BYOD Contracts in England

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term BYOD in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BYOD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 520 608
Rank change year-on-year +48 +88 +118
Contract jobs citing BYOD 13 22 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.053% 0.059% 0.089%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.19% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 30
10th Percentile £209 £155 £208
25th Percentile £268 £258 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £320 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -20.00% -19.19%
75th Percentile £494 £547 £552
90th Percentile £500 £620 £650
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 4
10th Percentile - £12.72 £13.71
25th Percentile - £13.86 £15.53
Median hourly rate - £14.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - -19.99% -
75th Percentile - £15.81 £19.01
90th Percentile - £16.31 £19.15
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £14.48 £17.72
% change year-on-year +66.99% -18.27% -

All Generic Skills
England

BYOD 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

BYOD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BYOD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BYOD in England

BYOD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BYOD in England.

Daily rate trend for BYOD in England

BYOD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BYOD in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BYOD in England

BYOD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BYOD in England.

Hourly rate trend for BYOD in England

BYOD
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BYOD within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +37 10 £443 +38.28% 7
North West +18 2 - - 1
North of England +18 2 - - 1
South East +46 1 £213 -63.04% 2
BYOD
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BYOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (23.08%) Skype for Business
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
2 4 (30.77%) OneDrive
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
1 3 (23.08%) Skype
2 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.69%) DHCP
3 1 (7.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Back Office
4 1 (7.69%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Cloud Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Applications Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
2 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
4 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Identity Management
1 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
2 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (23.08%) Cost Control
2 3 (23.08%) Cost Management
2 3 (23.08%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
2 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (23.08%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (23.08%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (23.08%) Principle of Least Privilege
2 3 (23.08%) RBAC
2 3 (23.08%) Resource Management
2 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MCP
3 1 (7.69%) MCSA
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (15.38%) XenDesktop
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (30.77%) SCCM
3 3 (23.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (23.08%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 1 (7.69%) Apple
4 1 (7.69%) Bloomberg
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) Okta
4 1 (7.69%) VMware