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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Short Message Service (SMS) |
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21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 221 | 205 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 7 | 27 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.510 % | 1.875 % |
| Salaries quoted | 5 | 20 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,400 | £33,905 |
| Average salary | £35,300 | £36,595 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.53 % |
| Average maximum salary | £39,200 | £39,286 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,226 | £40,207 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.90 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 1372 | 1440 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.738 % | 0.600 % |
| Salaries quoted | 1143 | 1203 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,957 | £33,295 |
| Average salary | £34,234 | £35,801 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.37 % |
| Average maximum salary | £36,510 | £38,308 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,584 | £39,545 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.96 % |
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SMS
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SMS across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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