BYOD Contract Job Trends in London

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term BYOD in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BYOD over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 366 387
Rank change year-on-year -57 +21 +57
Contract jobs citing BYOD 26 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.052% 0.043%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 2 3
10th Percentile £205 £207 £188
25th Percentile £261 £276 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £405 £250
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +62.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £500 £546 £413
90th Percentile £550 £624 £510
England median daily rate £475 £240 £205
% change year-on-year +97.92% +17.07% -28.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.12 - -
Median hourly rate £34.23 - -
75th Percentile £36.35 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.23 - £13.86
% change year-on-year - - -26.78%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,626 5,130 5,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.72% 38.10% 33.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,773 3,361 3,725
10th Percentile £354 £333 £331
25th Percentile £450 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £748
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 120 79
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.21 £22.90
Median hourly rate £32.63 £27.25 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +19.72% -13.82% -9.66%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.15 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.06 £71.25
England median hourly rate £38.72 £32.71 £52.50
% change year-on-year +18.37% -37.70% +14.50%

BYOD
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

BYOD job vacancy trend in London

BYOD
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BYOD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BYOD

BYOD
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BYOD in London over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BYOD in London

BYOD
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BYOD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing BYOD

BYOD
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BYOD within the London region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Central London -14 4 £369 -
East London - 1 £525 -
BYOD
England

BYOD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (7.69%) HCL Notes
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Azure
2 11 (42.31%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (30.77%) Entra ID
4 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
5 3 (11.54%) GCP
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (11.54%) Power Automate
5 3 (11.54%) PowerApps
6 2 (7.69%) Google Workspace
6 2 (7.69%) SaaS
7 1 (3.85%) Amazon Bedrock
7 1 (3.85%) AWS
7 1 (3.85%) Azure AI
7 1 (3.85%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) DHCP
1 2 (7.69%) DNS
1 2 (7.69%) SAN
2 1 (3.85%) 802.11
2 1 (3.85%) BGP
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (3.85%) EIGRP
2 1 (3.85%) HSRP
2 1 (3.85%) LAN
2 1 (3.85%) OSPF
2 1 (3.85%) TACACS
2 1 (3.85%) VLAN
2 1 (3.85%) VPN
2 1 (3.85%) VRRP
2 1 (3.85%) WAN
2 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Health
4 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (15.38%) Administrator
1 4 (15.38%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (7.69%) Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Messaging Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Technical Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Content Designer
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Designer
4 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) IT Support
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Technology Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.85%) Express.js
1 1 (3.85%) Kafka
1 1 (3.85%) Node.js
1 1 (3.85%) REST
1 1 (3.85%) Spring
1 1 (3.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.69%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.69%) iPad
2 2 (7.69%) iPhone
2 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.85%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Android
2 3 (11.54%) Apple iOS
2 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Data Loss Prevention
1 6 (23.08%) Migration
1 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
2 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 3 (11.54%) AI
4 3 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.54%) Zero Trust
5 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.69%) Data Governance
5 2 (7.69%) E-Discovery
5 2 (7.69%) Generative AI
5 2 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (7.69%) MCSA
4 2 (7.69%) MCSE
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.85%) GDPR
4 1 (3.85%) NIST
4 1 (3.85%) SLA
4 1 (3.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Google
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Lotus
4 1 (3.85%) Citrix
4 1 (3.85%) Databricks
4 1 (3.85%) Foundry
4 1 (3.85%) Freshdesk
4 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) VMware