The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank 161 219 203
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -16
Permanent jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 47 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.885% 0.129% 0.074%
As % of the Systems Management category 11.08% 2.025% 1.242%
Number of salaries quoted 27 8 1
Average salary £42,500 £55,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% +46.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Systems Management
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
424 395 322
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 7.986% 6.364% 5.976%
Number of salaries quoted 292 306 243
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -
Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Berkshire Systems Management Server (SMS) Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Systems Management Server (SMS) Salary Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Systems Management Server (SMS) Salary Histogram

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bracknell -3 18 - -
Reading +2 15 £57,500 -8.00%
Thatcham - 2 £35,000 -
Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Systems Management Server (SMS).

1 65 (86.67%) Windows
1 65 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 57 (76.00%) MS Excel
3 50 (66.67%) SCCM
4 48 (64.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 42 (56.00%) Finance
6 38 (50.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (50.67%) HP
6 38 (50.67%) Windows XP
6 38 (50.67%) Software Distribution
7 37 (49.33%) Software Deployment
7 37 (49.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 37 (49.33%) McAfee
7 37 (49.33%) Sophos
7 37 (49.33%) Telecoms
7 37 (49.33%) SC Cleared
7 37 (49.33%) Security Cleared
7 37 (49.33%) Retail
7 37 (49.33%) Fujitsu
8 33 (44.00%) MCITP
9 32 (42.67%) MCSE
10 27 (36.00%) MCP
11 19 (25.33%) Microsoft App-V
11 19 (25.33%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (24.00%) Hyper-V
13 17 (22.67%) VMware Infrastructure
13 17 (22.67%) VMware
13 17 (22.67%) Citrix
13 17 (22.67%) Active Directory
14 16 (21.33%) DV Cleared

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Systems Management Server (SMS). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (16.00%) Application Packaging
2 7 (9.333%) XML
3 6 (8.000%) XSLT
3 6 (8.000%) .NET
3 6 (8.000%) HTML
4 5 (6.667%) ASP.NET
4 5 (6.667%) MSMQ
5 2 (2.667%) Web Services
6 1 (1.333%) SOAP
6 1 (1.333%) DHTML
6 1 (1.333%) WSDL
6 1 (1.333%) UDDI
6 1 (1.333%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 13 (17.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 13 (17.33%) MS Exchange
2 8 (10.67%) Lync
3 7 (9.333%) IIS
4 5 (6.667%) Exchange Server 5.5
4 5 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (6.667%) IBM Notes
4 5 (6.667%) Lotus Domino
5 3 (4.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.667%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (1.333%) Apache
7 1 (1.333%) Tomcat
7 1 (1.333%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 57 (76.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.667%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.333%) SMTP
2 6 (8.000%) TCP/IP
2 6 (8.000%) DNS
3 5 (6.667%) Firewall
3 5 (6.667%) LDAP
3 5 (6.667%) DHCP
4 4 (5.333%) Internet
5 2 (2.667%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.333%) FTP
6 1 (1.333%) PSTN
6 1 (1.333%) VoIP
6 1 (1.333%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.333%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.667%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 42 (56.00%) Finance
2 37 (49.33%) Telecoms
2 37 (49.33%) Retail
3 5 (6.667%) French Language
3 5 (6.667%) German Language
4 1 (1.333%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (49.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 37 (49.33%) Support Engineer
1 37 (49.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 28 (37.33%) Consultant
3 21 (28.00%) Desktop Support
3 21 (28.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 21 (28.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (10.67%) Technical Consultant
5 7 (9.333%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (8.000%) Analyst
7 5 (6.667%) Support Analyst
7 5 (6.667%) Applications Support
7 5 (6.667%) Applications Support Analyst
8 4 (5.333%) VMware Consultant
8 4 (5.333%) Microsoft Consultant
9 3 (4.000%) Virtualisation Consultant
9 3 (4.000%) Applications Consultant
10 2 (2.667%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
10 2 (2.667%) Support Specialist
10 2 (2.667%) Exchange Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.000%) Clustering
2 5 (6.667%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.667%) Replication
2 5 (6.667%) Computer Science
2 5 (6.667%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.333%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.333%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.333%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.333%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.333%) Device Driver
3 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 65 (86.67%) Windows
2 48 (64.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 38 (50.67%) Windows XP
4 19 (25.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (18.67%) Windows 7
6 11 (14.67%) Windows Vista
7 5 (6.667%) Windows 2000
8 3 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.667%) Linux
10 1 (1.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (50.67%) Software Distribution
2 37 (49.33%) Software Deployment
3 16 (21.33%) Release Management
4 7 (9.333%) Service Management
5 6 (8.000%) Incident Management
6 5 (6.667%) Service Delivery
6 5 (6.667%) ITSM
6 5 (6.667%) ITIL
6 5 (6.667%) Product Management
7 1 (1.333%) CRM
7 1 (1.333%) ETL
7 1 (1.333%) BCP
7 1 (1.333%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.333%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.67%) SQL
2 5 (6.667%) Java
2 5 (6.667%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.667%) C#
2 5 (6.667%) C++
2 5 (6.667%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.333%) VBA
3 1 (1.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 38 (50.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 37 (49.33%) SC Cleared
2 37 (49.33%) Security Cleared
3 33 (44.00%) MCITP
4 32 (42.67%) MCSE
5 27 (36.00%) MCP
6 16 (21.33%) DV Cleared
7 6 (8.000%) Degree
8 5 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (6.667%) CCNA
9 1 (1.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.333%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (25.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 18 (24.00%) Hyper-V
3 17 (22.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (22.67%) Active Directory
4 12 (16.00%) vSphere
5 6 (8.000%) Terminal Server
6 5 (6.667%) Novell eDirectory
7 1 (1.333%) ISA Server
7 1 (1.333%) XenApp
7 1 (1.333%) XenServer
7 1 (1.333%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (66.67%) SCCM
2 37 (49.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 10 (13.33%) SCOM
4 6 (8.000%) MOM
5 5 (6.667%) WSUS
5 5 (6.667%) ZENworks
6 1 (1.333%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 65 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 38 (50.67%) HP
3 37 (49.33%) McAfee
3 37 (49.33%) Sophos
3 37 (49.33%) Fujitsu
4 17 (22.67%) VMware
4 17 (22.67%) Citrix
5 12 (16.00%) LANDesk
6 7 (9.333%) Altiris
6 7 (9.333%) Oracle
7 6 (8.000%) AppSense
8 5 (6.667%) Lotus
9 4 (5.333%) Dell
10 2 (2.667%) IBM
11 1 (1.333%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (1.333%) Avaya
11 1 (1.333%) FrontRange