SCOM Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring SCOM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCOM over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 122 160
Rank change year-on-year -3 +38 +25
Contract jobs citing SCOM 2 14 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.091% 0.47% 0.031%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.63% 4.03% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 1
10th Percentile £515 £254 -
25th Percentile £518 £304 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £449 £338
Median % change year-on-year +18.10% +33.04% -35.10%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £356
90th Percentile £537 £543 -
England median daily rate £525 £538 £450
% change year-on-year -2.33% +19.44% -5.26%

All Systems Management Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 319 347 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.57% 11.75% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 263 291
10th Percentile £210 £213 £275
25th Percentile £359 £356 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £559 £575 £644
90th Percentile £648 £645 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -2.38% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 10
10th Percentile - £15.01 £18.08
25th Percentile - £22.95 £20.06
Median hourly rate £21.39 £25.77 £21.19
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +21.60% +17.71%
75th Percentile - £33.36 £23.38
90th Percentile - £61.00 £30.43
England median hourly rate £52.50 £31.00 £54.18
% change year-on-year +69.35% -42.78% +148.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SCOM in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCOM in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SCOM in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCOM in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SCOM in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
East Midlands -6 2 £530 +17.96% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Biometrics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware