The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank - 115 96
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.044% 0.056%
As % of the Systems Management category - 0.637% 0.543%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £262 £203
% change year-on-year
-4.67% +29.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £16.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-10.93% -15.78%
All Systems Management
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
177 157 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 9.282% 6.874% 10.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 92 79
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £208 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £413 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 13
Average hourly rate £15.25 £12.16 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.38% -48.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.83 £9.68 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.60 £21.45 £95.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
Systems Management Server (SMS)
England

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Systems Management Server (SMS) Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (80.00%) WSUS
2 4 (80.00%) Publishing
2 4 (80.00%) MSI
2 4 (80.00%) SLA
3 2 (40.00%) Remedy
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Finance

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MSI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Publishing
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
2 4 (80.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Remedy