Short Message Service (SMS)
Central London > City of London
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 175 | 228 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +53 | +60 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London | - | 0.090% | 0.045% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 0.66% | 0.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £42,500 | £76,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £45,000 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -41.94% | +68.48% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £47,500 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Central London median annual salary | - | £45,000 | £77,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -41.94% | +68.48% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London
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 the City of London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 233 | 452 | 505 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London | 11.91% | 13.51% | 11.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 195 | 332 | 400 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £31,775 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,750 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -12.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £81,875 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £99,000 | £93,625 | £100,000 |
| Central London median annual salary | £62,500 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -12.00% | +0.81% |
SMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
SMS
Salary Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SMS in the City of London.