SMS jobs in Southampton, average salaries and trends for Short Message Service (SMS) skills

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for SMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SMS over the 6 months to 12 December 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Short Message Service (SMS) Hampshire > Southampton
Location	6 months to 12 Dec 2019	Same period 2018	Same period 2017
Rank	-	114	117
Permanent jobs citing SMS	0	3	9
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton	-	0.23%	0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	-	1.42%	3.42%
Number of salaries quoted	0	3	8
Southampton median annual salary	-	£32,500	£33,250
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	-2.26%	-
Hampshire median annual salary	-	£29,702	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	-25.74%	-

SMS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills Southampton
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	266	211	263
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton	16.94%	15.98%	16.49%
Number of salaries quoted	233	158	233
Southampton median annual salary	£40,000	£37,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+6.67%	-6.25%	-5.88%
10th Percentile	£26,250	£23,750	£23,800
90th Percentile	£62,500	£65,000	£57,250
Hampshire median annual salary	£42,500	£42,000	£39,500
% change year-on-year	+1.19%	+6.33%	-7.06%