Smart City Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Smart Cities
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 - - 149
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing Smart City 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley - - 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 588 649 864
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.08% 28.87% 30.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 370 584
10th Percentile £292 £212 £263
25th Percentile £393 £383 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £638
90th Percentile £666 £676 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 37 28
10th Percentile £14.94 £11.67 £18.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £36.24 £28.00 £60.63
Median % change year-on-year +29.44% -53.81% +203.13%
75th Percentile £63.37 £59.57 £68.81
90th Percentile £87.64 £68.38 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.92% +9.24% +121.57%

Smart City
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Smart City as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Smart City in the Thames Valley

Smart City
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Smart City.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Smart City