Smartphone
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Smartphone over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 593 733 786
Rank change year-on-year +140 +53 -139
Permanent jobs citing Smartphone 148 356 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 0.66% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 93 217 146
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,900 £22,875
25th Percentile £28,290 £24,500 £25,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -8.45%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £51,584
90th Percentile £92,500 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £29,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year +5.08% +3.51% -14.93%

All Generic Skills
UK

Smartphone is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,607 53,764 56,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.83% 43.38% 44.03%
Number of salaries quoted 14,348 29,746 33,691
10th Percentile £33,250 £34,875 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Smartphone as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Smartphone.

Salary trend for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smartphone over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +163 133 £35,000 +10.90% 92
UK excluding London +107 97 £31,000 +5.08% 75
London +228 51 £38,000 +8.57% 23
Work from Home +134 47 £37,500 -16.67% 18
East of England +111 42 £31,250 -0.98% 13
South East +104 15 £30,145 -19.61% 11
North of England +131 10 £29,250 +19.39% 11
North West +105 8 £30,000 +22.45% 5
Scotland +53 8 £32,625 -31.32% 12
South West +46 8 £28,290 -4.10% 15
Midlands +113 7 £35,922 +43.69% 11
Wales +22 6 £41,598 +69.79% 2
West Midlands +128 4 £29,750 +14.42% 8
East Midlands +35 2 £39,343 +57.37% 3
Yorkshire +75 1 - - 3
North East +48 1 £25,000 +4.17% 3
Northern Ireland +32 1 £25,000 -44.44% 2

Smartphone
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.35%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.68%) IIS
3 1 (0.68%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 30 (20.27%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.68%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 44 (29.73%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (12.84%) Azure
3 8 (5.41%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.73%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.38%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (1.35%) npm
6 2 (1.35%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.68%) AWS
7 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.16%) DNS
1 18 (12.16%) Internet
2 10 (6.76%) DHCP
3 5 (3.38%) LAN
4 4 (2.70%) Broadband
4 4 (2.70%) VoIP
4 4 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.03%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (2.03%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (2.03%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.03%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.03%) WAN
5 3 (2.03%) Wireless
6 2 (1.35%) ADSL
6 2 (1.35%) Skype
6 2 (1.35%) VPN
6 2 (1.35%) WebEx
7 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.68%) PBX
7 1 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.68%) CANoe
General
1 41 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (22.30%) Marketing
4 22 (14.86%) Electronics
4 22 (14.86%) Games
5 21 (14.19%) Telecoms
6 19 (12.84%) Automotive
6 19 (12.84%) Multimedia
7 15 (10.14%) Wearables
8 9 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.73%) Local Government
10 6 (4.05%) Finance
10 6 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.05%) Police
11 5 (3.38%) French Language
11 5 (3.38%) German Language
11 5 (3.38%) Mandarin Language
11 5 (3.38%) Retail
11 5 (3.38%) Russian Language
11 5 (3.38%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (20.27%) Graphics Engineer
2 27 (18.24%) Software Engineer
3 24 (16.22%) Support Engineer
4 23 (15.54%) Analyst
4 23 (15.54%) IT Support
5 19 (12.84%) Graphics Software Engineer
5 19 (12.84%) Senior
6 14 (9.46%) Support Analyst
7 12 (8.11%) IT Analyst
7 12 (8.11%) IT Support Analyst
8 11 (7.43%) Performance Engineer
9 10 (6.76%) Consultant
9 10 (6.76%) Desktop Support
10 9 (6.08%) Desktop Engineer
11 8 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.41%) IT Engineer
11 8 (5.41%) Strategy Consultant
12 7 (4.73%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 7 (4.73%) Software Performance Engineer
12 7 (4.73%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (25.00%) OpenGL
1 37 (25.00%) OpenGL ES
1 37 (25.00%) Vulkan
2 18 (12.16%) Direct3D
2 18 (12.16%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 18 (12.16%) Unreal Engine
2 18 (12.16%) WebAssembly
2 18 (12.16%) WebGPU
3 2 (1.35%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.35%) Apache Cordova
3 2 (1.35%) CSS
3 2 (1.35%) HTML
3 2 (1.35%) Ionic Framework
3 2 (1.35%) Node.js
4 1 (0.68%) J2EE
4 1 (0.68%) REST
4 1 (0.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 40 (27.03%) Mali
2 18 (12.16%) 3D Graphics
2 18 (12.16%) Handset
2 18 (12.16%) IoT
2 18 (12.16%) Ray Tracing
2 18 (12.16%) SIMD
3 12 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.05%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.05%) Marketing Technology
4 6 (4.05%) Robotics
5 5 (3.38%) ARM Cortex
5 5 (3.38%) IVR
6 4 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.70%) iPhone
7 3 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.35%) CMDB
8 2 (1.35%) iPad
9 1 (0.68%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 68 (45.95%) Windows
2 57 (38.51%) Android
3 46 (31.08%) Windows 10
4 32 (21.62%) Linux
5 11 (7.43%) Windows Server
6 7 (4.73%) Apple iOS
6 7 (4.73%) Windows 7
6 7 (4.73%) Windows Mobile
7 5 (3.38%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.70%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.68%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.68%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.49%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (31.76%) Computer Science
3 28 (18.92%) Software Engineering
4 26 (17.57%) Mathematics
5 24 (16.22%) Performance Analysis
6 23 (15.54%) Machine Learning
7 22 (14.86%) Customer Service
8 20 (13.51%) Agile
9 19 (12.84%) Computer Architecture
9 19 (12.84%) Embedded Software Development
9 19 (12.84%) Scrum
9 19 (12.84%) User Experience
10 18 (12.16%) Benchmarking
10 18 (12.16%) Process Improvement
10 18 (12.16%) Prototyping
10 18 (12.16%) Software Optimisation
11 16 (10.81%) ITIL
12 15 (10.14%) Service Management
13 12 (8.11%) ITSM
13 12 (8.11%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (32.43%) C
2 47 (31.76%) C++
3 18 (12.16%) Rust
4 6 (4.05%) Python
5 4 (2.70%) Perl
6 2 (1.35%) Java
6 2 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.68%) SQL
7 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (37.84%) Degree
2 20 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (12.16%) Master's Degree
3 18 (12.16%) PhD
4 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.03%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.03%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.35%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.35%) MCSE
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.68%) CCNA
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.68%) MCP
7 1 (0.68%) MCSA
7 1 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.78%) SLA
2 1 (0.68%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.68%) JTAG
System Software
1 45 (30.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.38%) Firmware
3 4 (2.70%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.68%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.68%) Docker
5 1 (0.68%) vSphere
5 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (7.43%) SCCM
2 5 (3.38%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.03%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.08%) Apple
3 6 (4.05%) Cisco
4 5 (3.38%) Mitel
5 3 (2.03%) Adobe
5 3 (2.03%) McAfee
5 3 (2.03%) MobileIron
5 3 (2.03%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.03%) VMware
6 2 (1.35%) Veeam
7 1 (0.68%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.68%) Bomgar
7 1 (0.68%) BT
7 1 (0.68%) Cadence
7 1 (0.68%) Citrix
7 1 (0.68%) Dell
7 1 (0.68%) Google
7 1 (0.68%) iManage
7 1 (0.68%) Reuters
7 1 (0.68%) Wyse