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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 488 478
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 +56
Permanent jobs citing Smartphone 34 78 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.080% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.63% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 25 66 41
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £24,625
25th Percentile £25,375 £31,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,150 £35,000 £30,145
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +16.11% +2.18%
75th Percentile £31,000 £38,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £38,750 £55,000 £42,426
UK median annual salary £26,150 £35,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year -25.29% +1.45% +6.15%

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 13,649 12,311 11,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.19% 34.27% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,315 5,294 8,462
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,543
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +24 8 £26,150 -30.27% 9
North of England +11 7 £25,000 -16.67% 8
South West +9 6 £26,150 -6.61% 3
Midlands -6 6 £37,500 +7.14% 2
North East - 6 £25,000 -
Scotland - 6 £26,150 - 3
East Midlands -5 3 £37,500 +7.14% 1
West Midlands -9 3 £31,000 -11.43% 1
North West +18 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland -11 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 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (17.65%) Azure
3 5 (14.71%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.82%) Google Workspace
5 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (32.35%) SAN
2 5 (14.71%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (8.82%) DHCP
4 3 (8.82%) DNS
4 3 (8.82%) Internet
4 3 (8.82%) Intranet
4 3 (8.82%) LAN
4 3 (8.82%) VoIP
5 2 (5.88%) 4G
5 2 (5.88%) Firewall
6 1 (2.94%) Broadband
6 1 (2.94%) VPN
6 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Legal
3 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (32.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Local Government
5 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.94%) Billing
7 1 (2.94%) Electronics
7 1 (2.94%) Games
7 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) IT Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) Field Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) Field Service Engineer
3 9 (26.47%) IT Support
4 6 (17.65%) Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Technical Advisor
6 4 (11.76%) Technical Support
6 4 (11.76%) Technical Support Advisor
7 3 (8.82%) IT Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Support Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Systems Support
7 3 (8.82%) Systems Support Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Field Hardware Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Repair Technician
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Analytical Mindset
1 11 (32.35%) Data Centre
2 5 (14.71%) Driving Licence
3 3 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.82%) Social Media
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.82%) Android
4 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Customer Service
1 21 (61.76%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (32.35%) Coaching
3 9 (26.47%) ITIL
4 4 (11.76%) ITSM
5 3 (8.82%) Case Management
5 3 (8.82%) Logistics
5 3 (8.82%) Network Management
5 3 (8.82%) Process Improvement
5 3 (8.82%) Security Management
5 3 (8.82%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.82%) Service Management
6 2 (5.88%) Agile
6 2 (5.88%) Asset Management
6 2 (5.88%) Patch Management
6 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2
6 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (5.88%) Ticket Management
7 1 (2.94%) Migration
7 1 (2.94%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) A+ Certification
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (32.35%) CCNA
2 11 (32.35%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (32.35%) MCSE
2 11 (32.35%) Network+ Certification
3 10 (29.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (8.82%) MCP
5 1 (2.94%) Degree
5 1 (2.94%) MCITP
5 1 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (32.35%) Dell
3 3 (8.82%) Google
3 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.82%) VMware
4 2 (5.88%) Apple
4 2 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (5.88%) Intel
4 2 (5.88%) Wyse
5 1 (2.94%) Aruba
5 1 (2.94%) BT
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.94%) HP