Short Message Service (SMS) West Midlands> Shropshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring SMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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 Shropshire.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
27
33
18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire
16.67%
19.53%
17.65%
Number of salaries quoted
22
14
14
10th Percentile
£27,750
£31,000
£35,627
25th Percentile
£28,313
£34,063
£37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£55,000
£35,750
£42,500
Median % change year-on-year
+53.85%
-15.88%
-19.05%
75th Percentile
-
£39,875
£47,125
90th Percentile
-
£42,125
£51,800
West Midlands median annual salary
£39,000
£48,904
£43,250
% change year-on-year
-20.25%
+13.07%
-13.50%
SMS Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
SMS Salary Trend in Shropshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing SMS.
SMS Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire
For the 6 months to 1 October 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 Shropshire region with a requirement for SMS.
SMS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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:
