Smartphone Contract Job Trends in Kent

Smartphone
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.68% - 2.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.50% - 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £320 £331 £250
% change year-on-year -3.40% +32.50% +31.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £14.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £13.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 40 58 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 27.40% 41.73% 44.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 30 57
10th Percentile £146 £206 £152
25th Percentile £185 £315 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £513 £365
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +40.41% -
75th Percentile £513 £580 £538
90th Percentile £563 £623 £641
South East median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile £12.75 - £19.88
Median hourly rate £13.50 £67.02 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -79.86% +88.79% +18.02%
75th Percentile £14.25 - £55.00
90th Percentile - - £55.25
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -32.86% -33.96% +41.33%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in Kent

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the Kent region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
Maidstone - 1 - - 1
Smartphone
South East

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Repair Technician
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Samsung