Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) Protocol
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SMPP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SMPP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing SMPP | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.002% | - | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.014% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £105,000 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £110,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £115,000 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
SMPP 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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 6,964 | 13,635 | 16,044 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 13.38% | 13.84% | 15.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,270 | 9,518 | 8,181 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,731 | £26,250 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,063 | £32,500 | £36,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £47,875 | £50,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.78% | -4.73% | -4.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,750 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £77,715 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £43,625 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.31% | -3.06% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SMPP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SMPP.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: