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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the London 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.
 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 442 | 376 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -66 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 228 | 384 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.112 % | 0.170 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.734 % | 2.550 % |
| Salaries quoted | 181 | 298 |
| Average minimum salary | £39,604 | £37,763 |
| Average salary | £41,793 | £40,623 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Average maximum salary | £43,983 | £43,482 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,034 | £40,587 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.21 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 13145 | 15056 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 6.445 % | 6.666 % |
| Salaries quoted | 11198 | 12005 |
| Average minimum salary | £42,638 | £42,949 |
| Average salary | £45,678 | £45,959 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.61 % |
| Average maximum salary | £48,718 | £48,968 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,693 | £39,086 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.56 % |
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SMS
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing SMS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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