The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM 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 SCOM over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 88 92 64
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -28
Contract jobs citing SCOM 4 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.312% 0.187% 0.731%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.333% 2.479% 6.400%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
Average daily rate £350 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -10.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £364
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £160.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.25 £17.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+60.29% -51.42%
All Systems Management
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
120 121 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.346% 7.544% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 71 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 £246 £182 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £430 £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 10
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £15.00 £15.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £15.00 £147.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCOM
Yorkshire

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds -7 2 - -
SCOM
Yorkshire

SCOM
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 5 (71.43%) SCCM
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) Terminal Server
3 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 3 (42.86%) DFS Replication
4 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
4 2 (28.57%) SCVMM
4 2 (28.57%) MOM
4 2 (28.57%) SAN
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) Terminal Server
1 3 (42.86%) DFS Replication
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
2 2 (28.57%) SCVMM
2 2 (28.57%) MOM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
West Yorkshire
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