Smartphone Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Smartphone
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 64 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.31% 0.17% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.46% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £167 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% - -
Scotland median daily rate £167 £200 £370
% change year-on-year -16.50% -45.95% +48.00%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 234 219 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 35.89% 36.32% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 114 140
10th Percentile £170 £198 £324
25th Percentile £350 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £508
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -6.50% +6.95%
75th Percentile £564 £547 £600
90th Percentile £683 £634 £658
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 16
10th Percentile £15.62 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.23 £21.92 £17.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £23.59 £28.94
Median % change year-on-year +175.54% -18.47% +36.10%
75th Percentile £72.00 £25.59 £60.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £31.34 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.23 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year -28.74% +24.00% +62.50%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Smartphone.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Deskside Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) ICT Support
1 1 (50.00%) ICT Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) ICT Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Apple