Smartphone Job Trends in South Wales

Smartphone
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 79
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs citing Smartphone 68 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 4.57% - 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.73% - 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,519 - £30,281
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.25%
75th Percentile - - £31,526
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £31,519 - £30,281
% change year-on-year - - +6.25%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 363 167 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 24.41% 33.27% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 169 107 253
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,000 £27,157
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,875 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,125 £59,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £70,000
Wales median annual salary £53,171 £57,500 £44,886
% change year-on-year -7.53% +28.10% -0.25%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in South Wales

Smartphone
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Smartphone.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
Bridgend - 13 - -
Monmouthshire - 11 - - 2
Blaenau Gwent - 9 - - 1
Caerphilly - 6 - -
Merthyr Tydfil - 6 - -
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 6 - - 2
Glamorgan - 6 - - 2
Vale of Glamorgan - 5 - -
Cardiff - 4 £31,519 - 1
Gwent - 3 - - 2
Torfaen - 2 - -
Newport - 2 - - 1
Neath Port Talbot - 1 - -
Smartphone
Wales

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) DHCP
1 1 (1.47%) DNS
1 1 (1.47%) Network Security
1 1 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.47%) VPN
General
1 67 (98.53%) Games
2 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 67 (98.53%) Games Tester
1 67 (98.53%) Tester
2 1 (1.47%) ICT Technician
2 1 (1.47%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 67 (98.53%) Mobile Games
2 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Android
1 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (1.47%) Coaching
1 1 (1.47%) Customer Service
1 1 (1.47%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (1.47%) ITIL
1 1 (1.47%) ITSM
1 1 (1.47%) Mathematics
1 1 (1.47%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (1.47%) A+ Certification
1 1 (1.47%) Degree
1 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (1.47%) Acronis
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft