SCOM Job Trends in London

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SCOM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 412 451
Rank change year-on-year +22 +39 +187
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 7 14 23
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.045% 0.094% 0.11%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.42% 0.56% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 17
10th Percentile £35,500 £62,773 -
25th Percentile £38,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £66,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,700 £81,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £53,930 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.92% +13.54% -5.00%

All Systems Management Skills
London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,660 2,507 3,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.62% 16.79% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 1,632 2,595
10th Percentile £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £64,509 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +6.45% -3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £123,750 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.41%

SCOM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SCOM job vacancy trend in London

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Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SCOM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SCOM

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCOM in London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SCOM in London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
1 6 (85.71%) IaaS
1 6 (85.71%) PaaS
2 5 (71.43%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (57.14%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
1 5 (71.43%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) NAS
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Azure Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 1 (14.29%) Clustering
3 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (57.14%) Log Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 5 (71.43%) Bicep
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Azure Certification
3 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) Hyper-V
3 4 (57.14%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Terraform
2 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam