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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 21 August 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Short Message Service (SMS) UK |
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6 months to
21 Aug 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
763 |
1111 |
1110 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+348 |
-1 |
-117 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
442 |
148 |
191 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.25% |
0.075% |
0.088% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
1.57% |
0.45% |
0.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
393 |
85 |
122 |
| UK median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-11.11% |
+5.88% |
-5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£24,818 |
£26,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£61,250 |
£62,500 |
£70,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-5.88% |
+6.25% |
-11.11% |
SMS is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.
| Communications & Computer Network Skills UK |
| Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills |
28066 |
33246 |
37817 |
| As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK |
15.95% |
16.87% |
17.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
22721 |
27553 |
30780 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,750 |
£25,500 |
£25,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£71,250 |
£70,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
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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 21 August 2017.
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 21 August 2017.
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 |
+324 |
405 |
£40,000 |
-11.11% |
50 |
| UK excluding London |
+299 |
360 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
45 |
| North of England |
+67 |
112 |
£36,000 |
+3.60% |
14 |
| South East |
+93 |
81 |
£40,000 |
-11.11% |
6 |
| London |
+93 |
71 |
£47,500 |
- |
10 |
| Midlands |
+81 |
67 |
£40,000 |
+33.33% |
8 |
| West Midlands |
+63 |
55 |
£42,500 |
+70.00% |
8 |
| North East |
- |
53 |
£36,000 |
- |
4 |
| East of England |
+43 |
40 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
3 |
| North West |
-12 |
37 |
£35,000 |
-22.22% |
4 |
| South West |
+29 |
33 |
£37,500 |
-11.76% |
9 |
| Yorkshire |
+36 |
22 |
£42,500 |
+30.77% |
6 |
| Scotland |
- |
19 |
£45,000 |
- |
4 |
| East Midlands |
+35 |
12 |
£38,500 |
+10.00% |
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| Wales |
- |
8 |
£38,250 |
- |
1 |
For the 6 months to 21 August 2017, IT jobs citing SMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all 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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