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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank213186
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching contract IT job ads1013
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.013 %
As % of the category below1.036 %1.526 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£275£330
Average daily rate£293£343
% change on same period last year-14.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£317
% change on same period last year-8.93 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£23.40
Average hourly rate£30.00£24.50
% change on same period last year+22.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.55
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
Communications & Networking City of LondonCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads965852
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.281 %0.874 %
Daily rates quoted460349
Average minimum daily rate£378£402
Average daily rate£400£423
% change on same period last year-5.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£343
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Hourly rates quoted6767
Average minimum hourly rate£27.54£20.11
Average hourly rate£29.09£21.29
% change on same period last year+36.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.64£22.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.96£28.60
% change on same period last year-9.22 %
SMS LondonSMS
London

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SMS Hourly Rate Trend

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

128 (63.64 %)Windows
221 (47.73 %)Windows XP
317 (38.64 %)Active Directory
317 (38.64 %)Banking
416 (36.36 %)SCCM
511 (25.00 %)Finance
68 (18.18 %)Investment Banking
68 (18.18 %)ITIL
68 (18.18 %)VBScript
77 (15.91 %)VB
77 (15.91 %)SQL Server
77 (15.91 %)Windows 2000
77 (15.91 %)MCSE
77 (15.91 %)Microsoft Certification
77 (15.91 %)SQL Server 2000
77 (15.91 %)Financial Institution
86 (13.64 %)VB.NET
86 (13.64 %).NET
86 (13.64 %)Windows Vista
95 (11.36 %)ZENworks
104 (9.091 %)MSI
104 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
104 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2000
104 (9.091 %)Citrix
104 (9.091 %)SharePoint
113 (6.818 %)Novell
113 (6.818 %)TCP/IP
113 (6.818 %)Migration
113 (6.818 %)VMware
113 (6.818 %)Asset Management

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
16 (13.64 %).NET
23 (6.818 %)Software Packaging
32 (4.545 %)Application Packaging
41 (2.273 %)WebServices
Application Platforms
14 (9.091 %)SharePoint
14 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.273 %)Lotus Notes
Applications
12 (4.545 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
12 (4.545 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
13 (6.818 %)TCP/IP
22 (4.545 %)Intranet
22 (4.545 %)Internet
31 (2.273 %)Firewall
31 (2.273 %)VoIP
31 (2.273 %)DHCP
31 (2.273 %)VPN
31 (2.273 %)DNS
31 (2.273 %)SSL
31 (2.273 %)SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
17 (15.91 %)SQL Server
17 (15.91 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (6.818 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.273 %)Datawarehouse
Development Applications
14 (9.091 %)MSI
General
117 (38.64 %)Banking
211 (25.00 %)Finance
38 (18.18 %)Investment Banking
47 (15.91 %)Financial Institution
52 (4.545 %)Telecoms
52 (4.545 %)Advertising
61 (2.273 %)Education
61 (2.273 %)Law
Job Titles
19 (20.45 %)Analyst
25 (11.36 %)Desktop Support
25 (11.36 %)Technical Engineer
34 (9.091 %)Applications Packager
34 (9.091 %)Release Analyst
43 (6.818 %)2nd Line Support
43 (6.818 %)Desktop Analyst
43 (6.818 %)Helpdesk Support
43 (6.818 %)Support Analyst
52 (4.545 %)Project Manager
61 (2.273 %)Test Manager
61 (2.273 %)Senior Analyst
61 (2.273 %)Desktop Support Analyst
61 (2.273 %)Senior Support Analyst
61 (2.273 %)Storage Specialist
61 (2.273 %)Deployment Engineer
61 (2.273 %)Server Specialist
61 (2.273 %)Online Project Manager
61 (2.273 %)Messaging Engineer
Miscellaneous
13 (6.818 %)Blackberry
13 (6.818 %)Asset Management
21 (2.273 %)Mainframe
21 (2.273 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
128 (63.64 %)Windows
221 (47.73 %)Windows XP
37 (15.91 %)Windows 2000
46 (13.64 %)Windows Vista
52 (4.545 %)Windows NT
61 (2.273 %)UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
18 (18.18 %)ITIL
24 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
33 (6.818 %)Change Management
33 (6.818 %)Migration
33 (6.818 %)Configuration Management
33 (6.818 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (2.273 %)Project Management
41 (2.273 %)Business Analysis
41 (2.273 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
18 (18.18 %)VBScript
27 (15.91 %)VB
36 (13.64 %)VB.NET
42 (4.545 %)C
51 (2.273 %)SQL
Qualifications
17 (15.91 %)MCSE
17 (15.91 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (6.818 %)QA
System Software
117 (38.64 %)Active Directory
21 (2.273 %)VMware ESX
21 (2.273 %)Backup Exec
21 (2.273 %)VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
116 (36.36 %)SCCM
25 (11.36 %)ZENworks
32 (4.545 %)DameWare
32 (4.545 %)WSUS
41 (2.273 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
14 (9.091 %)Citrix
23 (6.818 %)Novell
23 (6.818 %)Remedy
23 (6.818 %)VMware
31 (2.273 %)Sophos
31 (2.273 %)VERITAS
31 (2.273 %)Lotus
31 (2.273 %)CheckPoint
31 (2.273 %)Symantec
31 (2.273 %)Juniper
31 (2.273 %)Cisco
31 (2.273 %)Dell
31 (2.273 %)Nortel
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