Smartphone Contract Job Trends in England

Smartphone
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 416 479
Rank change year-on-year -99 +63 +99
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 57 63 73
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.26% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.76% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 48 49
10th Percentile £163 £159 £126
25th Percentile £189 £174 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £205 £205
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% - +2.50%
75th Percentile £288 £250 £250
90th Percentile £315 £333 £370
UK median daily rate £250 £200 £210
% change year-on-year +25.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 13
10th Percentile £14.50 - £11.45
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.90 £12.27
Median hourly rate £20.75 £19.16 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +27.70% -26.70%
75th Percentile £25.58 £19.41 £16.00
90th Percentile £27.64 - £17.34
UK median hourly rate £20.75 £19.16 £13.71
% change year-on-year +8.33% +39.72% -33.01%

All Generic Skills
England

Smartphone 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 12,488 8,281 11,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.62% 33.88% 30.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,934 5,366 7,623
10th Percentile £300 £299 £256
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% - -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £747 £785 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.71% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 620 307 785
10th Percentile £15.62 £16.72 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.39 £15.39
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +17.86% +17.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.04 £84.40 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +12.92% +18.18% +22.22%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in England

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartphone in England over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Smartphone in England

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Smartphone in England over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Smartphone in England

Smartphone
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 Smartphone within the England region over the 6 months to 20 March 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
Midlands -49 17 £178 -29.00%
East Midlands -26 13 £225 -10.00%
South West -18 12 £275 +86.44% 2
London -62 9 £300 +50.00% 2
East of England -15 8 £320 -13.86% 3
North of England -84 8 £195 -8.24% 3
Yorkshire -58 4 £195 -35.00% 2
West Midlands - 4 £140 -
North West -39 3 £170 -17.07% 1
South East -73 3 £368 +79.27% 2
North East -21 1 - -
Smartphone
UK

Smartphone
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 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (24.56%) Azure
2 14 (24.56%) Entra ID
3 10 (17.54%) GCP
3 10 (17.54%) Google Workspace
4 2 (3.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.05%) PABX
2 11 (19.30%) VoIP
3 5 (8.77%) DHCP
3 5 (8.77%) DNS
3 5 (8.77%) LAN
4 4 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (5.26%) ATM
5 3 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.51%) Skype
6 2 (3.51%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.75%) Internet
7 1 (1.75%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.75%) VLAN
7 1 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.28%) Military
2 7 (12.28%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.53%) Law
4 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
4 4 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Banking
6 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.75%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.75%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 23 (40.35%) Desktop Support
2 20 (35.09%) Analyst
3 18 (31.58%) Support Engineer
4 15 (26.32%) Desktop Engineer
4 15 (26.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 11 (19.30%) IT Support
6 10 (17.54%) Service Analyst
6 10 (17.54%) Service Desk Analyst
7 9 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (15.79%) Support Analyst
8 8 (14.04%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 8 (14.04%) IT Engineer
9 7 (12.28%) Desktop Support Technician
9 7 (12.28%) Desktop Technician
9 7 (12.28%) Support Technician
10 6 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (8.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 5 (8.77%) IT Analyst
11 5 (8.77%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (8.77%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.75%) React
1 1 (1.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.26%) CMDB
3 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.51%) iPhone
4 2 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.75%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.75%) iPad
5 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 48 (84.21%) Windows
2 26 (45.61%) Windows 10
3 21 (36.84%) Apple iOS
4 17 (29.82%) Android
5 14 (24.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.75%) Linux
6 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (61.40%) Customer Service
2 15 (26.32%) Migration
2 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (24.56%) Service Delivery
4 13 (22.81%) ITIL
5 9 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (12.28%) BCP
7 7 (12.28%) Data Migration
8 5 (8.77%) Business Continuity
8 5 (8.77%) Business Continuity Planning
8 5 (8.77%) Change Management
8 5 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.77%) Supplier Management
9 4 (7.02%) Asset Management
9 4 (7.02%) Service Management
10 3 (5.26%) Software Deployment
10 3 (5.26%) Time Management
10 3 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.75%) Bourne shell
2 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.75%) Python
2 1 (1.75%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Security Cleared
2 21 (36.84%) SC Cleared
3 10 (17.54%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.51%) Degree
5 1 (1.75%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) SLA
2 4 (7.02%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (31.58%) SCCM
2 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.54%) Google
3 9 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.77%) Apple
5 3 (5.26%) NCR
6 2 (3.51%) VMware
7 1 (1.75%) Cisco
7 1 (1.75%) Citrix
7 1 (1.75%) HP
7 1 (1.75%) NetApp
7 1 (1.75%) Samsung