The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 81 84 59
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -25
Contract jobs citing SCCM 10 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.786% 0.371% 1.083%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.264% 4.878% 9.756%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 7
Average daily rate £350 £350 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £295 £275
% change year-on-year
+1.69% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
121 123 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.505% 7.602% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 72 53
Average daily rate £300 £305 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% -6.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £189 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £429 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -30.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £15.00 £14.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £15.00 £29.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCCM
Yorkshire

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire SCCM Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Wakefield - 4 - -
Leeds +3 2 - -
Bradford - 1 - -
Huddersfield - 1 - -
SCCM
Yorkshire

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 16 (64.00%) Windows 7
3 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (36.00%) Windows 8
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (20.00%) SCOM
6 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (16.00%) MS Exchange
8 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (12.00%) Terminal Server
8 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
8 3 (12.00%) Migration
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (12.00%) DFS Replication
9 2 (8.000%) Customer Engagement
9 2 (8.000%) SCVMM
9 2 (8.000%) Hyper-V
9 2 (8.000%) PowerShell
9 2 (8.000%) Retail
9 2 (8.000%) Project Management
9 2 (8.000%) MS Office
9 2 (8.000%) VBScript
9 2 (8.000%) VB
9 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
10 1 (4.000%) SQL
10 1 (4.000%) Oracle
10 1 (4.000%) MCP
10 1 (4.000%) HNC
10 1 (4.000%) UNIX
10 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.000%) SAS
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Office
2 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Internet
1 1 (4.000%) LAN
1 1 (4.000%) WAN
1 1 (4.000%) SAN
1 1 (4.000%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (4.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Desktop Support
2 5 (20.00%) Rollout Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (12.00%) Architect
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.000%) Technical Support Officer
6 1 (4.000%) Technical Support
6 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Service Desk Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) SCCM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 16 (64.00%) Windows 7
3 9 (36.00%) Windows 8
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
7 1 (4.000%) UNIX
7 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000
7 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Migration
2 2 (8.000%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (8.000%) Project Management
3 1 (4.000%) CRM
3 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
3 1 (4.000%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.000%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.000%) VBScript
1 2 (8.000%) VB
2 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) MCP
1 1 (4.000%) HNC
1 1 (4.000%) MCSE
1 1 (4.000%) MCSA
1 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.000%) BC Cleared
1 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Terminal Server
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (12.00%) DFS Replication
3 2 (8.000%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.000%) XenApp
4 1 (4.000%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) SCOM
2 2 (8.000%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle
2 1 (4.000%) Websense
2 1 (4.000%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.000%) Symantec
2 1 (4.000%) Cisco
2 1 (4.000%) HP
2 1 (4.000%) Citrix
2 1 (4.000%) NetApp
2 1 (4.000%) Blue Coat
2 1 (4.000%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (4.000%) VMware
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