Smartphone Contracts in Scotland

Smartphone
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 124 148
Rank change year-on-year +12 +24 +18
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 4 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.23% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 0.68% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 12
10th Percentile - £271 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £370 £250
Median % change year-on-year -45.95% +48.00% +100.00%
75th Percentile - - £291
90th Percentile - - £345
UK median daily rate £205 £225 £200
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 618 732 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.03% 33.02% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 426 712
10th Percentile £221 £203 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £560
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 23
10th Percentile - £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%
75th Percentile £24.66 £38.25 £28.81
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.38 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Smartphone as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in Scotland

Smartphone
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smartphone in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Smartphone in Scotland

Smartphone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smartphone in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Smartphone in Scotland

Smartphone
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Perthshire - 2 - -
Glasgow +3 1 £200 -4.76% 1
Edinburgh - 1 £200 - 1
Smartphone
UK

Smartphone
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) ATM
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (50.00%) EPoS Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) EPoS
1 2 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 2 (50.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft