
11 4 (10.26%) Application Packaging
11 4 (10.26%) Opalis

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 4 (10.26%) Application Packaging
2 2 (5.128%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) GroupWise
2 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (5.128%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.564%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) LAN
2 6 (15.38%) Firewall
2 6 (15.38%) WAN
2 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.26%) DNS
3 4 (10.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (5.128%) SAN
4 2 (5.128%) Internet
4 2 (5.128%) Wireless
4 2 (5.128%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.128%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) MSI
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Administrator
2 5 (12.82%) Applications Packager
2 5 (12.82%) LAN Administrator
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Consultant
3 4 (10.26%) Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Consultant
4 3 (7.692%) Technical Architect
4 3 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.128%) Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Test Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Wintel Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Virtualisation Architect
6 1 (2.564%) SCCM Specialist
6 1 (2.564%) Tester
6 1 (2.564%) Desktop Support
6 1 (2.564%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
3 2 (5.128%) Fat Client
3 2 (5.128%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 30 (76.92%) Windows
2 16 (41.03%) Windows 7
3 8 (20.51%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (17.95%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (17.95%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Migration
2 8 (20.51%) Service Management
3 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 4 (10.26%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (10.26%) Software Deployment
4 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (10.26%) Workflow
4 4 (10.26%) Asset Management
4 4 (10.26%) Network Design
4 4 (10.26%) Load Balancing
5 3 (7.692%) Test Scripting
6 2 (5.128%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.564%) CRM
7 1 (2.564%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
1 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (10.26%) Degree
3 4 (10.26%) MCP
4 2 (5.128%) MCSE
5 1 (2.564%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.128%) QA
System Software
1 27 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 10 (25.64%) Microsoft App-V
3 8 (20.51%) Novell eDirectory
4 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.564%) XenServer
5 1 (2.564%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 5 (12.82%) SCOM
3 4 (10.26%) ZENworks
3 4 (10.26%) Opalis
4 1 (2.564%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.51%) VMware
3 7 (17.95%) Citrix
3 7 (17.95%) Novell
4 4 (10.26%) Cisco
4 4 (10.26%) Riverbed
5 2 (5.128%) Altiris
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