Smartphone Contracts

Smartphone
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 519 583
Rank change year-on-year +82 +64 +104
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 82 81 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.61% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 50 85
10th Percentile £170 £126 £160
25th Percentile £175 £161 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £218 £200
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +8.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £250 £349 £250
90th Percentile £290 £476 £288
UK excluding London median daily rate £205 £193 £200
% change year-on-year +6.14% -3.43% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 7
10th Percentile - £11.45 £16.70
25th Percentile £18.90 £12.25 £19.22
Median hourly rate £19.16 £13.71 £21.22
Median % change year-on-year +39.72% -35.39% +11.68%
75th Percentile £19.41 £16.07 £25.08
90th Percentile - £17.12 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.16 £12.54 £22.51
% change year-on-year +52.81% -44.30% +50.03%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartphone over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +70 77 £205 - 130
UK excluding London +62 57 £205 +6.14% 95
North of England +42 29 £205 +62.70% 28
London +30 24 £225 - 36
South East +46 19 £205 -18.00% 25
Yorkshire +28 15 £300 +100.00% 10
North West +7 9 £205 +62.70% 14
South West +50 6 £160 +77.78% 10
Work from Home +39 6 £205 -44.59% 108
Midlands +22 5 £250 +56.25% 9
East Midlands +9 5 £250 +56.25% 2
North East - 5 £200 - 4
Scotland +8 4 £200 -45.95% 2
East of England +33 1 - - 22

Smartphone
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 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (18.29%) Entra ID
3 7 (8.54%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.66%) Azure
5 2 (2.44%) Apigee
5 2 (2.44%) GCP
5 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.54%) 2G
1 7 (8.54%) 3G
1 7 (8.54%) 4G
1 7 (8.54%) 5G
1 7 (8.54%) ATM
2 6 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.10%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (3.66%) Wireless
5 2 (2.44%) DHCP
5 2 (2.44%) DNS
5 2 (2.44%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.44%) VoIP
6 1 (1.22%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.22%) LAN
6 1 (1.22%) VPN
6 1 (1.22%) WAN
General
1 45 (54.88%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (15.85%) Retail
4 7 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Military
7 3 (3.66%) Finance
7 3 (3.66%) Legal
8 2 (2.44%) Banking
8 2 (2.44%) Billing
8 2 (2.44%) Law
8 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.22%) Automotive
9 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Police
9 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (23.17%) Analyst
2 15 (18.29%) IT Engineer
2 15 (18.29%) Support Engineer
3 13 (15.85%) EPoS Engineer
3 13 (15.85%) Support Manager
4 12 (14.63%) Desktop Support
4 12 (14.63%) IT Support
5 9 (10.98%) Desktop Engineer
5 9 (10.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 8 (9.76%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (9.76%) 1st Line Support Manager
6 8 (9.76%) IT Manager
6 8 (9.76%) IT Support Manager
7 7 (8.54%) Installations Engineer
7 7 (8.54%) Support Analyst
8 6 (7.32%) EPoS Installation Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) Active Directory Support
9 5 (6.10%) Service Analyst
9 5 (6.10%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (6.10%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) iPhone
2 13 (15.85%) EPoS
3 10 (12.20%) Driving Licence
4 7 (8.54%) IoT
5 2 (2.44%) CMDB
5 2 (2.44%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.44%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.22%) BYOD
6 1 (1.22%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.22%) iPad
6 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.61%) Mac OS
1 21 (25.61%) Windows
2 18 (21.95%) Android
2 18 (21.95%) Apple iOS
3 12 (14.63%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (45.12%) Customer Service
2 26 (31.71%) ITIL
3 21 (25.61%) ITSM
4 19 (23.17%) Service Management
5 17 (20.73%) Mobile Device Management
5 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (19.51%) Incident Management
7 10 (12.20%) Service Delivery
8 9 (10.98%) Asset Management
9 8 (9.76%) Migration
9 8 (9.76%) User Experience
10 7 (8.54%) Customer Experience
11 6 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
12 5 (6.10%) Computer Science
12 5 (6.10%) Time Management
13 4 (4.88%) Agile
13 4 (4.88%) Continuous Integration
13 4 (4.88%) Operations Management
13 4 (4.88%) Process Improvement
13 4 (4.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) SC Cleared
1 14 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.54%) Degree
3 4 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.63%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (34.15%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.54%) Firmware
3 4 (4.88%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 15 (18.29%) Jamf Pro
2 7 (8.54%) SCCM
3 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
2 26 (31.71%) ServiceNow
3 17 (20.73%) Apple
4 8 (9.76%) Google
5 3 (3.66%) Bloomberg
5 3 (3.66%) HP
5 3 (3.66%) Reuters
6 2 (2.44%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.22%) Citrix
7 1 (1.22%) Oracle
7 1 (1.22%) SAP