The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smart Meter over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Metering
Rank 450 479 501
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +22
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 82 66 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.189% 0.125% 0.138%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.691% 0.492% 0.478%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 26 18
Average daily rate £390 £360 £493
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -26.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £275 £326
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £538 £615
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £438
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £29.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11864 13403 16520
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.42% 25.31% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7322 7988 10108
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £251 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 629 645
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.95 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Smart Meter
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Smart Meter
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Smart Meter across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Smart Meter Jobs Demand Trend

Smart Meter
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Smart Meter across the England region.

England Smart Meter Daily Rate Trend

Smart Meter
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Smart Meter across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Smart Meter Daily Rate Histogram

Smart Meter
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Smart Meter across the England region.

England Smart Meter Hourly Rate Trend

Smart Meter
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Meter within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +47 41 £375 +25.00% 2
Yorkshire +15 21 £425 +17.24% 4
London +28 6 £375 -28.57% 1
East Midlands -7 2 - -
North West +14 1 - - 2
Midlands - - - -
East of England - - - -
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Smart Meter
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Smart Meter also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Smart Meter.

1 35 (19.77%) SAP
2 32 (18.08%) PRINCE2
3 30 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (15.82%) Project Management
5 23 (12.99%) MS Excel
5 23 (12.99%) Billing
6 22 (12.43%) SQL
7 19 (10.73%) MS Office
7 19 (10.73%) Telecoms
8 17 (9.605%) MS PowerPoint
9 16 (9.040%) Business Analysis
9 16 (9.040%) Oracle
10 15 (8.475%) SQL Server
10 15 (8.475%) ISEB
11 14 (7.910%) CRM
11 14 (7.910%) SAP IS-U
12 13 (7.345%) Logistics
13 12 (6.780%) Windows
13 12 (6.780%) Finance
14 10 (5.650%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (5.650%) Data Analysis
15 9 (5.085%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (5.085%) Test Scripting
15 9 (5.085%) Data Architecture
15 9 (5.085%) Test Strategy
15 9 (5.085%) Microsoft
15 9 (5.085%) XML
16 8 (4.520%) Web Services
16 8 (4.520%) MS Project
16 8 (4.520%) Degree

Smart Meter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Smart Meter also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Smart Meter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (5.085%) XML
2 8 (4.520%) Web Services
3 5 (2.825%) SAP PI
4 4 (2.260%) MapReduce
5 2 (1.130%) XSD
5 2 (1.130%) XSLT
5 2 (1.130%) SOAP
5 2 (1.130%) soapUI
6 1 (0.565%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.565%) Java EE
6 1 (0.565%) Spring
6 1 (0.565%) JPA
6 1 (0.565%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.565%) JDBC
6 1 (0.565%) .NET
6 1 (0.565%) J2EE
6 1 (0.565%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.565%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.260%) Apache Pig
2 3 (1.695%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.695%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.130%) IIS
4 1 (0.565%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (0.565%) LiveLink
Applications
1 23 (12.99%) MS Excel
2 19 (10.73%) MS Office
3 17 (9.605%) MS PowerPoint
4 8 (4.520%) MS Project
5 5 (2.825%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (7.910%) SAP IS-U
2 7 (3.955%) SAP CRM
3 5 (2.825%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (1.130%) SAP CS
4 2 (1.130%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.565%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.695%) 3G
1 3 (1.695%) IPv6
1 3 (1.695%) WAN
1 3 (1.695%) 2G
2 2 (1.130%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.130%) RTP
3 1 (0.565%) VPN
3 1 (0.565%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.475%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.825%) Big Data
3 4 (2.260%) HBase
3 4 (2.260%) Apache Hive
3 4 (2.260%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.260%) Mahout
3 4 (2.260%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.695%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.695%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.130%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.130%) SAP BI
5 2 (1.130%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.130%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.565%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.565%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.565%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (1.695%) LoadRunner
2 2 (1.130%) TestPartner
General
1 23 (12.99%) Billing
2 19 (10.73%) Telecoms
3 12 (6.780%) Finance
4 4 (2.260%) Legal
4 4 (2.260%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.695%) Retail
6 2 (1.130%) Electronics
6 2 (1.130%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.565%) Marketing
7 1 (0.565%) Back Office
7 1 (0.565%) Games
Job Titles
1 88 (49.72%) Analyst
2 62 (35.03%) Business Analyst
3 26 (14.69%) Project Manager
4 14 (7.910%) Architect
5 9 (5.085%) Test Analyst
5 9 (5.085%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (4.520%) Developer
7 7 (3.955%) Support Analyst
7 7 (3.955%) Applications Support
7 7 (3.955%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (3.390%) Test Manager
9 5 (2.825%) Senior Systems Developer
9 5 (2.825%) Programme Manager
9 5 (2.825%) Consultant
9 5 (2.825%) Senior Developer
9 5 (2.825%) Data Analyst
9 5 (2.825%) Systems Developer
9 5 (2.825%) Change Analyst
10 4 (2.260%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (2.260%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.825%) PMI
2 4 (2.260%) SaaS
3 3 (1.695%) IIBA
4 2 (1.130%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.130%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.565%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.565%) Economics
5 1 (0.565%) PKI
5 1 (0.565%) Home Automation
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.780%) Windows
2 7 (3.955%) UNIX
3 5 (2.825%) Linux
4 2 (1.130%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (18.08%) PRINCE2
2 30 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (15.82%) Project Management
4 16 (9.040%) Business Analysis
5 14 (7.910%) CRM
6 13 (7.345%) Logistics
7 10 (5.650%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (5.650%) Data Analysis
8 9 (5.085%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (5.085%) Test Scripting
8 9 (5.085%) Data Architecture
8 9 (5.085%) Test Strategy
9 7 (3.955%) Performance Testing
10 6 (3.390%) ITIL
10 6 (3.390%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (3.390%) Data Management
11 5 (2.825%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (2.825%) Asset Management
11 5 (2.825%) ERP
11 5 (2.825%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.43%) SQL
2 4 (2.260%) Java
3 2 (1.130%) VBA
3 2 (1.130%) Groovy
4 1 (0.565%) VB6
4 1 (0.565%) VB
4 1 (0.565%) C
4 1 (0.565%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (8.475%) ISEB
2 8 (4.520%) Degree
3 7 (3.955%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 6 (3.390%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.695%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.695%) CISSP
5 3 (1.695%) CISM
6 2 (1.130%) PMP
6 2 (1.130%) CEH
7 1 (0.565%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.565%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.565%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.565%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.390%) QA
2 1 (0.565%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (2.260%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 35 (19.77%) SAP
2 16 (9.040%) Oracle
3 9 (5.085%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.825%) IBM
5 4 (2.260%) Business Objects
5 4 (2.260%) HP
5 4 (2.260%) CA
6 3 (1.695%) Primavera
7 1 (0.565%) CheckPoint
Leeds, Yorkshire
Extensive large organisational change and people change experience needed. Large scale programmes (end -to-end) Ideally looking for smart metering experience but not essential... To find out more...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 3 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
5 x Smart Metering Project Managers / BA'sLeading energy company who were the pioneers in Smart metering have an urgent need for a number of Business Analysts and...
Rate: £450 - £650 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Business Change Project Managers and Change Business Analysts - x 6 Leeds - 6 months Skills: Change Management - Business Change, organisational change, people change, back office change Transformation - large scale...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
South East
Global Engineering company in the utilities field based in South East are urgently seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer with extensive experience in the smart metering/energy metering field.
Roc Search
Rate: £30 - £45 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
PHP Engineer - OOP - Javascript - Zend My client is a large company that specialise in wireless smart metering to manage energy usage, which enables large companies to review their...
Real Staffing
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Rate: £400 - £650 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Real Staffing
Rate: £20 - £25 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
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