The first table below looks at the demand for SCOM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rank 190 203 188
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -15
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 22 4 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.421% 0.072% 0.328%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.118% 1.581% 8.756%
Number of salaries quoted 21 3 16
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,450 £35,500 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £45,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -9.41%
All Systems Management
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
271 253 217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 5.190% 4.578% 3.748%
Number of salaries quoted 242 209 165
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,450 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £50,000 £51,300
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
SCOM
England

SCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West SCOM Salary Trend

SCOM
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Wiltshire +18 12 £40,500 -4.70%
Devon - 5 £23,450 -
Bristol -7 2 £45,000 +28.57%
SCOM
England

SCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 65 (80.25%) Windows
2 63 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 55 (67.90%) SCCM
4 49 (60.49%) Active Directory
5 47 (58.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 47 (58.02%) Windows Server 2008
6 46 (56.79%) Hyper-V
7 44 (54.32%) MS Excel
8 41 (50.62%) VMware
9 40 (49.38%) MS Exchange
10 36 (44.44%) MCITP
11 34 (41.98%) VMware Infrastructure
12 33 (40.74%) ITIL
12 33 (40.74%) Windows Server 2003
13 29 (35.80%) SLA
14 27 (33.33%) MCSE
15 24 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2010
16 23 (28.40%) SCVMM
17 22 (27.16%) Clustering
18 20 (24.69%) MCTS
18 20 (24.69%) SharePoint
19 18 (22.22%) SQL Server
20 17 (20.99%) Internet
20 17 (20.99%) Citrix
21 16 (19.75%) Exchange Server 2007
21 16 (19.75%) Exchange Server 2003
22 15 (18.52%) Management Information System
23 14 (17.28%) Problem Management
23 14 (17.28%) Windows 7
24 13 (16.05%) Forefront TMG

SCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 1 (1.235%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 40 (49.38%) MS Exchange
2 24 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 20 (24.69%) SharePoint
4 16 (19.75%) Exchange Server 2003
4 16 (19.75%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (11.11%) IIS
6 7 (8.642%) Exchange Server 2000
7 6 (7.407%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (4.938%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (2.469%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (1.235%) Lync
10 1 (1.235%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 44 (54.32%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.704%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.469%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 7 (8.642%) Changepoint
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.99%) Internet
2 9 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 9 (11.11%) DNS
2 9 (11.11%) DHCP
3 7 (8.642%) SNMP
4 6 (7.407%) FTP
4 6 (7.407%) HTTP
4 6 (7.407%) SMTP
4 6 (7.407%) SAN
4 6 (7.407%) BGP
5 3 (3.704%) LAN
6 1 (1.235%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.35%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (11.11%) RDBMS
3 9 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
3 9 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (7.407%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 6 (7.407%) Retail
1 6 (7.407%) Marketing
2 1 (1.235%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (37.04%) Consultant
2 13 (16.05%) Microsoft Consultant
3 11 (13.58%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 9 (11.11%) SQL DBA
4 9 (11.11%) DBA
5 8 (9.877%) Analyst
6 7 (8.642%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.642%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.407%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.173%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (4.938%) Platform Manager
9 4 (4.938%) Server Support
9 4 (4.938%) Technical Support
10 3 (3.704%) Systems Support
10 3 (3.704%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.704%) Systems Support Engineer
11 2 (2.469%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 2 (2.469%) Senior Operations Engineer
11 2 (2.469%) Windows Support Engineer
12 1 (1.235%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (27.16%) Clustering
2 15 (18.52%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.11%) Replication
4 4 (4.938%) Blackberry
5 3 (3.704%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 65 (80.25%) Windows
2 47 (58.02%) Windows Server 2008
3 33 (40.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (17.28%) Windows 7
5 11 (13.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (13.58%) UNIX
5 11 (13.58%) Windows XP
6 7 (8.642%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (2.469%) Linux
8 1 (1.235%) zOS
8 1 (1.235%) SUSE
8 1 (1.235%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) ITIL
2 14 (17.28%) Problem Management
3 13 (16.05%) Capacity Management
4 12 (14.81%) Service Delivery
5 11 (13.58%) Migration
6 7 (8.642%) Information Security
6 7 (8.642%) ITSM
7 6 (7.407%) Change Management
7 6 (7.407%) E-Commerce
7 6 (7.407%) Time Management
8 4 (4.938%) Network Load Balancing
9 3 (3.704%) Configuration Management
10 2 (2.469%) Service Management
11 1 (1.235%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (1.235%) Identity Management
11 1 (1.235%) Infrastructure Management
11 1 (1.235%) Capacity Planning
11 1 (1.235%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.11%) SQL
1 9 (11.11%) T-SQL
2 2 (2.469%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (58.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (44.44%) MCITP
3 27 (33.33%) MCSE
4 20 (24.69%) MCTS
5 9 (11.11%) MCT
5 9 (11.11%) CCA
5 9 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (8.642%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (8.642%) CCNA
6 7 (8.642%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (7.407%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (7.407%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (4.938%) Security Cleared
9 3 (3.704%) MCP
9 3 (3.704%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.704%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (35.80%) SLA
2 3 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 49 (60.49%) Active Directory
2 46 (56.79%) Hyper-V
3 34 (41.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (16.05%) Forefront TMG
4 13 (16.05%) UAG
5 9 (11.11%) XenApp
5 9 (11.11%) VMware ESX
6 6 (7.407%) vSphere
7 3 (3.704%) ISA Server
7 3 (3.704%) XenServer
7 3 (3.704%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.235%) OpenSSH
8 1 (1.235%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 55 (67.90%) SCCM
2 23 (28.40%) SCVMM
3 9 (11.11%) MOM
4 8 (9.877%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 8 (9.877%) Tivoli
4 8 (9.877%) WSUS
5 5 (6.173%) Nagios
5 5 (6.173%) Backup Exec
6 3 (3.704%) OpenView
7 1 (1.235%) Unicenter
7 1 (1.235%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (1.235%) Opalis
7 1 (1.235%) Puppet
Vendors
1 63 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 41 (50.62%) VMware
3 17 (20.99%) Citrix
4 11 (13.58%) HP
5 9 (11.11%) Oracle
6 7 (8.642%) Cisco
6 7 (8.642%) IBM
7 6 (7.407%) Veritas
7 6 (7.407%) Syncsort
7 6 (7.407%) McAfee
8 5 (6.173%) Bomgar
8 5 (6.173%) CommVault
9 4 (4.938%) Dell
10 2 (2.469%) Remedy
11 1 (1.235%) ICL
11 1 (1.235%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.235%) BMC
11 1 (1.235%) CA
South West England
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Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Training & Health Care.
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Training & Health Care.
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role is based inBristol&Bathand your background would have evolved from a Software Engineer, working with Microsoft based applications such as Server 2008/R2 and Exchange 2007...
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Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Health Care.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role is based in the South West and you'll the key figure in regards to designing and deploying a Microsoft Exchange environment which will cater for...
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Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role is based in theBristol&Bathand you'll the key figure in regards to designing and deploying a Microsoft Exchange environment which will cater for over 20,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Training & Health Care.
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Bristol, South West
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Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise Support Microsoft Exchange (2003/2007/2010) Exchange Clustering Microsoft...
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
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Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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