The first table below looks at the demand for SCCM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCCM over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Rank 103 100 116
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +16
Permanent jobs citing SCCM 51 53 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.598% 1.514% 1.170%
As % of the Systems Management category 27.72% 25.24% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 27 28 15
Average salary £41,500 £38,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.79% +4.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,600 £27,500 £35,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £47,303 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+2.46% -5.81%
All Systems Management
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
184 210 228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 5.766% 6.000% 6.669%
Number of salaries quoted 95 131 167
Average salary £39,625 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.31% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,200 £25,000 £30,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £56,350
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SCCM Jobs Demand Trend

SCCM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SCCM across the Scotland region.

Scotland SCCM Salary Trend

SCCM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SCCM across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland SCCM Salary Histogram

SCCM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aberdeen +15 21 £40,000 +3.22%
Edinburgh -9 13 £42,500 +26.86%
Glasgow -18 10 £37,500 -6.83%
Highlands - 6 - -
West Dunbartonshire +2 2 £40,935 +8.79%
West Lothian -6 1 - -
SCCM
UK

SCCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing SCCM 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 SCCM.

1 85 (84.16%) Windows
2 70 (69.31%) Microsoft
3 64 (63.37%) Active Directory
4 54 (53.47%) VMware
5 50 (49.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 47 (46.53%) Windows Server 2003
7 46 (45.54%) VMware Infrastructure
8 38 (37.62%) Citrix
9 37 (36.63%) ITIL
10 32 (31.68%) MS Exchange
11 31 (30.69%) MS Excel
11 31 (30.69%) SCOM
12 27 (26.73%) Service Delivery
13 25 (24.75%) DNS
14 24 (23.76%) SLA
14 24 (23.76%) WSUS
14 24 (23.76%) Windows 7
15 21 (20.79%) vSphere
16 17 (16.83%) Finance
16 17 (16.83%) Exchange Server 2007
17 16 (15.84%) DHCP
17 16 (15.84%) SAN
17 16 (15.84%) CommVault
18 15 (14.85%) IIS
19 14 (13.86%) SQL
19 14 (13.86%) Microsoft Certification
19 14 (13.86%) HP
19 14 (13.86%) Cisco
19 14 (13.86%) Hyper-V
19 14 (13.86%) Degree

SCCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing SCCM 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 SCCM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (2.970%) .NET
2 2 (1.980%) XML
3 1 (0.990%) Application Packaging
3 1 (0.990%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 32 (31.68%) MS Exchange
2 17 (16.83%) Exchange Server 2007
3 15 (14.85%) IIS
4 10 (9.901%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (9.901%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (7.921%) Lotus Notes
5 8 (7.921%) Site Server
6 4 (3.960%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (2.970%) Lync
8 2 (1.980%) SAS
8 2 (1.980%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.990%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.990%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 31 (30.69%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.941%) MS Office
2 6 (5.941%) MS Visio
2 6 (5.941%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.990%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (2.970%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 25 (24.75%) DNS
2 16 (15.84%) DHCP
2 16 (15.84%) SAN
3 8 (7.921%) VoIP
4 5 (4.950%) Firewall
5 3 (2.970%) Cisco PIX
5 3 (2.970%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (2.970%) WAN
5 3 (2.970%) LAN
6 2 (1.980%) IPv4
6 2 (1.980%) SMS
6 2 (1.980%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.990%) Network Security
7 1 (0.990%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.960%) MS Access
2 2 (1.980%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.980%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.980%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.960%) MSI
2 1 (0.990%) Subversion
2 1 (0.990%) Hudson
2 1 (0.990%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (16.83%) Finance
2 8 (7.921%) Advertising
3 5 (4.950%) Banking
4 4 (3.960%) Publishing
5 3 (2.970%) Retail
5 3 (2.970%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.980%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (18.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 19 (18.81%) Analyst
2 15 (14.85%) Consultant
3 12 (11.88%) Support Analyst
4 10 (9.901%) Technical Specialist
5 9 (8.911%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.911%) Technical Consultant
6 8 (7.921%) IT Consultant
6 8 (7.921%) Team Leader
7 7 (6.931%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 6 (5.941%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 6 (5.941%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 6 (5.941%) Infrastructure Team Leader
9 5 (4.950%) Server Engineer
10 4 (3.960%) Senior Support Engineer
10 4 (3.960%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.960%) SCCM Engineer
10 4 (3.960%) Windows Server Engineer
10 4 (3.960%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 3 (2.970%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.941%) Blackberry
1 6 (5.941%) Clustering
2 5 (4.950%) Statistics
3 4 (3.960%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.970%) CCTV
5 2 (1.980%) e-Health
5 2 (1.980%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.980%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.990%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.990%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.990%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.990%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.990%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 85 (84.16%) Windows
2 50 (49.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 47 (46.53%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (23.76%) Windows 7
5 12 (11.88%) Windows XP
6 9 (8.911%) Linux
7 5 (4.950%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (3.960%) Windows Vista
9 3 (2.970%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (2.970%) UNIX
10 2 (1.980%) zOS
10 2 (1.980%) VME
11 1 (0.990%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (36.63%) ITIL
2 27 (26.73%) Service Delivery
3 13 (12.87%) Service Management
4 10 (9.901%) Change Management
5 9 (8.911%) Time Management
5 9 (8.911%) Problem Management
6 8 (7.921%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (6.931%) Capacity Management
8 6 (5.941%) ITIL V2
8 6 (5.941%) Asset Management
9 5 (4.950%) Software Distribution
9 5 (4.950%) ITSM
10 4 (3.960%) Project Management
10 4 (3.960%) Network Architecture
10 4 (3.960%) ITIL V3
10 4 (3.960%) Resource Management
11 3 (2.970%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (2.970%) Process Management
11 3 (2.970%) Migration
12 2 (1.980%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.86%) SQL
2 12 (11.88%) Perl
3 8 (7.921%) PHP
4 6 (5.941%) VBScript
4 6 (5.941%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.950%) C
6 3 (2.970%) VB
6 3 (2.970%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.980%) JCL
7 2 (1.980%) C#
7 2 (1.980%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.990%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (13.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 14 (13.86%) Degree
1 14 (13.86%) MCTS
2 11 (10.89%) MCSE
3 9 (8.911%) MCSA
4 7 (6.931%) Security Cleared
5 6 (5.941%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.950%) MCITP
7 2 (1.980%) Server+ Certification
7 2 (1.980%) CCA
7 2 (1.980%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (1.980%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.990%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.990%) VCP4
8 1 (0.990%) VCP5
8 1 (0.990%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (23.76%) SLA
2 2 (1.980%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 64 (63.37%) Active Directory
2 46 (45.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (20.79%) vSphere
4 14 (13.86%) Hyper-V
5 13 (12.87%) XenApp
6 8 (7.921%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (6.931%) XenServer
8 4 (3.960%) VMware ESX
9 2 (1.980%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.980%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.990%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.990%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.990%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.990%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.990%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.990%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 31 (30.69%) SCOM
2 24 (23.76%) WSUS
3 12 (11.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (6.931%) McAfee ePO
5 5 (4.950%) HP SIM
5 5 (4.950%) Tivoli
5 5 (4.950%) OpenView
6 3 (2.970%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.980%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (1.980%) Unicenter
7 2 (1.980%) MOM
7 2 (1.980%) OMEGAMON
7 2 (1.980%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.990%) Opalis
8 1 (0.990%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 70 (69.31%) Microsoft
2 54 (53.47%) VMware
3 38 (37.62%) Citrix
4 16 (15.84%) CommVault
5 14 (13.86%) HP
5 14 (13.86%) Cisco
6 11 (10.89%) McAfee
7 8 (7.921%) Lotus
7 8 (7.921%) Altiris
8 6 (5.941%) AppSense
8 6 (5.941%) Postini
9 4 (3.960%) Apple
10 3 (2.970%) Fujitsu
10 3 (2.970%) NetApp
10 3 (2.970%) IBM
10 3 (2.970%) EMC
10 3 (2.970%) Remedy
11 2 (1.980%) NetIQ
11 2 (1.980%) Symantec
11 2 (1.980%) Dell
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
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Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent training and career progression
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + + Fantastic Benefits
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Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + + Fantastic Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £22000 - £25500 per annum + Bens
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Salary: £22000 - £25500 per annum + Bens
Posted: 21 May 2013