Smartphone Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 448 602
Rank change year-on-year -73 +154 -66
Permanent jobs citing Smartphone 43 42 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.071% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.46% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 37 39 120
10th Percentile - £26,250 £22,750
25th Percentile £25,375 £31,875 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £35,000 £29,290
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +19.49% -0.71%
75th Percentile £38,750 £37,750 £35,435
90th Percentile £46,580 £70,000 £42,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,281
% change year-on-year -7.14% +15.59% -5.37%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 16,083 9,153 22,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.68% 35.33% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,788 5,198 15,002
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,325 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Smartphone job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Smartphone.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Smartphone

Smartphone
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smartphone in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Smartphone in the UK excluding London

Smartphone
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 April 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 -31 14 £32,500 -10.34% 4
Scotland -12 8 £26,150 -62.64% 2
Midlands -56 8 £37,500 +7.14%
South West -49 6 £26,150 -6.61% 1
West Midlands -28 5 £56,400 +61.14%
East of England -30 4 £39,000 +2.63% 3
East Midlands -48 3 £37,500 +7.14%
North of England -69 2 £25,000 -23.08% 2
North East -28 1 £25,000 -64.29%
North West -34 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Smartphone
UK

Smartphone
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (20.93%) Google Workspace
3 5 (11.63%) Azure
3 5 (11.63%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.98%) AWS
5 2 (4.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (34.88%) SAN
2 10 (23.26%) Firewall
3 9 (20.93%) LAN
4 7 (16.28%) VPN
4 7 (16.28%) WAN
5 3 (6.98%) Internet
6 2 (4.65%) 4G
6 2 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
1 1 (2.33%) Gradle
1 1 (2.33%) JUnit
1 1 (2.33%) Mockito
General
1 16 (37.21%) Legal
2 15 (34.88%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (34.88%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Local Government
4 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (41.86%) IT Engineer
2 15 (34.88%) Field Engineer
2 15 (34.88%) Field Service Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) IT Support
4 6 (13.95%) Support Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Audio Visual Technician
7 3 (6.98%) Network Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Senior
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Network Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Support
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Support Engineer
8 1 (2.33%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (2.33%) Service Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) gRPC
1 1 (2.33%) Protocol Buffers
1 1 (2.33%) REST
1 1 (2.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.88%) Analytical Mindset
1 15 (34.88%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.30%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.98%) Operational Technology
3 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.98%) Social Media
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.91%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Windows 10
3 4 (9.30%) Android
4 3 (6.98%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (58.14%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (39.53%) Customer Service
3 15 (34.88%) Coaching
4 6 (13.95%) Ticket Management
5 4 (9.30%) ITIL
5 4 (9.30%) ITSM
5 4 (9.30%) Preventative Maintenance
6 3 (6.98%) Agile
6 3 (6.98%) Logistics
6 3 (6.98%) Migration
6 3 (6.98%) Network Management
6 3 (6.98%) Process Improvement
6 3 (6.98%) Security Management
6 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.98%) Service Management
7 2 (4.65%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.65%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (4.65%) Patch Management
7 2 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (2.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) A+ Certification
1 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (34.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (34.88%) CCNA
2 15 (34.88%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (34.88%) MCSE
2 15 (34.88%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Degree
4 1 (2.33%) MCITP
4 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Dell
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.93%) Google
3 7 (16.28%) ServiceNow
4 4 (9.30%) VMware
5 3 (6.98%) Aruba
5 3 (6.98%) HP
6 2 (4.65%) Apple
6 2 (4.65%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (4.65%) Intel
6 2 (4.65%) Wyse
7 1 (2.33%) Citrix
7 1 (2.33%) Fortinet