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 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 97 88 94
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +27
Contract jobs citing SCOM 1 10 22
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.072% 0.69% 1.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.56% 6.99% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 21
10th Percentile - £530 £420
25th Percentile £613 £538 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £638 £563 £825
90th Percentile - £570 £869
England median daily rate £463 £550 £480
% change year-on-year -15.91% +14.58% -3.03%

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 178 143 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.83% 9.91% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 90 142
10th Percentile £203 £239 £273
25th Percentile £402 £318 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.67%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £609
90th Percentile £644 £583 £723
England median daily rate £504 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.05% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 22
10th Percentile £21.29 £32.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £33.23 £35.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £63.50 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.75% -18.37% -32.88%
75th Percentile £67.00 £45.00 £73.75
90th Percentile - £48.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £34.00 £36.83 £52.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% -29.84% +119.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SCOM job vacancy trend 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 16 October 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 -5 1 £625 +13.64%
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

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