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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 28 February 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Short Message Service (SMS) UK |
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6 months to
28 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
905 |
984 |
515 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+79 |
-469 |
+563 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
100 |
126 |
964 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.081% |
0.083% |
0.55% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
0.54% |
0.55% |
3.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
51 |
82 |
863 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
£39,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-5.26% |
+20.25% |
-21.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,250 |
£24,250 |
£24,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£75,000 |
£62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£47,500 |
£36,250 |
| % change year-on-year |
-10.53% |
+31.03% |
-25.26% |
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 |
18,435 |
22,708 |
26,840 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
14.99% |
15.04% |
15.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
14,507 |
17,762 |
21,638 |
| UK median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
£26,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£76,250 |
£76,355 |
£73,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£41,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
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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 28 February 2020.
SMS
Top 11 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 28 February 2020.
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 |
+87 |
100 |
£45,000 |
-5.26% |
28 |
| UK excluding London |
+84 |
73 |
£42,500 |
-10.53% |
21 |
| North of England |
+79 |
28 |
£43,750 |
+9.38% |
5 |
| London |
+66 |
27 |
£53,750 |
+2.38% |
9 |
| Midlands |
+56 |
26 |
£45,000 |
-5.26% |
7 |
| West Midlands |
+64 |
25 |
£46,125 |
-7.75% |
7 |
| North West |
+50 |
21 |
£47,500 |
+28.38% |
4 |
| South East |
+51 |
18 |
£40,000 |
-30.43% |
4 |
| Yorkshire |
+36 |
7 |
£35,500 |
-11.25% |
1 |
| East of England |
+44 |
1 |
£34,500 |
-31.00% |
1 |
| East Midlands |
+25 |
1 |
£40,000 |
-15.79% |
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For the 6 months to 28 February 2020, 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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