BYOD Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term BYOD in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BYOD over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 353 406
Rank change year-on-year -32 +53 +82
Contract jobs citing BYOD 14 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.054% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% 0.18% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile - £118 £201
25th Percentile £556 £138 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £183 £363
Median % change year-on-year +208.22% -49.66% +2.11%
75th Percentile £569 £185 £459
90th Percentile - £201 £514
UK median daily rate £563 £225 £525
% change year-on-year +150.00% -57.14% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - +23.02% -
UK median hourly rate - £16.19 £13.16
% change year-on-year - +23.02% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

BYOD 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,856 4,964 6,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.39% 29.51% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,564 2,732 4,216
10th Percentile £205 £205 £213
25th Percentile £358 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £499 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -0.30% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £664 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 495 268 384
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.62 £16.54
25th Percentile £16.95 £22.17 £21.05
Median hourly rate £26.00 £41.88 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.91% -9.32% +100.78%
75th Percentile £51.75 £70.00 £66.70
90th Percentile £73.45 £75.00 £78.25
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.50% -10.11% +64.94%

BYOD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BYOD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

BYOD job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

BYOD
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BYOD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BYOD

BYOD
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BYOD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BYOD

BYOD
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BYOD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Northern Ireland +4 11 - -
South East - 3 £563 - 25
BYOD
UK

BYOD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (21.43%) HTTP
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
General
1 11 (78.57%) Banking
2 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 10 (71.43%) Financial Institution
2 10 (71.43%) Investment Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Analyst
2 11 (78.57%) Support Analyst
3 10 (71.43%) IT Analyst
3 10 (71.43%) IT Support
3 10 (71.43%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Blackberry
2 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Customer Service
2 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Application Security
3 3 (21.43%) Change Management
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) Data Flow Diagram
3 3 (21.43%) Due Diligence
3 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
3 3 (21.43%) Information Governance
3 3 (21.43%) Information Security
3 3 (21.43%) Information Security Management
3 3 (21.43%) ISMS
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
3 3 (21.43%) Security Management
3 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
3 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) CISM
2 3 (21.43%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) GDPR
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (21.43%) NIST
1 3 (21.43%) PCI DSS
1 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory