The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCOM over the 3 months to 20 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 130 97 121
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +24
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 17 35 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.654% 1.657% 0.166%
As % of the Systems Management category 11.26% 26.32% 5.263%
Number of salaries quoted 16 34 3
Average salary £35,750 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -9.41%
All Systems Management
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
151 133 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 5.808% 6.297% 3.160%
Number of salaries quoted 114 120 47
Average salary £32,250 £36,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.41% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,750 £26,700 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
SCOM
West Yorkshire

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SCOM Salary Trend

SCOM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SCOM across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leeds SCOM Salary Histogram

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 31 (81.58%) Microsoft
2 27 (71.05%) Windows
3 25 (65.79%) VMware
3 25 (65.79%) SCCM
4 24 (63.16%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (63.16%) Active Directory
5 21 (55.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (52.63%) MS Excel
7 18 (47.37%) Citrix
7 18 (47.37%) vSphere
8 15 (39.47%) Hyper-V
8 15 (39.47%) SAN
9 13 (34.21%) Windows Server 2003
9 13 (34.21%) ITIL
10 12 (31.58%) MS Exchange
10 12 (31.58%) XenApp
11 11 (28.95%) SCVMM
12 10 (26.32%) VMware ESX
12 10 (26.32%) HP
12 10 (26.32%) SQL
12 10 (26.32%) SharePoint
13 9 (23.68%) Clustering
13 9 (23.68%) XenDesktop
14 8 (21.05%) Windows 7
14 8 (21.05%) Data Protection
14 8 (21.05%) MCITP
14 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
14 8 (21.05%) EMC
14 8 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
15 7 (18.42%) IIS

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (5.263%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 12 (31.58%) MS Exchange
2 10 (26.32%) SharePoint
3 8 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (18.42%) Office Communications Server
4 7 (18.42%) IIS
5 6 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (10.53%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (5.263%) Lync
7 2 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (2.632%) Apache
8 1 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 20 (52.63%) MS Excel
2 6 (15.79%) MS Office
3 2 (5.263%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (7.895%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) SAN
2 5 (13.16%) Internet
3 4 (10.53%) NAS
3 4 (10.53%) Unified Communications
3 4 (10.53%) VPN
4 2 (5.263%) SNMP
5 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.632%) DNS
5 1 (2.632%) DMZ
5 1 (2.632%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 7 (18.42%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 14 (36.84%) Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) Technical Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Consultant
3 6 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (7.895%) SCCM Consultant
4 3 (7.895%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.895%) Administrator
4 3 (7.895%) Operations Manager
4 3 (7.895%) DBA
4 3 (7.895%) Analyst
4 3 (7.895%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (7.895%) Data Centre Manager
4 3 (7.895%) SQL DBA
4 3 (7.895%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 3 (7.895%) Data Manager
5 2 (5.263%) Server Support Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Server Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Clustering
2 5 (13.16%) Fat Client
2 5 (13.16%) Thin Client
3 2 (5.263%) EqualLogic
3 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.263%) Celerra
3 2 (5.263%) CLARiiON
4 1 (2.632%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.632%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.632%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (71.05%) Windows
2 24 (63.16%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (34.21%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (21.05%) Windows 7
5 6 (15.79%) Linux
6 4 (10.53%) UNIX
6 4 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) ITIL
2 8 (21.05%) Data Protection
3 5 (13.16%) Project Management
3 5 (13.16%) Problem Management
4 4 (10.53%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (10.53%) Change Control
5 2 (5.263%) Capacity Management
5 2 (5.263%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (5.263%) High Availability
5 2 (5.263%) TOGAF
5 2 (5.263%) Service Management
5 2 (5.263%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.263%) Identity Management
5 2 (5.263%) Business Continuity
5 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2
5 2 (5.263%) PRINCE
5 2 (5.263%) MOF
6 1 (2.632%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.632%) Data Management
6 1 (2.632%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.895%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.263%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) MCITP
2 6 (15.79%) MCTS
3 5 (13.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (7.895%) MCSE
5 3 (7.895%) NCIE
6 2 (5.263%) HP ASE
6 2 (5.263%) HP MASE
6 2 (5.263%) VCDX
6 2 (5.263%) NCDA
6 2 (5.263%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (5.263%) CCEE
6 2 (5.263%) CCIA
7 1 (2.632%) CCEA
7 1 (2.632%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.632%) CCNA
7 1 (2.632%) MCP
7 1 (2.632%) VCAP
7 1 (2.632%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 21 (55.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (47.37%) vSphere
4 15 (39.47%) Hyper-V
5 12 (31.58%) XenApp
6 10 (26.32%) VMware ESX
7 9 (23.68%) XenDesktop
8 5 (13.16%) XenServer
9 4 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (5.263%) Terminal Services
11 1 (2.632%) Samba
11 1 (2.632%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (2.632%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (65.79%) SCCM
2 11 (28.95%) SCVMM
3 4 (10.53%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.632%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.632%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 31 (81.58%) Microsoft
2 25 (65.79%) VMware
3 18 (47.37%) Citrix
4 10 (26.32%) HP
5 8 (21.05%) EMC
6 6 (15.79%) NetApp
7 5 (13.16%) Dell
7 5 (13.16%) Symantec
8 4 (10.53%) Cisco
9 2 (5.263%) CommVault
10 1 (2.632%) Red Hat
10 1 (2.632%) Remedy
10 1 (2.632%) AppSense
10 1 (2.632%) Brocade
10 1 (2.632%) 3PAR
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