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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 23 February 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
23 Feb 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
988 |
520 |
1063 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-468 |
+543 |
+42 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
123 |
962 |
122 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.082% |
0.55% |
0.070% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
0.54% |
3.59% |
0.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
79 |
865 |
59 |
| UK median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£39,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+21.79% |
-22.00% |
+11.11% |
| 10th Percentile |
£24,100 |
£24,000 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£62,500 |
£66,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£36,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+31.94% |
-28.00% |
+17.65% |
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 |
22,651 |
26,828 |
29,147 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
15.06% |
15.22% |
16.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
17,725 |
21,661 |
23,676 |
| UK median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
- |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£26,000 |
£25,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£76,250 |
£73,750 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£40,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.94% |
+1.25% |
- |
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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 23 February 2019.
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 23 February 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 |
-455 |
113 |
£47,500 |
+20.25% |
44 |
| UK excluding London |
-395 |
76 |
£47,500 |
+31.94% |
22 |
| London |
-101 |
42 |
£52,500 |
-4.55% |
22 |
| South East |
-124 |
21 |
£57,500 |
+55.41% |
2 |
| North of England |
-128 |
20 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
2 |
| North West |
+19 |
12 |
£37,000 |
+29.82% |
1 |
| Midlands |
-76 |
11 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
6 |
| South West |
-98 |
11 |
£37,500 |
-6.25% |
10 |
| East of England |
+17 |
8 |
£50,000 |
+53.85% |
2 |
| Yorkshire |
-36 |
8 |
£40,000 |
+12.68% |
1 |
| East Midlands |
+13 |
6 |
£47,500 |
+58.33% |
3 |
| Scotland |
-15 |
5 |
- |
- |
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| West Midlands |
-64 |
5 |
£50,000 |
+19.05% |
3 |
| Northern Ireland |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
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| Wales |
-2 |
1 |
- |
- |
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For the 6 months to 23 February 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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