Smartcard Job Trends in Kent

Smart Card
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in permanent job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smartcard over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smartcard 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.065% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 - -
75th Percentile £34,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £33,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Kent

Smartcard 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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 338 293 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 21.88% 39.92% 31.94%
Number of salaries quoted 220 234 274
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,825 £26,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,988 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £45,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,025 £60,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £53,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.42% -4.00% -11.54%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smartcard relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Smartcard job vacancy trend in Kent

Smartcard
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Smartcard.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Smartcard

Smartcard
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the Kent region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
Maidstone - 1 £33,500 - 1
Smartcard
South East

Smartcard
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft