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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to 9 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank163157
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads53
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.520 %0.284 %
Salaries quoted53
Average minimum salary£39,400£37,333
Average salary£40,300£42,000
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Average maximum salary£41,200£46,667
UK excluding London average salary£36,047£41,984
% change on same period last year-14.13 %
Communications & Networking CambridgeshireCommunications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads9611055
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.494 %0.439 %
Salaries quoted800887
Average minimum salary£35,460£34,235
Average salary£38,439£37,749
% change on same period last year+1.82 %
Average maximum salary£41,418£41,263
UK excluding London average salary£37,383£39,724
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
SMS East of EnglandSMS
East of England

SMS
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

Cambridgeshire SMS Salary Histogram

SMS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing SMS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 9 July 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
CambridgeDown-103£47,833+13.88 %
PeterboroughNew entry-2£29,000-
SMS East of EnglandSMS
East of England

SMS
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

115 (65.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
212 (52.17 %)Windows
310 (43.48 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (30.43 %).NET
56 (26.09 %)Telecoms
65 (21.74 %)Service Delivery
65 (21.74 %)Exchange Server 5.5
65 (21.74 %)Exchange Server 2000
65 (21.74 %)Exchange Server 2007
65 (21.74 %)Java Card
65 (21.74 %)Remedy
65 (21.74 %)C#
65 (21.74 %)Java
65 (21.74 %)J2ME
65 (21.74 %)ISO17799
72 (8.696 %)VB.NET
72 (8.696 %)OO
72 (8.696 %)Wireless
72 (8.696 %)Electronics
72 (8.696 %)WinForms
81 (4.348 %)IVR
81 (4.348 %)WCF
81 (4.348 %)MCSE
81 (4.348 %)Active Directory
81 (4.348 %)Microsoft Certification

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
17 (30.43 %).NET
25 (21.74 %)J2ME
32 (8.696 %)WinForms
41 (4.348 %)WCF
Application Platforms
115 (65.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (21.74 %)Exchange Server 2007
25 (21.74 %)Exchange Server 5.5
25 (21.74 %)Exchange Server 2000
Communications & Networking
12 (8.696 %)Wireless
General
16 (26.09 %)Telecoms
22 (8.696 %)Electronics
Job Titles
19 (39.13 %)Server Engineer
19 (39.13 %)Windows Server Engineer
28 (34.78 %)Exchange Engineer
28 (34.78 %)Server Support Engineer
28 (34.78 %)Server Support
28 (34.78 %)Support Engineer
37 (30.43 %)Developer
45 (21.74 %)C# Developer
52 (8.696 %)Software Developer
52 (8.696 %)Systems Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Senior Systems Engineer
61 (4.348 %)3rd Line Support
61 (4.348 %)Integration Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Systems Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
15 (21.74 %)Java Card
21 (4.348 %)IVR
Operating Systems
112 (52.17 %)Windows
210 (43.48 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
15 (21.74 %)Service Delivery
22 (8.696 %)OO
Programming Languages
15 (21.74 %)C#
15 (21.74 %)Java
22 (8.696 %)VB.NET
Qualifications
11 (4.348 %)MCSE
11 (4.348 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
15 (21.74 %)ISO17799
System Software
11 (4.348 %)Active Directory
Vendors
15 (21.74 %)Remedy
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