The first table below looks at the demand for SMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. 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 for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Short Message Service (SMS)
Rank 167 - 151
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SMS 7 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.193% - 0.100%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.010% - 0.521%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 3
Average salary £25,000 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
693 530 576
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 19.06% 16.63% 19.22%
Number of salaries quoted 552 423 486
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,400 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SMS
Yorkshire

SMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region 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
Leeds - 7 £25,000 -
SMS
Yorkshire

SMS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
1 8 (100.00%) MySQL
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 7 (87.50%) Billing
2 7 (87.50%) CRM
2 7 (87.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 1 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (12.50%) Clustering
3 1 (12.50%) Apache
3 1 (12.50%) Tomcat

SMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) MySQL
General
1 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
1 7 (87.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) MySQL Developer
1 7 (87.50%) Java Developer
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) CRM
1 7 (87.50%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix
1 1 (12.50%) Google