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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Cheshire 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 | 133 | 146 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 12 | 3 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.977 % | 0.542 % |
| Salaries quoted | 9 | 2 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,889 | £23,000 |
| Average salary | £32,778 | £26,000 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.06 % |
| Average maximum salary | £35,667 | £29,000 |
| 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 | 607 | 553 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.298 % | 0.245 % |
| Salaries quoted | 558 | 512 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,907 | £31,336 |
| Average salary | £32,475 | £33,835 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.02 % |
| Average maximum salary | £35,043 | £36,335 |
| 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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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