Smart City Contracts in the North West

Smart Cities
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smart City over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart City 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.037% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -25.00% +7.69% -18.75%

All Generic Skills
North West

Smart City 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 the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 705 1,081 1,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.13% 34.25% 34.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 725 1,057
10th Percentile £288 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +22.58%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £666
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 44 60
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £21.25 £13.82
Median hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.86% +79.49% +8.94%
75th Percentile £42.19 £65.81 £38.59
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £48.58
England median hourly rate £31.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -15.09% +1.50%

Smart City
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart City within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Cheshire - 1 £525 - 1
Smart City
England

Smart City
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NEBOSH