The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 198 - 161
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SMS 1 0 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.020% - 0.246%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.115% - 1.351%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
Average salary £25,000 - £30,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
869 729 740
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.28% 15.80% 18.17%
Number of salaries quoted 716 598 583
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -6.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands SMS Salary Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Coventry - 1 £25,000 -
SMS
England

SMS
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) SEO
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Photography
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Photography
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) SEO
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix