SMS Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 712 763 713
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -50
Permanent jobs citing SMS 150 136 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.139% 0.113% 0.135%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.719% 0.642% 0.854%
Number of salaries quoted 133 107 128
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,600 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Search 40 SMS jobs
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 20871 21174 19668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.54% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16834 17640 16289
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SMS Jobs Demand Trend

SMS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SMS within the UK.

SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

SMS Salary Histogram

SMS
Top 30 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 UK 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
England +38 146 £40,000 -
London +57 77 £45,000 -9.09%
South East +17 39 £35,000 -
City of London -2 28 £48,750 -32.75%
North West +15 13 £36,250 +12.40%
Cheshire - 13 £36,250 -
Berkshire 0 10 £45,500 +16.66%
Oxfordshire - 10 £27,500 -
Yorkshire - 7 £25,000 -
West Yorkshire - 7 £25,000 -
Leeds - 7 £25,000 -
Crewe - 6 £40,000 -
Surrey +11 5 £35,000 -
Buckinghamshire -11 5 £42,500 +21.42%
Milton Keynes -14 5 £42,500 +13.33%
Guildford - 5 £35,000 -
Macclesfield - 5 £24,500 -
Newbury +9 4 £37,500 +44.23%
East of England -9 4 £38,500 +10.00%
East Sussex - 4 £35,000 -
Brighton - 4 £35,000 -
Maidenhead - 3 £49,000 -
East Midlands - 3 £22,500 -
Cambridgeshire +12 2 - -
Hertfordshire +2 2 £38,500 +10.00%
Peterborough -2 2 - -
West Sussex - 2 £31,500 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £36,000 -
Oxford - 2 £26,500 -
Nottingham - 2 £36,000 -

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 82 (29.93%) Java
2 70 (25.55%) Linux
3 60 (21.90%) Marketing
4 50 (18.25%) Telecoms
5 48 (17.52%) Windows
6 43 (15.69%) Degree
7 42 (15.33%) HTML
8 41 (14.96%) SQL
8 41 (14.96%) UNIX
9 36 (13.14%) JavaScript
9 36 (13.14%) Project Management
10 34 (12.41%) MySQL
10 34 (12.41%) PHP
10 34 (12.41%) CRM
11 32 (11.68%) Finance
11 32 (11.68%) SCCM
12 31 (11.31%) C
13 29 (10.58%) VMware
14 28 (10.22%) Windows Server 2008
15 27 (9.854%) Agile Software Development
15 27 (9.854%) C++
15 27 (9.854%) Oracle
16 26 (9.489%) DHCP
16 26 (9.489%) DNS
17 25 (9.124%) Active Directory
17 25 (9.124%) Citrix
17 25 (9.124%) Firewall
17 25 (9.124%) Software Engineering
18 24 (8.759%) Cisco
18 24 (8.759%) TCP/IP

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 42 (15.33%) HTML
2 22 (8.029%) XML
3 20 (7.299%) Web Services
4 19 (6.934%) CSS
5 18 (6.569%) .NET
6 17 (6.204%) Middleware
7 13 (4.745%) HTML5
7 13 (4.745%) LAMP
8 12 (4.380%) jQuery
9 10 (3.650%) XMPP
10 9 (3.285%) JSP
11 7 (2.555%) JSF
11 7 (2.555%) Apache Flex
11 7 (2.555%) ASP.NET
11 7 (2.555%) EJB
11 7 (2.555%) J2EE
11 7 (2.555%) Hibernate
12 6 (2.190%) XSLT
12 6 (2.190%) Ajax
13 5 (1.825%) REST
Application Platforms
1 14 (5.109%) MS Exchange
2 12 (4.380%) Exchange Server 2003
2 12 (4.380%) Exchange Server 2007
2 12 (4.380%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (4.015%) Apache
4 9 (3.285%) ESB
5 7 (2.555%) CMS
6 6 (2.190%) Lotus Domino
6 6 (2.190%) SAS
6 6 (2.190%) IIS
7 3 (1.095%) nginx
7 3 (1.095%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (1.095%) Facebook Platform
7 3 (1.095%) Gunicorn
8 2 (0.730%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (0.730%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.730%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.730%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.365%) Drupal
9 1 (0.365%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.555%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (0.730%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.730%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.365%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 6 (2.190%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.730%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.365%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.365%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.365%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.489%) DHCP
1 26 (9.489%) DNS
2 25 (9.124%) Firewall
3 24 (8.759%) TCP/IP
4 23 (8.394%) Internet
5 22 (8.029%) SMTP
6 18 (6.569%) LDAP
7 14 (5.109%) HTTP
7 14 (5.109%) LAN
7 14 (5.109%) WAN
8 10 (3.650%) OSPF
8 10 (3.650%) EIGRP
8 10 (3.650%) BGP
8 10 (3.650%) PSTN
8 10 (3.650%) IMAP
8 10 (3.650%) Cisco PIX
8 10 (3.650%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (2.920%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (2.920%) NetScaler
9 8 (2.920%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.41%) MySQL
2 21 (7.664%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.745%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.015%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.555%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 7 (2.555%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (2.190%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.825%) QlikView
8 4 (1.460%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.095%) Redis
9 3 (1.095%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.095%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.730%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.730%) Base SAS
10 2 (0.730%) Big Data
11 1 (0.365%) SQL Server 2008
11 1 (0.365%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.365%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (2.190%) GitHub
2 5 (1.825%) MSI
3 3 (1.095%) Mercurial
3 3 (1.095%) Git (software)
4 2 (0.730%) Selenium
5 1 (0.365%) Mockito
5 1 (0.365%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.365%) EasyMock
5 1 (0.365%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.365%) Maven
5 1 (0.365%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.365%) Ant
5 1 (0.365%) JUnit
5 1 (0.365%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.365%) ClearQuest
General
1 60 (21.90%) Marketing
2 50 (18.25%) Telecoms
3 32 (11.68%) Finance
4 23 (8.394%) Billing
5 17 (6.204%) Banking
6 13 (4.745%) Legal
7 12 (4.380%) Advertising
8 10 (3.650%) Retail
9 9 (3.285%) Games
10 6 (2.190%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.825%) Law
11 5 (1.825%) Back Office
12 3 (1.095%) French Language
12 3 (1.095%) German Language
12 3 (1.095%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.095%) Spanish Language
12 3 (1.095%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.730%) Front Office
14 1 (0.365%) Online Betting
14 1 (0.365%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (18.98%) Analyst
2 49 (17.88%) Developer
3 18 (6.569%) Architect
4 17 (6.204%) Consultant
5 16 (5.839%) Software Engineer
5 16 (5.839%) PHP Developer
6 15 (5.474%) Java Developer
6 15 (5.474%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (4.380%) Data Analyst
8 11 (4.015%) Senior Consultant
9 9 (3.285%) Marketing Manager
9 9 (3.285%) Perl Developer
10 8 (2.920%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.555%) Genesys Consultant
11 7 (2.555%) Senior Genesys Consultant
11 7 (2.555%) ScrumMaster
11 7 (2.555%) MySQL Developer
11 7 (2.555%) Test Analyst
11 7 (2.555%) Applications Support
11 7 (2.555%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.664%) Handset
2 16 (5.839%) Clustering
2 16 (5.839%) Social Media
3 15 (5.474%) Open Source
4 12 (4.380%) iPhone
4 12 (4.380%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.650%) N-Tier
5 10 (3.650%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (3.285%) Computer Science
7 8 (2.920%) Digital Media
8 7 (2.555%) Social Network
8 7 (2.555%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.190%) IVR
10 5 (1.825%) SaaS
10 5 (1.825%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.825%) EPoS
10 5 (1.825%) NHS
10 5 (1.825%) Blackberry
11 4 (1.460%) Mobile Banking
11 4 (1.460%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 70 (25.55%) Linux
2 48 (17.52%) Windows
3 41 (14.96%) UNIX
4 28 (10.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 23 (8.394%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (6.569%) Android
7 16 (5.839%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.555%) Windows Vista
8 7 (2.555%) Windows XP
9 6 (2.190%) Windows 2000
10 5 (1.825%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.825%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.095%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.095%) CentOS
11 3 (1.095%) FreeBSD
11 3 (1.095%) Fedora
12 2 (0.730%) AIX
12 2 (0.730%) HPUX
12 2 (0.730%) Solaris
13 1 (0.365%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (13.14%) Project Management
2 34 (12.41%) CRM
3 27 (9.854%) Agile Software Development
4 25 (9.124%) Software Engineering
5 21 (7.664%) ITIL
6 20 (7.299%) Scrum
7 18 (6.569%) Analytics
7 18 (6.569%) Web Development
8 17 (6.204%) Service Delivery
9 15 (5.474%) Digital Marketing
10 14 (5.109%) Configuration Management
10 14 (5.109%) Validation
10 14 (5.109%) E-Commerce
10 14 (5.109%) Software Architecture
11 13 (4.745%) Continuous Integration
11 13 (4.745%) TDD
11 13 (4.745%) ETL
11 13 (4.745%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (4.380%) Ethical Hacking
12 12 (4.380%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 82 (29.93%) Java
2 41 (14.96%) SQL
3 36 (13.14%) JavaScript
4 34 (12.41%) PHP
5 31 (11.31%) C
6 27 (9.854%) C++
7 23 (8.394%) C#
8 21 (7.664%) Python
9 14 (5.109%) Perl
10 10 (3.650%) PHP5
10 10 (3.650%) Bash shell
11 8 (2.920%) Ruby
12 7 (2.555%) VB.NET
13 6 (2.190%) AWK
13 6 (2.190%) sed
14 5 (1.825%) Objective-C
15 4 (1.460%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.365%) ActionScript 3.0
16 1 (0.365%) ABAP
16 1 (0.365%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 43 (15.69%) Degree
2 14 (5.109%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.745%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (4.380%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.650%) CCIE
5 10 (3.650%) CCNP
6 9 (3.285%) CCNA
7 8 (2.920%) ISEB
8 5 (1.825%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (1.825%) MBA
9 2 (0.730%) CISM
9 2 (0.730%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.730%) CISSP
9 2 (0.730%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.365%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.365%) MCDST
10 1 (0.365%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.365%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.365%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.365%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.934%) SLA
2 12 (4.380%) JTAG
3 4 (1.460%) HL7
4 3 (1.095%) QA
5 2 (0.730%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.730%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (9.124%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.299%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (6.569%) VMware ESX
4 15 (5.474%) XenApp
5 12 (4.380%) Hyper-V
6 11 (4.015%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 8 (2.920%) vSphere
8 6 (2.190%) Novell eDirectory
9 5 (1.825%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (1.095%) Xen
11 2 (0.730%) ISA Server
11 2 (0.730%) Forefront TMG
12 1 (0.365%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 32 (11.68%) SCCM
2 20 (7.299%) MOM
3 15 (5.474%) SCOM
4 9 (3.285%) Business Desktop Deployment
5 8 (2.920%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (2.190%) ZENworks
7 4 (1.460%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.095%) Puppet
8 3 (1.095%) Cacti
8 3 (1.095%) Nagios
8 3 (1.095%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.365%) Plesk
9 1 (0.365%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 29 (10.58%) VMware
2 27 (9.854%) Oracle
3 25 (9.124%) Citrix
4 24 (8.759%) Cisco
5 15 (5.474%) Twitter
6 14 (5.109%) Facebook
7 12 (4.380%) Symantec
7 12 (4.380%) Symbian
7 12 (4.380%) HP
8 10 (3.650%) SolidWorks
9 8 (2.920%) Business Objects
10 7 (2.555%) Verint
10 7 (2.555%) Genesys
10 7 (2.555%) Ericsson
10 7 (2.555%) JBoss
10 7 (2.555%) Salesforce.com
11 6 (2.190%) BT
11 6 (2.190%) Avaya
11 6 (2.190%) Unica
11 6 (2.190%) Google
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
WINTEL Support
Renfrewshire
Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange) ?... Experience of supporting o Active Directory, DNS and DHCP o Exchange 2003 / 2007 / 2010 o Windows Server 2003 / 2008 o Windows Server Clustering...
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus
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Live Ops PHP Developer
Brighton, East Sussex
Proven commercial experience with PHP, MySQL , HTML, CSS and JavaScript Ability to confidently and correctly answer questions relating to frameworks and OO coding practices Experience in working with...
Pure360
Salary: Neg depending on experience + bonus scheme
Posted: 16 May 2013
C++ Developer
City, London
London, C++ Developer. My client creates the APIs and applications that power many of the world's largest SMS, MMS, VoIP and Mobile Payment services ... Skills Required: *enthusiastic...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
PHP Developer
East Sussex
Pure360 provides online software solutions that allow leading companies maximise the results from their email and SMS marketing... We currently have just over 100 staff, a results driven...
Pure 360
Salary: £35,000 neg depending on experience + bonus scheme
Posted: 25 May 2013
PHP Developer
Brighton, East Sussex
Contribute to the evolution and improvement of the PHP and JavaScript frameworks... Essential: Proven commercial project experience involving a minimum of PHP, MySQL and XML. Ability to confidently...
Pure360
Salary: £40,000 neg depending on experience + bonus scheme
Posted: 16 May 2013
Digital Transformation Scrum Master
UK
Knowledge of agile development practices - TDD / BDD, automated builds, continuous integration, code quality metrics, agile test frameworks etc. Significant exposure to web development technologies (HTML, JavaScript, JSP, content...
Cognizant
Posted: 10 May 2013
Live Ops PHP Developer
East Sussex
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Pure 360
Salary: neg depending on experience + bonus scheme
Posted: 25 May 2013
Interconnect Mobile Analyst
City of London
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Claremont Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Creative Developer
East Sussex
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Pure 360
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000 depending on experience
Posted: 25 May 2013
Creative Developer
Brighton, East Sussex
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Pure360
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000 depending on experience
Posted: 16 May 2013
Interconnect Analyst
City of London
As the Interconnect Analyst you will be required to have a clear understanding of LCR (Least Cost Rooting) to drive the business to improve Carrier Voice and Data...
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Interconnect Analyst
City, London
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Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Software Developer
Wilmslow, North West
My client, launched in April 2007, is set to become Cheshire’s fastest growing business.Working for some of the UK’s largest blue chip organisations they provide...
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Salary: £30k - 32k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Licencing Technical Consultant - Permanent
Hertfordshire, South East
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Salary: £60000 per annum + Benefits
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Global Head Of CRM
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deep knowledge of salesforce * the seniority to be able to lead the CRM program across a global scale. * experience of crm channels including mobile app, web, email and...
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Salary: £90 - £120 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 25 May 2013
Interconnect Analyst (Mobile Phone LCR Exp)
City, London
The role will focus on both core network procurement (TDM and IP connectivity) and carrier services such as international voice, roaming signalling, SMS and MMS interworking... Minimum three...
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Salary: £35k - 45k per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Campaign Targeting Manager - (SAS / SQL)
London
My Client will consider candidates without SAS, as long as you have experience with other Campaign Management tools (Epiphany, Unica, SAS automation or other similar tools)***... SMS, call...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Unspecified Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
Business Development Executive
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Gemini Search
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + commission (£60,000 OTE+)
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Project Manager (Prince2, Software, Retail); Guildford
Guildford, Surrey
You must be Prince2 certified alongside holding technical knowledge of API and SaaS with a background of dealing with clients in a software project management role. You should...
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Salary: upto 35k plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Retention Manager
London
THE ROLE This is a pivotal role for the company, as you will be responsible for developing the strategy for the CRM/loyalty/VIP schemes for the company.....
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
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Head Of Roaming
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