Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SCOM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCOM over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 648 711 789
Rank change year-on-year +63 +78 +187
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 39 185 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.77% 1.84% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 30 124 138
10th Percentile £32,412 £31,250 £32,200
25th Percentile £47,139 £34,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £47,515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.86% +4.43%
75th Percentile £73,750 £59,000 £57,188
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £65,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,306 £48,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +21.88% -11.11%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,033 10,029 15,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.75% 10.22% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,365 7,269 9,513
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £49,598 £45,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.64% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

SCOM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCOM.

Salary trend for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCOM over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCOM within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +42 37 £50,000 -4.76% 23
UK excluding London +67 20 £48,306 -0.91% 16
London +113 17 £70,000 +7.69% 8
Work from Home +90 12 £48,306 -7.99% 10
Midlands +60 8 £59,500 +19.00% 5
North of England +48 6 £48,306 +49.79% 6
West Midlands +63 5 - - 4
North West - 5 £48,306 - 2
East of England +59 3 £34,377 -19.11%
East Midlands +50 3 £59,500 +22.05% 1
South East +28 3 £31,500 -40.00% 4
Yorkshire +40 1 £31,250 -3.10% 4

SCOM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.13%) IIS
3 2 (5.13%) Skype for Business
4 1 (2.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 25 (64.10%) Azure
2 15 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (25.64%) AWS
4 5 (12.82%) SaaS
5 4 (10.26%) IaaS
5 4 (10.26%) PaaS
6 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (5.13%) GitHub
7 2 (5.13%) OneDrive
7 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (53.85%) DHCP
1 21 (53.85%) DNS
2 13 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 11 (28.21%) LAN
3 11 (28.21%) WAN
4 9 (23.08%) Firewall
5 5 (12.82%) SAN
6 2 (5.13%) Network Security
6 2 (5.13%) Skype
6 2 (5.13%) VoIP
7 1 (2.56%) Internet
7 1 (2.56%) NetScaler
7 1 (2.56%) VPN
7 1 (2.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.13%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (33.33%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Banking
3 8 (20.51%) Law
3 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Legal
5 2 (5.13%) Advertising
6 1 (2.56%) Games
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (23.08%) Wintel Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Senior
3 8 (20.51%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) IT Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Lead
6 2 (5.13%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (5.13%) YAML
2 1 (2.56%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Client/Server
1 4 (10.26%) Clustering
2 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 34 (87.18%) Windows
2 28 (71.79%) Windows Server
3 14 (35.90%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (28.21%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (28.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (23.08%) Linux
6 7 (17.95%) Windows 10
7 2 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (5.13%) SUSE
7 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (2.56%) Android
8 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) ITIL
2 15 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 11 (28.21%) Patch Management
4 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (28.21%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (25.64%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (25.64%) Incident Management
6 9 (23.08%) Batch Scripting
6 9 (23.08%) Cost Optimisation
6 9 (23.08%) Process Improvement
7 8 (20.51%) ITSM
8 7 (17.95%) Customer Service
9 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (12.82%) High Availability
11 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (10.26%) Document Management
11 4 (10.26%) IT Strategy
11 4 (10.26%) Machine Learning
11 4 (10.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (58.97%) PowerShell
2 8 (20.51%) SQL
3 7 (17.95%) Python
4 6 (15.38%) Bash
5 2 (5.13%) Perl
6 1 (2.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (25.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (23.08%) Azure Certification
3 9 (23.08%) MCSE
4 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
5 6 (15.38%) Degree
6 5 (12.82%) DV Cleared
7 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) SLA
2 4 (10.26%) GDPR
3 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (61.54%) Active Directory
1 24 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (46.15%) Hyper-V
3 4 (10.26%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (5.13%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (5.13%) vSphere
5 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (82.05%) SCCM
2 18 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (23.08%) NetBackup
4 6 (15.38%) SCOrch
5 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (10.26%) SCSM
6 3 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (7.69%) vCenter Server
7 2 (5.13%) Ansible
7 2 (5.13%) Progress Chef
7 2 (5.13%) Puppet
8 1 (2.56%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (2.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 35 (89.74%) Microsoft
2 27 (69.23%) VMware
3 15 (38.46%) SolarWinds
4 12 (30.77%) ServiceNow
5 11 (28.21%) Veeam
6 9 (23.08%) Cisco
7 8 (20.51%) Citrix
8 4 (10.26%) Aruba
8 4 (10.26%) CheckPoint
8 4 (10.26%) iManage
8 4 (10.26%) NetMotion Wireless
9 2 (5.13%) Ab Initio
9 2 (5.13%) arcserve
9 2 (5.13%) ArcSight
9 2 (5.13%) Avaya
9 2 (5.13%) Linksys
9 2 (5.13%) Red Hat
9 2 (5.13%) Splunk
10 1 (2.56%) Dell
10 1 (2.56%) NetApp