The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 140 128 114
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -14
Permanent jobs citing SMS 7 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.266% 0.048% 0.164%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.538% 0.269% 0.968%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 3
Average salary £25,000 £46,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-46.23% +86.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
455 372 310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 17.31% 17.76% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 380 295 257
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SMS
West Yorkshire

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
1 8 (100.00%) MySQL
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 7 (87.50%) Billing
2 7 (87.50%) CRM
2 7 (87.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 1 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (12.50%) Clustering
3 1 (12.50%) Apache
3 1 (12.50%) Tomcat

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) MySQL
General
1 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
1 7 (87.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
1 7 (87.50%) Java Developer
1 7 (87.50%) MySQL Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) CRM
1 7 (87.50%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix
1 1 (12.50%) Google