The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 98 122 106
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -16
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 26 11 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.392% 0.518% 0.817%
As % of the Systems Management category 29.89% 11.22% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20 11 12
Average salary £42,000 £37,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.00% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £28,450 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £40,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+3.12% -6.97%
All Systems Management
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
87 98 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.657% 4.616% 5.251%
Number of salaries quoted 48 83 79
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,120 £31,000 £33,900
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.12% -
SCCM
North West

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SCCM Jobs Demand Trend

SCCM
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire SCCM Salary Trend

SCCM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SCCM across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Cheshire SCCM Salary Histogram

SCCM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Macclesfield +2 12 £45,000 +63.63%
Warrington +18 5 £39,000 -25.71%
Chester -10 2 £39,000 +5.40%
Northwich - 2 £39,000 -
SCCM
North West

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SCCM.

1 30 (96.77%) Windows
2 24 (77.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (67.74%) Microsoft
3 21 (67.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (58.06%) Active Directory
4 18 (58.06%) MS Exchange
5 17 (54.84%) SQL Server
6 16 (51.61%) SAN
7 15 (48.39%) NetApp
7 15 (48.39%) IIS
7 15 (48.39%) MS Excel
7 15 (48.39%) VMware
7 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2010
7 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2003
8 13 (41.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (41.94%) ITIL
9 12 (38.71%) Cisco
10 11 (35.48%) HP
10 11 (35.48%) SharePoint
11 10 (32.26%) MCSE
11 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (32.26%) ISA Server
11 10 (32.26%) SQL Server 2008
11 10 (32.26%) vSphere
11 10 (32.26%) SQL Server 2005
11 10 (32.26%) MCITP
11 10 (32.26%) Exchange Server 2007
12 9 (29.03%) SharePoint Server
12 9 (29.03%) SolarWinds
12 9 (29.03%) Hyper-V

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 18 (58.06%) MS Exchange
2 15 (48.39%) IIS
2 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2003
2 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (35.48%) SharePoint
4 10 (32.26%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (29.03%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (6.452%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 15 (48.39%) MS Excel
2 3 (9.677%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) SAN
2 8 (25.81%) VoIP
3 4 (12.90%) Firewall
4 1 (3.226%) Unified Communications
4 1 (3.226%) LAN
4 1 (3.226%) WAN
4 1 (3.226%) DHCP
4 1 (3.226%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (54.84%) SQL Server
2 10 (32.26%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (32.26%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (3.226%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Server Engineer
1 10 (32.26%) Senior Server Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Consultant
3 4 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Senior Support Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Architect
3 4 (12.90%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Support Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) IT Support
3 4 (12.90%) Senior IT Support
3 4 (12.90%) Support Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Senior IT Support Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) Security Architect
4 3 (9.677%) Senior Architect
4 3 (9.677%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (6.452%) Desktop Support Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) Desktop Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (6.452%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.226%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.226%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.226%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 30 (96.77%) Windows
2 24 (77.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (67.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (41.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (25.81%) Windows 7
6 4 (12.90%) Windows 8
7 3 (9.677%) Windows XP
8 1 (3.226%) Windows Vista
8 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) ITIL
2 7 (22.58%) Performance Management
2 7 (22.58%) Change Control
2 7 (22.58%) Capacity Management
3 3 (9.677%) PRINCE2
3 3 (9.677%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (6.452%) Network Management
4 2 (6.452%) Software Distribution
4 2 (6.452%) Project Management
4 2 (6.452%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.452%) Migration
5 1 (3.226%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.226%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.226%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.226%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.226%) Data Management
5 1 (3.226%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.226%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (3.226%) PRINCE
5 1 (3.226%) MOF
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.226%) VBScript
2 1 (3.226%) VB
2 1 (3.226%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.226%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) MCSE
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (32.26%) MCITP
2 7 (22.58%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (22.58%) MCP
3 2 (6.452%) MCTS
4 1 (3.226%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.226%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.226%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) ISO 9000
1 1 (3.226%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.226%) QA
System Software
1 18 (58.06%) Active Directory
2 10 (32.26%) ISA Server
2 10 (32.26%) vSphere
3 9 (29.03%) Hyper-V
4 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (16.13%) XenApp
6 3 (9.677%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (6.452%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (6.452%) XenDesktop
8 1 (3.226%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) SCOM
2 7 (22.58%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (6.452%) SCVMM
4 1 (3.226%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (3.226%) WSUS
4 1 (3.226%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 21 (67.74%) Microsoft
2 15 (48.39%) NetApp
2 15 (48.39%) VMware
3 12 (38.71%) Cisco
4 11 (35.48%) HP
5 9 (29.03%) SolarWinds
6 7 (22.58%) Citrix
6 7 (22.58%) FrontRange
7 4 (12.90%) WatchGuard
8 3 (9.677%) Symantec
9 1 (3.226%) McAfee
9 1 (3.226%) Sophos
9 1 (3.226%) Altiris
9 1 (3.226%) LANDesk
9 1 (3.226%) CommVault
9 1 (3.226%) CheckPoint
9 1 (3.226%) Dell
9 1 (3.226%) EMC
9 1 (3.226%) 3PAR
9 1 (3.226%) Twitter