Smartcard Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Smart Card
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartcard over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Contract jobs citing Smartcard 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England - - 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £150
25th Percentile - - £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £341
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.01%
75th Percentile - - £468
90th Percentile - - £540
England median daily rate £475 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +10.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.63
Median hourly rate - - £11.75
75th Percentile - - £11.88
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £11.75

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 520 380 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.50% 33.39% 33.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 179 307
10th Percentile £190 £250 £200
25th Percentile £335 £337 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £696 £685
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 47 87
10th Percentile £12.97 £26.60 £20.30
25th Percentile £16.07 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.61% +10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67.38 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Smartcard job vacancy trend in the East of England

Smartcard
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Smartcard
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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