Smartphone Contracts 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 179 185
Rank change year-on-year +42 +6 +46
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 18 12 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 0.22% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.81% 0.76% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 29
10th Percentile £172 £206 £158
25th Percentile £175 £225 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £250 £200
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £219 £288 £235
90th Percentile £232 £337 £261
England median daily rate £205 £206 £200
% change year-on-year -0.29% +2.80% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - £11.45 £21.61
25th Percentile - £11.86 £22.18
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £23.79
Median % change year-on-year - -36.95% -17.14%
75th Percentile - £16.00 £25.08
90th Percentile - £16.64 -
England median hourly rate £19.16 £15.00 £21.22
% change year-on-year +27.70% -29.31% +24.82%

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 requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 997 1,575 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.21% 28.41% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 941 1,321
10th Percentile £206 £205 £213
25th Percentile £351 £363 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £662 £688 £725
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 153 91
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.73 £18.08
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £19.00
Median hourly rate £47.90 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% -5.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £63.94 £61.30 £66.48
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.46 £31.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.21% +40.09% -16.66%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in the South East

Smartphone
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Smartphone in the South East

Smartphone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Smartphone in the South East

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 3 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
West Sussex - 8 £205 - 2
Hampshire +34 7 £175 -30.00% 8
Kent +7 2 £185 -32.73% 4
Thames Valley +31 1 £250 - 7
Oxfordshire +5 1 £250 +12.83% 1
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) 2G
1 7 (38.89%) 3G
1 7 (38.89%) 4G
1 7 (38.89%) 5G
2 1 (5.56%) ATM
General
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Law
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) EPoS Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 1 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (5.56%) EPoS Installation Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Technical Support
3 1 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (38.89%) IoT
3 2 (11.11%) EPoS
4 1 (5.56%) CMDB
4 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
1 9 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 8 (44.44%) Android
2 8 (44.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 5 (27.78%) ITIL
2 5 (27.78%) Service Delivery
3 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 4 (22.22%) Data Security
3 4 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (22.22%) Time Management
3 4 (22.22%) Validation
4 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 3 (16.67%) User Experience
5 1 (5.56%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft