Smart City Job Trends in Birmingham

Smart Cities
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart City over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart City 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.067% - 0.032%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £50,000
West Midlands median annual salary - - £50,000

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Smart City falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 570 447 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 18.96% 38.21% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 394 234 712
10th Percentile £32,875 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £41,923
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% -9.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,625 £88,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -10.38% -3.64%

Smart City
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smart City relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Smart City job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Smart City
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Smart City.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Smart City

Smart City
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Android Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Compliance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Android Development