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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCOM over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank662897
Rank change on same period last yearUp+235
Matching permanent IT job ads21075
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.122 %0.032 %
As % of the category below6.106 %1.359 %
Salaries quoted17375
Average minimum salary£42,249£48,973
Average salary£44,551£49,767
% change on same period last year-10.47 %
Average maximum salary£46,854£50,560
UK excluding London average salary£41,965£41,050
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
England
Matching permanent IT job ads34395520
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.991 %2.375 %
Salaries quoted27534342
Average minimum salary£38,915£41,095
Average salary£41,977£44,299
% change on same period last year-5.24 %
Average maximum salary£45,039£47,503
UK excluding London average salary£39,200£41,070
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SCOM across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

England SCOM Demand Trend

SCOM
Salary Trend

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

England SCOM Salary Trend

SCOM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SCOM across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England SCOM Salary Histogram

SCOM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+135112£48,348-8.66 %
South EastUp+7945£41,577-5.86 %
East of EnglandUp+3920£38,950+49.80 %
West MidlandsNew entry-13£41,500-
East MidlandsNew entry-9£39,313-
South WestUp+324£49,500+52.30 %
North WestUp+233£38,333-1.07 %
YorkshireNew entry-2£28,667-
MidlandsNew entry-1£55,000-
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1270 (61.22 %)Windows
2265 (60.09 %)Microsoft
3216 (48.98 %)MOM
4162 (36.73 %)Active Directory
5144 (32.65 %)SCCM
6130 (29.48 %)MS Exchange
7123 (27.89 %)Windows Server 2003
8107 (24.26 %)ITIL
9100 (22.68 %)Microsoft Certification
1095 (21.54 %)HP
1191 (20.63 %)MCSE
1289 (20.18 %)MS Excel
1289 (20.18 %)VMware
1387 (19.73 %)SQL
1480 (18.14 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1579 (17.91 %)Linux
1678 (17.69 %)SQL Server
1770 (15.87 %)SAN
1869 (15.65 %)Windows Server 2008
1968 (15.42 %)Exchange Server 2007
2067 (15.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
2166 (14.97 %)Citrix
2264 (14.51 %)MySQL
2363 (14.29 %)Perl
2458 (13.15 %)TCP/IP
2554 (12.24 %)SharePoint
2653 (12.02 %)VMware Infrastructure
2752 (11.79 %)Project Management
2851 (11.56 %)Tivoli
2948 (10.88 %)IBM

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
136 (8.163 %)CSS
136 (8.163 %)LAMP
233 (7.483 %)HTML
317 (3.855 %)XML
415 (3.401 %)WMI
514 (3.175 %)XSL
514 (3.175 %).NET
612 (2.721 %)WebSphere
612 (2.721 %)Mason
711 (2.494 %)Application Packaging
89 (2.041 %)ASP.NET
98 (1.814 %)AJAX
105 (1.134 %)XHTML
114 (0.907 %)YUI
123 (0.680 %)ActiveX
132 (0.454 %)jQuery
141 (0.227 %)MAPI
141 (0.227 %)WSH
141 (0.227 %)ASP
141 (0.227 %)SOAP
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1130 (29.48 %)MS Exchange
268 (15.42 %)Exchange Server 2007
367 (15.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
454 (12.24 %)SharePoint
546 (10.43 %)IIS
640 (9.070 %)Apache
721 (4.762 %)Office Communications Server
721 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2000
814 (3.175 %)BizTalk Server
911 (2.494 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1010 (2.268 %)SharePoint Server 2007
114 (0.907 %)Live Communications Server
123 (0.680 %)Tomcat
123 (0.680 %)ColdFusion MX
123 (0.680 %)ColdFusion
131 (0.227 %)Lotus Notes
131 (0.227 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
131 (0.227 %)CMS
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
189 (20.18 %)MS Excel
214 (3.175 %)MS Office
37 (1.587 %)MS Project
46 (1.361 %)MS Visio
54 (0.907 %)Photoshop
63 (0.680 %)Fireworks
63 (0.680 %)Adobe Illustrator
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (3.855 %)SoftGrid
23 (0.680 %)GoldMine
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
170 (15.87 %)SAN
258 (13.15 %)TCP/IP
335 (7.937 %)LAN
432 (7.256 %)DNS
528 (6.349 %)WAN
618 (4.082 %)SMS
716 (3.628 %)SNMP
813 (2.948 %)Firewall
911 (2.494 %)Internet
1010 (2.268 %)DHCP
1010 (2.268 %)IPsec
119 (2.041 %)DMZ
119 (2.041 %)Ethernet
126 (1.361 %)VoIP
126 (1.361 %)VPN
126 (1.361 %)Intranet
135 (1.134 %)VLAN
144 (0.907 %)Broadband
153 (0.680 %)SMTP
153 (0.680 %)Wireless
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (17.69 %)SQL Server
264 (14.51 %)MySQL
328 (6.349 %)SQL Server 2005
422 (4.989 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (0.680 %)BusinessObjects
62 (0.454 %)Data Mining
62 (0.454 %)OLTP
62 (0.454 %)OLAP
62 (0.454 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.227 %)DTS
71 (0.227 %)RDBMS
71 (0.227 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.227 %)SQL Server 2008
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.134 %)Flash
22 (0.454 %)Visual Studio Team System
31 (0.227 %)WinRunner
31 (0.227 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.227 %)AdminStudio
31 (0.227 %)Subversion
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
143 (9.751 %)Finance
239 (8.844 %)Health
322 (4.989 %)Pensions
420 (4.535 %)Pharmaceutical
515 (3.401 %)Banking
611 (2.494 %)Law
710 (2.268 %)Retail
710 (2.268 %)Marketing
89 (2.041 %)Government
96 (1.361 %)Advertising
105 (1.134 %)Education
114 (0.907 %)Telecoms
123 (0.680 %)Back Office
123 (0.680 %)Legal
123 (0.680 %)Graphic Design
123 (0.680 %)Investment Banking
132 (0.454 %)Billing
141 (0.227 %)Front Office
141 (0.227 %)Electric
141 (0.227 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
181 (18.37 %)Consultant
269 (15.65 %)Developer
351 (11.56 %)Analyst
440 (9.070 %)Team Leader
537 (8.390 %)Microsoft Consultant
623 (5.215 %)Architect
719 (4.308 %)Administrator
818 (4.082 %)Technical Support
917 (3.855 %)Technical Architect
1016 (3.628 %)Support Engineer
1016 (3.628 %)Operations Manager
1016 (3.628 %)Technical Consultant
1115 (3.401 %)Web Developer
1115 (3.401 %)Infrastructure Consultant
1214 (3.175 %)Senior Analyst
1313 (2.948 %)Data Analyst
1313 (2.948 %)Server Support
1412 (2.721 %)Systems Administrator
1412 (2.721 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1412 (2.721 %)Senior Infrastructure Analyst
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (6.576 %)Computer Science
224 (5.442 %)Clustering
39 (2.041 %)Replication
45 (1.134 %)Management Information System
45 (1.134 %)W3C
45 (1.134 %)Video Conferencing
53 (0.680 %)Data Protection Act
62 (0.454 %)Blackberry
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1270 (61.22 %)Windows
2123 (27.89 %)Windows Server 2003
379 (17.91 %)Linux
469 (15.65 %)Windows Server 2008
548 (10.88 %)UNIX
641 (9.297 %)Windows 2000 Server
740 (9.070 %)Windows 2000
814 (3.175 %)Windows NT
99 (2.041 %)Windows XP
107 (1.587 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.454 %)Embedded Linux
112 (0.454 %)Debian
121 (0.227 %)Fedora
121 (0.227 %)NetWare
121 (0.227 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1107 (24.26 %)ITIL
252 (11.79 %)Project Management
343 (9.751 %)Migration
435 (7.937 %)Operations Management
529 (6.576 %)E-Commerce
625 (5.669 %)OO
723 (5.215 %)Service Management
822 (4.989 %)Business Desktop Deployment
918 (4.082 %)Web Development
1014 (3.175 %)Disaster Recovery
1113 (2.948 %)Business Continuity
1211 (2.494 %)Scrum
1211 (2.494 %)MOF
1310 (2.268 %)Security Management
1310 (2.268 %)Web Design
149 (2.041 %)Agile Software Development
149 (2.041 %)Service Delivery
158 (1.814 %)PRINCE2
167 (1.587 %)Load Balancing
176 (1.361 %)BPR
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
187 (19.73 %)SQL
263 (14.29 %)Perl
346 (10.43 %)PHP
435 (7.937 %)Python
531 (7.029 %)VBScript
629 (6.576 %)C
727 (6.122 %)JavaScript
821 (4.762 %)VB
913 (2.948 %)C++
1011 (2.494 %)VB.NET
1110 (2.268 %)C#
129 (2.041 %)Ruby
136 (1.361 %)REXX
145 (1.134 %)Java
153 (0.680 %)DHTML
153 (0.680 %)Shell Script
153 (0.680 %)VB6
161 (0.227 %)Transact-SQL
161 (0.227 %)Delphi
161 (0.227 %)PHP5
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1100 (22.68 %)Microsoft Certification
291 (20.63 %)MCSE
343 (9.751 %)Degree
418 (4.082 %)ITIL Certification
514 (3.175 %)CCA
514 (3.175 %)Citrix Certification
69 (2.041 %)CCEA
77 (1.587 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
86 (1.361 %)MCSA
93 (0.680 %)CCNP
93 (0.680 %)Cisco Certification
102 (0.454 %)CCNA
102 (0.454 %)ISEB
102 (0.454 %)MCTS
111 (0.227 %)MCITP
111 (0.227 %)RHCE
111 (0.227 %)MCDST
111 (0.227 %)ISEB Practitioner
111 (0.227 %)CCIP
111 (0.227 %)MCDBA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.361 %)SLA
16 (1.361 %)QA
24 (0.907 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
24 (0.907 %)ISO27001
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1162 (36.73 %)Active Directory
253 (12.02 %)VMware Infrastructure
342 (9.524 %)ISA Server
423 (5.215 %)Citrix Presentation Server
513 (2.948 %)VMware ESX
612 (2.721 %)NetBackup
76 (1.361 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
76 (1.361 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
85 (1.134 %)VMware GSX
85 (1.134 %)Backup Exec
85 (1.134 %)Xen
92 (0.454 %)Intellisync
92 (0.454 %)VMware Workstation
92 (0.454 %)VMware Server
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1216 (48.98 %)MOM
2144 (32.65 %)SCCM
380 (18.14 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
451 (11.56 %)Tivoli
539 (8.844 %)BMC PATROL
636 (8.163 %)OpenView
729 (6.576 %)Unicenter
812 (2.721 %)Netcool
96 (1.361 %)Tivoli NetView
96 (1.361 %)ServiceCenter
105 (1.134 %)Foglight
105 (1.134 %)BMC Performance Manager
114 (0.907 %)EMC NetWorker
114 (0.907 %)SCVMM
123 (0.680 %)WSUS
132 (0.454 %)MIIS
132 (0.454 %)NNM
132 (0.454 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
141 (0.227 %)CiscoWorks
141 (0.227 %)Norton AntiVirus
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1265 (60.09 %)Microsoft
295 (21.54 %)HP
389 (20.18 %)VMware
466 (14.97 %)Citrix
548 (10.88 %)IBM
643 (9.751 %)BMC
738 (8.617 %)Cisco
831 (7.029 %)CA
927 (6.122 %)EMC
1019 (4.308 %)Oracle
1117 (3.855 %)Altiris
1215 (3.401 %)Opalis
1310 (2.268 %)Kaspersky
1310 (2.268 %)McAfee Security
147 (1.587 %)NetIQ
156 (1.361 %)Intel
165 (1.134 %)Dell
165 (1.134 %)BladeLogic
174 (0.907 %)Symantec
183 (0.680 %)Business Objects