Systems Management Server (SMS) Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Systems Management Server (SMS) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Systems Management Server (SMS) over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 390 444
Rank change year-on-year +53 +54 +55
Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.043% 0.013%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.11% 0.38% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £115 - -
25th Percentile £129 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £122 £150
Median % change year-on-year +27.05% -18.67% -64.71%
75th Percentile £179 - -
90th Percentile £192 - -
UK median daily rate £568 £122 £213
% change year-on-year +365.57% -42.59% -50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £17.72 -
UK median hourly rate - £17.72 -

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,890 2,355 3,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.77% 11.35% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,322 1,705 2,653
10th Percentile £235 £211 £275
25th Percentile £393 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £620
90th Percentile £660 £652 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.94% -8.44% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 79 136
10th Percentile £14.86 £14.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.00 £20.17
Median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.18% -9.41% +112.50%
75th Percentile £43.69 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.35 £70.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Systems Management Server (SMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Management Server (SMS) in the UK excluding London

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Management Server (SMS) in the UK excluding London

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Management Server (SMS) in the UK excluding London

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England +15 1 £110 -9.84% 6
Scotland - 1 £200 - 1
North East - 1 £110 -
Systems Management Server (SMS)
UK

Systems Management Server (SMS)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) WebEx
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Bomgar
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Peregrine
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy