The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smart Meter over the 6 months to 1 August 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Smart Meter is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
17,559
10,005
24,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
30.67%
30.99%
29.43%
Number of daily rates quoted
11,999
6,776
16,296
10th Percentile
£304
£263
£288
25th Percentile
£406
£391
£381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£513
£500
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+2.50%
+5.26%
-
75th Percentile
£625
£613
£588
90th Percentile
£716
£725
£675
UK median daily rate
£500
£495
£475
% change year-on-year
+1.01%
+4.21%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
617
343
821
10th Percentile
£12.00
£12.42
£11.85
25th Percentile
£15.25
£16.88
£14.00
Median hourly rate
£24.47
£26.50
£20.50
Median % change year-on-year
-7.66%
+29.27%
-10.68%
75th Percentile
£47.63
£47.00
£46.67
90th Percentile
£62.00
£55.00
£53.00
UK median hourly rate
£24.00
£25.06
£20.00
% change year-on-year
-4.23%
+25.30%
-11.11%
Smart Meter Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Smart Meter as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Smart Meter Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter in England.
Smart Meter Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Meter in England over the 6 months to 1 August 2021.
Smart Meter Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter in England.
Smart Meter Contract Job Locations in England
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 England region over the 6 months to 1 August 2021. 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
Smart Meter Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 1 August 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Smart Meter also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Smart Meter.
Smart Meter Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
