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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 710 783
Rank change year-on-year +59 +73 +205
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 41 186 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.82% 1.86% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 32 121 140
10th Percentile £32,611 £31,250 £32,200
25th Percentile £47,917 £34,000 £35,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +4.40%
75th Percentile £71,250 £59,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £62,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,306 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% +25.00% -10.36%

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 4,978 10,017 15,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.57% 10.17% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,344 7,239 9,373
10th Percentile £37,075 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,150 £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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +35 39 £52,500 - 19
UK excluding London +68 22 £48,306 -3.39% 17
London +105 17 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Work from Home +124 14 £48,306 -7.99% 8
Midlands +70 8 £59,500 +19.00% 8
North of England +57 8 £48,306 +49.79% 7
West Midlands +45 5 - - 4
North West - 5 £48,306 - 3
East of England +54 3 £34,377 -19.11%
Yorkshire +46 3 £65,000 +101.55% 4
East Midlands +43 3 £59,500 +22.05% 4
South East +24 3 £31,500 -40.00% 2

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 (26.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.88%) IIS
3 2 (4.88%) Skype for Business
4 1 (2.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 25 (60.98%) Azure
2 15 (36.59%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (29.27%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) SaaS
5 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
5 4 (9.76%) PaaS
6 3 (7.32%) IaaS
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.88%) GitHub
7 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.88%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (56.10%) DHCP
1 23 (56.10%) DNS
2 13 (31.71%) TCP/IP
3 11 (26.83%) LAN
3 11 (26.83%) WAN
4 9 (21.95%) Firewall
5 5 (12.20%) SAN
6 3 (7.32%) Network Security
7 2 (4.88%) NetScaler
7 2 (4.88%) Skype
7 2 (4.88%) VoIP
7 2 (4.88%) VPN
8 1 (2.44%) Internet
8 1 (2.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.83%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (34.15%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
2 11 (26.83%) Banking
3 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Law
5 3 (7.32%) Legal
6 2 (4.88%) Advertising
7 1 (2.44%) Games
7 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Senior
2 9 (21.95%) Wintel Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) IT Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Lead
7 2 (4.88%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior IT Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (4.88%) YAML
2 1 (2.44%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Client/Server
1 4 (9.76%) Clustering
2 3 (7.32%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (87.80%) Windows
2 30 (73.17%) Windows Server
3 14 (34.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (29.27%) Linux
4 12 (29.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (26.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (14.63%) Windows 10
7 4 (9.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (4.88%) SUSE
8 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (2.44%) Android
9 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) ITIL
2 17 (41.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (31.71%) Artificial Intelligence
4 12 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (26.83%) Patch Management
5 11 (26.83%) Root Cause Analysis
6 10 (24.39%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (24.39%) Incident Management
7 9 (21.95%) Batch Scripting
7 9 (21.95%) Cost Optimisation
7 9 (21.95%) Process Improvement
8 8 (19.51%) Customer Service
8 8 (19.51%) ITSM
9 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (12.20%) High Availability
11 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Culture
11 4 (9.76%) Machine Learning
11 4 (9.76%) Performance Tuning
11 4 (9.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 26 (63.41%) PowerShell
2 9 (21.95%) Python
3 8 (19.51%) SQL
4 6 (14.63%) Bash
5 2 (4.88%) Perl
6 1 (2.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (24.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (21.95%) Azure Certification
3 9 (21.95%) MCSE
4 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
5 6 (14.63%) Degree
6 5 (12.20%) DV Cleared
7 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
8 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (29.27%) SLA
2 4 (9.76%) GDPR
3 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (65.85%) Active Directory
2 24 (58.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (51.22%) Hyper-V
4 5 (12.20%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.88%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (4.88%) vSphere
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (85.37%) SCCM
2 18 (43.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (21.95%) NetBackup
4 6 (14.63%) SCOrch
5 4 (9.76%) Ansible
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (9.76%) SCSM
5 4 (9.76%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (9.76%) vCenter Server
6 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Progress Chef
6 2 (4.88%) Puppet
6 2 (4.88%) WSUS
7 1 (2.44%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (2.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 37 (90.24%) Microsoft
2 27 (65.85%) VMware
3 14 (34.15%) SolarWinds
4 12 (29.27%) ServiceNow
4 12 (29.27%) Veeam
5 9 (21.95%) Cisco
6 8 (19.51%) Citrix
7 4 (9.76%) Aruba
7 4 (9.76%) Red Hat
8 3 (7.32%) CheckPoint
8 3 (7.32%) iManage
8 3 (7.32%) NetMotion Wireless
9 2 (4.88%) Ab Initio
9 2 (4.88%) arcserve
9 2 (4.88%) ArcSight
9 2 (4.88%) Bloomberg
9 2 (4.88%) FactSet
9 2 (4.88%) Linksys
9 2 (4.88%) Refinitiv
9 2 (4.88%) Splunk