Short Message Service (SMS) Hampshire> Southampton
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
41
-
57
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+38
Permanent jobs citing SMS
3
0
2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton
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 Southampton.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
37
85
74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton
8.67%
9.90%
13.83%
Number of salaries quoted
31
75
44
10th Percentile
£32,500
£31,250
£26,050
25th Percentile
£36,250
£45,750
£27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£42,500
£55,000
£35,625
Median % change year-on-year
-22.73%
+54.39%
-25.00%
75th Percentile
£48,750
£63,750
£49,000
90th Percentile
£51,250
£66,350
£72,500
Hampshire median annual salary
£50,000
£50,000
£48,000
% change year-on-year
-
+4.17%
+1.05%
SMS Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Job postings citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
SMS Salary Trend in Southampton
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SMS in Southampton.
SMS Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton
For the 6 months to 16 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 Southampton region with a requirement for SMS.
SMS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:
