Smartphone Job Trends in England

Smartphone
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 596 649
Rank change year-on-year -48 +53 +25
Permanent jobs citing Smartphone 39 43 182
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.048% 0.11% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.26% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 32 34 163
10th Percentile - £26,800 £22,750
25th Percentile £25,375 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £37,250
90th Percentile £57,200 £70,000 £49,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
England

Smartphone falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,711 16,600 29,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.82% 42.61% 35.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,394 8,259 20,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,625 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smartphone relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Smartphone job vacancy trend in England

Smartphone
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smartphone.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smartphone in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Smartphone in England

Smartphone
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -9 15 £32,500 -7.14% 4
South West -47 8 £26,150 -8.25% 5
West Midlands -37 7 £56,400 +61.14% 2
Midlands -42 7 £56,400 +61.14% 2
East of England -16 4 £39,000 +2.63% 4
North West -3 2 - - 2
London -31 2 £42,500 -5.56% 6
North of England -37 2 - - 6
Smartphone
UK

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (25.64%) Google Workspace
3 8 (20.51%) Azure
4 5 (12.82%) AWS
5 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.13%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (33.33%) Firewall
2 9 (23.08%) LAN
2 9 (23.08%) SAN
2 9 (23.08%) VPN
3 8 (20.51%) WAN
4 3 (7.69%) Internet
5 1 (2.56%) 4G
5 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.56%) WebEx
5 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Git
1 2 (5.13%) Gradle
1 2 (5.13%) JUnit
1 2 (5.13%) Mockito
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 11 (28.21%) Legal
2 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Local Government
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Digital Health
6 1 (2.56%) Finance
6 1 (2.56%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Law
6 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Field Engineer
1 9 (23.08%) Field Service Engineer
1 9 (23.08%) IT Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Network Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Senior Network Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Audio Visual Technician
5 2 (5.13%) Android Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Android Software Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) IT Support
5 2 (5.13%) Software Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Field Hardware Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) gRPC
1 2 (5.13%) Protocol Buffers
1 2 (5.13%) REST
1 2 (5.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Analytical Mindset
1 9 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.82%) Operational Technology
3 3 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 3 (7.69%) Social Media
4 1 (2.56%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.56%) Contactless
4 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Windows
2 9 (23.08%) Windows 10
3 5 (12.82%) Android
4 3 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (30.77%) Customer Service
3 9 (23.08%) Coaching
4 5 (12.82%) Migration
4 5 (12.82%) Ticket Management
5 4 (10.26%) Agile
5 4 (10.26%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (10.26%) Preventative Maintenance
6 2 (5.13%) Android Development
6 2 (5.13%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (5.13%) Asset Management
6 2 (5.13%) CI/CD
6 2 (5.13%) Clean Code
6 2 (5.13%) DevSecOps
6 2 (5.13%) Mobile Development
6 2 (5.13%) MVVM
6 2 (5.13%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (5.13%) Software Delivery
6 2 (5.13%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.13%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Kotlin
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) A+ Certification
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (23.08%) CCNA
2 9 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (23.08%) MCSE
2 9 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.56%) MCITP
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) Google
3 9 (23.08%) Dell
4 6 (15.38%) ServiceNow
5 5 (12.82%) Aruba
5 5 (12.82%) HP
6 2 (5.13%) VMware
7 1 (2.56%) Adobe
7 1 (2.56%) Apple
7 1 (2.56%) Brio
7 1 (2.56%) Cisco
7 1 (2.56%) Citrix
7 1 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.56%) iManage
7 1 (2.56%) Intapp
7 1 (2.56%) Intel
7 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.56%) Wyse