Subject Matter Expert Contracts in the South East

Subject Matter Expert
England > South East

The median Subject Matter Expert daily rate in the South East is £571, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Subject Matter Expert 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £429 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 - -
75th Percentile £618 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £540 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +27.06% -22.73% +2.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Subject Matter Expert
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Subject Matter Expert in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Subject Matter Expert in the South East

Subject Matter Expert
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Subject Matter Expert in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Subject Matter Expert in the South East

Subject Matter Expert
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Subject Matter Expert in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Subject Matter Expert in the South East

Subject Matter Expert
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Subject Matter Expert in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Subject Matter Expert in the South East

Subject Matter Expert
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 Subject Matter Expert within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hampshire - 6 £610 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £533 - 1
Berkshire - 1 £533 - 1
Subject Matter Expert
England

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Subject Matter Expert contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Subject Matter Expert in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Fault Management
2 3 (42.86%) LTE
2 3 (42.86%) 4G
2 3 (42.86%) High Availability
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Ansible
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (42.86%) 5G
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
2 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 3 (42.86%) 5G NR
3 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (28.57%) NetScaler
3 2 (28.57%) Terraform
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Ericsson
4 1 (14.29%) Nokia

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) 4G
1 3 (42.86%) 5G
1 3 (42.86%) 5G NR
1 3 (42.86%) LTE
1 3 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (28.57%) NetScaler
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
1 3 (42.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) Fault Management
1 3 (42.86%) High Availability
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Ansible
2 2 (28.57%) Terraform
3 1 (14.29%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix
1 2 (28.57%) Ericsson
2 1 (14.29%) BMC
2 1 (14.29%) Nokia
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy