Handset Contracts in the West Midlands

Handsets
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Handset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 141 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Contract jobs citing Handset 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.21% 0.042% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £331 - -
25th Percentile £345 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 £190 -
Median % change year-on-year +98.95% - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £438 - -
England median daily rate £340 £210 £325
% change year-on-year +61.90% -35.38% +69.14%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 639 772 1,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.09% 32.15% 28.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 528 718
10th Percentile £300 £263 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £581
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 19 27
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.71 £17.99 £12.96
Median hourly rate £23.58 £24.00 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% +51.32% -4.69%
75th Percentile £40.38 £52.50 £17.70
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.50 £19.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +1.92%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Handset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Handset in the West Midlands

Handset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Handset in the West Midlands

Handset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Handset in the West Midlands

Handset
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 Handset within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham - 4 £378 -
Handset
England

Handset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (100.00%) CMS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Publishing
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Copywriter
2 1 (25.00%) Content Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Copywriter
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Content Management
1 4 (100.00%) Copywriting
1 4 (100.00%) SEO
2 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared