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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Bristol 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 | 125 | 105 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -20 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 17 | 6 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.460 % | 1.425 % |
| Salaries quoted | 16 | 6 |
| Average minimum salary | £27,125 | £40,000 |
| Average salary | £29,625 | £40,000 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.93 % |
| Average maximum salary | £32,125 | £40,000 |
| 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 | 691 | 421 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.339 % | 0.186 % |
| Salaries quoted | 645 | 266 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,894 | £30,693 |
| Average salary | £34,804 | £33,944 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.53 % |
| Average maximum salary | £37,713 | £37,196 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,693 | £39,086 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.56 % |
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SMS
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing SMS across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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