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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Leeds 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank98132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching permanent IT job ads639
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.004 %
As % of the category below8.607 %1.737 %
Salaries quoted596
Average minimum salary£25,983£29,833
Average salary£26,653£30,333
% change on same period last year-12.13 %
Average maximum salary£27,322£30,833
UK excluding London average salary£36,034£40,587
% change on same period last year-11.21 %
Communications & Networking LeedsCommunications & Networking
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads732518
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.359 %0.229 %
Salaries quoted589426
Average minimum salary£32,547£31,254
Average salary£34,064£33,181
% change on same period last year+2.66 %
Average maximum salary£35,582£35,109
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
SMS West YorkshireSMS
West Yorkshire

SMS
Demand Trend

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

Leeds SMS Demand Trend

SMS
Salary Trend

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

Leeds SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the Leeds region over the past 3 months.

Leeds SMS Salary Histogram

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leeds region citing SMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SMS.

154 (84.38 %)SQL
252 (81.25 %)OO
252 (81.25 %)WAP
351 (79.69 %)E-Commerce
447 (73.44 %)Telecoms
541 (64.06 %)PostgreSQL
639 (60.94 %)PHP
728 (43.75 %)JavaScript
826 (40.63 %)Apache
925 (39.06 %)MySQL
1020 (31.25 %)Java
1118 (28.13 %)Spring
1118 (28.13 %)Hibernate
1118 (28.13 %)Servlets
1217 (26.56 %)C++
1312 (18.75 %)Web Development
147 (10.94 %)SQL Server
156 (9.375 %)Windows
156 (9.375 %)Linux
156 (9.375 %)Active Directory
165 (7.813 %)W3C
174 (6.250 %)PHP5
174 (6.250 %)PHP4
174 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
174 (6.250 %)Marketing
174 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
174 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
174 (6.250 %)OOD
174 (6.250 %)OOP
174 (6.250 %)OOA/OOD

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leeds region citing SMS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
152 (81.25 %)WAP
218 (28.13 %)Hibernate
218 (28.13 %)Spring
218 (28.13 %)Servlets
34 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
34 (6.250 %).NET
42 (3.125 %)J2EE
42 (3.125 %)HTML
42 (3.125 %)WML
42 (3.125 %)JSP
42 (3.125 %)XML
42 (3.125 %)XHTML
51 (1.563 %)ASP
51 (1.563 %)LAMP
Application Platforms
126 (40.63 %)Apache
22 (3.125 %)Tomcat
Communications & Networking
12 (3.125 %)Broadband
12 (3.125 %)SAN
12 (3.125 %)Firewall
21 (1.563 %)DHCP
21 (1.563 %)WINS
21 (1.563 %)DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
141 (64.06 %)PostgreSQL
225 (39.06 %)MySQL
37 (10.94 %)SQL Server
44 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (3.125 %)Oracle 9i
52 (3.125 %)Oracle 10g
General
147 (73.44 %)Telecoms
24 (6.250 %)Marketing
32 (3.125 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
156 (87.50 %)Developer
220 (31.25 %)Web Developer
220 (31.25 %)PHP Developer
311 (17.19 %)Database Developer
48 (12.50 %)Java Developer
55 (7.813 %)PHP Web Developer
55 (7.813 %)C++/Java Developer
64 (6.250 %)Support Engineer
73 (4.688 %)Analyst
73 (4.688 %).NET Developer
73 (4.688 %)Service Desk Analyst
73 (4.688 %)ASP.NET Developer
73 (4.688 %)Service Analyst
82 (3.125 %)Java/J2EE Developer
82 (3.125 %)Applications Support Engineer
82 (3.125 %)Applications Support
91 (1.563 %)Systems Engineer
91 (1.563 %)Software Developer
91 (1.563 %)Software Engineer
91 (1.563 %)J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
15 (7.813 %)W3C
22 (3.125 %)Streaming Video
Operating Systems
16 (9.375 %)Windows
16 (9.375 %)Linux
22 (3.125 %)Solaris
22 (3.125 %)Unix
31 (1.563 %)Windows NT
31 (1.563 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
152 (81.25 %)OO
251 (79.69 %)E-Commerce
312 (18.75 %)Web Development
44 (6.250 %)OOP
44 (6.250 %)OOA/OOD
44 (6.250 %)OOD
53 (4.688 %)Service Management
53 (4.688 %)ITIL
Programming Languages
154 (84.38 %)SQL
239 (60.94 %)PHP
328 (43.75 %)JavaScript
420 (31.25 %)Java
517 (26.56 %)C++
64 (6.250 %)VB.NET
64 (6.250 %)PHP5
64 (6.250 %)PHP4
73 (4.688 %)C#
81 (1.563 %)C
Qualifications
14 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (4.688 %)MCDST
23 (4.688 %)MCSA
31 (1.563 %)MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.563 %)SLA
System Software
16 (9.375 %)Active Directory
22 (3.125 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
12 (3.125 %)MOM
12 (3.125 %)WSUS
Vendors
12 (3.125 %)Oracle
12 (3.125 %)Red Hat
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