Smart Meter Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Smart Metering
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.47% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 - -
South Wales median daily rate £280 - -

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 82 89 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 38.32% 37.87% 36.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 60 67
10th Percentile £193 £136 £183
25th Percentile £262 £192 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £390
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +8.97% -13.33%
75th Percentile £438 £550 £575
90th Percentile £520 £619 £676
South Wales median daily rate £325 £425 £390
% change year-on-year -23.53% +8.97% -17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 5
10th Percentile - £22.20 -
25th Percentile - £24.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £13.08 £25.60 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.91% +28.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile - £26.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £15.82 £27.50 £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +122.22%

Smart Meter
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP