Smartphone Contracts in the North West

Smartphone
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 120 143
Rank change year-on-year -9 +23 +36
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Smartphone 4 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% 0.33% 0.070%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 1.23% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 1
10th Percentile £198 - -
25th Percentile £206 £126 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £166 £750
Median % change year-on-year +32.46% -77.85% +74.42%
75th Percentile - £519 -
90th Percentile - £650 -
England median daily rate £200 £263 £238
% change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -17.39%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 740 653 845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.14% 26.71% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 403 555
10th Percentile £303 £302 £257
25th Percentile £380 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £589
90th Percentile £647 £733 £655
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 29 35
10th Percentile £22.50 £11.25 £16.10
25th Percentile £26.88 £16.85 £16.85
Median hourly rate £47.12 £31.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% -22.50% +99.35%
75th Percentile £67.25 £57.50 £48.09
90th Percentile £77.50 £93.90 £68.80
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% +11.11% +73.08%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Smartphone as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in the North West

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Smartphone.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Smartphone.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Smartphone

Smartphone
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -4 3 £220 +74.60% 3
Merseyside - 1 - -
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) 2G
1 3 (75.00%) 3G
1 3 (75.00%) 4G
1 3 (75.00%) 5G
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
2 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow