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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank303347
Rank change on same period last yearUp+44
Matching contract IT job ads256348
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.411 %0.374 %
As % of the category below13.06 %11.31 %
Daily rates quoted7788
Average minimum daily rate£256£240
Average daily rate£268£257
% change on same period last year+4.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£281£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£221£232
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
Hourly rates quoted5076
Average minimum hourly rate£21.66£18.95
Average hourly rate£22.77£20.00
% change on same period last year+13.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.88£21.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.63£20.87
% change on same period last year+8.44 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
UK
Matching contract IT job ads19603077
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.149 %3.304 %
Daily rates quoted653826
Average minimum daily rate£334£350
Average daily rate£350£370
% change on same period last year-5.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£346
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Hourly rates quoted278432
Average minimum hourly rate£24.93£24.63
Average hourly rate£26.60£25.87
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.26£27.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.87£27.20
% change on same period last year+2.45 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Demand Trend

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) within the UK.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Daily Rate Trend

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) within the UK over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Daily Rate Histogram

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) within the UK.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the UK over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the UK over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+25232£267+4.27 %
LondonUp+70105£325+7.47 %
South EastUp+3542£308-8.25 %
East of EnglandUp+4140£125+14.32 %
EssexUp+1528£125+14.32 %
City of LondonUp+422£375+40.84 %
BuckinghamshireUp+916£256+11.43 %
ScotlandUp+3215£295+4.92 %
West MidlandsUp+1415£200-43.12 %
YorkshireUp+3411£326-15.91 %
East MidlandsUp+710£278-1.47 %
West YorkshireUp+99£331-14.51 %
HampshireUp+149£315-16.00 %
WolverhamptonNew entry-9--
BerkshireUp+148£425-
LeedsUp+28£331-14.51 %
WalesNew entry-8--
North WestUp+66£288+180.48 %
High WycombeNew entry-6--
NorwichNew entry-6--
NorfolkNew entry-6--
CambridgeshireNew entry-5--
EdinburghUp+215£300+6.70 %
Milton KeynesDown-104£290+26.25 %
SurreyUp+324£413+79.34 %
DerbyshireUp+113£278-
PortsmouthDown-23£288-
ManchesterDown-33£288-
DerbyNew entry-3£278-
GlasgowUp+153£170-

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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).

1394 (76.65 %)Microsoft
2389 (75.68 %)Windows
3285 (55.45 %)Active Directory
4192 (37.35 %)Windows Server 2003
5153 (29.77 %)Windows 2000
6150 (29.18 %)Microsoft Certification
7143 (27.82 %)MS Exchange
8131 (25.49 %)Windows XP
9129 (25.10 %)MS Office
10127 (24.71 %)MS Excel
11104 (20.23 %)MCSE
1297 (18.87 %)Citrix
1380 (15.56 %)VMware
1479 (15.37 %)SQL Server
1572 (14.01 %)MOM
1671 (13.81 %)SQL
1764 (12.45 %)Exchange Server 2003
1860 (11.67 %)SCCM
1954 (10.51 %)DNS
2053 (10.31 %)ITIL
2150 (9.728 %)Windows Vista
2248 (9.339 %)VMware Infrastructure
2344 (8.560 %)Migration
2344 (8.560 %)MCP
2443 (8.366 %)HP
2541 (7.977 %)Exchange Server 2000
2637 (7.198 %)Security Cleared
2736 (7.004 %)SAN
2835 (6.809 %)Exchange Server 2007
2835 (6.809 %)Windows 2000 Server

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

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (3.113 %)Application Packaging
27 (1.362 %)Software Packaging
27 (1.362 %)WebServices
36 (1.167 %).NET
44 (0.778 %)Middleware
53 (0.584 %).NET Framework
62 (0.389 %).NET Remoting
62 (0.389 %)WCF
62 (0.389 %)WSH
62 (0.389 %)J2ME
71 (0.195 %)WAP
71 (0.195 %)COM
71 (0.195 %)XML
71 (0.195 %)XSLT
71 (0.195 %)ODBC
71 (0.195 %)HTML
71 (0.195 %)Windows SharePoint Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1143 (27.82 %)MS Exchange
264 (12.45 %)Exchange Server 2003
341 (7.977 %)Exchange Server 2000
435 (6.809 %)Exchange Server 2007
534 (6.615 %)SharePoint
624 (4.669 %)IIS
718 (3.502 %)Lotus Notes
815 (2.918 %)GroupWise
97 (1.362 %)Exchange Server 5.5
106 (1.167 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
113 (0.584 %)Apache
113 (0.584 %)Rendezvous
122 (0.389 %)SharePoint Server 2007
122 (0.389 %)Lotus Domino
131 (0.195 %)Live Communications Server
131 (0.195 %)SAS
131 (0.195 %)Office Communications Server
131 (0.195 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1129 (25.10 %)MS Office
2127 (24.71 %)MS Excel
35 (0.973 %)MS Project
43 (0.584 %)MS Visio
43 (0.584 %)Acrobat
51 (0.195 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (2.918 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.195 %)Summit
21 (0.195 %)Remedy AR System
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (10.51 %)DNS
236 (7.004 %)SAN
332 (6.226 %)DHCP
428 (5.447 %)Internet
428 (5.447 %)Firewall
527 (5.253 %)TCP/IP
617 (3.307 %)WAN
716 (3.113 %)LAN
813 (2.529 %)VPN
98 (1.556 %)Intranet
106 (1.167 %)SSL
106 (1.167 %)Wireless
106 (1.167 %)VoIP
115 (0.973 %)LDAP
115 (0.973 %)ISDN
124 (0.778 %)3G
133 (0.584 %)ADSL
133 (0.584 %)Kerberos
142 (0.389 %)SNA
142 (0.389 %)IMAP4
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
179 (15.37 %)SQL Server
218 (3.502 %)SQL Server 2005
312 (2.335 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (0.584 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (0.389 %)RDBMS
61 (0.195 %)SQL Server 7
61 (0.195 %)EDRMS
61 (0.195 %)Informix
61 (0.195 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.195 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.195 %)Oracle Discoverer
61 (0.195 %)NonStop SQL
61 (0.195 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.195 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (6.031 %)MSI
218 (3.502 %)InstallShield
33 (0.584 %)AdminStudio
33 (0.584 %)TestDirector
42 (0.389 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.195 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.195 %)Rational Rose
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
134 (6.615 %)Finance
229 (5.642 %)Government
328 (5.447 %)Banking
416 (3.113 %)Investment Banking
515 (2.918 %)Back Office
610 (1.946 %)Legal
78 (1.556 %)Health
87 (1.362 %)Law
96 (1.167 %)Telecoms
96 (1.167 %)Pharmaceutical
96 (1.167 %)Auditing
105 (0.973 %)Retail
114 (0.778 %)Manufacturing
114 (0.778 %)Local Government
123 (0.584 %)Music
131 (0.195 %)Retail Banking
131 (0.195 %)Front Office
131 (0.195 %)Aerospace
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1122 (23.74 %)Analyst
263 (12.26 %)Support Analyst
355 (10.70 %)Desktop Support
452 (10.12 %)Support Engineer
539 (7.588 %)Consultant
637 (7.198 %)Desktop Engineer
732 (6.226 %)Applications Packager
828 (5.447 %)3rd Line Support
926 (5.058 %)Server Support
1025 (4.864 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1122 (4.280 %)Server Engineer
1221 (4.086 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1318 (3.502 %)2nd Line Support
1417 (3.307 %)Technical Consultant
1516 (3.113 %)Administrator
1516 (3.113 %)Desktop Analyst
1613 (2.529 %)PC Support
1613 (2.529 %)Technical Specialist
1613 (2.529 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1711 (2.140 %)Helpdesk Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (4.280 %)Blackberry
220 (3.891 %)NHS
220 (3.891 %)Clustering
313 (2.529 %)Client/Server
313 (2.529 %)French Language
46 (1.167 %)PACS
55 (0.973 %)Thin Client
55 (0.973 %)Fat Client
64 (0.778 %)CLARiiON
73 (0.584 %)PDA
82 (0.389 %)German Language
82 (0.389 %)Cryptography
82 (0.389 %)Java Card
91 (0.195 %)Celerra
91 (0.195 %)Video Conferencing
91 (0.195 %)Management Information System
91 (0.195 %)Handset
91 (0.195 %)Pocket PC
91 (0.195 %)HACMP
91 (0.195 %)EPoS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1389 (75.68 %)Windows
2192 (37.35 %)Windows Server 2003
3153 (29.77 %)Windows 2000
4131 (25.49 %)Windows XP
550 (9.728 %)Windows Vista
635 (6.809 %)Windows 2000 Server
726 (5.058 %)UNIX
818 (3.502 %)Windows NT
916 (3.113 %)Solaris
1014 (2.724 %)Windows Server 2008
1110 (1.946 %)NetWare
125 (0.973 %)Linux
133 (0.584 %)Red Hat Linux
141 (0.195 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
141 (0.195 %)Windows Mobile
141 (0.195 %)AIX
141 (0.195 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
153 (10.31 %)ITIL
244 (8.560 %)Migration
337 (7.198 %)Security Cleared
420 (3.891 %)SC Cleared
519 (3.696 %)Project Management
614 (2.724 %)Configuration Management
614 (2.724 %)Time Management
713 (2.529 %)Disaster Recovery
88 (1.556 %)Service Management
88 (1.556 %)PRINCE2
88 (1.556 %)Business Desktop Deployment
97 (1.362 %)Technical Architecture
97 (1.362 %)Operations Management
106 (1.167 %)Workflow
115 (0.973 %)Service Delivery
115 (0.973 %)DRM
115 (0.973 %)Release Management
115 (0.973 %)CTC Cleared
124 (0.778 %)DV Cleared
124 (0.778 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
171 (13.81 %)SQL
227 (5.253 %)VBScript
319 (3.696 %)VB
410 (1.946 %)Java
57 (1.362 %)Perl
57 (1.362 %)C
66 (1.167 %)Transact-SQL
75 (0.973 %)C#
75 (0.973 %)C++
83 (0.584 %)PL/SQL
83 (0.584 %)Shell Script
91 (0.195 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1150 (29.18 %)Microsoft Certification
2104 (20.23 %)MCSE
344 (8.560 %)MCP
428 (5.447 %)MCSA
511 (2.140 %)Degree
67 (1.362 %)Cisco Certification
76 (1.167 %)CCNA
76 (1.167 %)Citrix Certification
85 (0.973 %)CCEA
85 (0.973 %)MCDST
94 (0.778 %)MCTS
94 (0.778 %)PRINCE2 Certification
103 (0.584 %)ISEB
112 (0.389 %)CCNP
112 (0.389 %)A+ Certification
112 (0.389 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
121 (0.195 %)Network+ Certification
121 (0.195 %)CNE
121 (0.195 %)Novell Certification
121 (0.195 %)HNC
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.362 %)SLA
24 (0.778 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1285 (55.45 %)Active Directory
248 (9.339 %)VMware Infrastructure
322 (4.280 %)Terminal Server
420 (3.891 %)ISA Server
519 (3.696 %)VMware ESX
614 (2.724 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
614 (2.724 %)Citrix Presentation Server
713 (2.529 %)NDS
86 (1.167 %)Terminal Services
86 (1.167 %)Backup Exec
95 (0.973 %)NetBackup
95 (0.973 %)MetaFrame
103 (0.584 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.389 %)MSMQ
112 (0.389 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
172 (14.01 %)MOM
260 (11.67 %)SCCM
322 (4.280 %)SCOM
421 (4.086 %)MAILsweeper
513 (2.529 %)OpenView
610 (1.946 %)WSUS
79 (1.751 %)Norton AntiVirus
88 (1.556 %)Tivoli
95 (0.973 %)OpenView Configuration Management
104 (0.778 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
113 (0.584 %)OVOW
122 (0.389 %)Windows Storage Server
122 (0.389 %)DameWare
122 (0.389 %)ARCserve
122 (0.389 %)HP Data Protector
131 (0.195 %)ZENworks
131 (0.195 %)Unicenter
131 (0.195 %)MIIS
131 (0.195 %)BMC Marimba
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1394 (76.65 %)Microsoft
297 (18.87 %)Citrix
380 (15.56 %)VMware
443 (8.366 %)HP
533 (6.420 %)Altiris
632 (6.226 %)Remedy
730 (5.837 %)Cisco
821 (4.086 %)Blue Coat
920 (3.891 %)Lotus
1018 (3.502 %)Dell
1117 (3.307 %)Oracle
1216 (3.113 %)Novell
1314 (2.724 %)VERITAS
1413 (2.529 %)LANDesk
1512 (2.335 %)EMC
1610 (1.946 %)McAfee Security
179 (1.751 %)Symantec
188 (1.556 %)Sophos
197 (1.362 %)IBM
197 (1.362 %)Compaq