SMS Job Trends in Reading

Short Message Service (SMS)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring SMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SMS 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.064% - 0.070%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.59% - 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64,488 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,325 - £30,000
75th Percentile £68,163 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £66,325 - £30,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 63 49 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 4.06% 8.91% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 55 37 102
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £32,575
25th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £41,884
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,763
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -14.82% -1.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,250 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.96% -0.48%

SMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

SMS job vacancy trend in Reading

SMS
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SMS

SMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Campaign Management
1 1 (100.00%) Channel Management
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP