Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Short Message Peer-to-peer Protocol (SMPP) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMPP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Peer-to-peer Protocol (SMPP)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank235-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads50
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.234 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£32,500-
Average salary£41,875-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£51,250-
UK excluding London average salary£43,611£45,536
% change on same period last year-4.22 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads21342962
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.377 %1.326 %
Salaries quoted17502330
Average minimum salary£38,859£39,456
Average salary£42,329£42,800
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
Average maximum salary£45,799£46,144
UK excluding London average salary£37,824£38,320
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
SMPP South EastSMPP
South East

SMPP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SMPP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire SMPP Demand Trend

SMPP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SMPP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SMPP Salary Trend

SMPP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMPP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire SMPP Salary Histogram

SMPP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SMPP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingNew entry-5£41,875-
SMPP South EastSMPP
South East

SMPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SMPP 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SMPP.

16 (75.00 %)Linux
16 (75.00 %)SMTP
25 (62.50 %)HTTP
25 (62.50 %)AJAX
25 (62.50 %)OO
25 (62.50 %)PHP
25 (62.50 %)SMS
25 (62.50 %)HTML
25 (62.50 %)JavaScript
25 (62.50 %)MySQL
25 (62.50 %)CSS
33 (37.50 %)SOAP
33 (37.50 %)XML
33 (37.50 %)UNIX
42 (25.00 %)Perl
42 (25.00 %)Java
42 (25.00 %)SQL
42 (25.00 %)LDAP
42 (25.00 %)Stress Testing
42 (25.00 %)Telecoms
51 (12.50 %)Clustering
51 (12.50 %)Cisco
51 (12.50 %)Sun
51 (12.50 %)HP
51 (12.50 %)Red Hat
51 (12.50 %)SS7
51 (12.50 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (12.50 %)Mathematics
51 (12.50 %)SIGTRAN
51 (12.50 %)GSM

SMPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SMPP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SMPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (62.50 %)HTML
15 (62.50 %)CSS
15 (62.50 %)AJAX
23 (37.50 %)SOAP
23 (37.50 %)XML
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (75.00 %)SMTP
25 (62.50 %)HTTP
25 (62.50 %)SMS
32 (25.00 %)LDAP
41 (12.50 %)GSM
41 (12.50 %)SS7
41 (12.50 %)SIGTRAN
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (62.50 %)MySQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Developer
22 (25.00 %)Web Developer
22 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
31 (12.50 %)PHP Developer
31 (12.50 %)Telecoms Engineer
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Clustering
11 (12.50 %)Mathematics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)Linux
23 (37.50 %)UNIX
31 (12.50 %)Solaris
31 (12.50 %)OpenVMS
31 (12.50 %)Red Hat Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)OO
22 (25.00 %)Stress Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)JavaScript
15 (62.50 %)PHP
22 (25.00 %)SQL
22 (25.00 %)Perl
22 (25.00 %)Java
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Cisco
11 (12.50 %)Sun
11 (12.50 %)HP
11 (12.50 %)Red Hat