City of London Systems Management Server (SMS) Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chertsey City of London County Antrim Croydon Devon East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Ely England Essex Exeter Guildford Hampshire High Wycombe Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Rochdale Rotherham Sandwich Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Wolverhampton Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	195	175
Rank change on same period last year	-20
Matching contract IT job ads	25	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.033 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	9.542 %	10.34 %
Daily rates quoted	14	7
Average minimum daily rate	£243	£296
Average daily rate	£261	£296
% change on same period last year	-11.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£280	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£283	£270
% change on same period last year	+4.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£25.75
Average hourly rate	£15.50	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-42.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.00	£28.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.01	£20.80
% change on same period last year	-3.78 %
Systems Management City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	262	232
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.345 %	0.246 %
Daily rates quoted	137	74
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£394
Average daily rate	£405	£415
% change on same period last year	-2.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£431	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£351
% change on same period last year	+4.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.56	£18.61
Average hourly rate	£26.94	£20.21
% change on same period last year	+33.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.31	£21.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.90	£26.29
% change on same period last year	-1.48 %
Systems Management Server (SMS) London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the City of London region.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the City of London region.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Systems Management Server (SMS) also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Systems Management Server (SMS).

1 35 (83.33 %) Windows 2 31 (73.81 %) Microsoft 3 29 (69.05 %) Active Directory 4 18 (42.86 %) Windows 2000 5 14 (33.33 %) MS Exchange 6 13 (30.95 %) Windows XP 6 13 (30.95 %) SQL Server 6 13 (30.95 %) Finance 7 12 (28.57 %) MS Office 8 11 (26.19 %) SQL Server 2000 9 10 (23.81 %) VMware 10 9 (21.43 %) Exchange Server 2003 11 8 (19.05 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 8 (19.05 %) Banking 11 8 (19.05 %) Remedy

11 8 (19.05 %) Lotus 11 8 (19.05 %) ITIL 11 8 (19.05 %) Lotus Notes 12 7 (16.67 %) SQL 12 7 (16.67 %) MS Excel 12 7 (16.67 %) Windows Server 2003 12 7 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2005 12 7 (16.67 %) SCCM 13 6 (14.29 %) Cisco 13 6 (14.29 %) VPN 13 6 (14.29 %) Blue Coat 13 6 (14.29 %) Blackberry 13 6 (14.29 %) MAILsweeper 14 5 (11.90 %) MSI 14 5 (11.90 %) VBScript

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Systems Management Server (SMS) also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Systems Management Server (SMS). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (9.524 %) .NET 2 2 (4.762 %) Application Packaging 3 1 (2.381 %) DCOM 3 1 (2.381 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 14 (33.33 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (21.43 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 8 (19.05 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 8 (19.05 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (2.381 %) IIS 4 1 (2.381 %) Rendezvous
Applications 1 12 (28.57 %) MS Office 2 7 (16.67 %) MS Excel 3 1 (2.381 %) MS Visio 3 1 (2.381 %) Acrobat 3 1 (2.381 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (2.381 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 6 (14.29 %) VPN 2 5 (11.90 %) TCP/IP 3 4 (9.524 %) DNS 3 4 (9.524 %) Internet 3 4 (9.524 %) Firewall 4 3 (7.143 %) SSL 4 3 (7.143 %) DHCP 4 3 (7.143 %) VoIP 5 2 (4.762 %) SAN 5 2 (4.762 %) Wireless 6 1 (2.381 %) VLAN 6 1 (2.381 %) Intranet 6 1 (2.381 %) WAN 6 1 (2.381 %) LDAP 6 1 (2.381 %) LAN 6 1 (2.381 %) PBX 6 1 (2.381 %) Kerberos 6 1 (2.381 %) WINS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (30.95 %) SQL Server 2 11 (26.19 %) SQL Server 2000 3 7 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (2.381 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 5 (11.90 %) MSI 2 1 (2.381 %) InstallShield	General 1 13 (30.95 %) Finance 2 8 (19.05 %) Banking 3 4 (9.524 %) Investment Banking 4 3 (7.143 %) Publishing 5 2 (4.762 %) Government 5 2 (4.762 %) Health 6 1 (2.381 %) Law 6 1 (2.381 %) Legal 6 1 (2.381 %) Retail 6 1 (2.381 %) Construction 6 1 (2.381 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 21 (50.00 %) Analyst 2 13 (30.95 %) Support Analyst 3 6 (14.29 %) Service Analyst 3 6 (14.29 %) Service Desk Analyst 4 4 (9.524 %) Network Analyst 4 4 (9.524 %) Network Support 4 4 (9.524 %) Network Support Analyst 5 3 (7.143 %) Support Specialist 5 3 (7.143 %) PC Support 5 3 (7.143 %) Service Manager 5 3 (7.143 %) Desktop Support 5 3 (7.143 %) Desktop Manager 6 2 (4.762 %) Helpdesk Support 6 2 (4.762 %) Design Engineer 6 2 (4.762 %) Desktop Analyst 6 2 (4.762 %) Consultant 7 1 (2.381 %) Systems Administrator 7 1 (2.381 %) Systems Engineer 7 1 (2.381 %) Support Technician 7 1 (2.381 %) IT Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 6 (14.29 %) Blackberry 2 1 (2.381 %) PDA 2 1 (2.381 %) Statistics 2 1 (2.381 %) French Language 2 1 (2.381 %) German Language 2 1 (2.381 %) Fund Management 2 1 (2.381 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 35 (83.33 %) Windows 2 18 (42.86 %) Windows 2000 3 13 (30.95 %) Windows XP 4 7 (16.67 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (9.524 %) Windows Vista 6 2 (4.762 %) Windows NT 6 2 (4.762 %) Unix	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (19.05 %) ITIL 2 4 (9.524 %) Service Delivery 3 2 (4.762 %) Migration 3 2 (4.762 %) Business Desktop Deployment 3 2 (4.762 %) Service Management 3 2 (4.762 %) Time Management 4 1 (2.381 %) Problem Management 4 1 (2.381 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (2.381 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (2.381 %) Incident Management 4 1 (2.381 %) Configuration Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (16.67 %) SQL 2 5 (11.90 %) VBScript 2 5 (11.90 %) VB 3 3 (7.143 %) VB.NET 4 1 (2.381 %) VBA 4 1 (2.381 %) C#	Qualifications 1 5 (11.90 %) MCSE 1 5 (11.90 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.381 %) CNA 2 1 (2.381 %) CNE 2 1 (2.381 %) Novell Certification 2 1 (2.381 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (2.381 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (2.381 %) MCP 2 1 (2.381 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.381 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 29 (69.05 %) Active Directory 2 5 (11.90 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 4 (9.524 %) VMware ESX 4 3 (7.143 %) VMware Server 5 1 (2.381 %) Terminal Server 5 1 (2.381 %) ISA Server 5 1 (2.381 %) VMware Workstation 5 1 (2.381 %) NetBackup 5 1 (2.381 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 7 (16.67 %) SCCM 2 6 (14.29 %) MAILsweeper 3 1 (2.381 %) DameWare 3 1 (2.381 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 31 (73.81 %) Microsoft 2 10 (23.81 %) VMware 3 8 (19.05 %) Remedy 3 8 (19.05 %) Lotus 4 6 (14.29 %) Cisco 4 6 (14.29 %) Blue Coat 5 5 (11.90 %) Citrix 6 4 (9.524 %) HP 6 4 (9.524 %) Altiris 6 4 (9.524 %) Sophos 7 3 (7.143 %) Nokia 7 3 (7.143 %) CheckPoint 7 3 (7.143 %) Avaya 7 3 (7.143 %) Juniper 8 2 (4.762 %) Reuters 8 2 (4.762 %) Bloomberg 9 1 (2.381 %) Symantec 9 1 (2.381 %) Novell 9 1 (2.381 %) VERITAS 9 1 (2.381 %) Dell