Smart Meter Contract Job Trends in Wales

Smart Metering
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.24% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 - -
UK median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 127 149 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 31.05% 33.94% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 89 124
10th Percentile £183 £134 £169
25th Percentile £232 £177 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -13.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £442 £550 £588
90th Percentile £536 £690 £671
UK median daily rate £513 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.30% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £20.07 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £22.25 £18.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +131.88%
75th Percentile £21.50 £27.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £32.63 £45.52 £55.50
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £45.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +1.12% +71.15%

Smart Meter
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smart Meter relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Smart Meter job vacancy trend in Wales

Smart Meter
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Smart Meter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Smart Meter

Smart Meter
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 24 October 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 Wales - 1 £280 -
Smart Meter
UK

Smart Meter
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP