The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smartphone over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smartphone
Rank 462 474 535
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +61
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 79 91 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.170% 0.156% 0.082%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.643% 0.636% 0.292%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 42 18
Average daily rate £281 £350 £329
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.64% +6.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £253 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £488 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £288 £363
% change year-on-year
+29.56% -20.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 15
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-10.25% +24.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12277 14313 17463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.50% 24.52% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7372 8397 10373
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 533 663 738
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.25 £45.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%

Smartphone
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Smartphone within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Smartphone Jobs Demand Trend

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Smartphone within the UK.

Smartphone Daily Rate Trend

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Smartphone Daily Rate Histogram

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Smartphone within the UK.

Smartphone Hourly Rate Trend

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Smartphone Hourly Rate Histogram

Smartphone
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +27 71 £288 -17.85%
London +25 48 £275 -26.66%
South East +20 15 £375 +30.43%
Surrey +25 9 £375 -
City of London +21 9 £400 -11.11%
Staines +8 9 £375 -
Scotland -7 6 - -
Hampshire - 4 £383 -
East of England +14 3 £190 -45.71%
East Midlands +1 3 - -
Glasgow - 3 - -
Berkshire +13 2 - -
North West +12 2 £400 +45.45%
Leicestershire -5 2 - -
West Wales - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
Lancashire - 2 £400 -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Reading - 2 - -
Portsmouth - 2 £370 -
Leicester - 2 - -
Swansea - 2 - -
Essex - 2 £190 -
Cambridgeshire +10 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Uxbridge - 1 £400 -
Stirling - 1 - -
Northampton - 1 - -
Newton-le-Willows - 1 £400 -
Colchester - 1 £190 -

Smartphone
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Smartphone also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Smartphone.

1 72 (47.37%) Windows
2 46 (30.26%) Blackberry
3 42 (27.63%) Android
4 39 (25.66%) Finance
5 37 (24.34%) Legal
6 36 (23.68%) JavaScript
6 36 (23.68%) Windows XP
7 35 (23.03%) ITIL
8 34 (22.37%) CSS
8 34 (22.37%) Banking
9 32 (21.05%) HTML
9 32 (21.05%) Apple iOS
9 32 (21.05%) Mobile App
10 31 (20.39%) Law
11 30 (19.74%) ITIL Certification
12 29 (19.08%) Citrix
12 29 (19.08%) Document Management
13 28 (18.42%) Java
14 26 (17.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 26 (17.11%) Handset
14 26 (17.11%) XenApp
15 24 (15.79%) HTML5
16 23 (15.13%) Microsoft
16 23 (15.13%) MS Office
17 21 (13.82%) Project Management
17 21 (13.82%) iPad
18 20 (13.16%) Web Services
19 19 (12.50%) Internet
19 19 (12.50%) Scrum
20 17 (11.18%) iPhone

Smartphone
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Smartphone also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Smartphone. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (22.37%) CSS
2 32 (21.05%) HTML
3 24 (15.79%) HTML5
4 20 (13.16%) Web Services
5 16 (10.53%) CSS3
5 16 (10.53%) jQuery
5 16 (10.53%) XML
6 11 (7.237%) JSON
7 8 (5.263%) OpenGL
7 8 (5.263%) .NET
8 7 (4.605%) REST
9 6 (3.947%) Ajax
10 5 (3.289%) Ruby on Rails
10 5 (3.289%) SOAP
11 4 (2.632%) Sencha Touch
11 4 (2.632%) RESTful
11 4 (2.632%) Spring
12 3 (1.974%) Flash
12 3 (1.974%) XHTML
13 2 (1.316%) Backbone.js
Application Platforms
1 26 (17.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 14 (9.211%) MS Exchange
3 11 (7.237%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (4.605%) CMS
4 7 (4.605%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (2.632%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.974%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (1.974%) Lotus Notes
6 3 (1.974%) Apache
7 2 (1.316%) Force.com
8 1 (0.658%) SAS
8 1 (0.658%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.658%) IIS
8 1 (0.658%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.658%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.658%) WordPress
8 1 (0.658%) Adobe CQ
8 1 (0.658%) Lync
Applications
1 23 (15.13%) MS Office
2 15 (9.868%) MS Excel
3 8 (5.263%) MS Visio
4 5 (3.289%) Fireworks
5 2 (1.316%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.316%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.658%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.658%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.658%) Google Apps
6 1 (0.658%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.50%) Internet
2 6 (3.947%) HTTP
2 6 (3.947%) Broadband
2 6 (3.947%) Wireless
3 4 (2.632%) LAN
3 4 (2.632%) Firewall
3 4 (2.632%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.974%) WAN
4 3 (1.974%) 3G
5 2 (1.316%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.316%) VoIP
5 2 (1.316%) Network Security
6 1 (0.658%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.658%) DHCP
6 1 (0.658%) SMS
6 1 (0.658%) GPRS
6 1 (0.658%) GSM
6 1 (0.658%) DNS
6 1 (0.658%) Intranet
6 1 (0.658%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.632%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.632%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.974%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (1.974%) MySQL
2 3 (1.974%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.316%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 9 (5.921%) Subversion
2 8 (5.263%) Git (software)
3 6 (3.947%) Axure RP
4 3 (1.974%) Selenium
4 3 (1.974%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.316%) QUnit
5 2 (1.316%) PHPUnit
5 2 (1.316%) Ant
6 1 (0.658%) Firebug
6 1 (0.658%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.658%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.658%) SpecFlow
General
1 39 (25.66%) Finance
2 37 (24.34%) Legal
3 34 (22.37%) Banking
4 31 (20.39%) Law
5 12 (7.895%) Publishing
6 10 (6.579%) Electronics
7 8 (5.263%) Retail
8 7 (4.605%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.632%) French Language
10 3 (1.974%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.974%) Automotive
11 2 (1.316%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.316%) Marketing
12 1 (0.658%) Games
12 1 (0.658%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (26.32%) Developer
2 30 (19.74%) Analyst
3 26 (17.11%) Service Analyst
3 26 (17.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 16 (10.53%) Android Developer
5 10 (6.579%) Mobile Developer
6 9 (5.921%) Web Developer
7 8 (5.263%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 8 (5.263%) Architect
8 7 (4.605%) Applications Developer
9 6 (3.947%) Designer
9 6 (3.947%) Systems Manager
10 5 (3.289%) Web Applications Developer
10 5 (3.289%) Product Manager
10 5 (3.289%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.289%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.289%) Front-End Developer
11 4 (2.632%) UI Programmer
11 4 (2.632%) UI Developer
11 4 (2.632%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 46 (30.26%) Blackberry
2 32 (21.05%) Mobile App
3 26 (17.11%) Handset
4 21 (13.82%) iPad
5 17 (11.18%) iPhone
6 9 (5.921%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (5.263%) Mobile Computing
7 8 (5.263%) DTV
7 8 (5.263%) Device Driver
8 7 (4.605%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (3.947%) Telematics
9 6 (3.947%) Computer Science
10 5 (3.289%) Psychology
10 5 (3.289%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (3.289%) Video on Demand
10 5 (3.289%) Digital Media
10 5 (3.289%) SWIFT
11 4 (2.632%) New Media
11 4 (2.632%) Social Media
11 4 (2.632%) Interactive TV
Operating Systems
1 72 (47.37%) Windows
2 42 (27.63%) Android
3 36 (23.68%) Windows XP
4 32 (21.05%) Apple iOS
5 16 (10.53%) Linux
6 11 (7.237%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (7.237%) Windows 8
6 11 (7.237%) Windows 7
6 11 (7.237%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (5.263%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (2.632%) Windows Mobile
8 4 (2.632%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.974%) Windows NT
9 3 (1.974%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.658%) UNIX
10 1 (0.658%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.658%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.658%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.03%) ITIL
2 29 (19.08%) Document Management
3 21 (13.82%) Project Management
4 19 (12.50%) Scrum
5 16 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
6 14 (9.211%) Content Management
7 13 (8.553%) E-Commerce
8 10 (6.579%) Mobile Application Development
8 10 (6.579%) OO
8 10 (6.579%) Migration
9 9 (5.921%) TDD
9 9 (5.921%) OOP
10 8 (5.263%) MVC
11 7 (4.605%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (4.605%) Web Application Development
12 6 (3.947%) Software Engineering
12 6 (3.947%) Web Development
12 6 (3.947%) Continuous Integration
13 5 (3.289%) Use Case
13 5 (3.289%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.68%) JavaScript
2 28 (18.42%) Java
3 15 (9.868%) Objective-C
4 11 (7.237%) C++
5 9 (5.921%) C
6 8 (5.263%) GLSL
7 6 (3.947%) C#
7 6 (3.947%) PHP
8 5 (3.289%) Ruby
8 5 (3.289%) SQL
9 3 (1.974%) Python
10 2 (1.316%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.658%) VB
11 1 (0.658%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.658%) CoffeeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (19.74%) ITIL Certification
2 9 (5.921%) Degree
3 6 (3.947%) Sun Certification
4 4 (2.632%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.974%) MCP
6 1 (0.658%) MCITP
6 1 (0.658%) PhD
6 1 (0.658%) MCSE
6 1 (0.658%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.658%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.658%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.658%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (0.658%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.237%) QA
2 5 (3.289%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (17.11%) XenApp
2 8 (5.263%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.974%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.658%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.658%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.658%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.974%) SCCM
1 3 (1.974%) SCOM
2 2 (1.316%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.658%) WSUS
3 1 (0.658%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.658%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 29 (19.08%) Citrix
2 23 (15.13%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.921%) Cisco
4 8 (5.263%) Sencha
5 7 (4.605%) Apple
6 6 (3.947%) VMware
7 4 (2.632%) HP
7 4 (2.632%) Adobe
8 3 (1.974%) Google
8 3 (1.974%) Sun
8 3 (1.974%) Lotus
8 3 (1.974%) Remedy
9 2 (1.316%) Akamai
9 2 (1.316%) NetApp
9 2 (1.316%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (1.316%) Dell
9 2 (1.316%) Oracle
9 2 (1.316%) Zend
10 1 (0.658%) LANDesk
10 1 (0.658%) Teradata
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