Smartcard Job Trends in the North West

Smart Card
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smartcard over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smartcard 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.019% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.061% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £43,250 - -
25th Percentile £44,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £49,375 - -
90th Percentile £49,750 - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £40,900 £27,000
% change year-on-year +34.47% +51.48% -66.25%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,274 1,693 2,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.68% 40.48% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 780 2,215
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £84,325 £83,755
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Smartcard job vacancy trend in the North West

Smartcard
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Smartcard.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Smartcard

Smartcard
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Lancashire - 2 £47,500 - 2
Smartcard
England

Smartcard
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Contactless
1 2 (100.00%) EMV
2 1 (50.00%) Java Card
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management
1 1 (50.00%) Personalization
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 7816