Handset Contracts in England

Handsets
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Handset over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 622 744
Rank change year-on-year +100 +122 -114
Contract jobs citing Handset 15 25 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.052% 0.050%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 16
10th Percentile £305 £156 £135
25th Percentile £335 £180 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £210 £360
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -41.67% +87.35%
75th Percentile £425 £463 £521
90th Percentile £500 £575 £674
UK median daily rate £340 £210 £360
% change year-on-year +61.90% -41.67% +87.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.17
Median hourly rate £27.00 £25.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.02% +46.91% +31.88%
75th Percentile - - £20.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £25.71 £17.50
% change year-on-year +5.02% +46.91% +31.88%

All Generic Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,145 16,189 23,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.58% 33.64% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,307 11,254 16,999
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £572 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% +4.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 814 576 631
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.21
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £49.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +5.33%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Handset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Handset in England

Handset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Handset in England.

Daily rate trend for Handset in England

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Handset in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Handset in England

Handset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Handset in England.

Hourly rate trend for Handset in England

Handset
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +78 8 £340 -24.44% 4
Midlands +32 4 £378 +89.00%
West Midlands +28 4 £378 +98.95%
South West +2 1 £160 -23.81% 3
Handset
UK

Handset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (26.67%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) ISDN
2 1 (6.67%) Intranet
2 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (6.67%) VLAN
2 1 (6.67%) WebEx
General
1 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Front Office
2 4 (26.67%) Publishing
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Copywriter
2 1 (6.67%) Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Content Designer
2 1 (6.67%) Designer
2 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (6.67%) Digital Copywriter
2 1 (6.67%) IT Support
2 1 (6.67%) Lead
2 1 (6.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Content Management
1 4 (26.67%) Copywriting
1 4 (26.67%) Problem Management
1 4 (26.67%) SEO
2 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
2 2 (13.33%) Project Management
2 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.67%) Agile
3 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
3 1 (6.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (6.67%) ITSM
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) CCIE
2 1 (6.67%) CCIE Collaboration
2 1 (6.67%) CCNP
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Avaya
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) Siemens