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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Edinburgh 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5361
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below6.349 %4.348 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£160£280
Average daily rate£160£315
% change on same period last year-49.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£160£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£322
% change on same period last year-10.41 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.35£24.21
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads63138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted1429
Average minimum daily rate£270£291
Average daily rate£291£307
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£16.83£20.45
Average hourly rate£17.42£20.99
% change on same period last year-17.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£21.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SMS ScotlandSMS
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SMS Hourly Rate Trend

SMS
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (40.00 %)C
12 (40.00 %)Windows
12 (40.00 %)Windows XP
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
12 (40.00 %)Citrix
12 (40.00 %)Remedy
12 (40.00 %)Blackberry
12 (40.00 %)Finance
12 (40.00 %)Migration
12 (40.00 %)Mainframe
12 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
12 (40.00 %)Data Migration
21 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (20.00 %)MSI
21 (20.00 %)IBM
21 (20.00 %)ITIL

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)MSI
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Finance
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Desktop Engineer
12 (40.00 %)Senior Desktop Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Storage Specialist
21 (20.00 %)Junior
21 (20.00 %)Applications Packager
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)Blackberry
12 (40.00 %)Mainframe
21 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
12 (40.00 %)Windows XP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Migration
12 (40.00 %)Data Migration
21 (20.00 %)ITIL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)C
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Citrix
12 (40.00 %)Remedy
21 (20.00 %)IBM
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