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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the Midlands 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 20 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 20 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 82 | 76 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 7 | 5 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.211 % | 2.165 % |
| Salaries quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum salary | £25,000 | £50,000 |
| Average salary | £27,500 | £50,000 |
| % change on same period last year | -45.00 % |
| Average maximum salary | £30,000 | £50,000 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,015 | £40,756 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.63 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 218 | 231 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.106 % | 0.102 % |
| Salaries quoted | 148 | 149 |
| Average minimum salary | £34,143 | £42,727 |
| Average salary | £37,744 | £46,208 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.31 % |
| Average maximum salary | £41,345 | £49,689 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,723 | £39,102 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.52 % |
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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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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