Smart City Contracts in the UK excluding London

Smart Cities
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smart City over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 446 506
Rank change year-on-year +59 +60 -82
Contract jobs citing Smart City 1 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.030% 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.017% 0.092% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £521 -
25th Percentile £513 £547 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £669 £650
Median % change year-on-year -21.50% +2.88% +33.33%
75th Percentile £538 £747 £675
90th Percentile - £788 -
UK median daily rate £525 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -25.00% +7.69% -18.75%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Smart City is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,962 7,616 9,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.10% 32.41% 31.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,580 5,127 6,719
10th Percentile £208 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.79%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £673
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 723 428 460
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.36
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.62
Median hourly rate £28.50 £21.88 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.29% +4.17% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £46.54
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.30 £61.57
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +3.19%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Smart City 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.

Daily rate trend for Smart City in the UK excluding London

Smart City
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart City within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
North of England - 1 £525 - 2
North West - 1 £525 - 2
Smart City
UK

Smart City
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NEBOSH