The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 17 May 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 Merseyside 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank 28 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.957% 1.154% -
As % of the Systems Management category 25.00% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £262 £240
% change year-on-year
+0.09% +9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £16.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-10.93% -15.78%
All Systems Management
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
8 27 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 3.828% 10.38% 8.171%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 12
Average daily rate £363 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £254 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £321 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.41 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West

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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft