Smart Meter Contracts in the UK excluding London

Smart Metering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 384 445
Rank change year-on-year +54 +61 +25
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 6 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.072% 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.24% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 8
10th Percentile £474 £413 £355
25th Percentile £491 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £513
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.39% -14.58%
75th Percentile £584 £515 £538
90th Percentile £646 £656 £646
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Smart Meter 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 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Smart Meter
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Smart Meter as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Meter in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Smart Meter in the UK excluding London

Smart Meter
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Meter in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smart Meter in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smart Meter in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Smart Meter in the UK excluding London

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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 Meter within the UK excluding London 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
South East +38 3 £550 +22.22% 6
Midlands +22 1 £475 -6.86% 1
West Midlands +14 1 £475 -6.86% 1
South West - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 1
Smart Meter
UK

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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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Rollout Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Rollout Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP CS Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP ISU Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Smart Metering Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Smart Metering Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Housing Association
1 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Housing Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Release Management
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 1 (16.67%) SAP