Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) Protocol
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SMPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SMPP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 866 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -178 |
| Contract jobs citing SMPP | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.001% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 0.010% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +1.12% |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +1.12% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
SMPP 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 5,560 | 7,312 | 9,697 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.81% | 12.38% | 10.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,330 | 4,755 | 6,337 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £240 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £520 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £601 | £638 | £610 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £725 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.95% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 423 | 474 | 363 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £9.80 | £14.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.93 | £10.63 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £18.88 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +111.92% | -31.36% | +3.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.00 | £50.39 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.91 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.88 | £18.50 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +148.00% | -13.95% | -9.71% |
SMPP
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SMPP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SMPP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SMPP.