SCOM Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SCOM skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 85 90
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +37
Contract jobs citing SCOM 1 11 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.078% 0.73% 1.23%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.64% 9.09% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 19
10th Percentile - £530 £413
25th Percentile £613 £538 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £563 £681
90th Percentile - £570 £855
England median daily rate £463 £550 £480
% change year-on-year -15.91% +14.58% +4.07%

All Systems Management Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 157 121 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.20% 8.01% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 77 152
10th Percentile £213 £220 £273
25th Percentile £406 £325 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £639
90th Percentile £691 £581 £700
England median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.43% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 17
10th Percentile £53.74 £32.00 -
25th Percentile £61.06 £35.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £66.50 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.25% -18.37% -32.88%
75th Percentile £67.00 £45.00 £73.75
90th Percentile - £48.00 £76.00
England median hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.50% -23.81% +119.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing SCOM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for SCOM in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SCOM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SCOM

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SCOM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SCOM

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire 0 1 £625 +13.64%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory