Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 728 791 998
Rank change year-on-year +63 +207 -320
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 184 209 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.85% 1.38% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 116 143 190
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £26,450
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,400 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £47,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +4.40% -9.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £40,000 £44,623
% change year-on-year +21.88% -10.36% +1.42%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,955 15,150 28,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.11% 14.63% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,174 9,323 14,201
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

SCOM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCOM over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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
England +71 177 £52,500 +12.90% 12
UK excluding London -19 161 £48,750 +21.88% 12
South East +46 89 £52,500 +31.25% 5
Work from Home +86 88 £52,500 -0.94% 5
North of England +10 35 £32,250 +0.16%
Yorkshire +69 32 £32,250 +0.16%
London +110 22 £65,000 +23.46% 1
Midlands +25 20 £50,000 -4.76% 3
East Midlands -14 10 £48,750 -7.14% 2
West Midlands - 10 £50,000 - 1
East of England +9 6 £42,500 -26.09% 2
South West -37 5 £46,750 +6.51% 1
Wales - 5 £36,476 -
North East -2 3 £50,000 +10.50%
Scotland -64 1 - - 1

SCOM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 56 (30.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (15.76%) IIS
3 13 (7.07%) CMS
4 9 (4.89%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.54%) Apache
5 1 (0.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.54%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (10.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.54%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.54%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 86 (46.74%) Azure
2 47 (25.54%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (14.13%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.33%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (8.70%) Azure Storage
6 12 (6.52%) AWS
6 12 (6.52%) OCI
7 10 (5.43%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.35%) IaaS
9 6 (3.26%) GCP
10 5 (2.72%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.17%) Google Workspace
11 4 (2.17%) Nutanix
12 2 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.09%) PaaS
13 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.54%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 83 (45.11%) DNS
2 75 (40.76%) DHCP
3 61 (33.15%) Firewall
4 33 (17.93%) SAN
5 14 (7.61%) SNMP
6 10 (5.43%) VPN
7 9 (4.89%) TCP/IP
8 8 (4.35%) Wireless
9 6 (3.26%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (3.26%) NetScaler
10 5 (2.72%) BIG-IP
10 5 (2.72%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (2.72%) Extranet
10 5 (2.72%) Internet
10 5 (2.72%) Network Security
10 5 (2.72%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.63%) BGP
11 3 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.09%) IPv4
13 1 (0.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
1 8 (4.35%) Redis
2 7 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.72%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Chocolatey
2 1 (0.54%) Git
2 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
General
1 65 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.85%) Finance
3 23 (12.50%) Legal
4 18 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (7.07%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (7.07%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (6.52%) Aerospace
7 8 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.35%) Retail
8 7 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.72%) Law
9 5 (2.72%) Local Government
9 5 (2.72%) Police
10 4 (2.17%) Automotive
11 2 (1.09%) Banking
12 1 (0.54%) Back Office
12 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (22.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (16.30%) Systems Engineer
3 24 (13.04%) Senior
4 22 (11.96%) Administrator
5 18 (9.78%) Windows Engineer
6 14 (7.61%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (7.61%) Active Directory Support
6 14 (7.61%) Azure Specialist
6 14 (7.61%) IT Engineer
6 14 (7.61%) Support Specialist
6 14 (7.61%) Windows Systems Engineer
7 13 (7.07%) Project Manager
7 13 (7.07%) ServiceNow Administrator
8 11 (5.98%) 3rd Line Support
8 11 (5.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.98%) Technical Engineer
9 10 (5.43%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.43%) VMware Engineer
10 8 (4.35%) PowerShell Engineer
10 8 (4.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.70%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.72%) Middleware
3 3 (1.63%) .NET
3 3 (1.63%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.54%) Web Services
4 1 (0.54%) XML
4 1 (0.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (20.11%) Data Centre
2 20 (10.87%) PKI
3 19 (10.33%) Replication
4 18 (9.78%) CMDB
5 16 (8.70%) Clustering
6 15 (8.15%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (7.07%) Digital Signage
8 9 (4.89%) Public Cloud
9 7 (3.80%) Management Information System
10 6 (3.26%) AS400
10 6 (3.26%) IoT
11 4 (2.17%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.63%) Virtual Team
13 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
14 1 (0.54%) Blackberry
14 1 (0.54%) EPoS
14 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
14 1 (0.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 142 (77.17%) Windows
2 105 (57.07%) Windows Server
3 70 (38.04%) Linux
4 39 (21.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (20.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (13.59%) Windows 10
7 21 (11.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (8.70%) Windows XP
9 7 (3.80%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (2.72%) Windows 7
11 5 (2.72%) Windows 8
12 4 (2.17%) Windows 2000
12 4 (2.17%) Windows NT
12 4 (2.17%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (1.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (38.59%) ITIL
2 51 (27.72%) Service Management
3 47 (25.54%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (23.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 35 (19.02%) Agile
6 33 (17.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (14.13%) Performance Tuning
8 23 (12.50%) ITSM
8 23 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 22 (11.96%) High Availability
10 21 (11.41%) Release Management
11 20 (10.87%) DevOps
11 20 (10.87%) Proactive Monitoring
11 20 (10.87%) Project Management
12 19 (10.33%) Configuration Management
12 19 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (9.78%) Identity Management
13 18 (9.78%) Server Management
14 17 (9.24%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 16 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 58 (31.52%) PowerShell
2 38 (20.65%) SQL
3 14 (7.61%) Bicep
3 14 (7.61%) C#
3 14 (7.61%) VB
3 14 (7.61%) VBScript
4 13 (7.07%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.43%) RPG
6 6 (3.26%) Python
7 3 (1.63%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.54%) Bash
8 1 (0.54%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 85 (46.20%) Security Cleared
2 66 (35.87%) DV Cleared
3 63 (34.24%) SC Cleared
4 48 (26.09%) Degree
5 23 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (10.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (7.61%) CCNA
7 14 (7.61%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (6.52%) CCNP
9 11 (5.98%) Azure Certification
10 9 (4.89%) MCSE
11 8 (4.35%) MCSA
12 7 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (2.72%) CISSP
13 5 (2.72%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (2.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (2.17%) DBS Check
15 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.43%) SLA
2 7 (3.80%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (1.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 122 (66.30%) Active Directory
2 66 (35.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (26.63%) Hyper-V
4 30 (16.30%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (12.50%) Firmware
6 22 (11.96%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (9.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (5.43%) VMware Workstation
9 9 (4.89%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (3.26%) vSphere
11 5 (2.72%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (2.17%) Terminal Services
13 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (1.63%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.54%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 78 (42.39%) SCCM
2 50 (27.17%) WSUS
3 28 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (10.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (10.87%) NetBackup
5 19 (10.33%) Kubernetes
6 14 (7.61%) vCenter Server
7 12 (6.52%) EMC NetWorker
8 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 9 (4.89%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (3.80%) Ansible
11 5 (2.72%) Grafana
11 5 (2.72%) Prometheus
11 5 (2.72%) SCOrch
11 5 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (2.17%) FortiGate
12 4 (2.17%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (1.63%) Cisco Prime
13 3 (1.63%) Nagios
Vendors
1 137 (74.46%) Microsoft
2 78 (42.39%) VMware
3 36 (19.57%) Dynatrace
4 34 (18.48%) HP
5 29 (15.76%) Veeam
6 27 (14.67%) Cisco
7 26 (14.13%) Dell
8 24 (13.04%) Oracle
9 22 (11.96%) SolarWinds
10 20 (10.87%) ServiceNow
11 19 (10.33%) Citrix
12 18 (9.78%) NetApp
13 14 (7.61%) 3PAR
14 13 (7.07%) Riverbed
15 12 (6.52%) EMC
15 12 (6.52%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (6.52%) Juniper
15 12 (6.52%) Palo Alto
15 12 (6.52%) Symantec
16 11 (5.98%) McAfee