Smart Cities
UK > UK excluding London
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart City over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 394 | 444 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +50 | +64 |
| Contract jobs citing Smart City | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | - | 0.005% | 0.030% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.017% | 0.094% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £521 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £513 | £547 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | £669 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -21.50% | +2.88% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £747 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £788 |
| UK median daily rate | £428 | £525 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.48% | -25.00% | +7.69% |
All Generic Skills
UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 4,327 | 5,889 | 7,468 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 33.33% | 29.02% | 32.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,621 | 3,540 | 5,014 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £210 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £378 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £595 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £688 | £700 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 306 | 719 | 420 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.52 | £12.15 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.92 | £14.06 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.53 | £30.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.58% | +36.36% | +3.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.51 | £61.30 | £64.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.31 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £31.76 | £31.50 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.83% | +40.09% | -19.70% |
Smart City
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Smart City as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Smart City
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smart City in the UK excluding London.