SCOM Jobs in England

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SCOM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCOM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 662 758 943
Rank change year-on-year +96 +185 -280
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 178 195 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.09% 1.39% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 116 134 164
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £26,450
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,400 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +1.06% -6.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £55,644 £61,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,250 £47,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year +7.89% +4.40% -9.00%

All Systems Management Skills
England

SCOM is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 8,499 14,025 23,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.02% 15.04% 17.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,620 8,726 12,675
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,564 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,375 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%

SCOM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SCOM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SCOM in England

SCOM
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCOM in England.

Salary trend for SCOM in England

SCOM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCOM in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SCOM in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +57 86 £52,500 +31.25% 11
North of England +30 36 £32,250 +0.16%
Yorkshire +76 33 £32,250 +0.16%
London +120 22 £65,000 +23.46%
Midlands +16 20 £50,000 -4.76%
East Midlands -16 10 £48,750 -7.14%
West Midlands - 10 £50,000 -
East of England +1 7 £42,500 -26.09% 3
South West -13 7 £61,000 +23.86%
North East -1 3 £50,000 +10.50%
SCOM
UK

SCOM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 52 (29.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (16.85%) IIS
3 13 (7.30%) CMS
4 9 (5.06%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.56%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (11.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.56%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.56%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 82 (46.07%) Azure
2 48 (26.97%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (14.61%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.99%) Azure Storage
5 14 (7.87%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (6.74%) OCI
7 11 (6.18%) AWS
8 8 (4.49%) IaaS
9 6 (3.37%) GCP
10 5 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.81%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.25%) Google Workspace
11 4 (2.25%) Nutanix
12 2 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.12%) PaaS
13 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 80 (44.94%) DNS
2 76 (42.70%) DHCP
3 62 (34.83%) Firewall
4 28 (15.73%) SAN
5 15 (8.43%) SNMP
6 11 (6.18%) VPN
7 9 (5.06%) TCP/IP
7 9 (5.06%) Wireless
8 6 (3.37%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (3.37%) NetScaler
9 5 (2.81%) BIG-IP
9 5 (2.81%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (2.81%) Network Security
10 3 (1.69%) BGP
10 3 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.12%) IPv4
12 1 (0.56%) Skype
12 1 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.49%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (4.49%) Elasticsearch
1 8 (4.49%) Redis
2 6 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.81%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Chocolatey
2 1 (0.56%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.98%) Finance
3 18 (10.11%) Legal
4 12 (6.74%) Aerospace
5 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (4.49%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (4.49%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.49%) Retail
6 7 (3.93%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.81%) Automotive
7 5 (2.81%) Law
8 2 (1.12%) Banking
9 1 (0.56%) Back Office
9 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (24.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (17.42%) Systems Engineer
3 22 (12.36%) Administrator
4 21 (11.80%) Senior
5 18 (10.11%) Windows Engineer
6 15 (8.43%) Windows Systems Engineer
7 14 (7.87%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (7.87%) Active Directory Support
7 14 (7.87%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (7.87%) IT Engineer
7 14 (7.87%) Support Specialist
8 13 (7.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (7.30%) ServiceNow Administrator
9 11 (6.18%) 3rd Line Support
10 10 (5.62%) Support Engineer
10 10 (5.62%) VMware Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) Infrastructure Support
11 8 (4.49%) PowerShell Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.99%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.81%) Middleware
3 3 (1.69%) .NET
3 3 (1.69%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.56%) Web Services
4 1 (0.56%) XML
4 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.98%) Data Centre
2 21 (11.80%) PKI
3 19 (10.67%) CMDB
3 19 (10.67%) Replication
4 17 (9.55%) Clustering
5 15 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (7.30%) Digital Signage
7 9 (5.06%) Public Cloud
8 7 (3.93%) Management Information System
9 6 (3.37%) AS400
9 6 (3.37%) IoT
10 4 (2.25%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.56%) Blackberry
13 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.56%) EPoS
13 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 139 (78.09%) Windows
2 108 (60.67%) Windows Server
3 72 (40.45%) Linux
4 41 (23.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (21.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (14.61%) Windows 10
7 23 (12.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (9.55%) Windows XP
9 8 (4.49%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (3.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (2.81%) Windows 2000
11 5 (2.81%) Windows 7
11 5 (2.81%) Windows 8
11 5 (2.81%) Windows NT
11 5 (2.81%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (1.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (42.13%) ITIL
2 51 (28.65%) Service Management
3 46 (25.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (20.22%) Agile
6 34 (19.10%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (14.61%) Performance Tuning
8 23 (12.92%) High Availability
8 23 (12.92%) ITSM
9 21 (11.80%) Release Management
10 20 (11.24%) DevOps
10 20 (11.24%) Proactive Monitoring
10 20 (11.24%) Project Management
11 19 (10.67%) Configuration Management
11 19 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (10.67%) Server Management
12 18 (10.11%) Identity Management
12 18 (10.11%) Mentoring
13 17 (9.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 16 (8.99%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 57 (32.02%) PowerShell
2 39 (21.91%) SQL
3 14 (7.87%) Bicep
3 14 (7.87%) C#
3 14 (7.87%) VB
3 14 (7.87%) VBScript
4 13 (7.30%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.62%) RPG
6 6 (3.37%) Python
7 3 (1.69%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.56%) Bash
8 1 (0.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 88 (49.44%) Security Cleared
2 69 (38.76%) DV Cleared
3 66 (37.08%) SC Cleared
4 49 (27.53%) Degree
5 23 (12.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (11.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (7.87%) CCNA
7 14 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (6.74%) Azure Certification
8 12 (6.74%) CCNP
9 9 (5.06%) MCSE
10 8 (4.49%) MCSA
11 7 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.81%) CISSP
12 5 (2.81%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (2.25%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.18%) SLA
2 7 (3.93%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (1.12%) GDPR
System Software
1 119 (66.85%) Active Directory
2 64 (35.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (28.09%) Hyper-V
4 30 (16.85%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (13.48%) Firmware
6 23 (12.92%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (9.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (5.62%) VMware Workstation
9 9 (5.06%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (3.37%) vSphere
11 5 (2.81%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (2.25%) Terminal Services
13 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (1.69%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.56%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 75 (42.13%) SCCM
2 51 (28.65%) WSUS
3 24 (13.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (11.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (11.24%) NetBackup
5 19 (10.67%) Kubernetes
6 14 (7.87%) vCenter Server
7 12 (6.74%) EMC NetWorker
8 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 10 (5.62%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (3.93%) Ansible
11 5 (2.81%) FortiGate
11 5 (2.81%) Grafana
11 5 (2.81%) Prometheus
11 5 (2.81%) SCOrch
11 5 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (2.25%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
13 3 (1.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 136 (76.40%) Microsoft
2 75 (42.13%) VMware
3 37 (20.79%) Dynatrace
4 30 (16.85%) Veeam
5 29 (16.29%) HP
6 28 (15.73%) Cisco
7 26 (14.61%) Dell
8 24 (13.48%) Oracle
8 24 (13.48%) SolarWinds
9 20 (11.24%) ServiceNow
10 16 (8.99%) Citrix
11 14 (7.87%) 3PAR
12 13 (7.30%) NetApp
12 13 (7.30%) Riverbed
13 12 (6.74%) EMC
13 12 (6.74%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (6.74%) Juniper
13 12 (6.74%) Palo Alto
13 12 (6.74%) Symantec
14 11 (6.18%) McAfee