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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank432388
Rank change on same period last yearDown-44
Matching permanent IT job ads666970
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.352 %0.397 %
As % of the category below16.17 %15.81 %
Salaries quoted580743
Average minimum salary£35,659£36,577
Average salary£38,737£39,640
% change on same period last year-2.27 %
Average maximum salary£41,815£42,703
UK excluding London average salary£36,277£38,267
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads41206135
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.175 %2.512 %
Salaries quoted32794622
Average minimum salary£38,617£41,206
Average salary£41,731£44,178
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Average maximum salary£44,844£47,149
UK excluding London average salary£38,632£41,644
% change on same period last year-7.23 %

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Demand Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the UK.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Salary Trend

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Salary Histogram

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the UK over the 3 months to 25 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-56626£38,658-2.48 %
LondonUp+3234£43,470+1.33 %
South EastDown-7192£38,500+2.96 %
HampshireUp+2653£34,915-21.24 %
BerkshireDown-550£49,330+16.97 %
North WestDown-2845£31,929-41.17 %
City of LondonDown-1643£41,275-19.29 %
SurreyUp+4143£32,789-14.15 %
South WestDown-939£33,028+13.99 %
West MidlandsDown-4838£32,743-2.00 %
East of EnglandUp+836£38,292+1.87 %
YorkshireDown-2625£33,326+14.52 %
CheshireDown-825£31,207-9.59 %
OxfordshireDown-4224£40,068+55.70 %
HertfordshireUp+623£39,500+12.85 %
ScotlandUp+3522£40,059+36.28 %
BasingstokeDown-1921£33,467-29.01 %
ReadingDown-920£52,972+19.03 %
East MidlandsUp+720£31,026-5.72 %
CambridgeshireUp+314£38,231-12.61 %
AbingdonDown-1814£39,821-
BirminghamDown-1613£33,692-9.93 %
South YorkshireDown-213£35,909-15.50 %
AndoverNew entry-12£35,875-
BristolDown-2412£32,000+26.67 %
GuildfordUp+3511£32,722+18.98 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1711£50,000+10.83 %
MerseysideUp+811£36,625+22.08 %
DorsetUp+711£40,313+9.58 %
StaffordshireDown-1110£33,300+11.00 %

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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).

11157 (82.41 %)Microsoft
21017 (72.44 %)Windows
3816 (58.12 %)MS Exchange
4796 (56.70 %)Active Directory
5621 (44.23 %)MS Excel
6573 (40.81 %)Microsoft Certification
7508 (36.18 %)MCSE
8460 (32.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
9442 (31.48 %)Citrix
9442 (31.48 %)MOM
10404 (28.77 %)VMware
11349 (24.86 %)Windows 2000
12345 (24.57 %)SQL
13268 (19.09 %)SQL Server
14267 (19.02 %)DNS
15242 (17.24 %)Windows Server 2003
16234 (16.67 %)IIS
17227 (16.17 %)TCP/IP
18223 (15.88 %)Exchange Server 2000
19211 (15.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
20191 (13.60 %)ISA Server
20191 (13.60 %)SAN
21187 (13.32 %)MS Office
22186 (13.25 %)Exchange Server 2007
23180 (12.82 %)SharePoint
24177 (12.61 %)Health
25175 (12.46 %)Windows XP
26173 (12.32 %)Pensions
27166 (11.82 %)DHCP
28161 (11.47 %)HP

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

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
171 (5.057 %)Application Packaging
262 (4.416 %).NET
339 (2.778 %)WMI
427 (1.923 %)XML
525 (1.781 %)WAP
623 (1.638 %)WebServices
721 (1.496 %)ASP.NET
815 (1.068 %)COM
912 (0.855 %)ATL
912 (0.855 %)MFC
912 (0.855 %)XSL
1011 (0.783 %)HTML
1110 (0.712 %)STL
1110 (0.712 %)WSH
129 (0.641 %)UIQ
129 (0.641 %)Series 60
129 (0.641 %)WinForms
129 (0.641 %)XSD
129 (0.641 %)ASP
138 (0.570 %)Software Packaging
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1816 (58.12 %)MS Exchange
2460 (32.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
3234 (16.67 %)IIS
4223 (15.88 %)Exchange Server 2000
5186 (13.25 %)Exchange Server 2007
6180 (12.82 %)SharePoint
767 (4.772 %)Office Communications Server
860 (4.274 %)Lotus Notes
948 (3.419 %)BizTalk Server
1021 (1.496 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1117 (1.211 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1210 (0.712 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1210 (0.712 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
138 (0.570 %)Live Communications Server
138 (0.570 %)WorkSite
147 (0.499 %)GroupWise
147 (0.499 %)Apache
156 (0.427 %)Tomcat
165 (0.356 %)Lotus Domino
172 (0.142 %)SAS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1621 (44.23 %)MS Excel
2187 (13.32 %)MS Office
320 (1.425 %)MS Project
419 (1.353 %)MS PowerPoint
59 (0.641 %)MS Visio
65 (0.356 %)SmartSuite
73 (0.214 %)Acrobat
82 (0.142 %)SPSS
91 (0.071 %)Photoshop
91 (0.071 %)S-PLUS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
127 (1.923 %)SoftGrid
25 (0.356 %)e-Work
33 (0.214 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
42 (0.142 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.142 %)Line 50
51 (0.071 %)Oracle CRM
51 (0.071 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.071 %)ResourceLink
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1267 (19.02 %)DNS
2227 (16.17 %)TCP/IP
3191 (13.60 %)SAN
4166 (11.82 %)DHCP
5150 (10.68 %)Internet
6108 (7.692 %)Firewall
793 (6.624 %)WAN
793 (6.624 %)LAN
857 (4.060 %)VPN
939 (2.778 %)Wireless
1027 (1.923 %)HTTP
1122 (1.567 %)IPsec
1219 (1.353 %)SMTP
1316 (1.140 %)Ethernet
1316 (1.140 %)Network Security
1415 (1.068 %)SSL
1514 (0.997 %)Cisco IOS
1613 (0.926 %)SNMP
1613 (0.926 %)VoIP
1712 (0.855 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1268 (19.09 %)SQL Server
261 (4.345 %)SQL Server 2000
358 (4.131 %)SQL Server 2005
412 (0.855 %)SQL Server 7
510 (0.712 %)MySQL
69 (0.641 %)Oracle 9i
78 (0.570 %)RDBMS
84 (0.285 %)Oracle 10g
93 (0.214 %)BusinessObjects
93 (0.214 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.214 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.142 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.142 %)MS Access
111 (0.071 %)Cognos Powerplay
111 (0.071 %)Cognos Impromptu
111 (0.071 %)Database Marketing
111 (0.071 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.071 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (2.707 %)MSI
225 (1.781 %)InstallShield
312 (0.855 %)AdminStudio
44 (0.285 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.071 %)Eclipse
51 (0.071 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.071 %)NUnit
51 (0.071 %)FrontPage
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1177 (12.61 %)Health
2173 (12.32 %)Pensions
377 (5.484 %)Finance
452 (3.704 %)Insurance
544 (3.134 %)Back Office
640 (2.849 %)Education
640 (2.849 %)Law
731 (2.208 %)Banking
731 (2.208 %)Telecoms
828 (1.994 %)Legal
917 (1.211 %)Retail
1015 (1.068 %)Government
1112 (0.855 %)Manufacturing
1211 (0.783 %)Publishing
1310 (0.712 %)Marketing
1310 (0.712 %)Investment Banking
146 (0.427 %)Games
155 (0.356 %)Pharmaceutical
164 (0.285 %)Retail Banking
173 (0.214 %)Auditing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1263 (18.73 %)Analyst
2234 (16.67 %)Consultant
3119 (8.476 %)Support Analyst
497 (6.909 %)Support Engineer
497 (6.909 %)Microsoft Consultant
594 (6.695 %)3rd Line Support
685 (6.054 %)Administrator
779 (5.627 %)Technical Support
878 (5.556 %)Technical Specialist
975 (5.342 %)Server Support
1068 (4.843 %)Systems Administrator
1167 (4.772 %)Architect
1264 (4.558 %)Technical Consultant
1359 (4.202 %)Support Specialist
1457 (4.060 %)Team Leader
1552 (3.704 %)Technical Engineer
1649 (3.490 %)Software Engineer
1747 (3.348 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1846 (3.276 %)Desktop Support
1945 (3.205 %)Systems Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
193 (6.624 %)Clustering
284 (5.983 %)Blackberry
336 (2.564 %)Client/Server
417 (1.211 %)Thin Client
417 (1.211 %)Fat Client
511 (0.783 %)Streaming Video
610 (0.712 %)CLARiiON
610 (0.712 %)PDA
79 (0.641 %)Smartphone
88 (0.570 %)French Language
88 (0.570 %)EPoS
88 (0.570 %)Mainframe
97 (0.499 %)Device Driver
97 (0.499 %)German Language
106 (0.427 %)Computer Science
106 (0.427 %)Management Information System
106 (0.427 %)Fixed Income
106 (0.427 %)PMI
114 (0.285 %)Handset
114 (0.285 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11017 (72.44 %)Windows
2349 (24.86 %)Windows 2000
3242 (17.24 %)Windows Server 2003
4175 (12.46 %)Windows XP
5147 (10.47 %)Windows NT
653 (3.775 %)UNIX
739 (2.778 %)Linux
829 (2.066 %)Windows Mobile
916 (1.140 %)NetWare
1011 (0.783 %)Windows Vista
1110 (0.712 %)Solaris
128 (0.570 %)HPUX
136 (0.427 %)AIX
136 (0.427 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.071 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1145 (10.33 %)ITIL
298 (6.980 %)Project Management
370 (4.986 %)Migration
459 (4.202 %)Disaster Recovery
541 (2.920 %)Business Desktop Deployment
638 (2.707 %)Service Delivery
730 (2.137 %)PRINCE2
826 (1.852 %)Change Management
924 (1.709 %)Agile Software Development
1022 (1.567 %)Asset Management
1022 (1.567 %)Service Management
1119 (1.353 %)Security Cleared
1119 (1.353 %)Document Management
1217 (1.211 %)Problem Management
1316 (1.140 %)OO
1316 (1.140 %)Workflow
1415 (1.068 %)Technical Architecture
1513 (0.926 %)Project Planning
1513 (0.926 %)Supplier Management
1612 (0.855 %)Stakeholder Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1345 (24.57 %)SQL
281 (5.769 %)VBScript
373 (5.199 %)C#
454 (3.846 %)C++
545 (3.205 %)VB
624 (1.709 %)C
719 (1.353 %)Java
812 (0.855 %)VC++
99 (0.641 %)VB.NET
99 (0.641 %)Perl
106 (0.427 %)JavaScript
115 (0.356 %)PL/SQL
124 (0.285 %)PowerShell
133 (0.214 %)VB6
133 (0.214 %)PHP
133 (0.214 %)VBA
133 (0.214 %)Shell Script
142 (0.142 %)Objective-C
142 (0.142 %)DHTML
151 (0.071 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1573 (40.81 %)Microsoft Certification
2508 (36.18 %)MCSE
3126 (8.974 %)MCSA
4116 (8.262 %)Degree
594 (6.695 %)MCP
662 (4.416 %)Cisco Certification
747 (3.348 %)Citrix Certification
842 (2.991 %)CCNA
934 (2.422 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1031 (2.208 %)MCTS
1129 (2.066 %)CCEA
1216 (1.140 %)CCA
1314 (0.997 %)MCDST
1411 (0.783 %)CNE
1411 (0.783 %)Novell Certification
159 (0.641 %)ISEB
168 (0.570 %)PRINCE2 Certification
168 (0.570 %)CCNP
176 (0.427 %)MCT
176 (0.427 %)PMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
171 (5.057 %)SLA
25 (0.356 %)ISO9000
34 (0.285 %)QA
42 (0.142 %)ISO17799
42 (0.142 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.071 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1796 (56.70 %)Active Directory
2211 (15.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
3191 (13.60 %)ISA Server
4120 (8.547 %)VMware ESX
5107 (7.621 %)NetBackup
671 (5.057 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
765 (4.630 %)Backup Exec
853 (3.775 %)Citrix Presentation Server
943 (3.063 %)Terminal Services
1030 (2.137 %)MetaFrame
1128 (1.994 %)Terminal Server
1212 (0.855 %)VMware Workstation
137 (0.499 %)Oracle RAC
145 (0.356 %)VMware GSX
145 (0.356 %)NDS
151 (0.071 %)PowerConvert
151 (0.071 %)Intellisync
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1442 (31.48 %)MOM
2115 (8.191 %)SCCM
374 (5.271 %)SCOM
451 (3.632 %)WSUS
529 (2.066 %)Norton AntiVirus
625 (1.781 %)Tivoli
717 (1.211 %)ARCserve
816 (1.140 %)OpenView
816 (1.140 %)Unicenter
816 (1.140 %)OpenView Configuration Management
914 (0.997 %)EMC NetWorker
1013 (0.926 %)MAILsweeper
1110 (0.712 %)Legato
129 (0.641 %)BMC PATROL
129 (0.641 %)DameWare
129 (0.641 %)ZENworks
129 (0.641 %)MIMEsweeper
137 (0.499 %)HP Data Protector
144 (0.285 %)SCVMM
144 (0.285 %)Windows Storage Server
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11157 (82.41 %)Microsoft
2442 (31.48 %)Citrix
3404 (28.77 %)VMware
4161 (11.47 %)HP
5140 (9.972 %)Oracle
6139 (9.900 %)Cisco
7136 (9.687 %)VERITAS
885 (6.054 %)Altiris
975 (5.342 %)Symantec
1062 (4.416 %)Lotus
1150 (3.561 %)EMC
1247 (3.348 %)LANDesk
1346 (3.276 %)IBM
1444 (3.134 %)Dell
1541 (2.920 %)Intel
1638 (2.707 %)CA
1737 (2.635 %)Novell
1835 (2.493 %)Sun
1931 (2.208 %)Compaq
2018 (1.282 %)Reuters
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