Smartcard Job Trends in Preston

Smart Card
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in permanent job vacancies in Preston. 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 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smartcard 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.36% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 57 19 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 20.43% 20.88% 43.78%
Number of salaries quoted 35 11 66
10th Percentile £26,000 - £24,875
25th Percentile £28,000 £51,763 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,907 £57,836 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% +65.24% -20.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,900 £52,188
90th Percentile £63,840 £67,500 £57,500
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £48,790
% change year-on-year -9.52% +7.60% +4.19%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Smartcard job vacancy trend in Preston