SCOM Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring SCOM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 74 78
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing SCOM 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.66% 0.12% 0.096%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.26% 1.47% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £153 - -
25th Percentile £203 £775 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £800 £413
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% +93.94% -21.99%
75th Percentile £443 £825 £419
90th Percentile £507 - -
South West median daily rate £488 £800 £531
% change year-on-year -39.06% +50.59% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £119.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £119.00 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Bristol

SCOM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 95 68 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 12.45% 7.83% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 46 91
10th Percentile £235 £356 £325
25th Percentile £433 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £675
90th Percentile £687 £644 £700
South West median daily rate £540 £550 £554
% change year-on-year -1.82% -0.68% +0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £18.22 - £18.08
25th Percentile £18.87 - £32.38
Median hourly rate £75.00 £74.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +2.07% +25.00%
75th Percentile £80.00 £74.44 £76.25
90th Percentile £103.40 - £78.13
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £74.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year -18.92% -5.13% +73.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SCOM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SCOM job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SCOM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SCOM

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCOM in Bristol over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCOM in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SCOM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SCOM

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Skype
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (40.00%) System Design Authority
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 4 (80.00%) API Design
2 4 (80.00%) API Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) DevSecOps
2 4 (80.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (80.00%) OCR
2 4 (80.00%) Software Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (20.00%) AI
5 1 (20.00%) Image Processing
5 1 (20.00%) Observability
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Cilium
2 1 (20.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) NVIDIA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow