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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank - 51 57
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 0 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton - 0.220% 1.046%
As % of the Systems Management category - 4.348% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 5
Average salary - £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -9.41%
All Systems Management
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
12 23 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 3.053% 5.055% 7.322%
Number of salaries quoted 12 19 28
Average salary £35,250 £37,500 £40,503
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.00% -7.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
SCOM
Northamptonshire

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton SCOM Salary Trend

SCOM
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Remedy
2 2 (66.67%) Dell
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 1 (33.33%) MCTS
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (33.33%) Symantec
3 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (33.33%) MOF
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) MCSA
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
2 1 (33.33%) MOF
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) MCTS
2 1 (33.33%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Symantec
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft