SCOM Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
England > South West

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 - 272
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 3 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.041% - 0.10%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.82% - 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £44,625
25th Percentile £57,500 - £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £63,875
90th Percentile - - £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +7.89%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 365 284 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.98% 10.70% 11.12%
Number of salaries quoted 261 209 780
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,443 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +9.41% -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

SCOM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SCOM job vacancy trend in the South West

SCOM
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SCOM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SCOM

SCOM
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £60,000 - 1
SCOM
England

SCOM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 3 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft