The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 3 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
32
-
31
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+5
Contract jobs citing Smartphone
1
0
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire
Smartphone falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
91
75
70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire
57.96%
30.61%
38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted
46
46
49
10th Percentile
£185
£210
£173
25th Percentile
£500
£303
£210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£580
£525
£450
Median % change year-on-year
+10.48%
+16.67%
-10.00%
75th Percentile
£650
£550
£600
90th Percentile
£700
£586
£634
East of England median daily rate
£520
£459
£465
% change year-on-year
+13.35%
-1.34%
-2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted
12
11
5
10th Percentile
£28.05
-
£33.70
25th Percentile
£30.34
£15.39
£51.25
Median hourly rate
£67.50
£15.79
£75.00
Median % change year-on-year
+327.49%
-78.95%
+66.67%
75th Percentile
£83.88
£17.10
£90.00
90th Percentile
£88.00
£18.00
-
East of England median hourly rate
£66.00
£57.50
£62.75
% change year-on-year
+14.78%
-8.37%
+120.87%
Smartphone Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing Smartphone as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
Smartphone Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smartphone in Bedfordshire.
Smartphone Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire
For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Smartphone also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region with a requirement for Smartphone.
Smartphone Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:
