The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.055% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.053% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +6.84%
All Systems Management
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
95 88 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 5.269% 4.492% 5.685%
Number of salaries quoted 52 74 80
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,450 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £50,000 £52,200
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Systems Management Server (SMS) Salary Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 9000
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) Sophos
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) WSUS
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7

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

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

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) VBScript
1 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee
1 1 (50.00%) Sophos
1 1 (50.00%) VMware