Smart Metering
Berkshire > Reading
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 9 Jun 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 92 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Smart Meter | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Reading | - | - | 0.34% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 1.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £415 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £478 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £479 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +5.56% | +28.57% |
All Generic Skills
Reading
Smart Meter falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 363 | 141 | 312 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 35.83% | 26.76% | 26.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 192 | 98 | 182 |
| 10th Percentile | £303 | £304 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £392 | £421 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £514 | £514 | £501 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.05% | +2.55% | -8.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £600 | £608 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £650 | £650 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £455 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.00% | - | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 67 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.34 | - | £19.81 |
| 25th Percentile | £80.25 | £42.50 | £44.86 |
| Median hourly rate | £84.00 | £45.00 | £56.65 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +86.67% | -20.56% | -21.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £88.00 | £47.50 | £60.72 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £68.06 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £83.00 | £61.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.97% | +44.69% | -39.29% |
Smart Meter
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smart Meter relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.
Smart Meter
Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Smart Meter.
