The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank 241 250 236
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Permanent jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 7 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.098% 0.014% 0.073%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.713% 0.394% 1.441%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
Average salary £45,500 - £26,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £35,750
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +9.09%
All Systems Management
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
258 254 347
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 3.619% 3.602% 5.056%
Number of salaries quoted 175 215 307
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,200 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £56,050
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Systems Management Server (SMS)
England

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -17 3 £60,000 -
Lancashire - 2 £35,000 -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Systems Management Server (SMS)
England

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (90.00%) SCCM
2 8 (80.00%) Windows
3 7 (70.00%) Windows 7
4 6 (60.00%) MS Excel
5 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
5 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (30.00%) VBScript
6 3 (30.00%) VB
6 3 (30.00%) MOM
6 3 (30.00%) MSI
6 3 (30.00%) Software Deployment
6 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) Windows Vista
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (20.00%) MCITP
7 2 (20.00%) WMI
7 2 (20.00%) QA
7 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
7 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (20.00%) Windows 8
7 2 (20.00%) Software Distribution
7 2 (20.00%) Sophos
7 2 (20.00%) Migration
7 2 (20.00%) VMware
7 2 (20.00%) MCSE
7 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (20.00%) Citrix

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) IIS
1 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) SAN
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (10.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (20.00%) Windows 8
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (20.00%) Software Distribution
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) VBScript
1 3 (30.00%) VB
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) MCP
2 2 (20.00%) MCSE
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (20.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (10.00%) XenApp
4 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
4 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (90.00%) SCCM
2 3 (30.00%) MOM
3 2 (20.00%) WMI
4 1 (10.00%) WSUS
4 1 (10.00%) SCOM
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
2 2 (20.00%) Sophos
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (10.00%) McAfee
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
Manchester, Lancashire
Technical expertise with Microsoft System Center products: SMS 2003, SCCM 2007, SCCM 2007 R2, SCCM 2012. *Knowledge of the following Versions of MOM/SCOM: MOM 2005, SCOM 2007,...
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Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013