The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 17 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing SMS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
102 47 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 17.06% 8.246% 22.11%
Number of salaries quoted 92 43 103
Average salary £36,250 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.37% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,700 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £62,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SMS
West Midlands

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SMS Salary Trend