The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing SMS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
277 259 229
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 31.33% 20.72% 19.16%
Number of salaries quoted 233 197 190
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SMS
South West

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SMS across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Gloucestershire SMS Jobs Demand Trend

SMS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SMS across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) C++
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) Symbian
1 12 (100.00%) Handset
1 12 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) JTAG
1 12 (100.00%) Android
1 12 (100.00%) iPhone
1 12 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 12 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 11 (91.67%) Degree
2 11 (91.67%) C
3 7 (58.33%) C#
3 7 (58.33%) HTML
3 7 (58.33%) UML
3 7 (58.33%) JBoss
3 7 (58.33%) UNIX
3 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) VB.NET
3 7 (58.33%) .NET
3 7 (58.33%) J2EE
3 7 (58.33%) Oracle
3 7 (58.33%) EJB
3 7 (58.33%) Web Services
3 7 (58.33%) XML
3 7 (58.33%) Hibernate
3 7 (58.33%) Scrum

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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
1 7 (58.33%) HTML
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
1 7 (58.33%) J2EE
1 7 (58.33%) EJB
1 7 (58.33%) Web Services
1 7 (58.33%) XML
1 7 (58.33%) Hibernate
1 7 (58.33%) JSF
General
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
1 5 (41.67%) Law
1 5 (41.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Handset
1 12 (100.00%) iPhone
2 5 (41.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) Android
1 12 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 7 (58.33%) UNIX
3 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 12 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) UML
2 7 (58.33%) Scrum
2 7 (58.33%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) Configuration Management
2 7 (58.33%) Kanban
2 7 (58.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Software Architecture
4 5 (41.67%) Cyber Security
4 5 (41.67%) Project Management
4 5 (41.67%) MODAF
4 5 (41.67%) Information Management
4 5 (41.67%) ITIL
5 1 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (91.67%) C
3 7 (58.33%) C#
3 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) VB.NET
3 7 (58.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (91.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) JTAG
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Symbian
2 7 (58.33%) JBoss
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle
3 5 (41.67%) Intel