The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 530 571 564
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -7
Permanent jobs citing SMS 77 67 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.175% 0.124% 0.105%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.960% 0.750% 0.773%
Number of salaries quoted 74 58 51
Average salary £45,000 £49,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,750 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £72,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
8022 8939 7757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.25% 16.59% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6603 7586 6554
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SMS
England

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London SMS Salary Histogram

SMS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SMS within the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +3 26 £48,750 -32.75%
Uxbridge - 2 £40,000 -
Croydon - 1 £79,500 -
SMS
England

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 36 (29.51%) Marketing
2 29 (23.77%) Java
3 25 (20.49%) Linux
3 25 (20.49%) Degree
4 23 (18.85%) MySQL
5 21 (17.21%) Telecoms
6 19 (15.57%) Finance
6 19 (15.57%) CRM
7 18 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
8 17 (13.93%) PHP
9 16 (13.11%) CSS
9 16 (13.11%) Web Development
10 15 (12.30%) TDD
10 15 (12.30%) Billing
10 15 (12.30%) Software Engineering
10 15 (12.30%) JavaScript
10 15 (12.30%) Internet
11 14 (11.48%) Firewall
11 14 (11.48%) Banking
11 14 (11.48%) Twitter
11 14 (11.48%) Analytics
12 13 (10.66%) Continuous Integration
12 13 (10.66%) Python
13 12 (9.836%) E-Commerce
13 12 (9.836%) HTML
13 12 (9.836%) Scrum
13 12 (9.836%) Open Source
13 12 (9.836%) HTML5
13 12 (9.836%) Facebook
14 11 (9.016%) Data Analytics

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 16 (13.11%) CSS
2 12 (9.836%) HTML
2 12 (9.836%) HTML5
3 11 (9.016%) LAMP
4 10 (8.197%) Middleware
5 9 (7.377%) jQuery
5 9 (7.377%) JSP
6 6 (4.918%) Apache Flex
6 6 (4.918%) Ajax
6 6 (4.918%) XMPP
7 4 (3.279%) XML
7 4 (3.279%) Symfony
7 4 (3.279%) RESTful
8 3 (2.459%) REST
8 3 (2.459%) OAuth
8 3 (2.459%) Django
8 3 (2.459%) Google Maps API
9 2 (1.639%) Flash
9 2 (1.639%) XHTML
9 2 (1.639%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 9 (7.377%) ESB
2 8 (6.557%) Apache
3 3 (2.459%) Gunicorn
3 3 (2.459%) Facebook Platform
3 3 (2.459%) nginx
3 3 (2.459%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.098%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.820%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.820%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.30%) Internet
2 14 (11.48%) Firewall
3 11 (9.016%) LAN
3 11 (9.016%) WAN
4 10 (8.197%) SMTP
4 10 (8.197%) PSTN
4 10 (8.197%) OSPF
4 10 (8.197%) BGP
4 10 (8.197%) EIGRP
4 10 (8.197%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (8.197%) Cisco PIX
5 8 (6.557%) NetScaler
5 8 (6.557%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (6.557%) HTTP
5 8 (6.557%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (5.738%) BSS
6 7 (5.738%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.098%) SMPP
7 5 (4.098%) GSM
7 5 (4.098%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.85%) MySQL
2 11 (9.016%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.098%) QlikView
4 4 (3.279%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.459%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.459%) Redis
6 2 (1.639%) Base SAS
6 2 (1.639%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (4.918%) GitHub
2 3 (2.459%) Mercurial
2 3 (2.459%) Git (software)
3 2 (1.639%) Selenium
4 1 (0.820%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.820%) Maven
4 1 (0.820%) Mockito
4 1 (0.820%) EasyMock
4 1 (0.820%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.820%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.820%) Ant
4 1 (0.820%) JUnit
4 1 (0.820%) ClearCase
General
1 36 (29.51%) Marketing
2 21 (17.21%) Telecoms
3 19 (15.57%) Finance
4 15 (12.30%) Billing
5 14 (11.48%) Banking
6 7 (5.738%) Games
7 6 (4.918%) Advertising
8 3 (2.459%) Retail
8 3 (2.459%) French Language
8 3 (2.459%) German Language
8 3 (2.459%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.459%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.639%) Legal
10 1 (0.820%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.820%) International Banking
10 1 (0.820%) Online Betting
10 1 (0.820%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (18.85%) Developer
1 23 (18.85%) Analyst
2 11 (9.016%) Data Analyst
3 9 (7.377%) Architect
4 8 (6.557%) PHP Developer
5 7 (5.738%) ScrumMaster
5 7 (5.738%) Software Engineer
5 7 (5.738%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (4.918%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 6 (4.918%) Java Developer
6 6 (4.918%) Senior Developer
6 6 (4.918%) Marketing Manager
6 6 (4.918%) Network Manager
7 5 (4.098%) Digital Marketing Manager
8 4 (3.279%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.279%) Project Leader
8 4 (3.279%) Junior
8 4 (3.279%) Junior Analyst
8 4 (3.279%) Junior Data Analyst
9 3 (2.459%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.836%) Open Source
2 11 (9.016%) Social Media
3 10 (8.197%) Handset
4 9 (7.377%) Mobile App
5 7 (5.738%) Digital Media
6 6 (4.918%) Blog
6 6 (4.918%) Computer Science
7 5 (4.098%) Social Network
7 5 (4.098%) Client/Server
8 4 (3.279%) NHS
9 3 (2.459%) Mobile Payment
9 3 (2.459%) Interactive TV
9 3 (2.459%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.639%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.820%) Online Banking
11 1 (0.820%) PDA
11 1 (0.820%) FMCG
11 1 (0.820%) Clustering
11 1 (0.820%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.820%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.49%) Linux
2 7 (5.738%) UNIX
3 5 (4.098%) Windows
4 3 (2.459%) Ubuntu
4 3 (2.459%) CentOS
4 3 (2.459%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.459%) Fedora
4 3 (2.459%) FreeBSD
5 2 (1.639%) Android
5 2 (1.639%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.820%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (15.57%) CRM
2 18 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (13.11%) Web Development
4 15 (12.30%) TDD
4 15 (12.30%) Software Engineering
5 14 (11.48%) Analytics
6 13 (10.66%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (9.836%) E-Commerce
7 12 (9.836%) Scrum
8 11 (9.016%) Data Analytics
9 10 (8.197%) Project Management
9 10 (8.197%) Network Planning
9 10 (8.197%) Data Analysis
10 9 (7.377%) Data Validation
10 9 (7.377%) SEO
10 9 (7.377%) Validation
10 9 (7.377%) SOA
10 9 (7.377%) ETL
11 8 (6.557%) B2C
11 8 (6.557%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.77%) Java
2 17 (13.93%) PHP
3 15 (12.30%) JavaScript
4 13 (10.66%) Python
5 10 (8.197%) Bash shell
5 10 (8.197%) PHP5
6 8 (6.557%) C++
7 6 (4.918%) C
7 6 (4.918%) Perl
8 5 (4.098%) SQL
9 4 (3.279%) AWK
9 4 (3.279%) sed
10 3 (2.459%) Ruby
10 3 (2.459%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.639%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.820%) ActionScript 3.0
12 1 (0.820%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 25 (20.49%) Degree
2 10 (8.197%) CCIE
2 10 (8.197%) CCNP
2 10 (8.197%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.918%) CCNA
4 5 (4.098%) MBA
5 1 (0.820%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.820%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.820%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.820%) QA
1 1 (0.820%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (2.459%) Xen
1 3 (2.459%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (2.459%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.377%) Business Desktop Deployment
2 3 (2.459%) Puppet
2 3 (2.459%) Cacti
2 3 (2.459%) Nagios
3 1 (0.820%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (11.48%) Twitter
2 12 (9.836%) Facebook
3 11 (9.016%) Cisco
4 8 (6.557%) Citrix
5 7 (5.738%) Salesforce.com
6 5 (4.098%) Google
7 3 (2.459%) Unica
7 3 (2.459%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.459%) VMware
8 2 (1.639%) Chordiant
8 2 (1.639%) Oracle
8 2 (1.639%) Cerillion
8 2 (1.639%) Zend
8 2 (1.639%) Alterian
8 2 (1.639%) RightScale
9 1 (0.820%) Epiphany
9 1 (0.820%) Juniper
9 1 (0.820%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (0.820%) HP
9 1 (0.820%) Adobe
City, London
London, C++ Developer. My client creates the APIs and applications that power many of the world's largest SMS, MMS, VoIP and Mobile Payment services ... Skills Required: *enthusiastic...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Interconnect Analyst from a commercial background working in Multiple Voice, SMS Carriers required on a permanent basis working for a rapidly growing and successful Mobile Operator Based in...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
City, London
The role will focus on both core network procurement (TDM and IP connectivity) and carrier services such as international voice, roaming signalling, SMS and MMS interworking... Minimum three...
Clearchoice Careers
Salary: £35k - 45k per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
My Client will consider candidates without SAS, as long as you have experience with other Campaign Management tools (Epiphany, Unica, SAS automation or other similar tools)***... SMS, call...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Unspecified Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
Senior Saas Business Development Executive - £30 - £40K + commission. An amazing rapidly growing company providing a cutting edge Saas-based social media management solution is looking for a Business...
Gemini Search
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + commission (£60,000 OTE+)
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
4.Strategic planning and drafting roadmap for the year Experience 1.Roaming commercial & network experience 2.Leading Cross Functional Teams (Technical, Billing, Finance, Sales, Revenue Assurance) 3.Process &...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013