Hybrid/Remote SMPP Contract Job Trends

Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) Protocol
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SMPP 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,062 1,173 2,056
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.59% 10.70% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 699 1,344
10th Percentile £305 £313 £310
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £600
90th Percentile £688 £703 £678
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 69
10th Percentile £19.23 £16.92 £14.05
25th Percentile £33.00 £36.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £64.00 £41.00 £38.04
Median % change year-on-year +56.09% +7.78% -41.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.01 £66.25
90th Percentile £69.79 £74.25 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £33.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year +14.07% -40.25% +125.96%

SMPP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SMPP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SMPP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SMPP
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SMPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SMPP

SMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (100.00%) MVNO
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SMS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
1 3 (100.00%) Java Card
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Key Management
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (100.00%) Personalization
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Thales