SMPP Contract Job Trends in England

Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) Protocol
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SMPP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.029% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SMPP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,423 3,671 5,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.80% 12.77% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,152 3,213
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £360 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 110 313
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £18.64
25th Percentile £20.34 £20.93 £23.09
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +27.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.44 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £76.22
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -8.57% -37.99% +37.57%

SMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SMPP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SMPP job vacancy trend in England

SMPP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SMPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SMPP

SMPP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SMPP within the England region over the 6 months to 25 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 1 - - 1
SMPP
UK

SMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) MVNO
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Java Card
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Thales