SMS Contracts
 
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 across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 465 463 462
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Contract jobs citing SMS 65 115 126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.140% 0.197% 0.206%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.958% 1.263% 1.596%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 56 66
Average daily rate £317 £325 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.61% -12.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £218 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £494 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £288 £273
% change year-on-year
+21.73% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 11
Average hourly rate £26.00 £12.75 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.92% -32.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £10.64 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £121.50 £16.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £12.75 £19.25
% change year-on-year
+103.92% -33.76%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6782 9103 7893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.62% 15.62% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3331 4145 3588
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 606 785
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

SMS Daily Rate Trend

SMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMS within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

SMS Hourly Rate Trend

SMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMS within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

SMS Hourly Rate Histogram

SMS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +2 57 £342 +5.07%
London +11 27 £255 -39.28%
South East +14 19 £350 +40.00%
Berkshire +5 13 £350 +40.00%
City of London +7 7 £255 -35.23%
Scotland -18 5 £213 -34.61%
Hampshire - 4 - -
Edinburgh +4 3 £150 -53.84%
North West +1 3 £400 +45.45%
Slough -10 3 - -
Bracknell - 3 £165 -
Maidenhead - 3 £350 -
West Yorkshire +1 2 £394 -
Yorkshire -4 2 £394 +67.65%
Southampton - 2 - -
Halifax - 2 £394 -
Surrey - 2 - -
North East - 2 £300 -
East of England +11 1 - -
Merseyside +6 1 £275 +4.76%
Hertfordshire +5 1 - -
Liverpool +3 1 £275 +4.76%
Cheshire 0 1 £525 +59.09%
West Midlands - 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Durham - 1 £300 -
Watford - 1 - -
Portsmouth - 1 - -
Newbury - 1 - -
Lancaster - 1 - -

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 51 (36.17%) Windows
2 30 (21.28%) Active Directory
2 30 (21.28%) SCCM
3 28 (19.86%) Banking
4 25 (17.73%) Service Delivery
5 22 (15.60%) Finance
6 19 (13.48%) Windows 7
7 17 (12.06%) Marketing
8 16 (11.35%) Telecoms
9 15 (10.64%) Project Management
9 15 (10.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (10.64%) Java
10 14 (9.929%) SQL
10 14 (9.929%) Migration
10 14 (9.929%) Change Management
11 13 (9.220%) Retail
11 13 (9.220%) EMC
11 13 (9.220%) DNS
11 13 (9.220%) Isilon
12 12 (8.511%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (8.511%) JavaScript
12 12 (8.511%) VMware
12 12 (8.511%) Legal
13 11 (7.801%) .NET
13 11 (7.801%) Windows XP
13 11 (7.801%) Tivoli
14 10 (7.092%) HP
14 10 (7.092%) Internet
14 10 (7.092%) VMware Infrastructure
15 9 (6.383%) SCOM

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 11 (7.801%) .NET
2 8 (5.674%) HTML
2 8 (5.674%) CSS
3 7 (4.965%) Web Services
3 7 (4.965%) Middleware
3 7 (4.965%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.965%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
3 7 (4.965%) SPNEGO
4 5 (3.546%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.546%) WAP
5 4 (2.837%) Application Packaging
5 4 (2.837%) HTML5
5 4 (2.837%) XML
6 3 (2.128%) JSP
6 3 (2.128%) jQuery
6 3 (2.128%) Ajax
6 3 (2.128%) CSS3
7 2 (1.418%) JSON
7 2 (1.418%) SOAP
7 2 (1.418%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.546%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.837%) IIS
3 3 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.418%) ESB
4 2 (1.418%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (0.709%) Apache
5 1 (0.709%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.709%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.709%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.709%) WordPress
5 1 (0.709%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (4.255%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.128%) FastStats
3 1 (0.709%) PaintShop Pro
3 1 (0.709%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.709%) InDesign
3 1 (0.709%) PrintSoft PReS
3 1 (0.709%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (0.709%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.220%) DNS
2 10 (7.092%) Internet
3 8 (5.674%) FTP
4 7 (4.965%) DHCP
4 7 (4.965%) LDAP
4 7 (4.965%) Kerberos
4 7 (4.965%) X.509
4 7 (4.965%) Network Security
4 7 (4.965%) LTE
5 6 (4.255%) 3G
6 5 (3.546%) SAN
6 5 (3.546%) GSM
6 5 (3.546%) WCDMA
6 5 (3.546%) 4G
7 4 (2.837%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.837%) WiMAX
7 4 (2.837%) Bluetooth
7 4 (2.837%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.418%) HTTP
8 2 (1.418%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.674%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.546%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.709%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.709%) DB2
4 1 (0.709%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (4.255%) MSI
2 2 (1.418%) JUnit
2 2 (1.418%) Subversion
3 1 (0.709%) Maven
3 1 (0.709%) Selenium
3 1 (0.709%) EasyMock
3 1 (0.709%) Mockito
3 1 (0.709%) Capistrano
3 1 (0.709%) PhoneGap
3 1 (0.709%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.709%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (0.709%) CruiseControl
3 1 (0.709%) Ant
General
1 28 (19.86%) Banking
2 22 (15.60%) Finance
3 17 (12.06%) Marketing
4 16 (11.35%) Telecoms
5 13 (9.220%) Retail
6 12 (8.511%) Legal
7 9 (6.383%) Billing
8 4 (2.837%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.837%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.418%) Front Office
9 2 (1.418%) Law
10 1 (0.709%) Electronics
10 1 (0.709%) Advertising
10 1 (0.709%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.709%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.709%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.709%) Interactive Media
10 1 (0.709%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.709%) French Language
10 1 (0.709%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 20 (14.18%) Project Manager
2 17 (12.06%) Developer
2 17 (12.06%) Analyst
3 10 (7.092%) Storage Specialist
3 10 (7.092%) Senior Storage Specialist
4 5 (3.546%) Test Engineer
4 5 (3.546%) Applications Packager
4 5 (3.546%) Support Engineer
4 5 (3.546%) Architect
5 4 (2.837%) Wintel Analyst
5 4 (2.837%) SCCM Engineer
5 4 (2.837%) Field Engineer
5 4 (2.837%) Consultant
5 4 (2.837%) Head of IT
6 3 (2.128%) Software Analyst
6 3 (2.128%) ScrumMaster
6 3 (2.128%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (2.128%) Server Engineer
6 3 (2.128%) Test Analyst
6 3 (2.128%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.965%) Mobile App
2 4 (2.837%) iPad
2 4 (2.837%) Hedge funds
2 4 (2.837%) Firmware
2 4 (2.837%) Handset
2 4 (2.837%) Clustering
3 3 (2.128%) Computer Science
3 3 (2.128%) Social Media
4 2 (1.418%) Data Integration
4 2 (1.418%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.709%) NHS
5 1 (0.709%) W3C
5 1 (0.709%) Replication
5 1 (0.709%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.709%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.709%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.709%) SaaS
5 1 (0.709%) Copywriting
5 1 (0.709%) Blog
5 1 (0.709%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 51 (36.17%) Windows
2 19 (13.48%) Windows 7
3 15 (10.64%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (8.511%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (7.801%) Windows XP
6 9 (6.383%) UNIX
7 8 (5.674%) HPUX
7 8 (5.674%) Solaris
8 7 (4.965%) AIX
9 6 (4.255%) Android
10 4 (2.837%) Windows 2000
10 4 (2.837%) NetWare
11 3 (2.128%) Linux
11 3 (2.128%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (1.418%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.709%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.709%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.709%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.709%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.73%) Service Delivery
2 15 (10.64%) Project Management
3 14 (9.929%) Change Management
3 14 (9.929%) Migration
4 7 (4.965%) Identity Management
4 7 (4.965%) CRM
5 6 (4.255%) ITIL
5 6 (4.255%) Validation
5 6 (4.255%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (4.255%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (3.546%) Logistics
6 5 (3.546%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (3.546%) Software Distribution
6 5 (3.546%) Programme Management
6 5 (3.546%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (3.546%) Scrum
6 5 (3.546%) Service Management
7 4 (2.837%) PRINCE2
7 4 (2.837%) TDD
7 4 (2.837%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.64%) Java
2 14 (9.929%) SQL
3 12 (8.511%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.383%) Shell Script
5 8 (5.674%) Perl
6 6 (4.255%) VB.NET
7 5 (3.546%) VBScript
8 4 (2.837%) C#
8 4 (2.837%) R
9 3 (2.128%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.128%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.418%) VB
10 2 (1.418%) PHP
11 1 (0.709%) Tcl
11 1 (0.709%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (6.383%) Degree
2 6 (4.255%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.418%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.709%) APMP
4 1 (0.709%) MCP
4 1 (0.709%) HNC
4 1 (0.709%) HND
4 1 (0.709%) MCSE
4 1 (0.709%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.709%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.546%) SLA
2 1 (0.709%) WAI
2 1 (0.709%) QA
2 1 (0.709%) JTAG
System Software
1 30 (21.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.092%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.965%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.837%) XenApp
5 3 (2.128%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.418%) Xen
6 2 (1.418%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (1.418%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.709%) vSphere
7 1 (0.709%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.709%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.709%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.709%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 30 (21.28%) SCCM
2 11 (7.801%) Tivoli
3 9 (6.383%) SCOM
4 7 (4.965%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 5 (3.546%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 3 (2.128%) MOM
7 2 (1.418%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (1.418%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.418%) Business Desktop Deployment
8 1 (0.709%) Legato
8 1 (0.709%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.709%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.709%) Puppet
8 1 (0.709%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.709%) WSUS
8 1 (0.709%) Nagios
Vendors
1 13 (9.220%) EMC
1 13 (9.220%) Isilon
2 12 (8.511%) VMware
3 10 (7.092%) HP
4 9 (6.383%) McAfee
4 9 (6.383%) Citrix
5 7 (4.965%) IBM
6 6 (4.255%) Oracle
7 4 (2.837%) Agilent
7 4 (2.837%) LANDesk
8 3 (2.128%) Altiris
8 3 (2.128%) Symantec
9 2 (1.418%) Sun
9 2 (1.418%) Lotus
10 1 (0.709%) Apple
10 1 (0.709%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.709%) webMethods
10 1 (0.709%) Reuters
10 1 (0.709%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.709%) NetIQ
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