The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 23 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 Oxfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank 47 56 43
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -13
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.222% 0.161% 1.078%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.695% 4.762% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £250 £165
% change year-on-year
-5.81% +51.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -29.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -18.42%
All Systems Management
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
59 21 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 13.08% 3.376% 8.190%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 7 12
Average daily rate £320 £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +75.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £163 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £575 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% +1.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £14.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £20.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft