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The table below looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5154
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.857 %4.310 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£450£210
Average daily rate£475£215
% change on same period last year+120.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£259£272
% change on same period last year-4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.67£26.40
% change on same period last year-21.72 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads70116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.145 %
Daily rates quoted1732
Average minimum daily rate£292£293
Average daily rate£316£313
% change on same period last year+1.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£344
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted1933
Average minimum hourly rate£29.58£25.64
Average hourly rate£30.27£27.15
% change on same period last year+11.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.96£28.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.67£27.04
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
SMS South WestSMS
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SMS across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol SMS Demand Trend

SMS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SMS across the Bristol region.

Bristol SMS Daily Rate Trend

SMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SMS across the Bristol region.

Bristol SMS Hourly Rate Trend

SMS
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMS.

12 (50.00 %)Chordiant
12 (50.00 %)CRM
12 (50.00 %)Telecoms
12 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (25.00 %)Marketing
21 (25.00 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (25.00 %)NetBackup
21 (25.00 %)Teradata
21 (25.00 %)Banking
21 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
21 (25.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)SAN
21 (25.00 %)VERITAS
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Tivoli
21 (25.00 %)MOM
21 (25.00 %)Remedy

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)SAN
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Telecoms
12 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (25.00 %)Marketing
21 (25.00 %)Banking
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Project Manager
12 (50.00 %)Programme Manager
21 (25.00 %)Senior Manager
21 (25.00 %)Server Support
21 (25.00 %)Support Technician
21 (25.00 %)Implementation Manager
21 (25.00 %)Senior Programme Manager
21 (25.00 %)Implementation Project Manager
21 (25.00 %)Server Support Technician
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)CRM
21 (25.00 %)Stakeholder Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
11 (25.00 %)NetBackup
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Tivoli
11 (25.00 %)MOM
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Chordiant
21 (25.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)VERITAS
21 (25.00 %)Remedy
21 (25.00 %)Teradata