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The table below looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Cambridge 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 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-111
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads015
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.000 %2.003 %
Salaries quoted015
Average minimum salary-£42,800
Average salary-£44,400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£46,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,419£39,236
% change on same period last year-7.17 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads718749
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.397 %0.314 %
Salaries quoted586595
Average minimum salary£35,192£33,572
Average salary£38,129£37,470
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Average maximum salary£41,066£41,369
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
SMS CambridgeshireSMS
Cambridgeshire

SMS
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge SMS Demand Trend

SMS
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SMS.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
16 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
16 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (16.67 %)Active Directory
21 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (16.67 %)MCSE

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
16 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Server Engineer
15 (83.33 %)Windows Server Engineer
24 (66.67 %)Exchange Engineer
24 (66.67 %)Server Support Engineer
24 (66.67 %)Server Support
24 (66.67 %)Support Engineer
31 (16.67 %)3rd Line Support
31 (16.67 %)Senior Systems Engineer
31 (16.67 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)MCSE
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory