Smartphone Contract Job Trends in the South East

Smartphone
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 171 160
Rank change year-on-year -48 -11 +44
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 11 1 19
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.026% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.085% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 13
10th Percentile £224 - £200
25th Percentile £241 £148 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £155 £325
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% -52.31% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £163 £380
90th Percentile - - £418
England median daily rate £225 £275 £263
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £17.43 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year -10.54% -56.26% +187.50%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 citing generic IT skills in the South East.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills 2,149 1,177 1,271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 32.50% 31.16% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 751 722
10th Percentile £270 £204 £250
25th Percentile £400 £360 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £618
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £541
% change year-on-year - -2.87% -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 100 73
10th Percentile £13.10 £12.50 £13.64
25th Percentile £16.56 £15.72 £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.11 £25.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.44% -52.38% -
75th Percentile £77.50 £52.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £69.70 £75.16
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -44.00% +12.36%

Smartphone Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in the South East

Smartphone Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartphone.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartphone

Smartphone Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartphone.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartphone

Smartphone 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 Smartphone within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent - 4 - -
Thames Valley - 4 £238 - 1
Hampshire -27 3 £250 +61.29%
Oxfordshire - 2 £238 - 1
Berkshire - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Smartphone
England

Smartphone Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.