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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Edinburgh 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 82 | 95 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 4 | 6 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.914 % | 1.993 % |
| Salaries quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum salary | £33,500 | £51,667 |
| Average salary | £41,000 | £52,083 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.27 % |
| Average maximum salary | £48,500 | £52,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,331 | £41,232 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.88 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 209 | 301 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.110 % | 0.123 % |
| Salaries quoted | 164 | 228 |
| Average minimum salary | £37,572 | £36,679 |
| Average salary | £41,233 | £40,504 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.79 % |
| Average maximum salary | £44,894 | £44,329 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,394 | £39,723 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.86 % |
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SMS
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SMS across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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