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 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 366 378
Rank change year-on-year -49 +12 +77
Contract jobs citing BYOD 28 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.044% 0.074%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 2 3
10th Percentile £235 £207 £122
25th Percentile £375 £276 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £405 £172
Median % change year-on-year +8.02% +134.92% -44.39%
75th Percentile £538 £546 £374
90th Percentile £888 £624 £494
England median daily rate £500 £240 £184
% change year-on-year +108.33% +30.61% -35.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.12 - £14.48
Median hourly rate £34.23 - £16.25
75th Percentile £36.35 - -
90th Percentile - - £16.62
England median hourly rate £34.23 - £14.48
% change year-on-year - - -19.25%

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 7,539 5,070 5,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.17% 37.34% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,712 3,338 3,823
10th Percentile £358 £335 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £749
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 117 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% -3.61% -13.83%
75th Percentile £57.19 £45.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.56 £32.05 £47.50
% change year-on-year +35.91% -32.53% +15.74%

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 8 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 8 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 -17 5 £350 -
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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (7.14%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (32.14%) Azure
3 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.71%) GCP
5 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
5 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (7.14%) SaaS
6 1 (3.57%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (3.57%) AWS
6 1 (3.57%) Azure AI
6 1 (3.57%) Google Gemini
6 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) DHCP
1 2 (7.14%) DNS
1 2 (7.14%) SAN
2 1 (3.57%) 802.11
2 1 (3.57%) BGP
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (3.57%) EIGRP
2 1 (3.57%) HSRP
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) OSPF
2 1 (3.57%) TACACS
2 1 (3.57%) VLAN
2 1 (3.57%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) VRRP
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
2 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
General
1 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Banking
4 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Administrator
4 1 (3.57%) Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (3.57%) Designer
4 1 (3.57%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (3.57%) Head of Security
4 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) IT Support
4 1 (3.57%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Security Specialist
4 1 (3.57%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Technology Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth
1 1 (3.57%) OpenID
1 1 (3.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (10.71%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.14%) Blackberry
3 2 (7.14%) iPad
3 2 (7.14%) iPhone
3 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.14%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.57%) Fat Client
4 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) Thin Client
4 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Android
3 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 10 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 7 (25.00%) E-Discovery
4 7 (25.00%) Migration
5 5 (17.86%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (17.86%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (14.29%) AI
6 4 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (14.29%) High Availability
6 4 (14.29%) Information Security
6 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.71%) Analytics
7 3 (10.71%) Data Governance
7 3 (10.71%) Technology Roadmap
8 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
8 2 (7.14%) Incident Response
8 2 (7.14%) Security Operations
8 2 (7.14%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) MCSA
3 3 (10.71%) MCSE
3 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (14.29%) GDPR
3 4 (14.29%) NIST
3 4 (14.29%) SLA
4 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) BitLocker
2 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Google
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) Lotus
4 1 (3.57%) Citrix
4 1 (3.57%) Databricks
4 1 (3.57%) Foundry
4 1 (3.57%) Freshdesk
4 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.57%) Qualys
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.57%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) Zscaler