The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smart Meter over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Hampshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Metering
Rank 93 96 100
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 7 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.460% 0.189% 0.160%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.934% 1.014% 0.872%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £363 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £363 £525
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -30.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £29.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
362 296 344
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.77% 18.66% 18.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 114 136
Average daily rate £350 £350 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £245 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 55 65
Average hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.74 £14.30 £16.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £38.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Smart Meter
South East

Smart Meter
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire Smart Meter Daily Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Havant - 1 £563 -
Portsmouth - 1 £375 -
Smart Meter
South East

Smart Meter
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) MS Project
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Primavera
3 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) ISEB
5 1 (9.091%) IPv6
5 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.091%) Data Mining
5 1 (9.091%) Linux
5 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.091%) Degree
5 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
5 1 (9.091%) Matrix Management
5 1 (9.091%) Stress Testing
5 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.091%) LiveLink
5 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
5 1 (9.091%) TOGAF

Smart Meter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) LiveLink
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Project
2 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (9.091%) Data Mining
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Legal
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Project Planner
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Coordinator
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (9.091%) Test Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Project Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Director
3 1 (9.091%) Project Director
3 1 (9.091%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
5 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
5 1 (9.091%) Matrix Management
5 1 (9.091%) Stress Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
5 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
5 1 (9.091%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Primavera
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle