Smartphone Contracts

Smartphone
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smartphone over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 588 688
Rank change year-on-year +87 +100 -29
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 81 130 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.65% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 85 112
10th Percentile £126 £160 £123
25th Percentile £161 £165 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £200 £210
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.76% -10.64%
75th Percentile £329 £250 £400
90th Percentile £475 £288 £488
UK excluding London median daily rate £193 £200 £180
% change year-on-year -3.43% +11.11% -26.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 9
10th Percentile £11.45 £16.70 £12.68
25th Percentile £12.25 £19.22 £15.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £21.22 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +11.68% -22.45%
75th Percentile £16.28 £25.08 £27.75
90th Percentile £18.08 - £32.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.27 £22.51 £15.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% +50.03% -38.78%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,237 19,870 29,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.39% 33.29% 33.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,495 13,665 20,453
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 909 640 726
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.13 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +27.84% +10.00% -16.67%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartphone over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Smartphone over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Smartphone in the UK

Smartphone
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +70 70 £206 +2.80% 104
UK excluding London +16 48 £193 -3.43% 90
London +97 30 £225 +4.65% 22
Work from Home +100 16 £370 +48.00% 25
North of England +24 15 £126 -37.00% 28
South East -5 14 £250 +25.00% 14
North West +20 13 £126 -49.60% 15
Midlands +37 7 £160 -51.70% 11
East Midlands +23 6 £160 +16.36% 5
Scotland +24 5 £370 +48.00% 4
Northern Ireland +11 4 - -
Yorkshire +17 2 £150 -25.00% 10
East of England +10 2 £160 -4.48% 19
West Midlands +27 1 - - 6
South West +4 1 £90 -48.72% 12

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 11 (13.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.47%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (2.47%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.47%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.23%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (19.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (8.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Aareon QL
2 2 (2.47%) SystmOne
3 1 (1.23%) HealthRoster
3 1 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.28%) Azure
3 8 (9.88%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.17%) WhatsApp
5 2 (2.47%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.11%) ATM
2 8 (9.88%) Wireless
3 6 (7.41%) Internet
4 4 (4.94%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (3.70%) FTP
5 3 (3.70%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (3.70%) VoIP
5 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.47%) DNS
6 2 (2.47%) SAN
6 2 (2.47%) Skype
6 2 (2.47%) Telepresence
7 1 (1.23%) PBX
7 1 (1.23%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) Git
2 1 (1.23%) Hudson
General
1 36 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.99%) Finance
3 11 (13.58%) Retail
4 8 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (8.64%) Legal
6 4 (4.94%) Law
7 3 (3.70%) Marketing
7 3 (3.70%) Multimedia
7 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Electronics
9 1 (1.23%) French Language
9 1 (1.23%) Games
9 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.23%) Police
9 1 (1.23%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 14 (17.28%) Support Engineer
2 13 (16.05%) IT Technician
3 11 (13.58%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (9.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 8 (9.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 8 (9.88%) Desktop Support
5 7 (8.64%) IT Support
6 6 (7.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 5 (6.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Support Technician
8 4 (4.94%) Audio Visual Technician
8 4 (4.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) IT Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) IT Support Technician
8 4 (4.94%) Senior
9 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Technical Support
9 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Deskside Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Deskside Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.05%) Driving Licence
2 11 (13.58%) NHS
3 9 (11.11%) EPoS
4 8 (9.88%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (8.64%) Mobile App
6 6 (7.41%) PDA
7 5 (6.17%) iPad
7 5 (6.17%) iPhone
7 5 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
9 3 (3.70%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (3.70%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (2.47%) BYOD
10 2 (2.47%) CMDB
10 2 (2.47%) PACS
10 2 (2.47%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (2.47%) Smartcard
11 1 (1.23%) ASIC
11 1 (1.23%) Learning Management System
11 1 (1.23%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 37 (45.68%) Windows
2 21 (25.93%) Windows 10
3 13 (16.05%) Apple iOS
4 7 (8.64%) Android
5 6 (7.41%) Windows 7
6 5 (6.17%) Windows Server
7 3 (3.70%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.47%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.23%) Linux
9 1 (1.23%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.63%) Customer Service
2 20 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (13.58%) ITIL
4 9 (11.11%) Break/Fix
4 9 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
5 6 (7.41%) Project Management
6 5 (6.17%) Agile
6 5 (6.17%) Asset Management
6 5 (6.17%) Service Management
6 5 (6.17%) User Experience
7 4 (4.94%) Inventory Management
7 4 (4.94%) ITSM
8 3 (3.70%) Change Control
8 3 (3.70%) Housing Management
8 3 (3.70%) Project Delivery
8 3 (3.70%) Software Distribution
8 3 (3.70%) Software Engineering
9 2 (2.47%) Data Protection
9 2 (2.47%) Information Management
9 2 (2.47%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.70%) SQL
2 2 (2.47%) C++
2 2 (2.47%) Python
3 1 (1.23%) Bash
3 1 (1.23%) C
3 1 (1.23%) Objective-C
3 1 (1.23%) Swift
3 1 (1.23%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (1.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 15 (18.52%) Degree
2 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.41%) DV Cleared
5 5 (6.17%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.47%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.47%) MCITP
7 2 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.47%) PMO
2 2 (2.47%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (28.40%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.23%) Firmware
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (19.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.41%) SCCM
3 1 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 38 (46.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.52%) Apple
3 5 (6.17%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.94%) Cisco
5 3 (3.70%) Aareon
5 3 (3.70%) Citrix
6 2 (2.47%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (2.47%) Cerner
6 2 (2.47%) Dell
6 2 (2.47%) Google
6 2 (2.47%) Intel
6 2 (2.47%) Polycom
6 2 (2.47%) SAP
6 2 (2.47%) Veeam
6 2 (2.47%) VMware
7 1 (1.23%) Adobe
7 1 (1.23%) Cadence
7 1 (1.23%) HP
7 1 (1.23%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (1.23%) Peregrine