Handset Contracts in England

Handsets
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Handset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 645 743
Rank change year-on-year +111 +98 -133
Contract jobs citing Handset 14 23 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.045% 0.052%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.13% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 17
10th Percentile £289 £156 £135
25th Percentile £335 £180 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £210 £325
Median % change year-on-year +61.90% -35.38% +69.14%
75th Percentile £350 £500 £480
90th Percentile £460 £575 £664
UK median daily rate £340 £210 £325
% change year-on-year +61.90% -35.38% +69.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.17
Median hourly rate £27.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £20.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +24.58%

All Generic Skills
England

Handset is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,493 17,075 24,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.87% 33.67% 33.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,510 11,854 17,057
10th Percentile £263 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 609 644
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +1.92%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +28.93% -16.69% +3.85%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Handset in England

Handset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Handset in England

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Handset in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Handset in England

Handset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Handset in England

Handset
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 Handset within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +100 6 £340 -32.00%
West Midlands +31 4 £378 +98.95% 1
Midlands +28 4 £378 +89.00% 1
South West +22 1 £160 -23.81%
South East +8 1 - - 7
Handset
UK

Handset
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 (28.57%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Intranet
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (28.57%) Front Office
1 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 4 (28.57%) Publishing
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Billing
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Copywriter
2 1 (7.14%) Administrator
2 1 (7.14%) Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Content Designer
2 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
2 1 (7.14%) Data Administrator
2 1 (7.14%) Data Coordinator
2 1 (7.14%) Designer
2 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
2 1 (7.14%) Digital Copywriter
2 1 (7.14%) IT Support
2 1 (7.14%) Lead
2 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Content Management
1 4 (28.57%) Copywriting
1 4 (28.57%) Problem Management
1 4 (28.57%) SEO
2 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (7.14%) CRM
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.14%) ITSM
3 1 (7.14%) Migration
3 1 (7.14%) Order to Cash
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CCIE
2 1 (7.14%) CCIE Collaboration
2 1 (7.14%) CCNP
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Citrix
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco