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 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 513 579
Rank change year-on-year +12 +66 +136
Contract jobs citing BYOD 16 16 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.057% 0.050% 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 10
10th Percentile £212 £166 £163
25th Percentile £245 £182 £229
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £238 £405
Median % change year-on-year +136.84% -41.36% +1.25%
75th Percentile £569 £494 £644
90th Percentile £627 £580 £726
UK median daily rate £563 £185 £500
% change year-on-year +204.05% -63.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.19 -
UK median hourly rate - £16.19 £13.16
% 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 10,324 9,970 13,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.54% 31.23% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,451 5,991 9,250
10th Percentile £300 £294 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -2.22%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £815 £788
UK median daily rate £515 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -2.92% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 345 442
10th Percentile £14.52 £17.25 £17.22
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £28.13 £53.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -47.43% +16.61% +77.11%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £66.14
90th Percentile £73.45 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -43.16% +5.56% +73.08%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 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 +22 11 £480 +1.05% 4
South East - 3 £563 - 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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.25%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (6.25%) Boomi
4 1 (6.25%) Datadog
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) HTTP
1 3 (18.75%) Network Security
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
3 1 (6.25%) FTP
3 1 (6.25%) HTTPS
3 1 (6.25%) NX-OS
3 1 (6.25%) RTP
3 1 (6.25%) SSH
3 1 (6.25%) tcpdump
3 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Games
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) IT Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) IT Support
2 3 (18.75%) IT Support Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Security Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Security Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Python Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) OAuth
1 3 (18.75%) OpenID
1 3 (18.75%) SAML
2 1 (6.25%) Middleware
2 1 (6.25%) Regular Expression
2 1 (6.25%) RESTful
2 1 (6.25%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 2 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Security Operations
3 5 (31.25%) Information Security
4 4 (25.00%) AI
4 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Change Management
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 3 (18.75%) Data Flow Diagram
5 3 (18.75%) Data Security
5 3 (18.75%) Identity Management
5 3 (18.75%) Information Security Management
5 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Privileged Access Management
5 3 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (18.75%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Security Management
5 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Go
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) CISSP
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) CISM
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GDPR
1 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (18.75%) NIST
1 3 (18.75%) PCI DSS
1 3 (18.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (6.25%) Ansible
3 1 (6.25%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) Bloomberg
3 2 (12.50%) Reuters
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (6.25%) Nexthink
4 1 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow