Short Message Service (SMS)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SMS over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 327 | 381 | 445 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +54 | +64 | +59 |
| Contract jobs citing SMS | 7 | 13 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.055% | 0.063% | 0.042% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.35% | 0.38% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £255 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £375 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +37.50% | -29.05% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £541 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £590 | £588 |
| UK median daily rate | £580 | £450 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.89% | -20.00% | -6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £20.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | - | - | £33.00 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London
SMS 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 the UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 1,977 | 3,409 | 3,583 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 15.48% | 16.47% | 14.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,206 | 1,953 | 2,274 |
| 10th Percentile | £194 | £203 | £210 |
| 25th Percentile | £303 | £350 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.11% | - | +8.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £586 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £690 |
| UK median daily rate | £488 | £490 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.51% | -5.77% | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 142 | 359 | 327 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £13.45 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £15.44 | £16.30 | £9.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.40 | £45.88 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -46.81% | +148.00% | -13.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.06 | £63.75 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £70.66 | £74.05 |
| UK median hourly rate | £31.08 | £40.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.30% | +110.53% | -30.91% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SMS in the UK excluding London.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SMS in the UK excluding London.
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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SMS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | +34 | 5 | - | - | 13 |
| North of England | +11 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| North East | - | 2 | - | - | |
| SMS UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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: