Smart Energy Contracts

Smart Energy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Energy in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smart Energy over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 711 846
Rank change year-on-year +125 +135 -160
Contract jobs citing Smart Energy 5 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.012% 0.009%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.038% 0.036% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £422 £478 -
25th Percentile £476 £484 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £513 £430
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% +19.19% -9.47%
75th Percentile £661 £531 £459
90th Percentile £715 £716 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 - £430

All Generic Skills
UK

Smart Energy 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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,085 19,696 29,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.30% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 13,533 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £678 £656
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 725
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%

Smart Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Smart Energy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Energy in the UK

Smart Energy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smart Energy.

Daily rate trend for Smart Energy in the UK

Smart Energy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Energy over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Smart Energy in the UK

Smart Energy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smart Energy.

Hourly rate trend for Smart Energy in the UK

Smart Energy
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Energy within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +112 3 £570 - 11
London - 2 £390 - 1
UK excluding London +66 1 £750 - 12
South East - 1 £750 -

Smart Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Compliance Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Governance Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (20.00%) Business Case
1 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Conflict Management
1 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (20.00%) Information Security
1 1 (20.00%) Line Management
1 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) SLA