Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SCOM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCOM over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 772 993
Rank change year-on-year +54 +221 -295
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 183 208 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.85% 1.41% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 114 143 182
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,440 £26,450
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,400 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -9.55%
75th Percentile £59,000 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,153
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £44,623
% change year-on-year +25.00% -10.36% +1.42%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

SCOM is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,900 14,758 28,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.98% 14.61% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 9,159 14,065
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -3.65% +9.09%

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 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SCOM in the UK

SCOM
Top 15 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 10 May 2024. 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 +76 176 £52,500 +12.90% 17
UK excluding London -22 159 £50,000 +25.00% 18
Work from Home +74 89 £52,500 -2.78% 8
South East +40 88 £52,500 +31.25% 6
North of England +21 34 £32,625 +1.32% 1
Yorkshire +65 31 £32,250 +0.16%
London +105 23 £65,000 +20.76%
Midlands -7 21 £50,000 -4.76% 7
West Midlands - 11 £50,000 - 4
East Midlands -18 10 £48,750 -7.14% 3
East of England +6 6 £42,500 -26.09% 3
Wales - 5 £36,476 -
South West -39 4 £32,500 -17.28% 1
North East -5 3 £50,000 +10.50% 1
Scotland -58 1 - - 1

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 55 (30.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (15.85%) IIS
3 13 (7.10%) CMS
4 9 (4.92%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.55%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (10.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.55%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 85 (46.45%) Azure
2 47 (25.68%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (14.75%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.38%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (8.74%) Azure Storage
6 12 (6.56%) AWS
6 12 (6.56%) OCI
7 10 (5.46%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (4.92%) IaaS
9 6 (3.28%) GCP
10 5 (2.73%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.19%) Google Workspace
11 4 (2.19%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.64%) PaaS
13 2 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.55%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 82 (44.81%) DNS
2 74 (40.44%) DHCP
3 60 (32.79%) Firewall
4 33 (18.03%) SAN
5 13 (7.10%) SNMP
6 9 (4.92%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.92%) VPN
7 7 (3.83%) Wireless
8 6 (3.28%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (3.28%) NetScaler
9 5 (2.73%) BIG-IP
9 5 (2.73%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (2.73%) Extranet
9 5 (2.73%) Internet
9 5 (2.73%) Network Security
9 5 (2.73%) Unified Communications
10 3 (1.64%) BGP
10 3 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.09%) IPv4
12 1 (0.55%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.37%) Elasticsearch
1 8 (4.37%) Redis
2 7 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.73%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Chocolatey
2 1 (0.55%) Git
2 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
General
1 65 (35.52%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.94%) Finance
3 24 (13.11%) Legal
4 18 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (7.10%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (7.10%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (6.56%) Aerospace
7 8 (4.37%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.37%) Retail
8 7 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.28%) Law
10 5 (2.73%) Local Government
10 5 (2.73%) Police
11 4 (2.19%) Automotive
12 2 (1.09%) Back Office
12 2 (1.09%) Banking
13 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (21.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (16.39%) Systems Engineer
3 24 (13.11%) Senior
4 22 (12.02%) Administrator
5 17 (9.29%) Windows Engineer
6 14 (7.65%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (7.65%) Active Directory Support
6 14 (7.65%) Azure Specialist
6 14 (7.65%) IT Engineer
6 14 (7.65%) Support Specialist
7 13 (7.10%) Project Manager
7 13 (7.10%) ServiceNow Administrator
7 13 (7.10%) Windows Systems Engineer
8 11 (6.01%) 3rd Line Support
8 11 (6.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (6.01%) Technical Engineer
9 10 (5.46%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.46%) VMware Engineer
10 8 (4.37%) PowerShell Engineer
10 8 (4.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.74%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.73%) Middleware
3 3 (1.64%) .NET
3 3 (1.64%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.55%) Web Services
4 1 (0.55%) XML
4 1 (0.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (20.22%) Data Centre
2 21 (11.48%) PKI
3 19 (10.38%) Replication
4 17 (9.29%) CMDB
5 16 (8.74%) Clustering
6 15 (8.20%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (7.10%) Digital Signage
8 9 (4.92%) Public Cloud
9 7 (3.83%) Management Information System
10 6 (3.28%) AS400
10 6 (3.28%) IoT
11 4 (2.19%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.64%) Virtual Team
13 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
14 1 (0.55%) Blackberry
14 1 (0.55%) EPoS
14 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
14 1 (0.55%) Operational Technology
14 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 142 (77.60%) Windows
2 104 (56.83%) Windows Server
3 71 (38.80%) Linux
4 39 (21.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (20.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (14.21%) Windows 10
7 20 (10.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (8.74%) Windows XP
9 7 (3.83%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (2.73%) Windows 7
11 5 (2.73%) Windows 8
12 4 (2.19%) Unix
12 4 (2.19%) Windows 2000
12 4 (2.19%) Windows NT
12 4 (2.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (38.80%) ITIL
2 51 (27.87%) Service Management
3 46 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (23.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (18.58%) Agile
6 32 (17.49%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (14.21%) Performance Tuning
8 23 (12.57%) ITSM
8 23 (12.57%) Mentoring
9 22 (12.02%) Release Management
10 21 (11.48%) High Availability
11 20 (10.93%) DevOps
11 20 (10.93%) Proactive Monitoring
11 20 (10.93%) Project Management
12 19 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (10.38%) Server Management
13 18 (9.84%) Configuration Management
13 18 (9.84%) Identity Management
14 17 (9.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 16 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 59 (32.24%) PowerShell
2 38 (20.77%) SQL
3 14 (7.65%) Bicep
3 14 (7.65%) C#
3 14 (7.65%) VB
3 14 (7.65%) VBScript
4 13 (7.10%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.46%) RPG
6 6 (3.28%) Python
7 3 (1.64%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.55%) Bash
8 1 (0.55%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 83 (45.36%) Security Cleared
2 64 (34.97%) DV Cleared
3 61 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 49 (26.78%) Degree
5 24 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (10.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (7.65%) CCNA
7 14 (7.65%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (6.56%) CCNP
9 11 (6.01%) Azure Certification
10 10 (5.46%) MCSE
11 9 (4.92%) MCSA
12 7 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (3.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (2.73%) CISSP
14 5 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (2.19%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
16 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.92%) SLA
2 7 (3.83%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (1.09%) GDPR
4 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 121 (66.12%) Active Directory
2 66 (36.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (26.23%) Hyper-V
4 31 (16.94%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (12.57%) Firmware
6 21 (11.48%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (9.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (5.46%) VMware Workstation
9 9 (4.92%) Forefront TMG
10 7 (3.83%) vSphere
11 5 (2.73%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (2.19%) Terminal Services
13 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (1.64%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.55%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.55%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 78 (42.62%) SCCM
2 50 (27.32%) WSUS
3 27 (14.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (10.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (10.93%) NetBackup
5 19 (10.38%) Kubernetes
6 15 (8.20%) vCenter Server
7 12 (6.56%) EMC NetWorker
8 9 (4.92%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 8 (4.37%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (3.83%) Ansible
11 6 (3.28%) SCOrch
11 6 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (2.73%) Grafana
12 5 (2.73%) Prometheus
13 4 (2.19%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Clustering
14 3 (1.64%) Cisco Prime
14 3 (1.64%) FortiGate
14 3 (1.64%) Nagios
Vendors
1 135 (73.77%) Microsoft
2 78 (42.62%) VMware
3 35 (19.13%) Dynatrace
4 34 (18.58%) HP
5 28 (15.30%) Veeam
6 26 (14.21%) Cisco
6 26 (14.21%) Dell
7 25 (13.66%) Oracle
8 21 (11.48%) ServiceNow
8 21 (11.48%) SolarWinds
9 18 (9.84%) Citrix
9 18 (9.84%) NetApp
10 14 (7.65%) 3PAR
11 13 (7.10%) Riverbed
12 12 (6.56%) EMC
12 12 (6.56%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (6.56%) Juniper
12 12 (6.56%) Palo Alto
12 12 (6.56%) Symantec
13 11 (6.01%) IBM