Smart Meter Contracts in the North of England

Smart Metering
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 - 194
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.052% - 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,239 1,242 1,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 32.25% 27.32% 29.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 791 728 1,044
10th Percentile £268 £273 £266
25th Percentile £375 £411 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £511
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -3.18% +2.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £606
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 126 53
10th Percentile £17.42 £12.15 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.69 £13.27 £20.22
Median hourly rate £33.91 £15.09 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +124.76% -45.15% +41.94%
75th Percentile £60.94 £34.21 £48.98
90th Percentile £78.63 £57.50 £65.95
England median hourly rate £32.75 £40.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year -18.12% +11.89% +37.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Smart Meter as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Meter in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Smart Meter in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Smart Meter in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
North West - 2 £425 - 3
Smart Meter
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce