Smart Cities
England > South East
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart City over the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 209 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +65 |
| Contract jobs citing Smart City | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | - | 0.018% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.056% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £502 | £513 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.15% | +7.89% | -5.00% |
All Generic Skills
South East
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 the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 1,124 | 1,379 | 1,786 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 31.65% | 29.21% | 32.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 705 | 795 | 1,240 |
| 10th Percentile | £204 | £215 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £380 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -0.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £624 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 98 | 132 | 93 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.39 | £12.04 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.95 | £25.12 | £21.05 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.89 | £57.35 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.92% | +9.24% | +121.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.37 | £67.14 | £66.21 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.95 | £75.16 | £74.85 |
| England median hourly rate | £32.05 | £52.50 | £45.41 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.95% | +15.61% | +74.65% |
Smart City
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing Smart City as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Smart City
Daily Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smart City.
