Smart City Job Trends in London

Smart Cities
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart City over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 - 449
Rank change year-on-year - - +305
Permanent jobs citing Smart City 6 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.050% - 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £38,161
25th Percentile £36,250 - £62,040
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £88,125
90th Percentile - - £93,000
England median annual salary £62,500 - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,519 7,161 8,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 45.70% 41.29% 41.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,297 4,013 6,395
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £135,000 £128,250
England median annual salary £54,250 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.58% -4.00% -

Smart City
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Smart City job vacancy trend in London

Smart City
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Smart City.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Smart City

Smart City
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart City within the London region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Central London - 5 £37,500 - 1
Smart City
England

Smart City
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (33.33%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe XD
1 1 (16.67%) InDesign
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) GitHub
1 2 (33.33%) npm
2 1 (16.67%) Canva
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Babel
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) gulp
1 2 (33.33%) webpack
General
1 2 (33.33%) Fire and Rescue
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (16.67%) Games
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Creative Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) Node.js
1 2 (33.33%) OAuth
1 2 (33.33%) React
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) Sass
1 2 (33.33%) Svelte
1 2 (33.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Graphic Design
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Science
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Data Sharing
2 4 (66.67%) Facilities Management
2 4 (66.67%) Information Governance
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Data Management
4 2 (33.33%) AI
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe