SCOM Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 229 251
Rank change year-on-year -59 +22 -27
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 1 5 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.006% 0.089% 0.34%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.25% 1.19% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 19
10th Percentile - - £43,000
25th Percentile - - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £41,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - -21.15% +9.47%
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.76% -3.81% +22.32%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 403 421 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.56% 7.46% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 298 250 255
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,200 £31,350
25th Percentile £39,813 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SCOM job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SCOM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SCOM

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -30 1 - -
SCOM
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft