The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Macclesfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 20 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 Macclesfield region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SMS 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 2.660% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £24,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
Macclesfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
50 10 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 26.60% 6.623% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 39 8 25
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SMS
Cheshire

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Macclesfield SMS Salary Histogram

SMS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) LDAP
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) IMAP
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Product Management
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Handset
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) SMTP
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) LDAP
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (80.00%) IMAP
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) SMTP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Trainee
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA