The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 94 99 80
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -19
Contract jobs citing SCCM 19 15 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.007% 0.652% 0.893%
As % of the Systems Management category 10.73% 9.434% 8.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 7
Average daily rate £330 £335 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.49% +34.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £295 £275
% change year-on-year
+1.69% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.25 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Systems Management
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
177 159 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 9.380% 6.910% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 93 79
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £209 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 12
Average hourly rate £15.25 £12.16 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.38% -44.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.65 £9.68 £15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.70 £21.45 £28.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCCM
England

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 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
West Yorkshire +3 10 £350 -
South Yorkshire 0 7 £330 +13.79%
East Yorkshire - 1 - -
SCCM
England

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 51 (85.00%) Windows
2 43 (71.67%) Windows 7
3 38 (63.33%) Microsoft
4 28 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (43.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (36.67%) Active Directory
7 14 (23.33%) MS Excel
8 13 (21.67%) SLA
8 13 (21.67%) Remedy
9 12 (20.00%) Symantec
9 12 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (20.00%) MCSE
9 12 (20.00%) Software Deployment
10 11 (18.33%) Windows XP
11 10 (16.67%) VMware
11 10 (16.67%) SCOM
12 9 (15.00%) Windows 8
12 9 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
13 7 (11.67%) Windows Vista
13 7 (11.67%) PowerShell
13 7 (11.67%) VBScript
13 7 (11.67%) MS Office
14 6 (10.00%) MSI
15 5 (8.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 5 (8.333%) ITIL
15 5 (8.333%) SQL Server
15 5 (8.333%) MS Exchange
15 5 (8.333%) WSUS
16 4 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (6.667%) Asset Management

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 5 (8.333%) MS Exchange
2 4 (6.667%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.667%) SAS
3 1 (1.667%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.667%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.667%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.667%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 14 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 7 (11.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.667%) Internet
2 3 (5.000%) Intranet
3 1 (1.667%) Firewall
3 1 (1.667%) LAN
3 1 (1.667%) SMS
3 1 (1.667%) WAN
3 1 (1.667%) DNS
3 1 (1.667%) SAN
3 1 (1.667%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) MSI
2 2 (3.333%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (6.667%) Publishing
2 3 (5.000%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.333%) Retail
3 2 (3.333%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (26.67%) Support Engineer
2 10 (16.67%) Server Support
3 9 (15.00%) Server Engineer
4 8 (13.33%) Server Support Engineer
5 7 (11.67%) Rollout Engineer
5 7 (11.67%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (10.00%) Desktop Support
7 5 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (6.667%) Deployment Engineer
8 4 (6.667%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (6.667%) Architect
8 4 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.000%) Consultant
9 3 (5.000%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.000%) Analyst
10 2 (3.333%) Systems Integrator
10 2 (3.333%) Desktop Analyst
10 2 (3.333%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.000%) Replication
2 2 (3.333%) Clustering
3 1 (1.667%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 51 (85.00%) Windows
2 43 (71.67%) Windows 7
3 28 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 26 (43.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (18.33%) Windows XP
6 9 (15.00%) Windows 8
7 7 (11.67%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.667%) UNIX
8 1 (1.667%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.667%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Software Deployment
2 5 (8.333%) ITIL
3 4 (6.667%) Asset Management
4 3 (5.000%) Migration
4 3 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (3.333%) Compatibility Testing
5 2 (3.333%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (3.333%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (3.333%) CRM
5 2 (3.333%) Project Management
5 2 (3.333%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.667%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.667%) Software Distribution
6 1 (1.667%) Release Management
6 1 (1.667%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.667%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.67%) PowerShell
1 7 (11.67%) VBScript
2 2 (3.333%) SQL
2 2 (3.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (20.00%) MCSE
2 3 (5.000%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.333%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.667%) MCP
4 1 (1.667%) HNC
4 1 (1.667%) MCSA
4 1 (1.667%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.667%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.67%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (36.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (6.667%) XenApp
3 4 (6.667%) vSphere
4 3 (5.000%) Terminal Server
4 3 (5.000%) Terminal Services
4 3 (5.000%) DFS Replication
4 3 (5.000%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.667%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (16.67%) SCOM
2 5 (8.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 5 (8.333%) WSUS
3 2 (3.333%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 38 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (21.67%) Remedy
3 12 (20.00%) Symantec
4 10 (16.67%) VMware
5 3 (5.000%) Citrix
6 2 (3.333%) Dell
7 1 (1.667%) Websense
7 1 (1.667%) Oracle
7 1 (1.667%) Cisco
7 1 (1.667%) HP
7 1 (1.667%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.667%) NetApp
7 1 (1.667%) Novell
7 1 (1.667%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.667%) Blue Coat
West Yorkshire
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Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The successful Solutions Architect will have excellent ability in as many as possible of the following: Experience working on large scale deployments using the entire MS stack but...
Careerwise UK Limited
Rate: £450 - £550 per day + DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Systems used are as follows: MS AD (2008 R2) MS Exchange (2012 SP1) MS SCOM (2007) MS SCCM (2007) Terminal Servers (2008 R2) File Servers (2008 R2 & DFS-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
The IT Operations team manage 50+ physical servers, including latest HP blade technology, and 300+ virtual servers with over 500Tb of SAN based data, delivering a first rate...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 20 May 2013