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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the East of England 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 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank267257
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads1527
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.552 %0.980 %
Salaries quoted1425
Average minimum salary£37,353£38,120
Average salary£39,176£40,720
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
Average maximum salary£41,000£43,320
UK excluding London average salary£36,115£41,563
% change on same period last year-13.10 %
Communications & Networking East of EnglandCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads27152754
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.417 %1.136 %
Salaries quoted22292316
Average minimum salary£35,343£36,345
Average salary£38,198£39,360
% change on same period last year-2.95 %
Average maximum salary£41,052£42,376
UK excluding London average salary£37,379£39,687
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
SMS EnglandSMS
England

SMS
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 18 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
EssexUp+56£29,917-33.51 %
CambridgeshireDown-65£40,300-8.14 %
HertfordshireDown-64£43,750+12.54 %
SuffolkNew entry-3£55,000-
SMS EnglandSMS
England

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

125 (46.30 %)Windows
219 (35.19 %)Java
219 (35.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
317 (31.48 %)WAP
416 (29.63 %)Active Directory
515 (27.78 %)J2EE
515 (27.78 %)Hibernate
515 (27.78 %)Spring
515 (27.78 %)Tapestry
612 (22.22 %)JBoss
710 (18.52 %)Firewall
710 (18.52 %)Exchange Server 2000
89 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
98 (14.81 %)Service Delivery
98 (14.81 %)Telecoms
98 (14.81 %)Exchange Server 2007
107 (12.96 %)Citrix
107 (12.96 %)DNS
107 (12.96 %).NET
116 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
116 (11.11 %)OO
116 (11.11 %)DHCP
116 (11.11 %)SoftGrid
116 (11.11 %)Altiris
125 (9.259 %)Exchange Server 5.5
125 (9.259 %)Degree
125 (9.259 %)Java Card
125 (9.259 %)Remedy
125 (9.259 %)Blackberry
125 (9.259 %)Configuration Management

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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
117 (31.48 %)WAP
215 (27.78 %)Hibernate
215 (27.78 %)J2EE
215 (27.78 %)Spring
215 (27.78 %)Tapestry
37 (12.96 %).NET
45 (9.259 %)J2ME
54 (7.407 %)Application Packaging
63 (5.556 %)HTML
63 (5.556 %)XHTML
72 (3.704 %)WinForms
81 (1.852 %)WCF
Application Platforms
119 (35.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
212 (22.22 %)JBoss
310 (18.52 %)Exchange Server 2000
48 (14.81 %)Exchange Server 2007
55 (9.259 %)Exchange Server 5.5
64 (7.407 %)IIS
73 (5.556 %)SharePoint
Business Applications
16 (11.11 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
110 (18.52 %)Firewall
27 (12.96 %)DNS
36 (11.11 %)DHCP
44 (7.407 %)VPN
44 (7.407 %)PBX
44 (7.407 %)SMTP
53 (5.556 %)802.11
62 (3.704 %)Wireless
62 (3.704 %)GGSN
62 (3.704 %)ATM
62 (3.704 %)GPRS
62 (3.704 %)GSM
71 (1.852 %)LAN
71 (1.852 %)VoIP
71 (1.852 %)WAN
71 (1.852 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (5.556 %)MySQL
Development Applications
13 (5.556 %)JUnit
13 (5.556 %)Subversion
General
18 (14.81 %)Telecoms
23 (5.556 %)Electronics
31 (1.852 %)Finance
31 (1.852 %)Aerospace
31 (1.852 %)Banking
Job Titles
122 (40.74 %)Developer
212 (22.22 %)J2EE Developer
310 (18.52 %)Analyst
49 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
49 (16.67 %)Programmer
49 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
49 (16.67 %)Java Developer
49 (16.67 %)Technical Analyst
49 (16.67 %)Java Software Engineer
49 (16.67 %)Java Programmer
49 (16.67 %)J2EE Software Engineer
49 (16.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
58 (14.81 %)Windows Server Engineer
58 (14.81 %)Server Engineer
58 (14.81 %)Server Support
67 (12.96 %)Server Support Engineer
67 (12.96 %)Exchange Engineer
75 (9.259 %)C# Developer
84 (7.407 %)3rd Line Support
84 (7.407 %)Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
15 (9.259 %)Blackberry
15 (9.259 %)Java Card
23 (5.556 %)Computer Science
31 (1.852 %)Replication
31 (1.852 %)IVR
Operating Systems
125 (46.30 %)Windows
29 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
44 (7.407 %)Linux
53 (5.556 %)UNIX
62 (3.704 %)VMS
71 (1.852 %)Windows NT
71 (1.852 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
18 (14.81 %)Service Delivery
26 (11.11 %)OO
35 (9.259 %)Configuration Management
43 (5.556 %)Project Management
43 (5.556 %)Agile Software Development
43 (5.556 %)TDD
43 (5.556 %)Content Management
52 (3.704 %)Service Management
52 (3.704 %)CRM
61 (1.852 %)Information Management
61 (1.852 %)Information Security
Programming Languages
119 (35.19 %)Java
25 (9.259 %)SQL
25 (9.259 %)C#
32 (3.704 %)C
32 (3.704 %)VB
32 (3.704 %)VB.NET
41 (1.852 %)C++
Qualifications
15 (9.259 %)MCSE
15 (9.259 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (9.259 %)Degree
24 (7.407 %)CCNA
24 (7.407 %)Cisco Certification
32 (3.704 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
15 (9.259 %)ISO17799
System Software
116 (29.63 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
13 (5.556 %)MAILsweeper
21 (1.852 %)WSUS
21 (1.852 %)MOM
Vendors
17 (12.96 %)Citrix
26 (11.11 %)Altiris
35 (9.259 %)Remedy
43 (5.556 %)Red Hat
52 (3.704 %)Oracle
61 (1.852 %)Cisco
61 (1.852 %)HP
61 (1.852 %)Novell
61 (1.852 %)LANDesk
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