Smart City Job Trends in England

Smart Cities
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart City over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 667 666
Rank change year-on-year +57 -1 +228
Permanent jobs citing Smart City 7 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.013% 0.025% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.038% 0.067% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 8
10th Percentile £41,500 - £38,161
25th Percentile £45,000 - £62,040
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £88,125
90th Percentile £90,500 - £91,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -35.71% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,545 18,027 17,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.09% 37.45% 36.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,384 8,461 13,288
10th Percentile £27,750 £34,000 £31,592
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Smart City
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Smart City job vacancy trend in England

Smart City
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart City.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart City

Smart City
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smart City in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Smart City in England

Smart City
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart City within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
South West - 2 £62,500 -
London +51 1 £37,500 - 2
South East +31 1 £90,000 - 2
North of England +7 1 £55,000 - 2
North West - 1 £55,000 - 2
East of England - 1 £55,000 - 1
Smart City
UK

Smart City
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
2 1 (14.29%) InDesign
2 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Canva
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) 4G
1 1 (14.29%) 5G
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber-Physical System
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Advertising
4 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Mid Level C# Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) IoT
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Signage
3 1 (14.29%) FPGA
3 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
3 1 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (14.29%) PCIe
3 1 (14.29%) Social Media
3 1 (14.29%) Verilog
3 1 (14.29%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) B2B
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Global Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Logistics
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) OOP
2 1 (14.29%) Pay per click
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
2 1 (14.29%) Telesales
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Perl
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GRC
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Pardot
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce