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 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 595 496 516
Rank change year-on-year -99 +20 +69
Contract jobs citing BYOD 56 16 17
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.057% 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 9 11
10th Percentile £211 £212 £172
25th Percentile £305 £245 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £563 £250
Median % change year-on-year -19.91% +125.00% -38.27%
75th Percentile £530 £569 £488
90th Percentile £532 £627 £575
UK median daily rate £451 £563 £205
% change year-on-year -19.91% +174.39% -59.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.12 - £15.22
Median hourly rate £34.23 - £16.19
75th Percentile £36.35 - £17.16
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.23 - £16.19
% change year-on-year - - +23.02%

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 16,246 10,305 9,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.70% 36.53% 31.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,758 6,445 6,012
10th Percentile £322 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
75th Percentile £645 £644 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £820
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £528
% change year-on-year +1.94% -2.37% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,239 548 350
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.91 £17.08
25th Percentile £17.42 £18.51 £24.63
Median hourly rate £33.60 £29.50 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% -44.60% +15.31%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.33 £47.37
% change year-on-year +28.06% -42.31% +5.27%

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 16 October 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 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
London -62 37 £419 -12.76% 10
West Midlands - 10 £500 -
Midlands - 10 £500 - 1
North of England - 4 £275 -
North East - 3 £275 -
East of England - 3 £493 -
South East -60 1 £400 -28.89% 1
South West - 1 £388 - 2
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 7 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (3.57%) HCL Notes
4 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.79%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 21 (37.50%) Azure
2 18 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 12 (21.43%) Power Platform
5 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
5 8 (14.29%) Power Automate
5 8 (14.29%) PowerApps
6 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (7.14%) GCP
9 3 (5.36%) Google Workspace
10 2 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (3.57%) dbt
10 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (3.57%) Prefect
10 2 (3.57%) SaaS
11 1 (1.79%) Amazon Bedrock
11 1 (1.79%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) DHCP
1 3 (5.36%) DNS
1 3 (5.36%) VPN
2 2 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (3.57%) Firewall
2 2 (3.57%) SAN
2 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.79%) BGP
3 1 (1.79%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.79%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.79%) LAN
3 1 (1.79%) Network Security
3 1 (1.79%) OSPF
3 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.79%) VLAN
3 1 (1.79%) WAN
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.86%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Metadata
2 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.57%) Tableau
3 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Git
1 2 (3.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) MSI
General
1 17 (30.36%) Public Sector
2 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Finance
4 2 (3.57%) Digital Health
4 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Back Office
5 1 (1.79%) Banking
5 1 (1.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (14.29%) Developer
1 8 (14.29%) Scala Developer
2 7 (12.50%) Administrator
3 6 (10.71%) Support Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (7.14%) Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) IT Support
5 3 (5.36%) Senior
5 3 (5.36%) User Researcher
6 2 (3.57%) Architect
6 2 (3.57%) Consultant
6 2 (3.57%) Designer
6 2 (3.57%) Desktop Support
6 2 (3.57%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Lead
6 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Scrum Master
6 2 (3.57%) Senior Scrum Master
6 2 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) .NET
1 2 (3.57%) PySpark
2 1 (1.79%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.79%) Express.js
2 1 (1.79%) Kafka
2 1 (1.79%) Node.js
2 1 (1.79%) REST
2 1 (1.79%) Spring
2 1 (1.79%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Mobile App
1 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
1 3 (5.36%) Virtual Team
2 2 (3.57%) AI Agents
2 2 (3.57%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.57%) Fat Client
2 2 (3.57%) iPad
2 2 (3.57%) iPhone
2 2 (3.57%) Low-Code
2 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.57%) Thin Client
2 2 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.79%) PDA
3 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.21%) Windows
2 6 (10.71%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.14%) Android
3 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
3 4 (7.14%) macOS
4 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (19.64%) Data Loss Prevention
1 11 (19.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (14.29%) Agile
3 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (14.29%) Digital Identity
4 7 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 7 (12.50%) Migration
5 6 (10.71%) AI
5 6 (10.71%) DevOps
5 6 (10.71%) Roadmaps
5 6 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (10.71%) SFIA
5 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (8.93%) Decision-Making
6 5 (8.93%) ITIL
6 5 (8.93%) User Research
6 5 (8.93%) Zero Trust
7 4 (7.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) Scala
2 6 (10.71%) SQL
3 4 (7.14%) Python
4 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.36%) R
5 2 (3.57%) C#
5 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (3.57%) X++
6 1 (1.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (8.93%) Degree
4 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (3.57%) MCSA
5 2 (3.57%) MCSE
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (1.79%) CCNP
6 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.79%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) SLA
2 4 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.36%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Cisco
2 4 (7.14%) Google
3 3 (5.36%) Databricks
3 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Citrix
4 2 (3.57%) Dell
4 2 (3.57%) HP
4 2 (3.57%) Lotus
4 2 (3.57%) VMware
5 1 (1.79%) Apple
5 1 (1.79%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.79%) FactSet
5 1 (1.79%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.79%) Foundry
5 1 (1.79%) Freshdesk
5 1 (1.79%) Reuters
5 1 (1.79%) Riverbed