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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 June 2019 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 Jun 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
970 |
499 |
1042 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-471 |
+543 |
+57 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
128 |
977 |
138 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.089% |
0.57% |
0.080% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
0.57% |
3.74% |
0.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
68 |
907 |
106 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£40,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+25.00% |
-11.11% |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,100 |
£23,000 |
£27,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£63,750 |
£63,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£37,500 |
£40,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+26.67% |
-7.41% |
+1.25% |
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 |
22,535 |
26,112 |
27,544 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
15.68% |
15.17% |
15.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
16,974 |
20,771 |
22,424 |
| UK median annual salary |
£46,000 |
£46,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.22% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,000 |
£26,000 |
£25,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£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 June 2019.
SMS
Top 13 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 June 2019.
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 |
-440 |
122 |
£50,000 |
+25.00% |
15 |
| UK excluding London |
-370 |
92 |
£47,500 |
+26.67% |
13 |
| London |
-125 |
33 |
£52,500 |
+10.53% |
4 |
| South East |
-101 |
26 |
£55,000 |
+37.50% |
2 |
| Midlands |
-62 |
24 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
3 |
| West Midlands |
-37 |
17 |
£38,000 |
-10.59% |
3 |
| North of England |
-113 |
16 |
£32,500 |
-1.52% |
4 |
| North West |
-4 |
14 |
£32,500 |
+14.04% |
1 |
| South West |
-92 |
14 |
£35,000 |
-6.67% |
1 |
| East of England |
0 |
12 |
£50,000 |
+33.33% |
1 |
| East Midlands |
-11 |
7 |
£47,500 |
+53.23% |
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| Northern Ireland |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
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| Yorkshire |
-44 |
2 |
£36,250 |
+3.57% |
3 |
For the 6 months to 19 June 2019, 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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