Smartphone Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Smartphone
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.85% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £250 £200 £225
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +12.50%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 61 69 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 25.96% 43.13% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 29 27
10th Percentile £150 £148 £234
25th Percentile £309 £173 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -40.00% +0.05%
75th Percentile £559 £456 £528
90th Percentile £656 £588 £638
UK median daily rate £501 £535 £545
% change year-on-year -6.45% -1.83% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 5
10th Percentile - £22.50 -
25th Percentile £12.31 £24.18 £15.63
Median hourly rate £15.00 £26.59 £21.10
Median % change year-on-year -43.59% +26.02% +52.43%
75th Percentile £19.10 £67.94 £23.54
90th Percentile £20.79 £80.05 £34.46
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £33.77 £37.75
% change year-on-year -18.57% -10.54% +51.00%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Smartphone.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
County Antrim - 2 - -
Smartphone
UK

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) ICT Support
1 2 (100.00%) ICT Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) ICT Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft