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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Short Message Service (SMS) UK |
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6 months to
19 Oct 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
570 |
613 |
1115 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+43 |
+502 |
+2 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
696 |
717 |
128 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.42% |
0.41% |
0.067% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
2.84% |
2.58% |
0.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
656 |
658 |
67 |
| UK median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
-11.11% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£22,000 |
£26,250 |
£24,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£64,375 |
£61,250 |
£62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£37,500 |
£37,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-16.67% |
- |
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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| All Communications and Computer Networking Skills UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills |
24,527 |
27,795 |
32,113 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
14.89% |
15.90% |
16.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
19,421 |
22,612 |
26,379 |
| UK median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
- |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,000 |
£25,750 |
£25,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£71,250 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
- |
- |
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SMS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SMS as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
SMS
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SMS.
SMS
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing SMS over the 6 months to 19 October 2018.
SMS
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SMS within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 2018.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location |
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads |
Median Salary
Past 6 Months |
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Live
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+25 |
640 |
£40,000 |
- |
37 |
| UK excluding London |
-5 |
504 |
£37,500 |
- |
25 |
| London |
+80 |
181 |
£50,000 |
-4.76% |
13 |
| North of England |
-13 |
146 |
£33,000 |
-7.04% |
6 |
| South East |
-11 |
117 |
£40,500 |
+8.00% |
3 |
| Midlands |
0 |
84 |
£37,500 |
-11.76% |
3 |
| South West |
-11 |
64 |
£35,000 |
-6.67% |
11 |
| North West |
+20 |
57 |
£33,000 |
-5.71% |
5 |
| Yorkshire |
+19 |
48 |
£33,000 |
-12.58% |
1 |
| East of England |
+23 |
47 |
£37,500 |
-16.67% |
1 |
| East Midlands |
+22 |
42 |
£36,250 |
-5.84% |
1 |
| West Midlands |
-8 |
42 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
2 |
| North East |
-38 |
41 |
£32,500 |
-7.14% |
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| Scotland |
+3 |
32 |
£42,500 |
+13.33% |
1 |
| Wales |
+2 |
13 |
£32,500 |
-18.75% |
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| Northern Ireland |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
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For the 6 months to 19 October 2018, IT jobs citing SMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for SMS.
SMS
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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