The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 230 245 228
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -17
Permanent jobs citing SMS 13 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.181% 0.028% 0.087%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.135% 0.193% 0.590%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 5
Average salary £36,250 £32,250 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.40% -10.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £30,850 £33,900
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £33,650 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire - 13 £36,250 -
SMS
England

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 12 (54.55%) Java
2 11 (50.00%) Linux
3 8 (36.36%) UNIX
3 8 (36.36%) C
3 8 (36.36%) Finance
4 7 (31.82%) LDAP
4 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
4 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
4 7 (31.82%) IMAP
5 6 (27.27%) CMS
5 6 (27.27%) IVR
5 6 (27.27%) Avaya
6 5 (22.73%) SLA
6 5 (22.73%) Back Office
6 5 (22.73%) Internet
6 5 (22.73%) WFM
7 4 (18.18%) Online Banking
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 4 (18.18%) Product Management
7 4 (18.18%) Software Architecture
7 4 (18.18%) Social Media
7 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 4 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (18.18%) Banking
7 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
7 4 (18.18%) Migration
7 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) N-Tier

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 4 (18.18%) Web Services
2 1 (4.545%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) CMS
2 3 (13.64%) RabbitMQ
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) LDAP
1 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
1 7 (31.82%) IMAP
2 5 (22.73%) Internet
3 4 (18.18%) SMTP
3 4 (18.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
3 5 (22.73%) Back Office
4 4 (18.18%) Banking
5 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
5 2 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Architect
1 8 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
2 6 (27.27%) Telecoms Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Trainee
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Technical Support
4 2 (9.091%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 2 (9.091%) Linux Administrator
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (9.091%) Administrator
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Support
4 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Applications Support
5 1 (4.545%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) IVR
2 4 (18.18%) Online Banking
2 4 (18.18%) Social Media
2 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 4 (18.18%) N-Tier
2 4 (18.18%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (4.545%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Linux
2 8 (36.36%) UNIX
3 2 (9.091%) Ubuntu
3 2 (9.091%) AIX
3 2 (9.091%) HPUX
3 2 (9.091%) Solaris
3 2 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) WFM
2 4 (18.18%) Product Management
2 4 (18.18%) Software Architecture
2 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
2 4 (18.18%) Migration
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (18.18%) ETL
2 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
4 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) Java
2 8 (36.36%) C
3 1 (4.545%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) SLA
2 4 (18.18%) HL7
3 1 (4.545%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Avaya
2 3 (13.64%) TIBCO
3 2 (9.091%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.545%) HP
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