Smartcard Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Smart Card
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartcard over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smartcard 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.092% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £506 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.20 - -
England median hourly rate £17.20 - -

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Smartcard 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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 320 149 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.33% 28.06% 25.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 100 137
10th Percentile £190 £244 £164
25th Percentile £358 £349 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £410
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +9.76% -5.86%
75th Percentile £507 £544 £567
90th Percentile £656 £600 £625
England median daily rate £513 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -6.44% -0.41% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 12 15
10th Percentile £12.95 - £11.75
25th Percentile £17.20 £13.81 £12.28
Median hourly rate £22.81 £14.45 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.85% +3.21% -36.26%
75th Percentile £30.00 £18.60 £18.32
90th Percentile £74.00 £30.47 £24.59
England median hourly rate £47.00 £33.91 £30.16
% change year-on-year +38.60% +12.43% +34.04%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smartcard relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Smartcard job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Smartcard
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Smartcard.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Smartcard

Smartcard
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Smartcard.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Smartcard

Smartcard
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Smartcard
England

Smartcard
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) NVQ Level 3
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft