Handset Contracts in the UK excluding London

Handsets
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Handset over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 443 500
Rank change year-on-year +59 +57 -76
Contract jobs citing Handset 7 14 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.059% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.18% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 10
10th Percentile £172 £156 £135
25th Percentile £190 £165 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £261 £210 £195
Median % change year-on-year +24.40% +7.69% +1.48%
75th Percentile £355 £466 £383
90th Percentile £412 £477 £621
UK median daily rate £340 £210 £273
% change year-on-year +61.90% -22.94% +41.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £11.17
25th Percentile - - £12.53
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £20.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £25.71 £17.50
% change year-on-year +5.02% +46.91% +31.88%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Handset is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,020 7,766 9,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.28% 32.50% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,618 5,251 6,778
10th Percentile £208 £213 £204
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £615 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 718 436 466
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.13
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.34
Median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.89
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Handset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Handset in the UK excluding London

Handset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Handset in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Handset in the UK excluding London

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Handset in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Handset in the UK excluding London

Handset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Handset in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Handset in the UK excluding London

Handset
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 Handset within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Midlands +31 4 £378 +89.00%
West Midlands +28 4 £378 +98.95%
Scotland +37 1 £200 -55.56% 3
South West +23 1 £160 -23.81% 2
South East +19 1 - - 7
Handset
UK

Handset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (57.14%) Publishing
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Billing
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Copywriter
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Content Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Data Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Data Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Copywriter
2 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Telephony Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Content Management
1 4 (57.14%) Copywriting
1 4 (57.14%) SEO
2 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Order to Cash
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Avaya
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft