Handset Contracts in the South East

Handsets
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Handset over the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 - 213
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Contract jobs citing Handset 4 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.12% - 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £178 - £156
25th Percentile £186 - £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.80%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - £376
England median daily rate £200 £345 £210
% change year-on-year -42.03% +64.29% -50.59%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,054 1,634 1,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.91% 28.89% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 645 953 1,365
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £350 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £623 £631
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 169 100
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.79 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.64 £20.88
Median hourly rate £33.89 £55.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.39% +7.32% +138.37%
75th Percentile £61.12 £61.30 £66.34
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.16 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.75 £37.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -12.66% +25.00% +13.21%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Handset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Handset in the South East

Handset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Handset in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Handset in the South East

Handset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Handset in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Handset in the South East

Handset
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
Hampshire - 4 £200 -
Handset
England

Handset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Police
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Dell
1 2 (50.00%) Samsung