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The table below looks at the demand for Short Message Service (SMS) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Service (SMS)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank159184
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching permanent IT job ads147
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.972 %0.731 %
Salaries quoted137
Average minimum salary£28,923£20,429
Average salary£30,000£22,929
% change on same period last year+30.84 %
Average maximum salary£31,077£25,429
UK excluding London average salary£37,737£40,490
% change on same period last year-6.79 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads710957
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.475 %0.427 %
Salaries quoted567800
Average minimum salary£32,119£31,225
Average salary£33,599£32,766
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Average maximum salary£35,079£34,307
UK excluding London average salary£37,772£38,125
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
SMS YorkshireSMS
Yorkshire

SMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SMS across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Yorkshire SMS Demand Trend

SMS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SMS across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire SMS Salary Trend

SMS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMS across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire SMS Salary Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsNew entry-13£30,417-
SMS YorkshireSMS
Yorkshire

SMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

132 (76.19 %)SQL
225 (59.52 %)Telecoms
225 (59.52 %)E-Commerce
225 (59.52 %)WAP
324 (57.14 %)PHP
421 (50.00 %)Java
421 (50.00 %)OO
421 (50.00 %)Hibernate
421 (50.00 %)Spring
519 (45.24 %)Apache
618 (42.86 %)Servlets
717 (40.48 %)Linux
717 (40.48 %)C++
88 (19.05 %)VB.NET
88 (19.05 %).NET
88 (19.05 %)SQL Server
88 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
88 (19.05 %)Windows
88 (19.05 %)SQL Server 2005
88 (19.05 %)SQL Server 2000
97 (16.67 %)JavaScript
97 (16.67 %)Web Development
106 (14.29 %)CSS
106 (14.29 %)ITIL
115 (11.90 %)J2EE
115 (11.90 %)HTML
115 (11.90 %)C#
124 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
124 (9.524 %)Microsoft Certification
124 (9.524 %)Service Management

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (59.52 %)WAP
221 (50.00 %)Hibernate
221 (50.00 %)Spring
318 (42.86 %)Servlets
48 (19.05 %).NET
48 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
56 (14.29 %)CSS
65 (11.90 %)J2EE
65 (11.90 %)HTML
72 (4.762 %)ASP
81 (2.381 %)AJAX
81 (2.381 %)Struts
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (45.24 %)Apache
21 (2.381 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 2007
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (7.143 %)Internet
13 (7.143 %)3G
22 (4.762 %)SAN
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (19.05 %)SQL Server
18 (19.05 %)SQL Server 2000
18 (19.05 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (7.143 %)RDBMS
32 (4.762 %)MySQL
41 (2.381 %)PostgreSQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.381 %)Ant
11 (2.381 %)Subversion
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (59.52 %)Telecoms
24 (9.524 %)Marketing
31 (2.381 %)Finance
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (76.19 %)Developer
221 (50.00 %)Java Developer
315 (35.71 %)C++/Java Developer
45 (11.90 %)ASP.NET Developer
45 (11.90 %).NET Developer
54 (9.524 %)Service Analyst
54 (9.524 %)Analyst
54 (9.524 %)Service Desk Analyst
63 (7.143 %)IT Support Analyst
63 (7.143 %)PHP Developer
63 (7.143 %)Web Developer
63 (7.143 %)Support Analyst
72 (4.762 %)Infrastructure Engineer
72 (4.762 %)J2EE Developer
72 (4.762 %)Technical Lead
72 (4.762 %)Java/J2EE Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (4.762 %)W3C
12 (4.762 %)Clustering
21 (2.381 %)Multithreading
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (40.48 %)Linux
28 (19.05 %)Windows
34 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2008
42 (4.762 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (59.52 %)E-Commerce
221 (50.00 %)OO
37 (16.67 %)Web Development
46 (14.29 %)ITIL
54 (9.524 %)Service Management
62 (4.762 %)Migration
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (76.19 %)SQL
224 (57.14 %)PHP
321 (50.00 %)Java
417 (40.48 %)C++
58 (19.05 %)VB.NET
67 (16.67 %)JavaScript
75 (11.90 %)C#
82 (4.762 %)C
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (9.524 %)MCSA
14 (9.524 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (9.524 %)MCDST
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (9.524 %)Active Directory
22 (4.762 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (7.143 %)Oracle
22 (4.762 %)EMC
22 (4.762 %)Novell
22 (4.762 %)VMware
31 (2.381 %)Avaya