Smart Cities
East Midlands > Northamptonshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart City over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 50 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Smart City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 0.33% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.78% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £538 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £575 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire
Smart City 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 Northamptonshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 129 | 74 | 52 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 43.14% | 26.81% | 26.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 108 | 51 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £329 | £356 | £198 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £386 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £445 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.87% | -6.32% | +4.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £476 | £500 | £553 |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | £577 | £642 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £430 | £470 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.51% | -6.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.39 | - | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +270.32% |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £21.04 | £18.32 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.88% | -12.79% | +19.59% |
Smart City
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart City within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | - | 1 | £575 | - | |
| Smart City East Midlands |
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Smart City
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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: