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The table below looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Chelmsford 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£254
% change on same period last year+22.43 %
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£25.90£23.09
% change on same period last year+12.19 %
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Chelmsford
Matching contract IT job ads317
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.018 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£103£274
Average daily rate£137£274
% change on same period last year-50.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£170£274
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£16.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
SMS EssexSMS
Essex

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 Chelmsford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford SMS Daily Rate Trend

SMS
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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.

11 (100.00 %)MCSE
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
11 (100.00 %)SCCM

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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.

Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Manager
11 (100.00 %)Systems Manager
11 (100.00 %)Server Engineer
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)MCSE
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)SCCM