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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 July 2018 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 Jul 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
478 |
894 |
1124 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+416 |
+230 |
+19 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS |
1,005 |
324 |
165 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.57% |
0.18% |
0.081% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
3.78% |
1.14% |
0.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
935 |
283 |
102 |
| UK median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£41,000 |
£43,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-2.44% |
-4.65% |
-4.44% |
| 10th Percentile |
£22,500 |
£27,000 |
£24,726 |
| 90th Percentile |
£66,250 |
£61,250 |
£62,405 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£37,500 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.25% |
- |
-11.11% |
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 |
26,560 |
28,378 |
34,247 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
15.18% |
15.88% |
16.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
21,013 |
23,055 |
28,457 |
| UK median annual salary |
£46,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+3.33% |
- |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,750 |
£25,750 |
£25,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
£71,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
£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 21 July 2018.
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 July 2018.
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 |
+396 |
944 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
150 |
| UK excluding London |
+288 |
729 |
£37,500 |
-6.25% |
131 |
| London |
+215 |
258 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
34 |
| South East |
+110 |
175 |
£40,000 |
- |
24 |
| North of England |
+93 |
163 |
£34,250 |
-8.67% |
37 |
| Midlands |
+89 |
140 |
£37,500 |
-11.76% |
14 |
| South West |
+105 |
130 |
£37,500 |
+5.63% |
38 |
| West Midlands |
+76 |
86 |
£42,500 |
- |
7 |
| East of England |
+61 |
76 |
£35,000 |
-30.00% |
3 |
| North East |
+11 |
64 |
£35,000 |
-1.41% |
10 |
| North West |
+34 |
60 |
£32,500 |
-7.14% |
11 |
| East Midlands |
+51 |
54 |
£32,000 |
-20.00% |
6 |
| Yorkshire |
+44 |
39 |
£35,000 |
-20.00% |
16 |
| Scotland |
+8 |
38 |
£42,750 |
+8.23% |
10 |
| Wales |
+16 |
7 |
£44,000 |
+18.92% |
4 |
For the 6 months to 21 July 2018, 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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