The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Smart Meter over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Metering
Rank - 185 159
Permanent jobs citing Smart Meter 0 5 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.108% 0.295%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.429% 1.235%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 9
Average salary - £75,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +108.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-46.66% +36.36%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1277 1166 972
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.39% 25.27% 23.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1065 995 790
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Smart Meter
England

Smart Meter
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Smart Meter Jobs Demand Trend

Smart Meter
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Smart Meter across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Smart Meter Salary Trend

Smart Meter
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Smart Meter.

1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) GPRS
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) R

Smart Meter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Smart Meter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) GPRS
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Risk Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Real Time Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (50.00%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001