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The table below looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the City of London 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank305305
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3821
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.425 %0.919 %
Salaries quoted387
Average minimum salary£41,842£27,143
Average salary£44,132£32,286
% change on same period last year+36.69 %
Average maximum salary£46,421£37,429
UK excluding London average salary£38,191£38,699
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads26662285
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.543 %0.983 %
Salaries quoted23691751
Average minimum salary£45,352£45,327
Average salary£48,985£48,245
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Average maximum salary£52,618£51,162
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
SMS LondonSMS
London

SMS
Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London SMS Salary Histogram

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

134 (44.74 %)Windows
228 (36.84 %)Active Directory
323 (30.26 %)Finance
417 (22.37 %)Windows Server 2003
514 (18.42 %)Microsoft Certification
613 (17.11 %)Altiris
712 (15.79 %)SCCM
811 (14.47 %)Citrix
910 (13.16 %)Windows XP
109 (11.84 %)TCP/IP
109 (11.84 %)C#
109 (11.84 %)Java
109 (11.84 %)Internet
109 (11.84 %)MOM
109 (11.84 %)VMware
118 (10.53 %)Telecoms
118 (10.53 %)Integration Testing
118 (10.53 %)J2EE
118 (10.53 %)MCP
118 (10.53 %)WAP
127 (9.211 %)EJB
127 (9.211 %)Windows 2000
127 (9.211 %)SQL Server
127 (9.211 %)Legal
127 (9.211 %)Banking
136 (7.895 %)Games
136 (7.895 %)Law
136 (7.895 %)JBoss
136 (7.895 %)SAN
145 (6.579 %)Blackberry

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (10.53 %)J2EE
18 (10.53 %)WAP
27 (9.211 %)EJB
35 (6.579 %)Application Packaging
44 (5.263 %).NET
44 (5.263 %)J2ME
53 (3.947 %)JMS
53 (3.947 %)XML
53 (3.947 %)JAX-WS
53 (3.947 %)JPA
53 (3.947 %)JSF
53 (3.947 %)JTA
53 (3.947 %)Java ME
62 (2.632 %)XSL
62 (2.632 %)XHTML
62 (2.632 %)WML
71 (1.316 %)HTML
71 (1.316 %)ASP.NET
71 (1.316 %)CSS
71 (1.316 %)SOAP
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (7.895 %)JBoss
24 (5.263 %)SharePoint
24 (5.263 %)MS Exchange
33 (3.947 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (3.947 %)Tomcat
42 (2.632 %)Lotus Notes
42 (2.632 %)Lotus Domino
42 (2.632 %)Apache
51 (1.316 %)WorkSite
51 (1.316 %)IIS
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.316 %)MS Office
11 (1.316 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (3.947 %)assyst
21 (1.316 %)AWD
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (11.84 %)TCP/IP
19 (11.84 %)Internet
26 (7.895 %)SAN
35 (6.579 %)DNS
35 (6.579 %)DHCP
44 (5.263 %)LAN
44 (5.263 %)3G
53 (3.947 %)SS7
53 (3.947 %)SNMP
53 (3.947 %)3GPP
53 (3.947 %)WAN
53 (3.947 %)SMTP
53 (3.947 %)GPRS
53 (3.947 %)GSM
53 (3.947 %)Wireless
53 (3.947 %)GGSN
53 (3.947 %)SGSN
62 (2.632 %)2G
62 (2.632 %)Intranet
62 (2.632 %)VPN
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (9.211 %)SQL Server
23 (3.947 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (3.947 %)PostgreSQL
23 (3.947 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.316 %)MySQL
31 (1.316 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.316 %)Data Mining
31 (1.316 %)ETL
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (5.263 %)MSI
22 (2.632 %)Flash
31 (1.316 %)WinRunner
31 (1.316 %)Rational Robot
31 (1.316 %)JUnit
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (30.26 %)Finance
28 (10.53 %)Telecoms
37 (9.211 %)Legal
37 (9.211 %)Banking
46 (7.895 %)Law
46 (7.895 %)Games
54 (5.263 %)Insurance
54 (5.263 %)Back Office
63 (3.947 %)Financial Institution
63 (3.947 %)Government
63 (3.947 %)Multimedia
63 (3.947 %)Online Games
72 (2.632 %)Retail Banking
72 (2.632 %)Marketing
72 (2.632 %)Billing
72 (2.632 %)Retail
81 (1.316 %)Pensions
81 (1.316 %)Police
81 (1.316 %)Education
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (38.16 %)Analyst
212 (15.79 %)Deployment Analyst
39 (11.84 %)Developer
39 (11.84 %)Support Analyst
48 (10.53 %)Architect
56 (7.895 %)Desktop Support
56 (7.895 %)Java Architect
65 (6.579 %)Desktop Analyst
65 (6.579 %)Deskside Support
65 (6.579 %)Junior
65 (6.579 %)Support Engineer
74 (5.263 %)Server Support
74 (5.263 %)Technical Architect
74 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Analyst
74 (5.263 %)Senior Technical Architect
83 (3.947 %)Java Technical Architect
83 (3.947 %)Wintel Support
83 (3.947 %)Senior Java Architect
83 (3.947 %)Senior Java Technical Architect
83 (3.947 %)Desktop Support Analyst
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (6.579 %)Blackberry
23 (3.947 %)Handset
23 (3.947 %)Interactive TV
23 (3.947 %)Streaming Media
32 (2.632 %)Clustering
32 (2.632 %)IVR
41 (1.316 %)PDA
41 (1.316 %)Flash Lite
41 (1.316 %)Client/Server
41 (1.316 %)N-Tier
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (44.74 %)Windows
217 (22.37 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (13.16 %)Windows XP
47 (9.211 %)Windows 2000
53 (3.947 %)VMS
53 (3.947 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (3.947 %)UNIX
62 (2.632 %)Windows NT
62 (2.632 %)Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (10.53 %)Integration Testing
24 (5.263 %)ITIL
33 (3.947 %)Service Management
33 (3.947 %)Service Delivery
33 (3.947 %)System Testing
33 (3.947 %)DRM
33 (3.947 %)Investment Management
42 (2.632 %)Product Marketing
42 (2.632 %)PRINCE2
42 (2.632 %)Asset Management
42 (2.632 %)Business Development
51 (1.316 %)Fund Management
51 (1.316 %)Release Management
51 (1.316 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (1.316 %)Data Management
51 (1.316 %)Content Management
51 (1.316 %)Document Management
51 (1.316 %)Business Analysis
51 (1.316 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (1.316 %)Data Modelling
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (11.84 %)C#
19 (11.84 %)Java
25 (6.579 %)C++
34 (5.263 %)SQL
43 (3.947 %)C
52 (2.632 %)Perl
52 (2.632 %)Python
52 (2.632 %)Jython
52 (2.632 %)Ruby
61 (1.316 %)VB
61 (1.316 %)JavaScript
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (18.42 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (10.53 %)MCP
35 (6.579 %)MCSE
44 (5.263 %)MCSA
53 (3.947 %)CCNA
53 (3.947 %)Cisco Certification
61 (1.316 %)Degree
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.316 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
128 (36.84 %)Active Directory
25 (6.579 %)Terminal Services
34 (5.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (3.947 %)Terminal Server
52 (2.632 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (2.632 %)MetaFrame
61 (1.316 %)ISA Server
61 (1.316 %)VMware ESX
61 (1.316 %)Backup Exec
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (15.79 %)SCCM
29 (11.84 %)MOM
34 (5.263 %)WSUS
43 (3.947 %)MAILsweeper
52 (2.632 %)Norton AntiVirus
61 (1.316 %)OpenView Configuration Management
61 (1.316 %)ZENworks
61 (1.316 %)OpenView
61 (1.316 %)Unicenter
61 (1.316 %)Tivoli
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (17.11 %)Altiris
211 (14.47 %)Citrix
39 (11.84 %)VMware
45 (6.579 %)Cisco
53 (3.947 %)Remedy
53 (3.947 %)Peregrine
53 (3.947 %)Blue Coat
53 (3.947 %)LANDesk
62 (2.632 %)Lotus
62 (2.632 %)Reuters
62 (2.632 %)Bloomberg
62 (2.632 %)Symantec
71 (1.316 %)Symbian
71 (1.316 %)NetIQ
71 (1.316 %)IBM
71 (1.316 %)Adobe
71 (1.316 %)HP
71 (1.316 %)Dell
71 (1.316 %)Interwoven
71 (1.316 %)Avaya