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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 26 April 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
26 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
495 |
1060 |
1115 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+565 |
+55 |
+79 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
977 |
102 |
190 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.55% |
0.060% |
0.093% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
3.70% |
0.37% |
0.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
880 |
60 |
126 |
| UK median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£47,500 |
£43,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-15.79% |
+10.47% |
-9.47% |
| 10th Percentile |
£23,500 |
£26,925 |
£24,348 |
| 90th Percentile |
£65,000 |
£65,125 |
£73,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£37,500 |
£47,000 |
£41,250 |
| % change year-on-year |
-20.21% |
+13.94% |
-8.33% |
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 |
26,414 |
27,453 |
34,522 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
14.94% |
16.15% |
16.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
21,015 |
22,396 |
28,658 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,000 |
£25,500 |
£25,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
£70,000 |
| 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 26 April 2018.
SMS
Top 15 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 26 April 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 |
+548 |
913 |
£40,000 |
-17.95% |
196 |
| UK excluding London |
+421 |
732 |
£37,500 |
-20.21% |
156 |
| London |
+179 |
227 |
£47,500 |
-20.83% |
55 |
| South East |
+146 |
177 |
£39,750 |
-15.43% |
27 |
| North of England |
+140 |
155 |
£35,000 |
-30.00% |
52 |
| Midlands |
+118 |
142 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
25 |
| South West |
+116 |
134 |
£41,000 |
- |
24 |
| West Midlands |
+92 |
105 |
£42,500 |
+21.43% |
12 |
| North East |
- |
87 |
£34,750 |
- |
11 |
| East of England |
+50 |
76 |
£35,000 |
-46.15% |
13 |
| Yorkshire |
+49 |
40 |
£35,500 |
+2.90% |
26 |
| Scotland |
-2 |
39 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
13 |
| East Midlands |
+36 |
37 |
£30,000 |
- |
13 |
| North West |
+2 |
28 |
£28,500 |
-43.00% |
15 |
| Wales |
+11 |
9 |
£32,500 |
- |
2 |
For the 6 months to 26 April 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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