Handsets
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Handset over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 693 810
Rank change year-on-year +113 +117 -143
Contract jobs citing Handset 18 26 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.043% 0.044%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 24 17
10th Percentile £150 £156 £135
25th Percentile £160 £184 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £210 £325
Median % change year-on-year +61.90% -35.38% +69.14%
75th Percentile £350 £476 £480
90th Percentile £430 £568 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £261 £210 £200
% change year-on-year +24.40% +5.00% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £11.17
25th Percentile - - £12.53
Median hourly rate £27.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £20.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +24.58%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Handset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Handset in the UK

Handset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Handset.

Daily rate trend for Handset in the UK

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Handset over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Handset in the UK

Handset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Handset.

Hourly rate trend for Handset in the UK

Handset
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +120 14 £340 +61.90% 11
UK excluding London +57 7 £261 +24.40% 11
London +96 6 £340 -24.44% 2
Work from Home +133 4 £434 +2.00% 3
West Midlands +33 4 £378 +98.95% 1
Midlands +25 4 £378 +89.00% 1
Scotland +30 1 £200 -55.56% 3
South East +22 1 - - 6
South West +22 1 £160 -23.81% 1

Handset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Intranet
1 1 (5.56%) VLAN
1 1 (5.56%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (22.22%) Front Office
1 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
1 4 (22.22%) Publishing
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Billing
4 1 (5.56%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Copywriter
1 3 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Administrator
3 1 (5.56%) Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Content Designer
3 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.56%) Data Administrator
3 1 (5.56%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Designer
3 1 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
3 1 (5.56%) Digital Copywriter
3 1 (5.56%) IT Support
3 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Content Management
1 4 (22.22%) Copywriting
1 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
1 4 (22.22%) SEO
2 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (5.56%) CRM
3 1 (5.56%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (5.56%) ITSM
3 1 (5.56%) Migration
3 1 (5.56%) Order to Cash
3 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.56%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) CCIE
2 1 (5.56%) CCIE Collaboration
2 1 (5.56%) CCNP
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Citrix
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Avaya
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco