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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 212 206 210
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Permanent jobs citing SMS 2 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.037% 0.109% 0.032%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.231% 0.669% 0.177%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 2
Average salary £50,000 £37,250 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.22% -35.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £25,000 £55,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £43,750 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
867 897 1132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 16.18% 16.34% 18.05%
Number of salaries quoted 746 750 945
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South 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 South West region.

South West SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

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

South West SMS Salary Histogram

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 9 (75.00%) Java
1 9 (75.00%) C
1 9 (75.00%) C++
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
1 9 (75.00%) Symbian
1 9 (75.00%) Handset
1 9 (75.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
1 9 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) JTAG
1 9 (75.00%) Android
1 9 (75.00%) iPhone
1 9 (75.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 9 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (41.67%) Software Architecture
2 5 (41.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Kanban
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) JSF
2 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Ruby
2 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (41.67%) Hibernate
2 5 (41.67%) Scrum
2 5 (41.67%) UNIX
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Configuration Management
2 5 (41.67%) UML
2 5 (41.67%) JBoss

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 5 (41.67%) JSF
1 5 (41.67%) Hibernate
1 5 (41.67%) HTML
1 5 (41.67%) .NET
1 5 (41.67%) J2EE
1 5 (41.67%) EJB
1 5 (41.67%) Web Services
1 5 (41.67%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) DNS
General
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 4 (33.33%) Law
1 4 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (16.67%) Advertising
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Handset
1 9 (75.00%) iPhone
2 4 (33.33%) Open Source
3 2 (16.67%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
1 9 (75.00%) Android
1 9 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (41.67%) UNIX
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 9 (75.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Software Architecture
2 5 (41.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Kanban
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (41.67%) Scrum
2 5 (41.67%) Configuration Management
2 5 (41.67%) UML
3 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Information Management
3 4 (33.33%) MODAF
3 4 (33.33%) Cyber Security
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Java
1 9 (75.00%) C
1 9 (75.00%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) Ruby
2 5 (41.67%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
1 9 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) MCDST
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) JTAG
2 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Symbian
2 5 (41.67%) JBoss
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
3 4 (33.33%) Intel
4 1 (8.333%) LANDesk
4 1 (8.333%) Pega
4 1 (8.333%) CommVault
4 1 (8.333%) McAfee
South West
The Project Manager will have exceptional communication skills and proven change management skills and expertise delivering projects from inception to delivery through to BAU. Knowledge of PEGA Systems...
JM
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
South West
Leading Financial Services Sector Client now requires an exceptional Payments Programme Manager with strong Sanctions / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) experience to be accountable for successfully delivering complex projects...
JM
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
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