The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 68 70 76
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +6
Contract jobs citing SCCM 29 36 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.778% 1.601% 1.256%
As % of the Systems Management category 39.73% 30.77% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 4
Average daily rate £351 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.07% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £265 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £412 £350 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £17.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -5.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
All Systems Management
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
73 117 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.476% 5.202% 5.651%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 57 51
Average daily rate £325 £298 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.24% +8.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £172 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £360 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.25 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -32.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
SCCM
England

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Shropshire +4 10 £380 +16.92%
Warwickshire -3 5 £263 -
Birmingham +5 1 - -
Coventry -2 1 - -
SCCM
England

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 43 (78.18%) Windows
2 37 (67.27%) Microsoft
3 25 (45.45%) Microsoft App-V
3 25 (45.45%) Windows 7
4 21 (38.18%) MSI
5 19 (34.55%) Windows Server 2008
6 16 (29.09%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 16 (29.09%) HP
7 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
8 13 (23.64%) Windows XP
9 12 (21.82%) Migration
9 12 (21.82%) Software Packaging
10 11 (20.00%) Active Directory
10 11 (20.00%) Citrix
11 10 (18.18%) SCOM
12 9 (16.36%) VMware
13 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (14.55%) MS Exchange
13 8 (14.55%) MS Excel
13 8 (14.55%) XenApp
14 7 (12.73%) QA
15 6 (10.91%) Firewall
15 6 (10.91%) DHCP
15 6 (10.91%) DNS
15 6 (10.91%) Cisco
15 6 (10.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 5 (9.091%) EMC
16 5 (9.091%) SQL
16 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
16 5 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (21.82%) Software Packaging
2 4 (7.273%) Application Packaging
3 2 (3.636%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.55%) MS Exchange
2 5 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.455%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (5.455%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (3.636%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.636%) Documentum
5 1 (1.818%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.818%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.273%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) Firewall
1 6 (10.91%) DHCP
1 6 (10.91%) DNS
2 3 (5.455%) SAN
3 2 (3.636%) NAS
3 2 (3.636%) Wireless
3 2 (3.636%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 21 (38.18%) MSI
2 2 (3.636%) InstallShield
General
1 4 (7.273%) Finance
2 1 (1.818%) Back Office
2 1 (1.818%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (21.82%) Applications Packager
2 9 (16.36%) Architect
3 7 (12.73%) Technical Architect
4 5 (9.091%) Consultant
4 5 (9.091%) Wintel Engineer
5 3 (5.455%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.455%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (5.455%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (5.455%) Helpdesk Technician
5 3 (5.455%) SCCM Engineer
6 2 (3.636%) SCCM Administrator
6 2 (3.636%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (3.636%) Designer
6 2 (3.636%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (3.636%) Server Engineer
6 2 (3.636%) Implementation Engineer
6 2 (3.636%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (3.636%) Administrator
7 1 (1.818%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (1.818%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.273%) Clustering
2 1 (1.818%) Replication
2 1 (1.818%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 43 (78.18%) Windows
2 25 (45.45%) Windows 7
3 19 (34.55%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (23.64%) Windows XP
6 3 (5.455%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) Migration
2 5 (9.091%) Software Deployment
3 4 (7.273%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (7.273%) Supplier Management
4 2 (3.636%) Change Control
4 2 (3.636%) Performance Management
4 2 (3.636%) Change Management
4 2 (3.636%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (1.818%) ITIL
5 1 (1.818%) Business Continuity
5 1 (1.818%) Service Delivery
5 1 (1.818%) Project Management
5 1 (1.818%) Configuration Management
5 1 (1.818%) Incident Management
5 1 (1.818%) TOGAF
5 1 (1.818%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.091%) SQL
2 3 (5.455%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.273%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.455%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.818%) CCA
4 1 (1.818%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (1.818%) CCEA
4 1 (1.818%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.818%) CCSP
4 1 (1.818%) MCITP
4 1 (1.818%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.818%) CCEE
4 1 (1.818%) CCIA
4 1 (1.818%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) QA
2 2 (3.636%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (45.45%) Microsoft App-V
2 11 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (14.55%) XenApp
4 5 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.636%) XenDesktop
5 2 (3.636%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.818%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.818%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.818%) XenServer
6 1 (1.818%) DFS Replication
6 1 (1.818%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (29.09%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 10 (18.18%) SCOM
3 6 (10.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (7.273%) WSUS
4 4 (7.273%) MOM
5 1 (1.818%) ZENworks
5 1 (1.818%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 37 (67.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.09%) HP
3 11 (20.00%) Citrix
4 9 (16.36%) VMware
5 6 (10.91%) Cisco
6 5 (9.091%) EMC
7 4 (7.273%) Panasonic
8 3 (5.455%) AppSense
9 2 (3.636%) Oracle
9 2 (3.636%) Dell
10 1 (1.818%) Novell
10 1 (1.818%) Veritas
10 1 (1.818%) Altiris