Short Message Service (SMS) West Midlands> Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring SMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SMS over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 19 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
103
144
-
Rank change year-on-year
+41
-
-
Permanent jobs citing SMS
2
2
0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham
SMS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
230
378
281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham
16.50%
13.57%
14.84%
Number of salaries quoted
140
307
201
10th Percentile
£35,325
£26,750
£27,500
25th Percentile
£43,438
£32,750
£38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£56,250
£46,500
£55,000
Median % change year-on-year
+20.97%
-15.45%
+4.76%
75th Percentile
£68,750
£63,750
£67,500
90th Percentile
£97,750
£80,000
£77,500
West Midlands median annual salary
£47,500
£42,500
£45,000
% change year-on-year
+11.76%
-5.56%
-
SMS Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
SMS Salary Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SMS in Birmingham.
SMS Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, job vacancies citing SMS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for SMS.
SMS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
