The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Management Server (SMS) skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 3 months to 20 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rank 695 733 715
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -18
Permanent jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 166 164 175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.150% 0.139% 0.136%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.555% 2.872% 2.994%
Number of salaries quoted 119 154 138
Average salary £42,500 £55,000 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% +43.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £26,368 £20,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.26% +12.85%
All Systems Management
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
6497 5711 5845
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 5.882% 4.824% 4.532%
Number of salaries quoted 5176 4676 4742
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £29,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total 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) 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) within the UK.

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) over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 within the UK.

Systems Management Server (SMS) Salary Histogram

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +14 148 £42,500 -22.72% 25
South East +56 60 £40,750 -9.44% 6
London -44 48 £50,000 -21.56% 12
Berkshire +35 47 £42,500 -8.10%
Bracknell -4 18 - -
West Midlands -6 17 £42,500 +25.92% 1
Reading +11 15 £57,500 +4.54%
City of London +10 11 £60,000 +11.62% 1
North West +10 9 £55,500 - 2
Scotland -3 9 £40,000 +3.89%
Birmingham - 8 £60,000 - 1
Hampshire +8 6 £28,750 +4.54% 1
West Bromwich - 6 £40,000 -
Surrey +16 5 £39,000 -
East of England +12 5 £29,000 -38.94% 2
Hertfordshire +8 5 £29,000 -46.78% 1
Manchester -10 5 £60,000 - 1
East Midlands +5 4 £41,250 +61.76% 1
Yorkshire +4 4 £24,000 -52.00%
Nottinghamshire -1 4 £41,250 +96.42%
Nottingham - 4 £41,250 -
Orpington - 4 - -
Inverness - 4 - -
Basingstoke - 4 £33,750 -
Highlands - 4 - -
Aberdeen +3 2 £40,000 +33.33%
Leeds -6 2 £24,000 -33.33%
West Yorkshire -10 2 £24,000 -52.00%
South Yorkshire - 2 £31,500 -
Lancashire - 2 £35,000 -

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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).

1 237 (81.72%) Windows
2 231 (79.66%) Microsoft
3 165 (56.90%) SCCM
4 154 (53.10%) MS Excel
5 120 (41.38%) Windows XP
5 120 (41.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 114 (39.31%) Active Directory
7 111 (38.28%) Windows 7
8 101 (34.83%) Windows Server 2008
9 96 (33.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 81 (27.93%) SQL Server
11 80 (27.59%) MCSE
12 75 (25.86%) Finance
13 70 (24.14%) MCP
14 69 (23.79%) Windows Vista
15 68 (23.45%) VMware
16 67 (23.10%) MCITP
17 66 (22.76%) Security Cleared
18 65 (22.41%) Citrix
19 64 (22.07%) HP
19 64 (22.07%) Microsoft App-V
20 62 (21.38%) SC Cleared
20 62 (21.38%) VMware Infrastructure
21 61 (21.03%) Retail
22 59 (20.34%) Telecoms
23 50 (17.24%) Software Distribution
24 49 (16.90%) MS Exchange
25 47 (16.21%) ITIL
25 47 (16.21%) IIS
26 45 (15.52%) SQL

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 35 (12.07%) Application Packaging
2 27 (9.310%) .NET
3 17 (5.862%) ASP.NET
4 16 (5.517%) XML
4 16 (5.517%) HTML
5 10 (3.448%) Web Services
6 9 (3.103%) CSS
7 8 (2.759%) WCF
7 8 (2.759%) WPF
8 7 (2.414%) WAP
8 7 (2.414%) XSLT
9 5 (1.724%) JSTL
9 5 (1.724%) Silverlight
9 5 (1.724%) jQuery
9 5 (1.724%) Ajax
9 5 (1.724%) Spring
9 5 (1.724%) JPA
9 5 (1.724%) MSMQ
9 5 (1.724%) XHTML
9 5 (1.724%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 49 (16.90%) MS Exchange
2 47 (16.21%) IIS
3 19 (6.552%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (5.172%) SharePoint
5 12 (4.138%) Apache
6 10 (3.448%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 10 (3.448%) Tomcat
7 9 (3.103%) Lync
8 8 (2.759%) IBM Notes
8 8 (2.759%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (2.759%) Exchange Server 2007
9 5 (1.724%) Exchange Server 5.5
9 5 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2000
9 5 (1.724%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.724%) Lotus Domino
10 3 (1.034%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.690%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.690%) Windows Azure
11 2 (0.690%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.345%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 154 (53.10%) MS Excel
2 44 (15.17%) MS Office
3 8 (2.759%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.069%) MS Project
4 6 (2.069%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.690%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.345%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.724%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.379%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.690%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.345%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.345%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 35 (12.07%) TCP/IP
2 32 (11.03%) DNS
3 31 (10.69%) Internet
4 25 (8.621%) DHCP
4 25 (8.621%) Firewall
5 20 (6.897%) WAN
6 17 (5.862%) VPN
7 16 (5.517%) Wireless
8 14 (4.828%) LAN
9 10 (3.448%) VoIP
9 10 (3.448%) SMTP
10 7 (2.414%) SNMP
11 6 (2.069%) LDAP
11 6 (2.069%) HTTP
11 6 (2.069%) Broadband
11 6 (2.069%) SAN
11 6 (2.069%) Unified Communications
12 5 (1.724%) IP Telephony
12 5 (1.724%) Intranet
12 5 (1.724%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (27.93%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.966%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 24 (8.276%) SQL Server 2008
4 20 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
5 12 (4.138%) MySQL
6 9 (3.103%) MS Access
7 5 (1.724%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.379%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (1.379%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.034%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (1.034%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (0.690%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.690%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.345%) dBASE
11 1 (0.345%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 32 (11.03%) MSI
2 7 (2.414%) InstallShield
3 3 (1.034%) Subversion
3 3 (1.034%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.690%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.690%) Wise Package Studio
4 2 (0.690%) JIRA
General
1 75 (25.86%) Finance
2 61 (21.03%) Retail
3 59 (20.34%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.448%) Publishing
4 10 (3.448%) Banking
4 10 (3.448%) Marketing
5 9 (3.103%) Advertising
6 7 (2.414%) Games
7 5 (1.724%) French Language
7 5 (1.724%) German Language
7 5 (1.724%) Front Office
8 4 (1.379%) Law
8 4 (1.379%) Legal
8 4 (1.379%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.034%) Billing
10 1 (0.345%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 95 (32.76%) Consultant
2 54 (18.62%) Support Engineer
3 48 (16.55%) Analyst
4 44 (15.17%) 2nd Line Support
5 38 (13.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 34 (11.72%) Desktop Support
7 31 (10.69%) Technical Consultant
8 29 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
9 28 (9.655%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 23 (7.931%) Support Analyst
11 11 (3.793%) Developer
12 9 (3.103%) Applications Support
12 9 (3.103%) Systems Engineer
13 8 (2.759%) 3rd Line Support
14 7 (2.414%) SCCM Consultant
14 7 (2.414%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (2.414%) Desktop Analyst
14 7 (2.414%) Technical Support
15 6 (2.069%) Architect
15 6 (2.069%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.34%) Clustering
2 24 (8.276%) Blackberry
3 14 (4.828%) Chip and PIN
4 10 (3.448%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.448%) Replication
4 10 (3.448%) Computer Science
4 10 (3.448%) SaaS
5 8 (2.759%) Thin Client
5 8 (2.759%) Fat Client
6 5 (1.724%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.724%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.724%) N-Tier
6 5 (1.724%) Streaming Video
7 3 (1.034%) Mathematics
7 3 (1.034%) PKI
8 2 (0.690%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.690%) E-Learning
8 2 (0.690%) Social Media
8 2 (0.690%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.690%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 237 (81.72%) Windows
2 120 (41.38%) Windows XP
2 120 (41.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 111 (38.28%) Windows 7
4 101 (34.83%) Windows Server 2008
5 69 (23.79%) Windows Vista
6 29 (10.00%) Linux
7 15 (5.172%) UNIX
8 12 (4.138%) Windows 2000
9 8 (2.759%) Windows 8
10 6 (2.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.379%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (1.379%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.034%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.690%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.690%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.690%) Android
14 1 (0.345%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.345%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (17.24%) Software Distribution
2 47 (16.21%) ITIL
3 40 (13.79%) Software Deployment
4 26 (8.966%) Load Balancing
5 19 (6.552%) Asset Management
5 19 (6.552%) Service Delivery
6 18 (6.207%) Release Management
7 15 (5.172%) ITSM
8 14 (4.828%) Change Management
9 13 (4.483%) Service Management
10 12 (4.138%) Problem Management
11 10 (3.448%) Project Management
11 10 (3.448%) Incident Management
12 8 (2.759%) Disaster Recovery
12 8 (2.759%) Information Security
13 7 (2.414%) Investment Management
13 7 (2.414%) Time Management
13 7 (2.414%) Web Development
13 7 (2.414%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (2.414%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.52%) SQL
2 25 (8.621%) VBScript
3 20 (6.897%) C#
4 18 (6.207%) VB
5 16 (5.517%) PowerShell
6 15 (5.172%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.828%) Java
8 13 (4.483%) C++
8 13 (4.483%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.724%) VBA
9 5 (1.724%) Perl
9 5 (1.724%) PHP
9 5 (1.724%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.379%) Ruby
11 2 (0.690%) XQuery
11 2 (0.690%) XPath
12 1 (0.345%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 96 (33.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 80 (27.59%) MCSE
3 70 (24.14%) MCP
4 67 (23.10%) MCITP
5 66 (22.76%) Security Cleared
6 62 (21.38%) SC Cleared
7 32 (11.03%) Degree
8 16 (5.517%) DV Cleared
9 12 (4.138%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (3.793%) CCNA
11 8 (2.759%) MCDST
12 6 (2.069%) MCSA
12 6 (2.069%) MCTS
13 3 (1.034%) Microsoft Certified Master
13 3 (1.034%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.690%) APMP
14 2 (0.690%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.690%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.345%) CCA
15 1 (0.345%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.69%) SLA
2 16 (5.517%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.724%) QA
4 2 (0.690%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.345%) GCP
5 1 (0.345%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 114 (39.31%) Active Directory
2 64 (22.07%) Microsoft App-V
3 62 (21.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (8.621%) Hyper-V
5 18 (6.207%) XenApp
6 15 (5.172%) vSphere
7 11 (3.793%) Terminal Server
8 10 (3.448%) VMware ESX
8 10 (3.448%) ISA Server
8 10 (3.448%) XenDesktop
9 8 (2.759%) UAG
10 6 (2.069%) IAG
11 5 (1.724%) Novell eDirectory
11 5 (1.724%) DFS Replication
12 4 (1.379%) Terminal Services
12 4 (1.379%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 3 (1.034%) XenServer
14 2 (0.690%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.690%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.345%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 165 (56.90%) SCCM
2 42 (14.48%) SCOM
3 37 (12.76%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 32 (11.03%) MOM
5 28 (9.655%) WSUS
6 11 (3.793%) Norton AntiVirus
7 8 (2.759%) Tivoli
8 7 (2.414%) BMC Marimba
8 7 (2.414%) WMI
8 7 (2.414%) ZENworks
9 6 (2.069%) NetBackup
9 6 (2.069%) BladeLogic
10 5 (1.724%) Business Desktop Deployment
11 4 (1.379%) Backup Exec
12 3 (1.034%) SCVMM
12 3 (1.034%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (1.034%) Puppet
12 3 (1.034%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.690%) DameWare
13 2 (0.690%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 231 (79.66%) Microsoft
2 68 (23.45%) VMware
3 65 (22.41%) Citrix
4 64 (22.07%) HP
5 43 (14.83%) Fujitsu
6 39 (13.45%) McAfee
7 38 (13.10%) Sophos
8 27 (9.310%) Cisco
9 25 (8.621%) Oracle
10 17 (5.862%) Symantec
11 16 (5.517%) NCR
11 16 (5.517%) Wincor Nixdorf
12 14 (4.828%) Altiris
12 14 (4.828%) LANDesk
13 13 (4.483%) Dell
13 13 (4.483%) Apple
14 10 (3.448%) AppSense
15 8 (2.759%) JBoss
15 8 (2.759%) Lotus
16 7 (2.414%) SAP
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Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £24000 - £26000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Skills:(SCCM/SMS Flexera, Citrix, HP software, Landis, Microsoft, windows xp, windows 7, Presales, BDD, :Operating System Deployment, SMS/SCCM, AppV, Active Directory & Group Policy, MOM/SCOM, and...
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Salary: From £65,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
City, London
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Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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
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London
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Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
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Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
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London
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
West London
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Salary: From £70,000 to £80,000 per annum + bonus + good bens
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United Kingdom,London
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Posted: 23 May 2013
London
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Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
West Sussex
Salt
Salary: £35000 - £39000 per annum + bonus & benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
West Sussex, South East
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Salary: £35000.00 - £39000.00 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
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Salary: From £15,000 to £17,000 per annum Plus Benefits
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