SCOM Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring SCOM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 83 63
Rank change year-on-year - -20 +27
Contract jobs citing SCOM 0 8 20
As % of all contract jobs in Reading - 0.74% 1.94%
As % of the Systems Management category - 6.56% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 17
10th Percentile - - £461
25th Percentile - £603 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £605 £610
Median % change year-on-year - -0.82% +13.49%
75th Percentile - £608 £615
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - £605 £610
% change year-on-year - -0.82% +13.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £49.73

All Systems Management Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 117 122 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 16.60% 11.21% 14.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 85 129
10th Percentile £255 £400 £205
25th Percentile £401 £475 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £648 £700 £699
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £518 £488
% change year-on-year -8.21% +6.15% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £58.00 - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £83.00 - -
90th Percentile £84.80 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.44 - £49.73
% change year-on-year - - -9.58%

SCOM
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

SCOM job vacancy trend in Reading

SCOM
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SCOM

SCOM
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SCOM