West Midlands Systems Management Server (SMS) Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) skills within the West Midlands region 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Andover Avon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Brentwood Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Chertsey Cheshire Chesterfield City of London County Antrim County Londonderry Crawley Crewe Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Haywards Heath Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hitchin Hull Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Market Harborough Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Poole Reading Redhill Rotherham Rugby Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Street Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	193	153
Rank change on same period last year	-40
Matching permanent IT job ads	35	81
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	19.89 %	27.55 %
Salaries quoted	28	74
Average minimum salary	£31,536	£29,978
Average salary	£34,857	£32,140
% change on same period last year	+8.45 %
Average maximum salary	£38,179	£34,303
UK excluding London average salary	£35,704	£38,665
% change on same period last year	-7.65 %
Systems Management West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	176	294
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.095 %	0.123 %
Salaries quoted	137	249
Average minimum salary	£33,326	£31,429
Average salary	£36,333	£33,578
% change on same period last year	+8.20 %
Average maximum salary	£39,340	£35,727
UK excluding London average salary	£38,767	£41,246
% change on same period last year	-6.00 %
Systems Management Server (SMS) England

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Demand Trend

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

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) across the West Midlands region.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Systems Management Server (SMS)
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	-1	16	£34,594	+17.10 %
Staffordshire	-14	8	£35,563	+15.78 %
Warwickshire	-	7	-	-
Herefordshire	-14	3	£36,833	+14.02 %
Solihull	-27	1	£27,500	-19.94 %

Systems Management Server (SMS) England

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 77 (85.56 %) Microsoft 2 66 (73.33 %) Windows 3 47 (52.22 %) Active Directory 4 41 (45.56 %) MS Excel 5 40 (44.44 %) Windows Server 2003 6 34 (37.78 %) Microsoft Certification 7 33 (36.67 %) MCSE 8 30 (33.33 %) Windows XP 9 27 (30.00 %) MS Exchange 10 25 (27.78 %) Windows 2000 11 23 (25.56 %) SQL Server 12 22 (24.44 %) Degree 13 21 (23.33 %) Windows Vista 13 21 (23.33 %) LANDesk 14 20 (22.22 %) SQL

14 20 (22.22 %) MCSA 14 20 (22.22 %) DNS 15 19 (21.11 %) Citrix 16 17 (18.89 %) ISA Server 16 17 (18.89 %) MCP 16 17 (18.89 %) Application Packaging 16 17 (18.89 %) Exchange Server 2003 17 16 (17.78 %) VBScript 17 16 (17.78 %) IIS 17 16 (17.78 %) MOM 17 16 (17.78 %) InstallShield 18 14 (15.56 %) Clustering 19 13 (14.44 %) SharePoint 19 13 (14.44 %) Pensions 19 13 (14.44 %) Exchange Server 2007

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 17 (18.89 %) Application Packaging 2 1 (1.111 %) WebServices 2 1 (1.111 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 27 (30.00 %) MS Exchange 2 17 (18.89 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 16 (17.78 %) IIS 4 13 (14.44 %) SharePoint 4 13 (14.44 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 9 (10.00 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 6 (6.667 %) Office Communications Server 7 5 (5.556 %) Lotus Notes 8 3 (3.333 %) Lotus Domino 8 3 (3.333 %) Live Communications Server 9 2 (2.222 %) Apache 9 2 (2.222 %) Tomcat 10 1 (1.111 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 1 (1.111 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 41 (45.56 %) MS Excel 2 10 (11.11 %) MS Office 3 2 (2.222 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 5 (5.556 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 20 (22.22 %) DNS 2 9 (10.00 %) WAN 2 9 (10.00 %) TCP/IP 3 8 (8.889 %) Internet 4 6 (6.667 %) Firewall 4 6 (6.667 %) DHCP 5 5 (5.556 %) VPN 6 2 (2.222 %) SAN 7 1 (1.111 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (25.56 %) SQL Server 2 6 (6.667 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (3.333 %) Oracle 10g 3 3 (3.333 %) Oracle 9i 4 1 (1.111 %) Cognos Powerplay 4 1 (1.111 %) Cognos Impromptu 4 1 (1.111 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (1.111 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 16 (17.78 %) InstallShield	General 1 13 (14.44 %) Pensions 2 12 (13.33 %) Health 3 5 (5.556 %) Education 4 2 (2.222 %) Finance 5 1 (1.111 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.111 %) Government 5 1 (1.111 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (1.111 %) Retail 5 1 (1.111 %) Billing 5 1 (1.111 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 31 (34.44 %) Analyst 2 16 (17.78 %) Technical Analyst 3 12 (13.33 %) Consultant 3 12 (13.33 %) 3rd Line Support 4 11 (12.22 %) Technical Specialist 5 7 (7.778 %) Technical Support 5 7 (7.778 %) Architect 6 6 (6.667 %) Desktop Support 6 6 (6.667 %) Server Support 6 6 (6.667 %) Technical Engineer 7 5 (5.556 %) Service Desk Analyst 7 5 (5.556 %) Service Analyst 8 4 (4.444 %) 2nd Line Support 8 4 (4.444 %) Support Analyst 8 4 (4.444 %) Technical Architect 8 4 (4.444 %) Microsoft Consultant 9 3 (3.333 %) Implementation Specialist 9 3 (3.333 %) Senior Infrastructure Analyst 9 3 (3.333 %) Technical Consultant 9 3 (3.333 %) 1st Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 14 (15.56 %) Clustering 2 7 (7.778 %) Client/Server 3 5 (5.556 %) Video Conferencing 4 1 (1.111 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 66 (73.33 %) Windows 2 40 (44.44 %) Windows Server 2003 3 30 (33.33 %) Windows XP 4 25 (27.78 %) Windows 2000 5 21 (23.33 %) Windows Vista 6 8 (8.889 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 7 (7.778 %) Windows Server 2008 8 5 (5.556 %) Linux 9 4 (4.444 %) Windows NT 10 3 (3.333 %) NetWare 10 3 (3.333 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (11.11 %) Project Management 2 9 (10.00 %) ITIL 3 6 (6.667 %) Migration 3 6 (6.667 %) Incident Management 4 4 (4.444 %) Technical Architecture 5 3 (3.333 %) Business Desktop Deployment 6 2 (2.222 %) Disaster Recovery 6 2 (2.222 %) Business Continuity 6 2 (2.222 %) PRINCE2 7 1 (1.111 %) RDF 7 1 (1.111 %) Service Management 7 1 (1.111 %) Document Management 7 1 (1.111 %) Operations Management 7 1 (1.111 %) Network Load Balancing 7 1 (1.111 %) System Testing 7 1 (1.111 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 20 (22.22 %) SQL 2 16 (17.78 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 34 (37.78 %) Microsoft Certification 2 33 (36.67 %) MCSE 3 22 (24.44 %) Degree 4 20 (22.22 %) MCSA 5 17 (18.89 %) MCP 6 2 (2.222 %) MCTS 6 2 (2.222 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 2 (2.222 %) ITIL Certification 7 1 (1.111 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (3.333 %) SLA	System Software 1 47 (52.22 %) Active Directory 2 17 (18.89 %) ISA Server 3 5 (5.556 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 4 (4.444 %) MetaFrame 5 3 (3.333 %) Terminal Server 6 2 (2.222 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 2 (2.222 %) NetBackup 7 1 (1.111 %) Backup Exec 7 1 (1.111 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 7 1 (1.111 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 16 (17.78 %) MOM 2 13 (14.44 %) SCOM 3 11 (12.22 %) SCCM 4 6 (6.667 %) WSUS 5 4 (4.444 %) ARCserve 6 3 (3.333 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 2 (2.222 %) Legato 7 2 (2.222 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 7 2 (2.222 %) SCVMM 8 1 (1.111 %) BMC Marimba 8 1 (1.111 %) DameWare	Vendors 1 77 (85.56 %) Microsoft 2 21 (23.33 %) LANDesk 3 19 (21.11 %) Citrix 4 11 (12.22 %) HP 4 11 (12.22 %) VMware 5 6 (6.667 %) Remedy 6 5 (5.556 %) Lotus 7 4 (4.444 %) Oracle 7 4 (4.444 %) IBM 7 4 (4.444 %) Symantec 8 3 (3.333 %) Cisco 8 3 (3.333 %) CA 8 3 (3.333 %) Red Hat 8 3 (3.333 %) Dell 8 3 (3.333 %) Altiris 9 2 (2.222 %) CommVault 9 2 (2.222 %) Novell 10 1 (1.111 %) VERITAS 10 1 (1.111 %) Cognos 10 1 (1.111 %) McAfee Security