Systems Management Server (SMS) Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 456 425 421
Rank change year-on-year
-31 -4
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 85 140 169
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.183% 0.240% 0.272%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.675% 3.912% 4.604%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 74 60
Average daily rate £250 £290 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% +16.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £90 £118 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £501 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £250 £165
% change year-on-year
-5.81% +51.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 23
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -17.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -18.42%
All Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category		 3177 3579 3671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.856% 6.131% 5.915%
Number of daily rates quoted 1787 1824 1748
Average daily rate £375 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 170 238
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.63 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.91% -14.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total 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) 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) within the UK.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Daily Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 23 May 2013.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Daily Rate Histogram

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) within the UK.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Trend

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 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -3 80 £225 -22.41%
London +13 43 £275 -31.25%
South East -4 12 £413 +117.10%
City of London +24 10 £400 +6.66%
North West +9 10 £220 -26.66%
East of England +19 9 £90 -9.09%
Essex +4 9 £90 -9.09%
Basildon - 6 £85 -
Manchester +12 5 - -
Milton Keynes +7 4 £425 +142.85%
Buckinghamshire +7 4 £425 +142.85%
East Midlands +2 4 £295 +57.54%
Hampshire - 3 £383 -
West Midlands +6 2 - -
Docklands, London +4 2 £313 -35.89%
Merseyside +2 2 - -
Witham -2 2 £93 -6.56%
Scotland -22 2 £350 +27.27%
Canary Wharf - 2 - -
Derby +17 1 £115 -
Derbyshire +14 1 £115 -
Oxfordshire +9 1 - -
Berkshire +7 1 - -
Cheshire +4 1 - -
Reading +4 1 - -
Glasgow -28 1 £400 +45.45%
Nottinghamshire - 1 £475 -
Middlesex - 1 £250 -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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).

1 120 (70.59%) Windows
2 118 (69.41%) Microsoft
3 104 (61.18%) Active Directory
4 81 (47.65%) SCCM
5 58 (34.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (32.94%) ITIL
7 48 (28.24%) MS Exchange
7 48 (28.24%) Citrix
7 48 (28.24%) HP
7 48 (28.24%) Windows Server 2003
7 48 (28.24%) Windows Server 2008
8 43 (25.29%) SQL
9 40 (23.53%) Windows XP
9 40 (23.53%) SCOM
10 39 (22.94%) Windows 7
11 38 (22.35%) SQL Server
12 36 (21.18%) VMware
13 34 (20.00%) MS Office
13 34 (20.00%) Security Cleared
14 33 (19.41%) MS Excel
15 32 (18.82%) MCSE
15 32 (18.82%) SLA
16 28 (16.47%) DNS
17 27 (15.88%) Internet
18 26 (15.29%) SC Cleared
18 26 (15.29%) Problem Management
18 26 (15.29%) PowerShell
19 23 (13.53%) MSI
19 23 (13.53%) OpenView
19 23 (13.53%) MCP

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 11 (6.471%) .NET
2 8 (4.706%) Middleware
3 7 (4.118%) ASP.NET
4 6 (3.529%) WF
5 5 (2.941%) COM
5 5 (2.941%) SOAP
5 5 (2.941%) Application Packaging
6 4 (2.353%) WebCenter
6 4 (2.353%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.353%) XML
7 3 (1.765%) Web Services
7 3 (1.765%) CSS
7 3 (1.765%) JMS
8 2 (1.176%) HTML5
8 2 (1.176%) REST
8 2 (1.176%) Software Packaging
8 2 (1.176%) DHTML
8 2 (1.176%) HTML
8 2 (1.176%) ASP
9 1 (0.588%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 48 (28.24%) MS Exchange
2 20 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2003
3 15 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (7.059%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (5.882%) IIS
6 9 (5.294%) Lotus Notes
6 9 (5.294%) SharePoint
7 5 (2.941%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (2.353%) ESB
8 4 (2.353%) Documentum
9 3 (1.765%) Office Communications Server
9 3 (1.765%) Lync
10 2 (1.176%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (1.176%) GroupWise
10 2 (1.176%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.588%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.588%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.588%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 34 (20.00%) MS Office
2 33 (19.41%) MS Excel
3 5 (2.941%) MS Project
3 5 (2.941%) FastStats
4 2 (1.176%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.588%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.588%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.588%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 28 (16.47%) DNS
2 27 (15.88%) Internet
3 17 (10.00%) DHCP
4 14 (8.235%) Firewall
4 14 (8.235%) VPN
5 13 (7.647%) Intranet
5 13 (7.647%) WAN
6 12 (7.059%) SAN
7 11 (6.471%) LAN
8 10 (5.882%) TCP/IP
9 8 (4.706%) LDAP
10 6 (3.529%) NAS
10 6 (3.529%) Network Security
11 5 (2.941%) Ethernet
12 4 (2.353%) NetScreen
13 3 (1.765%) Extranet
13 3 (1.765%) SMTP
13 3 (1.765%) HTTP
13 3 (1.765%) Wireless
13 3 (1.765%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (22.35%) SQL Server
2 17 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (2.353%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.765%) MS Access
5 3 (1.765%) KDB
5 3 (1.765%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.588%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.588%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.588%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (13.53%) MSI
2 16 (9.412%) InstallShield
3 9 (5.294%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (4.118%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.941%) CruiseControl
5 5 (2.941%) NUnit
5 5 (2.941%) MSBuild
5 5 (2.941%) WiX
6 4 (2.353%) Subversion
7 3 (1.765%) WinRunner
7 3 (1.765%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (1.765%) LoadRunner
7 3 (1.765%) Bugzilla
7 3 (1.765%) Selenium
7 3 (1.765%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.588%) AdminStudio
General
1 10 (5.882%) Back Office
1 10 (5.882%) Banking
2 9 (5.294%) Finance
3 7 (4.118%) Investment Banking
4 5 (2.941%) Marketing
5 4 (2.353%) Publishing
6 3 (1.765%) Legal
7 2 (1.176%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.176%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.176%) Law
8 1 (0.588%) French Language
Job Titles
1 38 (22.35%) Analyst
2 18 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 17 (10.00%) Administrator
3 17 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (8.235%) Systems Administrator
5 13 (7.647%) SCCM Engineer
6 11 (6.471%) Help Desk Analyst
6 11 (6.471%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (5.882%) Architect
8 9 (5.294%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (4.706%) Support Analyst
10 7 (4.118%) Windows Systems Administrator
10 7 (4.118%) Windows Administrator
10 7 (4.118%) Consultant
10 7 (4.118%) Support Engineer
10 7 (4.118%) Designer
11 6 (3.529%) Technical Architect
12 5 (2.941%) Desktop Support
12 5 (2.941%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.94%) Clustering
2 13 (7.647%) Blackberry
3 7 (4.118%) Thin Client
3 7 (4.118%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.118%) Fat Client
4 6 (3.529%) iPad
4 6 (3.529%) Cryptography
4 6 (3.529%) NHS
5 4 (2.353%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.353%) iPhone
5 4 (2.353%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.765%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.765%) Data Integration
7 2 (1.176%) Mobile Computing
7 2 (1.176%) Statistics
7 2 (1.176%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.176%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.176%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.176%) PDA
8 1 (0.588%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 120 (70.59%) Windows
2 48 (28.24%) Windows Server 2003
2 48 (28.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 40 (23.53%) Windows XP
4 39 (22.94%) Windows 7
5 15 (8.824%) Windows Vista
6 8 (4.706%) Windows NT
7 7 (4.118%) Windows 2000
8 5 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (2.353%) VMS
9 4 (2.353%) UNIX
10 3 (1.765%) Windows 2000 Server
10 3 (1.765%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.588%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.588%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.94%) ITIL
2 26 (15.29%) Problem Management
3 23 (13.53%) Change Management
4 18 (10.59%) Project Management
4 18 (10.59%) Service Management
5 15 (8.824%) Migration
6 14 (8.235%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (7.059%) PRINCE2
8 9 (5.294%) Workflow
8 9 (5.294%) Release Management
9 8 (4.706%) Incident Management
9 8 (4.706%) Software Distribution
9 8 (4.706%) Business Continuity
9 8 (4.706%) Asset Management
10 7 (4.118%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (4.118%) Service Delivery
10 7 (4.118%) Performance Management
11 6 (3.529%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (3.529%) Validation
11 6 (3.529%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (25.29%) SQL
2 26 (15.29%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.059%) VBScript
4 10 (5.882%) C#
5 9 (5.294%) T-SQL
6 7 (4.118%) VB
7 3 (1.765%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.765%) Perl
7 3 (1.765%) Haskell
7 3 (1.765%) F#
8 2 (1.176%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.176%) C
9 1 (0.588%) PHP
9 1 (0.588%) Python
9 1 (0.588%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (34.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 32 (18.82%) MCSE
4 26 (15.29%) SC Cleared
5 23 (13.53%) MCP
6 16 (9.412%) MCDST
7 15 (8.824%) Degree
8 8 (4.706%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (4.706%) CCNA
9 7 (4.118%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.529%) ISEB
11 5 (2.941%) CCA
11 5 (2.941%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (1.765%) CCSP
12 3 (1.765%) MCSA
12 3 (1.765%) MCTS
12 3 (1.765%) ISEB Practitioner
12 3 (1.765%) ISTQB
13 2 (1.176%) MCITP
14 1 (0.588%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.82%) SLA
2 11 (6.471%) QA
3 3 (1.765%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 104 (61.18%) Active Directory
2 21 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.59%) XenApp
4 15 (8.824%) XenServer
5 11 (6.471%) XenDesktop
5 11 (6.471%) Hyper-V
6 10 (5.882%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (4.706%) Terminal Services
8 7 (4.118%) VMware ESX
9 5 (2.941%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 2 (1.176%) DFS Replication
10 2 (1.176%) IAG
10 2 (1.176%) UAG
10 2 (1.176%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (1.176%) Novell eDirectory
10 2 (1.176%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.588%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 81 (47.65%) SCCM
2 40 (23.53%) SCOM
3 23 (13.53%) OpenView
4 14 (8.235%) OVSD
5 8 (4.706%) MOM
6 7 (4.118%) Norton AntiVirus
7 6 (3.529%) Tivoli
8 5 (2.941%) WSUS
8 5 (2.941%) SCVMM
9 4 (2.353%) Sysprep
9 4 (2.353%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 3 (1.765%) WMI
10 3 (1.765%) Business Desktop Deployment
11 2 (1.176%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (1.176%) ServiceCenter
11 2 (1.176%) BladeLogic
12 1 (0.588%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.588%) Backup Exec
12 1 (0.588%) DameWare
12 1 (0.588%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 118 (69.41%) Microsoft
2 48 (28.24%) Citrix
2 48 (28.24%) HP
3 36 (21.18%) VMware
4 22 (12.94%) Altiris
4 22 (12.94%) Oracle
5 19 (11.18%) Symantec
6 18 (10.59%) McAfee
7 16 (9.412%) Cisco
8 9 (5.294%) Lotus
9 6 (3.529%) StorageTek
9 6 (3.529%) Sun
9 6 (3.529%) NetApp
10 5 (2.941%) Dell
10 5 (2.941%) IBM
10 5 (2.941%) Veritas
11 4 (2.353%) LANDesk
12 3 (1.765%) Compaq
12 3 (1.765%) Remedy
12 3 (1.765%) Siebel
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