SMS Job Trends in Cardiff

Short Message Service (SMS)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring SMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Permanent jobs citing SMS 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.71% - 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.71% - 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median annual salary - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 28 27 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.59% 14.59% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 21 23 54
10th Percentile £28,250 £23,750 £27,350
25th Percentile £30,750 £39,375 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +22.09% -6.01%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,938 £59,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £71,498 £72,433
South Wales median annual salary £30,000 £47,500 £41,067
% change year-on-year -36.84% +15.66% -8.74%

SMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SMS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

SMS job vacancy trend in Cardiff

SMS
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SMS