SMS Job Trends in Sheffield

Short Message Service (SMS)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring SMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 44 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Permanent jobs citing SMS 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.091% 0.26% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.00% 1.82% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 - -
75th Percentile £27,625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £26,750 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 100 55 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.14% 14.18% 6.21%
Number of salaries quoted 62 47 26
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £25,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,581 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,224 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -22.73% +52.78%
75th Percentile £61,250 £49,000 £64,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £77,482
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £25,087 £55,000
% change year-on-year +59.45% -54.39% +52.78%

SMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

SMS job vacancy trend in Sheffield

SMS
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SMS

SMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving