Smartphone Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Smartphone
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.19% - 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £140 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - -
75th Percentile £180 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £210 £205 £205
% change year-on-year +2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.36
Median hourly rate - - £11.73
75th Percentile - - £12.09
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.00 £19.16 £15.00
% change year-on-year +4.41% +27.70% -29.78%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 912 447 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.92% 32.09% 32.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 286 384
10th Percentile £300 £175 £298
25th Percentile £408 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £514 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% -1.20% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £636
90th Percentile £750 £662 £750
England median daily rate £515 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.19% -2.27% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 17 45
10th Percentile £14.80 £16.09 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.13 £14.71
Median hourly rate £26.00 £28.18 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +25.24% -18.18%
75th Percentile £47.50 £33.91 £40.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £34.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year +32.35% - +51.21%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Smartphone
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Staffordshire - 3 £180 -
Warwickshire - 3 £140 -
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) Skype
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 3 (50.00%) IT Support
3 2 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 2 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
4 1 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics Coordinator
4 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) iPhone
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory