Short Message Service (SMS)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 68 | 91 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +23 | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing SMS | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | - | 0.12% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 1.14% | 1.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £350 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £450 | - | £350 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire
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 West Yorkshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 85 | 88 | 124 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 11.33% | 10.43% | 9.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 55 | 56 | 102 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £381 | £264 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £446 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.00% | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £516 | £619 | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £650 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £467 | £520 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.14% | +15.56% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £47.50 | £13.87 | £13.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £15.03 | £13.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +232.67% | +11.46% | -23.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £17.44 | £13.80 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £17.94 | - |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £50.00 | £18.27 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +173.67% | -16.95% | +10.61% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing SMS.
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Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing SMS.
