The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 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 Milton Keynes 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank 50 61 51
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -10
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.771% 0.557% 0.505%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.250% 5.405% 8.824%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £175 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+142.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £262 £240
% change year-on-year
-4.67% +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
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
64 74 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 12.33% 10.31% 5.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 31 15
Average daily rate £288 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £169 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £333 £306
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £14.96 £47.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.50% +126.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
Systems Management Server (SMS)
Buckinghamshire

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
3 6 (66.67%) OpenView
3 6 (66.67%) HP
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) Sun
3 6 (66.67%) SAN
3 6 (66.67%) StorageTek
3 6 (66.67%) Firewall
3 6 (66.67%) VMware
3 6 (66.67%) Clustering
3 6 (66.67%) Cryptography
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle
3 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) NAS
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (55.56%) Windows NT
5 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
5 4 (44.44%) SCOM
5 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
5 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
5 4 (44.44%) XenApp
6 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
6 3 (33.33%) Lync
6 3 (33.33%) iSCSI
6 3 (33.33%) MCTS
6 3 (33.33%) QA

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (33.33%) SOAP
1 3 (33.33%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) Lync
3 2 (22.22%) IIS
3 2 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) SAN
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) NAS
2 3 (33.33%) iSCSI
2 3 (33.33%) Internet
2 3 (33.33%) SMTP
3 1 (11.11%) DHCP
3 1 (11.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Technical Architect
1 6 (66.67%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Server Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Server Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Clustering
1 6 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (22.22%) Thin Client
3 2 (22.22%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows NT
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (33.33%) UNIX
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) MCP
3 3 (33.33%) MCSE
3 3 (33.33%) CCSP
3 3 (33.33%) CCNA
3 3 (33.33%) ISEB
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (33.33%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
2 4 (44.44%) XenApp
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (22.22%) Terminal Services
4 2 (22.22%) ISA Server
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) OpenView
2 4 (44.44%) SCOM
3 2 (22.22%) BladeLogic
3 2 (22.22%) SCCM
4 1 (11.11%) MOM
4 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
2 6 (66.67%) StorageTek
2 6 (66.67%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Sun
2 6 (66.67%) HP