Short Message Service (SMS)
Central London > City of London
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 139 | 158 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London | 0.040% | 0.12% | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.48% | 0.76% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50,500 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £51,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £51,500 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Central London median annual salary | £51,000 | - | - |
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 | 209 | 393 | 421 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London | 8.41% | 15.16% | 13.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 159 | 219 | 377 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,400 | £40,000 | £31,900 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £50,625 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,250 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,500 | £106,000 | £95,000 |
| Central London median annual salary | £55,000 | £63,750 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.73% | +6.25% | -4.00% |
SMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SMS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
SMS
Salary Trend in the City of London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SMS.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:
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