West Yorkshire Systems Management Server (SMS) Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) skills within the West Yorkshire region 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff City of London County Antrim Croydon Cumbria Docklands, London Douglas East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Ely England Essex Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Isle of Man Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Rochdale Rotherham Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey UK Uxbridge Wales West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Witham Wolverhampton Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	79	91
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	13	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	24.53 %	5.000 %
Daily rates quoted	4	2
Average minimum daily rate	£229	£180
Average daily rate	£239	£180
% change on same period last year	+32.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£180
UK excluding London average daily rate	£281	£271
% change on same period last year	+3.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.34	£22.86
% change on same period last year	-11.04 %
Systems Management West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	53	60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.071 %	0.061 %
Daily rates quoted	9	6
Average minimum daily rate	£247	£257
Average daily rate	£259	£265
% change on same period last year	-2.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£271	£273
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£352
% change on same period last year	+4.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£10.00	£28.33
Average hourly rate	£10.50	£29.83
% change on same period last year	-64.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£11.00	£31.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.33	£26.11
% change on same period last year	+0.84 %
Systems Management Server (SMS) Yorkshire

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

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) across the West Yorkshire region.

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) across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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) across the West Yorkshire region.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Leeds	+7	13	£239	+32.98 %

Systems Management Server (SMS) Yorkshire

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 21 (87.50 %) Microsoft 2 18 (75.00 %) Windows 3 13 (54.17 %) MS Exchange 4 12 (50.00 %) MS Office 4 12 (50.00 %) Active Directory 5 10 (41.67 %) Microsoft Certification 5 10 (41.67 %) Windows XP 6 9 (37.50 %) MCSE 6 9 (37.50 %) Symantec 6 9 (37.50 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 8 (33.33 %) SQL 8 7 (29.17 %) ITIL 9 5 (20.83 %) VMware 9 5 (20.83 %) SQL Server 9 5 (20.83 %) Windows Server 2003

9 5 (20.83 %) VMware Infrastructure 10 4 (16.67 %) Citrix 10 4 (16.67 %) DNS 10 4 (16.67 %) VMware ESX 10 4 (16.67 %) Telecoms 10 4 (16.67 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 3 (12.50 %) MCDST 11 3 (12.50 %) SQL Server 2005 11 3 (12.50 %) MS Excel 11 3 (12.50 %) UNIX 11 3 (12.50 %) Solaris 11 3 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 11 3 (12.50 %) MetaFrame 11 3 (12.50 %) SAN 11 3 (12.50 %) VERITAS

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (8.333 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 13 (54.17 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (16.67 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 2 (8.333 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (4.167 %) WorkSite 4 1 (4.167 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 12 (50.00 %) MS Office 2 3 (12.50 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 4 (16.67 %) DNS 2 3 (12.50 %) SAN 3 2 (8.333 %) DHCP 4 1 (4.167 %) LAN 4 1 (4.167 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (20.83 %) SQL Server 2 3 (12.50 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) MSI
General 1 4 (16.67 %) Telecoms 2 2 (8.333 %) Government 3 1 (4.167 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 6 (25.00 %) 3rd Line Support 2 5 (20.83 %) Analyst 3 4 (16.67 %) Service Analyst 3 4 (16.67 %) Service Desk Analyst 3 4 (16.67 %) Support Engineer 4 2 (8.333 %) Project Engineer 4 2 (8.333 %) Server Support 4 2 (8.333 %) Support Analyst 4 2 (8.333 %) Technical Support 5 1 (4.167 %) Senior Systems Engineer 5 1 (4.167 %) Consultant 5 1 (4.167 %) Systems Engineer 5 1 (4.167 %) Technical Consultant 5 1 (4.167 %) Server Engineer 5 1 (4.167 %) Technical Manager 5 1 (4.167 %) Support Team Leader 5 1 (4.167 %) Desktop Analyst 5 1 (4.167 %) Technical Services Manager 5 1 (4.167 %) 2nd Line Support 5 1 (4.167 %) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.167 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 18 (75.00 %) Windows 2 10 (41.67 %) Windows XP 3 5 (20.83 %) Windows Server 2003 4 3 (12.50 %) Solaris 4 3 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 4 3 (12.50 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (29.17 %) ITIL 2 2 (8.333 %) BC Cleared 2 2 (8.333 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (4.167 %) Service Management	Programming Languages 1 8 (33.33 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 10 (41.67 %) Microsoft Certification 2 9 (37.50 %) MCSE 3 3 (12.50 %) MCDST 4 2 (8.333 %) MCSA 5 1 (4.167 %) CCNA 5 1 (4.167 %) Cisco Certification	System Software 1 12 (50.00 %) Active Directory 2 5 (20.83 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 4 (16.67 %) VMware ESX 4 3 (12.50 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 9 (37.50 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 2 (8.333 %) MOM 3 1 (4.167 %) SCCM	Vendors 1 21 (87.50 %) Microsoft 2 9 (37.50 %) Symantec 3 5 (20.83 %) VMware 4 4 (16.67 %) Citrix 5 3 (12.50 %) VERITAS 6 2 (8.333 %) Macromedia 7 1 (4.167 %) Interwoven 7 1 (4.167 %) Cisco