Smartcard Contract Job Trends in the South East

Smart Card
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartcard over the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 - 207
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Contract jobs citing Smartcard 9 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.21% - 0.058%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile - - £480
25th Percentile £463 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £488 - £513
90th Percentile £615 - £520
England median daily rate £475 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +10.13%

All Generic Skills
South East

Smartcard 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 1,287 1,244 1,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.72% 31.50% 31.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 704 1,030
10th Percentile £204 £241 £205
25th Percentile £363 £379 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% +2.12% -2.68%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £612
90th Percentile £688 £698 £700
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 70 100
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.25 £19.45
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.26
Median hourly rate £25.00 £38.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% -28.30% +49.30%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.52 £63.29
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.02 £77.55
England median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% -10.11% +27.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smartcard relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Smartcard job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartcard.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartcard

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartcard in the South East over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smartcard in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartcard.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smartcard

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 December 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
Surrey - 7 £475 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £575 -
Hampshire - 1 £700 - 1
Smartcard
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) NFC
1 7 (77.78%) PPP
2 1 (11.11%) S/MIME
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Eclipse
1 7 (77.78%) Valgrind
General
1 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Senior
2 7 (77.78%) C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Development Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Linux Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Development Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Software Development Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Software Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Software Development Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Software Engineer
3 6 (66.67%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) JSON
1 7 (77.78%) REST
1 7 (77.78%) Web Services
1 7 (77.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
1 7 (77.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cryptography
1 7 (77.78%) Front End Development
1 7 (77.78%) Memory Management
1 7 (77.78%) Multithreaded Programming
1 7 (77.78%) Multithreading
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
1 7 (77.78%) User Experience
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) Business Development
2 1 (11.11%) Change Control
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Key Management
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
1 7 (77.78%) C++
1 7 (77.78%) Java
1 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
1 7 (77.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CISM
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) GIAC
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Thales