SMS Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 22 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 South East 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 209 216 212
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Contract jobs citing SMS 20 30 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.252% 0.290% 0.292%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.334% 1.368% 1.599%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
Average daily rate £350 £250 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% +4.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £157 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £307 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £280 £265
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
Average hourly rate £30.00 £11.00 £15.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+172.72% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.80 £10.27 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £152.00 £13.00 £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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1499 2193 1876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.92% 21.20% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 637 654
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £190 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 193 231
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £13.68 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
SMS
England

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East SMS Daily Rate Trend

SMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMS across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East SMS Daily Rate Histogram

SMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SMS Hourly Rate Trend

SMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMS across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East SMS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire +2 14 £350 +40.00%
Hampshire - 4 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
SMS
England

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (30.77%) FTP
1 8 (30.77%) Legal
1 8 (30.77%) Billing
1 8 (30.77%) Marketing
2 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
2 7 (26.92%) Project Management
3 6 (23.08%) Windows
4 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
4 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
5 4 (15.38%) HP
5 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (15.38%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 4 (15.38%) McAfee
6 3 (11.54%) CAE
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.54%) Windows 2000
6 3 (11.54%) Web Services
6 3 (11.54%) SCCM
6 3 (11.54%) Software Deployment
7 2 (7.692%) Software Distribution
7 2 (7.692%) SC Cleared
7 2 (7.692%) SCOM
7 2 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (7.692%) .NET Framework
7 2 (7.692%) VMware
7 2 (7.692%) VB.NET
7 2 (7.692%) .NET
7 2 (7.692%) C#
7 2 (7.692%) Oracle
7 2 (7.692%) Migration

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (11.54%) Web Services
2 2 (7.692%) .NET Framework
2 2 (7.692%) .NET
3 1 (3.846%) SyncML
3 1 (3.846%) JDBC
3 1 (3.846%) HTML
3 1 (3.846%) J2EE
3 1 (3.846%) Flash
3 1 (3.846%) J2ME
3 1 (3.846%) WAP
3 1 (3.846%) KML
3 1 (3.846%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) WebLogic
1 1 (3.846%) Apache
1 1 (3.846%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) FTP
2 1 (3.846%) RTCP
2 1 (3.846%) RTP
2 1 (3.846%) RFID
2 1 (3.846%) DNS
2 1 (3.846%) GSM
2 1 (3.846%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) GIS
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 8 (30.77%) Legal
1 8 (30.77%) Billing
1 8 (30.77%) Marketing
2 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.846%) Electronics
3 1 (3.846%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (7.692%) C# Programmer
2 2 (7.692%) VB.NET Programmer
2 2 (7.692%) .NET Programmer
2 2 (7.692%) Server Engineer
2 2 (7.692%) Support Engineer
2 2 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (7.692%) Programmer
3 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
3 1 (3.846%) Applications Packager
3 1 (3.846%) Software Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Developer
3 1 (3.846%) Analyst
3 1 (3.846%) Consultant
3 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Server Support
3 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Device Driver
1 1 (3.846%) N-Tier
1 1 (3.846%) Clustering
1 1 (3.846%) IVR
1 1 (3.846%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 2000
4 1 (3.846%) HPUX
4 1 (3.846%) Solaris
4 1 (3.846%) Windows CE
4 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Project Management
2 3 (11.54%) CAE
2 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (11.54%) Software Deployment
3 2 (7.692%) Software Distribution
3 2 (7.692%) Migration
4 1 (3.846%) BPR
4 1 (3.846%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.846%) Quality Management
4 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.846%) E-business
4 1 (3.846%) Validation
4 1 (3.846%) ITIL
4 1 (3.846%) TDD
4 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Information Management
4 1 (3.846%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Test Scripting
4 1 (3.846%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) VB.NET
1 2 (7.692%) C#
2 1 (3.846%) Java
2 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.846%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) VBScript
2 1 (3.846%) VB
2 1 (3.846%) Tcl
2 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.692%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) HNC
3 1 (3.846%) HND
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) SLA
1 1 (3.846%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.846%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.846%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (3.846%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.846%) XenApp
3 1 (3.846%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (11.54%) SCCM
3 2 (7.692%) SCOM
4 1 (3.846%) MOM
4 1 (3.846%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) HP
1 4 (15.38%) McAfee
2 2 (7.692%) VMware
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) ESRI
3 1 (3.846%) Citrix
3 1 (3.846%) Avaya
3 1 (3.846%) Siemens
3 1 (3.846%) Mapinfo
3 1 (3.846%) Altiris
3 1 (3.846%) Fujitsu
3 1 (3.846%) LogLogic
Project Manager
South East
Essential: - Proven successful Project Management experience within Payments Processing (SWIFT, SMS, Faster Payments, BACS, Global Pay Plus) - Change Management expertise - Must have a track record of managing large...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Project Manager
South East
We are looking for a person to act as the glue between Customer, Director and Product - A strong business facing Project Manager who has knowledge of PEGA systems...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £500 - £550
Posted: 21 May 2013
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