Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 299 | - | 470 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +145 |
| Contract jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 0.010% | - | 0.004% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.065% | - | 0.023% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £568 | £122 | £213 |
| % change year-on-year | +365.57% | -42.59% | -50.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.40 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £63.40 | £17.72 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +257.79% | - | - |
All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home
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 with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 1,533 | 1,643 | 4,257 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 15.49% | 10.79% | 16.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,110 | 1,219 | 3,149 |
| 10th Percentile | £388 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £440 | £450 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £525 | £558 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.90% | -5.91% | -0.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £626 | £627 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £700 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £515 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -8.44% | -0.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 22 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.41 | £21.49 | £25.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £37.71 | £52.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £54.50 | £47.50 | £66.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.74% | -28.03% | +76.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.38 | £56.88 | £76.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.00 | £65.75 | £87.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £26.50 | £27.25 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.75% | -52.61% | +156.81% |
Systems Management Server (SMS)
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Management Server (SMS) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Management Server (SMS)
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Management Server (SMS).
Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Management Server (SMS).
Systems Management Server (SMS)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:
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