Handset Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Handsets
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Handset over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Handset 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.33% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £250 - -

All Generic Skills
Derbyshire

Handset 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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 87 34 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 28.71% 24.64% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 21 23
10th Percentile £350 £200 £310
25th Percentile £489 £425 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £653 £725 £531
90th Percentile £688 £825 £718
East Midlands median daily rate £460 £439 £449
% change year-on-year +4.90% -2.34% -9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 2
10th Percentile - £19.00 -
25th Percentile £12.76 £20.58 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.67 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% -52.66% +182.17%
75th Percentile - £25.11 £55.00
90th Percentile £40.93 £25.13 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.29 £21.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -9.63% -57.31% +138.10%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Handset relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Handset job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Handset
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Handset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Handset

Handset
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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
Derby - 1 £250 -
Handset
East Midlands

Handset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) PBX
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Telephony Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory