BYOD Contract Job Trends 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 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 489 530
Rank change year-on-year -62 +41 +63
Contract jobs citing BYOD 61 7 23
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.027% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.078% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 2 9
10th Percentile £270 £212 £110
25th Percentile £400 £214 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £225 £185
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% +21.62% -63.00%
75th Percentile £569 £234 £273
90th Percentile £606 £235 £355
UK median daily rate £500 £230 £185
% change year-on-year +117.39% +24.32% -63.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £12.72
25th Percentile £32.12 - £13.86
Median hourly rate £34.23 - £14.18
75th Percentile £36.35 - £15.81
90th Percentile - - £16.31
UK median hourly rate £34.23 - £14.48
% change year-on-year - - -14.50%

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 14,423 8,983 11,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.87% 34.78% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,958 5,749 7,368
10th Percentile £313 £305 £280
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 782 429 839
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.55 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £19.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.21% -9.59% +53.43%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.07 £81.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £31.08 £35.65
% change year-on-year +36.10% -12.82% +58.44%

BYOD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BYOD job vacancy trend in England

BYOD
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BYOD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BYOD

BYOD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BYOD in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BYOD in England

BYOD
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BYOD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BYOD

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 2 July 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
London -51 26 £500 +127.27%
North of England - 13 £436 -
South East - 11 £563 - 1
North West - 9 £448 -
West Midlands - 8 £508 - 4
Midlands - 8 £508 - 4
North East - 3 £275 -
East of England - 2 £510 -
South West - 1 £388 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
BYOD
UK

BYOD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (14.75%) CICS
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 2 (3.28%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.87%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (21.31%) Azure
3 7 (11.48%) AWS
3 7 (11.48%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.92%) GCP
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.28%) dbt
7 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.28%) Google Workspace
7 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (3.28%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.28%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.28%) Prefect
7 2 (3.28%) SaaS
8 1 (1.64%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.95%) Firewall
2 6 (9.84%) HTTP
2 6 (9.84%) Network Security
3 5 (8.20%) Cisco ISE
3 5 (8.20%) Wireless
4 4 (6.56%) LAN
4 4 (6.56%) WAN
5 3 (4.92%) DHCP
5 3 (4.92%) DNS
6 2 (3.28%) VPN
6 2 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.64%) 802.11
7 1 (1.64%) BGP
7 1 (1.64%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (1.64%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.64%) HSRP
7 1 (1.64%) OSPF
7 1 (1.64%) TACACS
7 1 (1.64%) VLAN
7 1 (1.64%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.75%) DataStage
2 2 (3.28%) Metadata
2 2 (3.28%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Git
1 2 (3.28%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) MSI
General
1 21 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.95%) Finance
3 11 (18.03%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (16.39%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.92%) Banking
5 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Advertising
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Back Office
7 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (18.03%) Designer
2 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure Designer
3 7 (11.48%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) Consultant
4 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Security Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Analyst
8 2 (3.28%) Deployment Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Desktop Support
8 2 (3.28%) Developer
8 2 (3.28%) IT Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) IT Support
8 2 (3.28%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Scala Developer
9 1 (1.64%) Content Designer
9 1 (1.64%) Head of Information
9 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Senior Scrum Master
9 1 (1.64%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.75%) Middleware
2 5 (8.20%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.28%) .NET
3 2 (3.28%) PySpark
4 1 (1.64%) OAuth
4 1 (1.64%) OpenID
4 1 (1.64%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Data Centre
1 9 (14.75%) Mainframe
1 9 (14.75%) VSAM
2 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.92%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.28%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.28%) Fat Client
5 2 (3.28%) Low-Code
5 2 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.28%) Thin Client
5 2 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.64%) PDA
6 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.75%) AIX
1 9 (14.75%) Linux
1 9 (14.75%) Solaris
1 9 (14.75%) Unix
2 8 (13.11%) Windows
3 6 (9.84%) Windows 10
4 3 (4.92%) Android
4 3 (4.92%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.28%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (34.43%) Roadmaps
2 15 (24.59%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (19.67%) Agile
3 12 (19.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 11 (18.03%) Business Case
5 10 (16.39%) Information Security
6 9 (14.75%) Change Management
6 9 (14.75%) Data Protection
6 9 (14.75%) Design Patterns
6 9 (14.75%) Migration
6 9 (14.75%) Mobile Device Management
6 9 (14.75%) Process Improvement
7 8 (13.11%) Security Operations
8 7 (11.48%) Cloud Security
8 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.48%) E-Discovery
8 7 (11.48%) Mentoring
8 7 (11.48%) Risk Management
9 6 (9.84%) Application Security
9 6 (9.84%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.75%) COBOL
2 6 (9.84%) PowerShell
3 5 (8.20%) SQL
4 3 (4.92%) Python
5 2 (3.28%) C#
5 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (3.28%) Scala
5 2 (3.28%) X++
6 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Degree
2 10 (16.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (11.48%) CISSP
4 6 (9.84%) CISM
4 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.92%) CCNA
6 3 (4.92%) CCNP
6 3 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.92%) MCSA
6 3 (4.92%) MCSE
7 2 (3.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (16.39%) GDPR
2 10 (16.39%) NIST
3 8 (13.11%) SLA
4 7 (11.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (9.84%) PCI DSS
5 6 (9.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (4.92%) Data Quality
7 2 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (22.95%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.28%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.03%) VMware
3 9 (14.75%) IBM
4 7 (11.48%) Cisco
5 4 (6.56%) Aruba
5 4 (6.56%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.92%) Google
6 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.28%) Citrix
7 2 (3.28%) Databricks
7 2 (3.28%) Dell
7 2 (3.28%) HP
8 1 (1.64%) Freshdesk
8 1 (1.64%) Qualys
8 1 (1.64%) Zscaler