The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Handset over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
3 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
83 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Handset |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire |
0.13% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category |
0.58% |
- |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£500 |
- |
- |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£500 |
£350 |
£323 |
| % change year-on-year |
+42.86% |
+8.53% |
+115.00% |
Handset 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 Shropshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills |
173 |
27 |
23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire |
23.35% |
15.88% |
20.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
156 |
14 |
19 |
| 10th Percentile |
£402 |
£215 |
£140 |
| 25th Percentile |
£445 |
£231 |
£239 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£502 |
£375 |
£315 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+33.73% |
+19.05% |
-37.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£613 |
£534 |
£364 |
| 90th Percentile |
£671 |
£634 |
£394 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£500 |
£500 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-4.76% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.10 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£13.25 |
- |
- |
| Median hourly rate |
£13.50 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£13.75 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£13.90 |
- |
- |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£33.99 |
£31.96 |
£33.93 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.37% |
-5.82% |
+23.38% |
