The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 42 45 37
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -8
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 6 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.729% 0.723% 0.772%
As % of the Systems Management category 13.64% 27.27% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
Average salary £40,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -9.41%
All Systems Management
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
44 11 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 12.68% 2.651% 8.494%
Number of salaries quoted 29 7 22
Average salary £37,000 £34,250 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.02% -34.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,600 £24,700
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £45,694
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
SCOM
Scotland

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen SCOM Jobs Demand Trend

SCOM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SCOM across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SCOM Salary Trend

SCOM
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SCOM.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) SCCM
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (57.14%) XenServer
2 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Clustering
3 3 (42.86%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) HP
3 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
3 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (28.57%) IIS
5 1 (14.29%) NetApp
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) XenApp
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) PowerShell

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SCOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
2 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (28.57%) IIS
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Support Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
1 3 (42.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) XenServer
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 3 (42.86%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates are working with one of Scotland's leading Managed Service providers to recruit an Infrastructure Engineer for a permanent opportunity in their Aberdeen Head Quarters. This...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
This is a great position for the right candidate, as my client is offering a fantastic opportunity to lead a highly skilled team with an organisation that has...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013