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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 168 196
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 +59
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Smartphone 11 14 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.31% 0.29% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% 1.00% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 17
10th Percentile £147 £189 £184
25th Percentile - £213 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £283 £240
Median % change year-on-year -38.05% +17.71% +26.32%
75th Percentile £218 £342 £270
90th Percentile £220 £353 £360
England median daily rate £200 £263 £238
% change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
England median hourly rate £33.30 £57.50 £21.22
% change year-on-year -42.09% +170.97% -7.74%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,115 1,402 1,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.59% 29.35% 32.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 813 1,248
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £358 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £625 £616
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 139 95
10th Percentile £15.39 £11.92 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £21.58 £21.00
Median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.92% +9.24% +129.86%
75th Percentile £63.37 £65.00 £65.73
90th Percentile £71.95 £75.16 £74.70
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £45.82
% change year-on-year -35.90% +9.12% +76.23%

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
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
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +20 8 £175 -30.00% 2
West Sussex +1 3 £220 +46.67%
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) 2G
1 3 (27.27%) 3G
1 3 (27.27%) 4G
1 3 (27.27%) 5G
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Driving Licence
2 3 (27.27%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
1 7 (63.64%) Windows 10
2 3 (27.27%) Android
2 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Customer Experience
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
3 3 (27.27%) User Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Data Security
5 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (9.09%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) ServiceNow