Smart Metering
South West > Devon
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to 7 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | 26 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Smart Meter | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Devon | 0.71% | 0.61% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.56% | 2.17% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £493 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £539 | £388 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £630 | £425 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +48.24% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £724 | £463 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £771 | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £630 | £425 | £725 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.24% | -41.38% | - |
All Generic Skills
Devon
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 Devon.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 128 | 46 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon | 45.55% | 27.88% | 16.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 65 | 32 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £294 | £145 | £157 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £164 | £180 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £275 | £470 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +90.91% | -41.49% | -6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £800 | £520 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £838 | £538 | £675 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £21.47 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.71 | £22.76 | £23.94 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.83 | £22.84 | £28.67 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.30% | -20.32% | -7.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.44 | £22.92 | £34.02 |
| 90th Percentile | £19.78 | - | £36.86 |
| South West median hourly rate | £25.75 | £18.87 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.46% | -73.04% | -10.26% |
Smart Meter
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smart Meter relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.
Smart Meter
Daily Rate Trend in Devon
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Smart Meter.
Smart Meter
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Meter in Devon over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.
Smart Meter
Contract Job Locations in Devon
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Meter within the Devon region over the 6 months to 7 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | -15 | 2 | £630 | +48.24% | 3 |
| Smart Meter South West |
|||||
Smart Meter
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||