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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 8 December 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
8 Dec 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
961 |
732 |
519 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-229 |
-213 |
+594 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
93 |
436 |
980 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.070% |
0.27% |
0.55% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
0.46% |
1.84% |
3.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
42 |
392 |
890 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+31.25% |
- |
-20.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,500 |
£22,025 |
£25,225 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,250 |
£66,125 |
£61,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£37,500 |
£37,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+26.67% |
- |
-25.00% |
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 |
20,382 |
23,752 |
27,830 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
15.34% |
14.95% |
15.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
15,921 |
18,656 |
22,534 |
| UK median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,750 |
£26,250 |
£25,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
| 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 8 December 2019.
SMS
Top 14 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 8 December 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 |
-178 |
90 |
£52,500 |
+31.25% |
28 |
| UK excluding London |
-129 |
62 |
£47,500 |
+26.67% |
25 |
| Midlands |
+28 |
36 |
£50,000 |
+33.33% |
3 |
| West Midlands |
+41 |
35 |
£50,000 |
+19.05% |
3 |
| London |
-3 |
31 |
£65,000 |
+30.00% |
6 |
| North of England |
-27 |
13 |
£48,750 |
+39.29% |
6 |
| North West |
+24 |
11 |
£48,750 |
+43.38% |
4 |
| South East |
-22 |
8 |
£30,000 |
-25.47% |
4 |
| Yorkshire |
-7 |
2 |
£58,750 |
+67.86% |
2 |
| Scotland |
-12 |
2 |
- |
- |
3 |
| East of England |
+39 |
1 |
£34,500 |
+2.99% |
1 |
| Northern Ireland |
+3 |
1 |
- |
- |
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| East Midlands |
+2 |
1 |
£40,000 |
+11.89% |
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| South West |
-26 |
1 |
- |
- |
8 |
For the 6 months to 8 December 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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