Short Message Service (SMS)
Dorset > Bournemouth
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bournemouth 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 19 | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | - |
| Contract jobs citing SMS | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bournemouth | - | 1.10% | 2.35% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 7.14% | 18.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £618 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £613 | £625 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £625 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £638 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £683 |
| Dorset median daily rate | - | £625 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -3.85% | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bournemouth
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 Bournemouth with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 4 | 14 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth | 4.60% | 15.38% | 12.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £219 | £169 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £226 | £234 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £375 | £431 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.04% | +1.47% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £475 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £548 | £643 |
| Dorset median daily rate | £575 | £469 | £444 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.67% | +5.63% | +4.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £18.00 | - |
| Dorset median hourly rate | £63.58 | £57.33 | £50.20 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.89% | +14.20% | +151.00% |
SMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.
SMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SMS in Bournemouth.