Smart Metering
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Smart Meter over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 864 896 848
Rank change year-on-year +32 -48 +8
Permanent jobs citing Smart Meter 30 97 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.093% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.086% 0.22% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8 42 51
10th Percentile £41,341 £29,525 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,390 £37,500 £42,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,275 £75,000 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,600
% change year-on-year -13.04% +20.80% +5.78%

All Generic Skills
UK

Smart Meter is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,798 44,935 72,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 42.88% 47.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22,967 24,136 34,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,178 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Smart Meter
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Smart Meter as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Meter in the UK

Smart Meter
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter.

Salary trend for Smart Meter in the UK

Smart Meter
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smart Meter over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Smart Meter in the UK

Smart Meter
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Meter within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +60 30 £57,500 -4.17% 240
UK excluding London -58 25 £50,000 -13.04% 234
South East +1 9 £65,000 +8.33% 80
North of England +27 8 £49,913 +14.09% 40
East of England +22 8 - - 41
Work from Home +31 5 £50,000 -16.67% 41
London +137 4 £89,500 +37.69% 31
North West -13 4 £50,000 +14.29% 10
Yorkshire - 4 £49,827 - 24

Smart Meter
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 5 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Power Platform
2 4 (13.33%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) Power BI
2 5 (16.67%) Oracle Database
2 5 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (10.00%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
General
1 14 (46.67%) Retail
2 11 (36.67%) Legal
3 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Billing
5 3 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Electronics
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Integration Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Systems Integration Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Data Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Data Scientist
4 3 (10.00%) Pricing Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Campaign Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Service Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Smart Metering Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Ab Initio Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Data Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Systems Integrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) ADO
1 1 (3.33%) Middleware
1 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Smart Energy
2 5 (16.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 5 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 3 (10.00%) IoT
3 3 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (10.00%) SCADA
4 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Unix
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (20.00%) Use Case
3 5 (16.67%) Anomaly Detection
3 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (16.67%) User Stories
4 4 (13.33%) Agile
4 4 (13.33%) Analytics
4 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (13.33%) Data Engineering
4 4 (13.33%) Data Science
5 3 (10.00%) AutoML
5 3 (10.00%) Business Case
5 3 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (10.00%) Data Security
5 3 (10.00%) DevOps
5 3 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (10.00%) Preventative Maintenance
5 3 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (43.33%) SQL
2 8 (26.67%) VB
3 6 (20.00%) Python
4 3 (10.00%) C
4 3 (10.00%) Perl
4 3 (10.00%) PHP
4 3 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) GDPR
2 4 (13.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) Databricks
4 2 (6.67%) NEC
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (3.33%) Ab Initio
5 1 (3.33%) Capita