The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hampshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 99 - 103
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SMS 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.262% - 0.108%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.270% - 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £290 £273
% change year-on-year
+42.24% +6.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £30.00 - £19.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £13.13 £19.25
% change year-on-year
+98.09% -31.81%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 306 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.64% 19.23% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 128 81
Average daily rate £340 £361 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 53 75
Average hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SMS
South East

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SMS across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire SMS Jobs Demand Trend

SMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire SMS Daily Rate Trend

SMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire SMS Hourly Rate Trend

SMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SMS within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Southampton - 2 - -
Portsmouth - 1 - -
SMS
South East

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
1 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (16.67%) LogLogic
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (16.67%) VBScript
2 1 (16.67%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) IVR
2 1 (16.67%) Altiris
2 1 (16.67%) Windows

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Programmer
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Programmer
1 2 (33.33%) VB.NET Programmer
1 2 (33.33%) C# Programmer
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Packager
2 1 (16.67%) Server Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
1 1 (16.67%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) HPUX
1 1 (16.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
1 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (16.67%) BPR
1 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
1 2 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) VBScript
2 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM
1 1 (16.67%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) LogLogic
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) VMware
1 1 (16.67%) Altiris
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) Avaya
1 1 (16.67%) McAfee