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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Leicestershire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank78-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.671 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£35,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,000-
UK excluding London average salary£36,568£40,207
% change on same period last year-9.05 %
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leicestershire
Matching permanent IT job ads149175
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.073 %
Salaries quoted138131
Average minimum salary£25,416£25,904
Average salary£27,436£27,680
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Average maximum salary£29,456£29,457
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
SMS East MidlandsSMS
East Midlands

SMS
Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)SAP
21 (50.00 %)CRM
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)SAS
21 (50.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)SPSS
21 (50.00 %)Contact Management
21 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (50.00 %)Data Analysis
21 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
21 (50.00 %)Marketing
21 (50.00 %)Direct Marketing
21 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (50.00 %)SCCM
21 (50.00 %)Data Protection
21 (50.00 %)Java

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)SAS
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Leicestershire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)SPSS
Leicestershire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Retail
11 (50.00 %)Marketing
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Account Manager
11 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support
11 (50.00 %)Technical Account Manager
11 (50.00 %)Technical Manager
11 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)CRM
11 (50.00 %)Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)Contact Management
11 (50.00 %)Data Analysis
11 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
11 (50.00 %)Direct Marketing
11 (50.00 %)Data Protection
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)Java
Leicestershire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)SCCM
Leicestershire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)SAP