The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
54
-
46
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Permanent jobs citing SMS
1
0
2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
101
72
48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth
20.32%
13.36%
16.84%
Number of salaries quoted
15
63
14
10th Percentile
£44,350
£25,350
£35,125
25th Percentile
£49,000
£28,000
£41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£70,000
£48,500
£45,000
Median % change year-on-year
+44.33%
+7.78%
-5.26%
75th Percentile
£72,750
£57,250
£59,375
90th Percentile
£73,600
£58,750
£63,875
Hampshire median annual salary
£50,000
£50,000
£47,500
% change year-on-year
-
+5.26%
-
SMS Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
SMS Salary Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SMS in Portsmouth.
SMS Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth
For the 6 months to 9 August 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 Portsmouth region with a requirement for SMS.
SMS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:
