Smart Meter Contracts in London

Smart Metering
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 389 474
Rank change year-on-year +49 +85 +108
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.033% 0.023% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.091% 0.069% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £565 £488
25th Percentile £420 £588 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -29.23% +8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £546 £694 £631
90th Percentile £630 £705 £650
England median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,419 5,816 9,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.04% 33.32% 36.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,100 6,666
10th Percentile £336 £313 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £743
90th Percentile £838 £850 £838
England median daily rate £533 £550 £572
% change year-on-year -3.09% -3.89% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 148 104
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.48 £18.28
25th Percentile £22.74 £18.41 £21.24
Median hourly rate £32.75 £27.42 £34.81
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -21.23% -19.05%
75th Percentile £49.31 £50.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £71.08 £71.25 £87.31
England median hourly rate £33.91 £35.65 £22.34
% change year-on-year -4.88% +59.61% -15.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Smart Meter as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Meter in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter in London.

Daily rate trend for Smart Meter in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Meter in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smart Meter in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
West London - 2 £420 -
Central London - 1 £670 - 1
Smart Meter
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Smart Metering Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) CAPA
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM