The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank - 56 55
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 0 5 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.480% 1.297%
As % of the Systems Management category - 6.024% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Average daily rate - £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +10.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £190 £175
% change year-on-year
+15.78% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -16.21%
All Systems Management
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
67 83 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 7.275% 7.965% 8.619%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 36 28
Average daily rate £338 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £215 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
Systems Management Server (SMS)
Scotland

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Edinburgh Systems Management Server (SMS) Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Systems Management Server (SMS) Daily Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Terminal Services
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) VBScript
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 2000
2 2 (66.67%) WMI
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) DFS Replication
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) XenServer
3 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) SCOM
3 1 (33.33%) MS Access
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Tivoli
3 1 (33.33%) Perl

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Support Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Support
3 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 2000
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 2 (66.67%) VBScript
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Perl
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Terminal Services
2 2 (66.67%) DFS Replication
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) XenServer
3 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) WMI
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) SCOM
2 1 (33.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix