Smartphone Contracts in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smartphone over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 360 406
Rank change year-on-year +9 +46 +2
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 45 87 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 1.14% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 60 72
10th Percentile - £160 £117
25th Percentile £126 £162 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £200 £179
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.89% -27.04%
75th Percentile £370 £250 £300
90th Percentile £423 £285 £417
UK median daily rate £218 £200 £210
% change year-on-year +8.75% -4.76% -10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 8
10th Percentile £11.45 £19.22 £12.57
25th Percentile £12.25 £21.00 £14.47
Median hourly rate £13.27 £22.51 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +32.38% -30.61%
75th Percentile £16.00 £25.08 £26.13
90th Percentile £17.31 - £33.74
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £21.22 £21.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.05% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Smartphone is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,968 7,613 9,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.45% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,580 5,131 6,667
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 433 451
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £46.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Smartphone as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smartphone in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Smartphone in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartphone in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Smartphone in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smartphone in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Smartphone in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Smartphone in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Smartphone in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +20 16 £126 -37.00% 28
North West +15 13 £126 -49.60% 13
South East +3 10 £275 +37.50% 21
Midlands +38 7 £160 -51.70% 13
East Midlands +28 6 £160 +16.36% 6
Scotland +33 5 £370 +48.00% 2
Northern Ireland +7 4 - -
Yorkshire +11 3 £150 -25.00% 14
East of England +7 2 £160 -4.48% 18
West Midlands +21 1 - - 7
South West +10 1 £90 -48.72% 18
Smartphone
UK

Smartphone
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) IIS
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Aareon QL
2 1 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.33%) Azure
3 5 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) ATM
2 7 (15.56%) Wireless
3 2 (4.44%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (4.44%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.22%) PBX
4 1 (2.22%) PSTN
4 1 (2.22%) Skype
4 1 (2.22%) Telepresence
4 1 (2.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Git
General
1 26 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.22%) Finance
3 9 (20.00%) Retail
4 5 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.22%) Electronics
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) IT Technician
2 6 (13.33%) IT Support
2 6 (13.33%) Support Technician
3 5 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (6.67%) Deployment Assistant
4 3 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Administrator
5 2 (4.44%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.44%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Desktop Support
5 2 (4.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Analyst
6 1 (2.22%) Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Cabling Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Design Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) IC Design Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Service Desk Manager
6 1 (2.22%) Service Manager
6 1 (2.22%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Driving Licence
2 9 (20.00%) EPoS
3 6 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 6 (13.33%) NHS
3 6 (13.33%) PDA
4 5 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (6.67%) iPad
5 3 (6.67%) iPhone
5 3 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (4.44%) BYOD
6 2 (4.44%) Learning Management System
7 1 (2.22%) ASIC
7 1 (2.22%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.22%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (2.22%) Verilog
7 1 (2.22%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 16 (35.56%) Windows
2 13 (28.89%) Windows 10
3 11 (24.44%) Apple iOS
4 5 (11.11%) Android
5 3 (6.67%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.44%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (4.44%) Windows XP
7 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.00%) Break/Fix
2 9 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 8 (17.78%) Customer Service
4 4 (8.89%) Agile
5 3 (6.67%) Change Control
5 3 (6.67%) Housing Management
5 3 (6.67%) Inventory Management
5 3 (6.67%) ITIL
5 3 (6.67%) Project Management
6 2 (4.44%) Migration
6 2 (4.44%) Validation
7 1 (2.22%) Change Management
7 1 (2.22%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (2.22%) Electronic Design Automation
7 1 (2.22%) IC Design
7 1 (2.22%) ITSM
7 1 (2.22%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.22%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (2.22%) Bash
2 1 (2.22%) Python
2 1 (2.22%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (2.22%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) Apple
3 3 (6.67%) Aareon
4 2 (4.44%) Cisco
4 2 (4.44%) Intel
5 1 (2.22%) Cadence
5 1 (2.22%) Dell
5 1 (2.22%) HP
5 1 (2.22%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (2.22%) Peregrine
5 1 (2.22%) Polycom
5 1 (2.22%) Remedy