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 2 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 151 177
Rank change year-on-year -73 +26 +10
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 9 13 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.13% 0.37% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 1.17% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 9
10th Percentile - £148 £185
25th Percentile - - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £175 £325
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -46.15% +35.42%
75th Percentile - £219 £350
90th Percentile - £220 £372
England median daily rate £225 £205 £263
% change year-on-year +9.76% -21.90% +22.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £20.25 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £17.60
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.50 £30.30 £57.50
% change year-on-year -52.15% -47.30% +170.97%

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 2,004 1,107 1,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.03% 31.65% 29.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 675 863
10th Percentile £277 £213 £213
25th Percentile £412 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £628
90th Percentile £700 £665 £715
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 101 144
10th Percentile £16.33 £15.13 £11.98
25th Percentile £26.73 £16.95 £19.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.05 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +66.41% -42.37% +14.70%
75th Percentile £85.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.50 £75.16
England median hourly rate £43.96 £31.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year +38.35% -29.39% +10.31%

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 2 August 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +8 5 - - 3
Hampshire -41 3 £250 +42.86% 5
Oxfordshire -21 1 £250 -
Thames Valley -45 1 £250 - 2
Smartphone
England

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) ATM
General
1 5 (55.56%) Retail
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) EPoS
2 3 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
2 1 (11.11%) Housing Management