Systems Management Server (SMS) Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Systems Management Server (SMS) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.21% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £425 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Berkshire

Systems Management Server (SMS) falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 249 178 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.13% 12.82% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 123 201
10th Percentile £306 £350 £163
25th Percentile £408 £390 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% -16.28%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £600
90th Percentile £617 £687 £650
South East median daily rate £493 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -1.50% -2.63% -2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £17.79 - -
25th Percentile £18.90 - £48.40
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £49.73
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.87%
75th Percentile £81.50 - £66.82
90th Percentile £84.00 - £68.63
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £26.99 £52.37
% change year-on-year +76.02% -48.47% -8.93%

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Systems Management Server (SMS) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Systems Management Server (SMS) job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Systems Management Server (SMS).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Systems Management Server (SMS)

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Systems Management Server (SMS).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Systems Management Server (SMS)

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 3 £425 - 1
Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Android Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Android Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Android Development
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 3 (100.00%) Coverity
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Thales