Smartphone Contract Job Trends in the South West

Smartphone
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 113 142
Rank change year-on-year -6 +29 +31
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 20 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.82% 0.36% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.76% 1.38% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 5
10th Percentile - - £237
25th Percentile £225 £145 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £150 £340
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -55.88% -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile £288 £162 -
England median daily rate £250 £250 £225
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £24.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.75 - £15.18
% change year-on-year - - -27.48%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 725 506 890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.85% 26.29% 30.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 294 592
10th Percentile £225 £186 £226
25th Percentile £391 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -0.36% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £721 £725
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 31 77
10th Percentile £13.11 £14.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £19.72 £21.17 £15.17
Median hourly rate £33.50 £63.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.83% +0.80% +537.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.90
England median hourly rate £28.13 £37.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -23.99% -3.03% +52.62%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in the South West

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Smartphone
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Somerset - 19 £275 -
Devon +3 1 £290 -
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) PABX
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 13 (65.00%) Desktop Support
2 13 (65.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 13 (65.00%) Support Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) IT Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) IT Support
3 7 (35.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 6 (30.00%) Analyst
4 6 (30.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (65.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Customer Service
1 13 (65.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (5.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (95.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) SLA
2 8 (40.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) ServiceNow