Short Message Service (SMS)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SMS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 418 | 488 | 516 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +70 | +28 | +307 |
| Permanent jobs citing SMS | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option | 0.018% | 0.030% | 0.024% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.17% | 0.19% | 0.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,750 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £33,125 | £88,750 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £92,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -62.16% | +68.18% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £36,875 | £96,250 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £37,250 | - | £95,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £72,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.61% | +30.91% | +12.24% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home
SMS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 1,807 | 3,729 | 3,276 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option | 11.09% | 15.91% | 13.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,041 | 1,618 | 2,743 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,087 | £31,250 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £41,250 | £41,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £69,000 | £70,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £82,500 | £87,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £40,000 | £50,000 | £50,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -0.50% | -4.29% |
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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing SMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options
Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SMS.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: