The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM 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 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 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 Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 42 - 55
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SCOM 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.248% - 0.617%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.030% - 6.250%
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 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £29.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.25 £17.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+60.29% -51.42%
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%
SCOM
UK

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales SCOM Jobs Demand Trend

SCOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales SCOM Daily Rate 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 Wales region.

Wales SCOM Hourly Rate Trend

SCOM
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 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 - 1 - -
SCOM
UK

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) SCCM
3 4 (57.14%) Opalis
3 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
3 4 (57.14%) Workflow
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (14.29%) XenApp
6 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
6 1 (14.29%) HP SIM
6 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
6 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) SAP
6 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
6 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) WAN
6 1 (14.29%) VMS
6 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (14.29%) HP
6 1 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) Veritas
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Packager
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) VMS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
2 4 (57.14%) Opalis
3 1 (14.29%) HP SIM
3 1 (14.29%) MOM
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
3 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Veritas
2 1 (14.29%) SAP