Smart Meter Job Trends in Cheshire

Smart Metering
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart Meter over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Meter 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.20% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 - -
75th Percentile £27,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £24,960 £32,000
% change year-on-year +80.29% -22.00% -44.35%

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

Smart Meter 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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 560 249 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 56.51% 31.16% 39.45%
Number of salaries quoted 191 123 127
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £50,000 £49,502
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -9.57% +4.55%

Smart Meter
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Smart Meter job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Smart Meter
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Smart Meter.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Smart Meter

Smart Meter
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Meter within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington - 2 £26,500 - 2
Smart Meter
North West

Smart Meter
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks