Systems Management Server (SMS) Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Systems Management Server (SMS) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.051% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 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
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 297 297 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.06% 13.79% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 218 261
10th Percentile £255 £308 £203
25th Percentile £363 £390 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +2.94%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £638
90th Percentile £610 £666 £695
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -2.50% -6.98% +4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 14
10th Percentile - £18.00 £24.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.08 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -28.74% -27.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £81.50 £37.06 £61.18
90th Percentile £86.00 £37.62 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.08 £49.73
% change year-on-year -28.74% -29.45% -5.97%

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Systems Management Server (SMS) job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Systems Management Server (SMS)

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Systems Management Server (SMS)

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. 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
Berkshire - 1 £425 - 1
Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Android Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Android Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Coverity
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Thales