Short Message Service (SMS)
Berkshire > Reading
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for SMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SMS over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 94 | 83 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SMS | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.084% | 0.20% | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.41% | 1.16% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £400 | - |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £200 | £400 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -50.00% | -11.11% | +6.51% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading
SMS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 243 | 172 | 227 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 20.37% | 16.78% | 16.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 113 | 94 | 116 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £331 | £165 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £425 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | +10.53% | +26.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £650 | £601 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £721 | £675 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £490 | £480 | £467 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.08% | +2.78% | +20.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £77.22 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £25.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £87.46 | £66.00 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.52% | +153.85% | -45.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £87.53 | £73.69 | £26.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £78.30 | - |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £83.77 | £66.00 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.92% | +288.24% | -50.72% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SMS in Reading.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SMS in Reading.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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