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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 22 September 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
22 Sep 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
976 |
551 |
683 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-425 |
+132 |
+427 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
102 |
819 |
587 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.073% |
0.49% |
0.33% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
0.47% |
3.29% |
2.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
41 |
776 |
536 |
| UK median annual salary |
£57,500 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+43.75% |
- |
-11.11% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,500 |
£22,000 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£63,750 |
£61,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£37,500 |
£38,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+26.67% |
-1.32% |
-15.56% |
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 |
21,847 |
24,883 |
28,103 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
15.70% |
14.94% |
15.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
16,551 |
19,776 |
22,817 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-5.26% |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,750 |
£25,750 |
£25,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£71,250 |
| 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 |
-400 |
95 |
£52,500 |
+31.25% |
29 |
| UK excluding London |
-346 |
70 |
£47,500 |
+26.67% |
17 |
| Midlands |
-39 |
40 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
7 |
| West Midlands |
+9 |
36 |
£50,000 |
+14.29% |
6 |
| London |
-74 |
30 |
£65,000 |
+30.00% |
14 |
| South East |
-104 |
9 |
£80,000 |
+100.00% |
6 |
| North West |
-30 |
8 |
£50,000 |
+49.25% |
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| North of England |
-137 |
8 |
£50,000 |
+51.52% |
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| South West |
-73 |
7 |
- |
- |
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| East Midlands |
-19 |
4 |
£47,500 |
+46.15% |
1 |
| Northern Ireland |
-3 |
3 |
- |
- |
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| Scotland |
-23 |
2 |
- |
- |
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| East of England |
+2 |
1 |
£42,500 |
+21.43% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 22 September 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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