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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) 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 SMS over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 227 | 215 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 40 | 77 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.034 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.464 % | 2.350 % |
| Salaries quoted | 34 | 53 |
| Average minimum salary | £45,941 | £39,000 |
| Average salary | £50,603 | £43,113 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.37 % |
| Average maximum salary | £55,265 | £47,226 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,034 | £40,587 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.21 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 2733 | 3277 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 1.340 % | 1.451 % |
| Salaries quoted | 2281 | 2548 |
| Average minimum salary | £40,305 | £40,428 |
| Average salary | £43,234 | £43,622 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.89 % |
| Average maximum salary | £46,163 | £46,817 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,693 | £39,086 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.56 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing SMS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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