The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCOM over the 3 months to 23 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 269 257 292
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +35
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 51 71 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.440% 0.543% 0.224%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.349% 11.64% 5.232%
Number of salaries quoted 40 69 34
Average salary £52,500 £54,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +27.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £41,900 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -9.41%
All Systems Management
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
694 610 669
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 5.983% 4.669% 4.282%
Number of salaries quoted 597 577 608
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,000 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
SCOM
London

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SCOM Salary Trend

SCOM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SCOM across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London SCOM Salary Histogram

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 88 (77.19%) Windows
2 75 (65.79%) Microsoft
3 69 (60.53%) Active Directory
4 61 (53.51%) VMware
5 60 (52.63%) SCCM
6 59 (51.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 56 (49.12%) MS Exchange
8 47 (41.23%) Exchange Server 2010
9 45 (39.47%) VMware Infrastructure
10 43 (37.72%) MS Excel
11 40 (35.09%) ITIL
12 39 (34.21%) Hyper-V
13 34 (29.82%) Banking
14 33 (28.95%) PowerShell
15 32 (28.07%) Finance
16 31 (27.19%) SAN
17 30 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
18 28 (24.56%) Migration
18 28 (24.56%) Microsoft Certification
19 27 (23.68%) Disaster Recovery
20 26 (22.81%) TCP/IP
20 26 (22.81%) DNS
20 26 (22.81%) SQL Server
21 24 (21.05%) SharePoint
21 24 (21.05%) MCSE
22 22 (19.30%) LDAP
22 22 (19.30%) Office Communications Server
23 21 (18.42%) Business Continuity
24 20 (17.54%) MCITP
24 20 (17.54%) Citrix

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 5 (4.386%) SAML
2 3 (2.632%) COM
3 2 (1.754%) Application Packaging
3 2 (1.754%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (0.877%) XMPP
4 1 (0.877%) .NET
4 1 (0.877%) J2EE
4 1 (0.877%) XML
Application Platforms
1 56 (49.12%) MS Exchange
2 47 (41.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 24 (21.05%) SharePoint
4 22 (19.30%) Office Communications Server
5 19 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (14.91%) SharePoint 2010
7 16 (14.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 15 (13.16%) Lotus Notes
8 15 (13.16%) Lotus Domino
9 13 (11.40%) Exchange Server 2007
9 13 (11.40%) IIS
10 5 (4.386%) Windows Azure
10 5 (4.386%) Lync
11 2 (1.754%) SharePoint Foundation
11 2 (1.754%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.877%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.877%) Apache
Applications
1 43 (37.72%) MS Excel
2 14 (12.28%) MS Office
2 14 (12.28%) Office 365
3 8 (7.018%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.509%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 31 (27.19%) SAN
2 26 (22.81%) TCP/IP
2 26 (22.81%) DNS
3 22 (19.30%) LDAP
4 16 (14.04%) SMTP
5 15 (13.16%) DHCP
5 15 (13.16%) POP3
5 15 (13.16%) SSL
6 12 (10.53%) Firewall
7 8 (7.018%) SNMP
7 8 (7.018%) Kerberos
8 6 (5.263%) HTTP
9 5 (4.386%) iSCSI
10 3 (2.632%) NAS
10 3 (2.632%) WAN
10 3 (2.632%) LAN
11 2 (1.754%) Network Security
12 1 (0.877%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.877%) IMAP
12 1 (0.877%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (22.81%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.649%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (4.386%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (7.018%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (6.140%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.877%) AdminStudio
General
1 34 (29.82%) Banking
2 32 (28.07%) Finance
3 8 (7.018%) Advertising
4 4 (3.509%) Law
4 4 (3.509%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.754%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.877%) Marketing
6 1 (0.877%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 34 (29.82%) Consultant
2 17 (14.91%) Team Leader
3 10 (8.772%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 10 (8.772%) Microsoft Consultant
4 9 (7.895%) Administrator
4 9 (7.895%) Technical Consultant
4 9 (7.895%) Architect
5 8 (7.018%) Systems Administrator
5 8 (7.018%) Infrastructure Architect
6 7 (6.140%) Server Engineer
6 7 (6.140%) Messaging Specialist
6 7 (6.140%) Messaging Consultant
6 7 (6.140%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.263%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (5.263%) Senior Architect
7 6 (5.263%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
7 6 (5.263%) Exchange Consultant
8 5 (4.386%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (3.509%) Analyst
9 4 (3.509%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 8 (7.018%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.263%) Clustering
4 4 (3.509%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.754%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.877%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.877%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.877%) Cryptography
6 1 (0.877%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.877%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 88 (77.19%) Windows
2 59 (51.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (14.91%) Linux
6 12 (10.53%) Windows 7
7 8 (7.018%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (6.140%) CentOS
9 5 (4.386%) UNIX
10 4 (3.509%) HPUX
10 4 (3.509%) Solaris
11 3 (2.632%) Windows Vista
12 2 (1.754%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (1.754%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.877%) Android
13 1 (0.877%) VME
13 1 (0.877%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.877%) zOS
13 1 (0.877%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (35.09%) ITIL
2 28 (24.56%) Migration
3 27 (23.68%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (18.42%) Business Continuity
5 20 (17.54%) BCP
6 19 (16.67%) Network Management
7 18 (15.79%) ITIL V3
7 18 (15.79%) Infrastructure Management
8 17 (14.91%) Project Management
9 16 (14.04%) Capacity Management
10 8 (7.018%) Business Development
10 8 (7.018%) IT Governance
11 7 (6.140%) Kanban
11 7 (6.140%) Data Protection
11 7 (6.140%) Scrum
12 6 (5.263%) Service Management
13 5 (4.386%) Time Management
13 5 (4.386%) Capacity Planning
13 5 (4.386%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (4.386%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (28.95%) PowerShell
2 15 (13.16%) C
3 13 (11.40%) SQL
4 8 (7.018%) Python
5 5 (4.386%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.632%) VB
6 3 (2.632%) Perl
7 2 (1.754%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.877%) PHP
8 1 (0.877%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (24.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (21.05%) MCSE
3 20 (17.54%) MCITP
4 14 (12.28%) MCTS
5 8 (7.018%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (6.140%) RHCE
7 5 (4.386%) Degree
7 5 (4.386%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (4.386%) MCP
8 4 (3.509%) MCSA
8 4 (3.509%) CCA
9 2 (1.754%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.754%) VCP4
9 2 (1.754%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.754%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.754%) CCEE
9 2 (1.754%) VCP5
10 1 (0.877%) CCAA
10 1 (0.877%) MCDST
10 1 (0.877%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 69 (60.53%) Active Directory
2 45 (39.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (34.21%) Hyper-V
4 13 (11.40%) Forefront TMG
5 10 (8.772%) UAG
6 9 (7.895%) Xen
6 9 (7.895%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 9 (7.895%) vSphere
7 7 (6.140%) XenApp
7 7 (6.140%) NFS
8 5 (4.386%) XenServer
9 4 (3.509%) XenDesktop
10 3 (2.632%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (1.754%) VMware ESX
11 2 (1.754%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.877%) vCloud
12 1 (0.877%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.877%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 60 (52.63%) SCCM
2 19 (16.67%) Tivoli
3 16 (14.04%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 15 (13.16%) MAILsweeper
4 15 (13.16%) Norton AntiVirus
5 12 (10.53%) Nagios
6 9 (7.895%) WMI
7 7 (6.140%) Puppet
7 7 (6.140%) Splunk
7 7 (6.140%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 7 (6.140%) Cobbler
8 6 (5.263%) SCVMM
9 4 (3.509%) MOM
9 4 (3.509%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (3.509%) CiscoWorks
9 4 (3.509%) NetBackup
10 3 (2.632%) OpenView
11 2 (1.754%) Netcool
11 2 (1.754%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (1.754%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 75 (65.79%) Microsoft
2 61 (53.51%) VMware
3 20 (17.54%) Citrix
4 19 (16.67%) Symantec
4 19 (16.67%) McAfee
5 17 (14.91%) Cisco
6 16 (14.04%) NetApp
7 15 (13.16%) Lotus
8 14 (12.28%) HP
9 7 (6.140%) Veritas
10 5 (4.386%) Oracle
11 4 (3.509%) Remedy
11 4 (3.509%) F5
11 4 (3.509%) Twitter
12 3 (2.632%) EMC
12 3 (2.632%) IBM
13 2 (1.754%) Websense
13 2 (1.754%) AppSense
14 1 (0.877%) Lumension
14 1 (0.877%) ICL
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