Smartphone Contracts 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 401 471 542
Rank change year-on-year +70 +71 +93
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 79 67 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 0.60% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 43 73
10th Percentile £170 £126 £158
25th Percentile £175 £145 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £205 £200
Median % change year-on-year - +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £245 £269 £240
90th Percentile £250 £370 £283
UK median daily rate £205 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 8
10th Percentile - £11.45 £16.90
25th Percentile £18.90 £12.56 £19.94
Median hourly rate £19.16 £15.00 £21.36
Median % change year-on-year +27.70% -29.78% +4.76%
75th Percentile £19.41 £16.54 £25.08
90th Percentile - £18.44 -
UK median hourly rate £19.16 £14.00 £21.36
% change year-on-year +36.82% -34.46% -1.93%

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 8,152 11,176 16,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.20% 30.76% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,327 7,323 11,208
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 821 571
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £34.21 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +52.15% -15.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.30 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.29 £32.12 £22.08
% change year-on-year -2.58% +45.45% -19.71%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in England

Smartphone
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Smartphone in England

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartphone in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smartphone in England

Smartphone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend 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 23 May 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
North of England +31 32 £205 +62.70% 86
London +51 24 £220 -2.22% 77
Yorkshire +32 20 £300 +100.00% 31
South East +58 18 £205 -13.68% 109
North West +4 9 £205 +62.70% 47
South West +43 6 £160 +77.78% 43
Midlands +16 5 £250 +56.25% 63
East Midlands +10 5 £250 +56.25% 23
North East - 3 £200 - 8
East of England +29 1 - - 78
Smartphone
UK

Smartphone
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 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (36.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (39.24%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (25.32%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.06%) Azure
4 3 (3.80%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
5 2 (2.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.86%) 2G
1 7 (8.86%) 3G
1 7 (8.86%) 4G
1 7 (8.86%) 5G
2 6 (7.59%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (6.33%) ATM
4 4 (5.06%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.80%) Wireless
6 2 (2.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.53%) VoIP
7 1 (1.27%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.27%) LAN
7 1 (1.27%) VPN
7 1 (1.27%) WAN
General
1 49 (62.03%) Social Skills
2 19 (24.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (22.78%) Retail
4 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.06%) Finance
7 3 (3.80%) Legal
7 3 (3.80%) Military
8 2 (2.53%) Banking
8 2 (2.53%) Law
9 1 (1.27%) Automotive
9 1 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Police
9 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (22.78%) Analyst
1 18 (22.78%) Support Manager
2 15 (18.99%) IT Support
2 15 (18.99%) Support Engineer
3 13 (16.46%) 1st Line Support
4 12 (15.19%) 1st Line Support Manager
4 12 (15.19%) IT Engineer
4 12 (15.19%) IT Manager
4 12 (15.19%) IT Support Manager
5 11 (13.92%) EPoS Engineer
6 10 (12.66%) Desktop Support
7 8 (10.13%) Desktop Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) Support Analyst
8 7 (8.86%) Installations Engineer
9 6 (7.59%) EPoS Installation Engineer
9 6 (7.59%) Support Assistant
10 5 (6.33%) Active Directory Support
11 4 (5.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 4 (5.06%) Active Directory Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.32%) iPhone
2 11 (13.92%) EPoS
3 10 (12.66%) Driving Licence
4 7 (8.86%) IoT
5 2 (2.53%) CMDB
6 1 (1.27%) BYOD
6 1 (1.27%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.27%) iPad
6 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (27.85%) Mac OS
2 19 (24.05%) Windows
3 17 (21.52%) Apple iOS
4 16 (20.25%) Android
5 11 (13.92%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (49.37%) Customer Service
2 29 (36.71%) ITIL
3 24 (30.38%) ITSM
4 22 (27.85%) Mobile Device Management
4 22 (27.85%) Service Management
5 19 (24.05%) Incident Management
6 16 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (12.66%) Asset Management
7 10 (12.66%) Service Delivery
8 9 (11.39%) User Experience
9 7 (8.86%) Customer Experience
10 6 (7.59%) Migration
11 5 (6.33%) Computer Science
11 5 (6.33%) Time Management
12 4 (5.06%) Agile
12 4 (5.06%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (5.06%) Data Security
12 4 (5.06%) Operations Management
12 4 (5.06%) Process Improvement
12 4 (5.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (12.66%) SC Cleared
1 10 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.59%) Degree
3 2 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.27%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (40.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.33%) Firmware
3 4 (5.06%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (22.78%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (6.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (50.63%) Microsoft
2 31 (39.24%) ServiceNow
3 22 (27.85%) Apple
4 3 (3.80%) Bloomberg
4 3 (3.80%) Google
4 3 (3.80%) HP
4 3 (3.80%) Reuters
5 1 (1.27%) Citrix
5 1 (1.27%) Salesforce