Smartcard Job Trends in the West Midlands

Smart Card
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smartcard over the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 - 240
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smartcard 1 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.012% - 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.042% - 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £25,000
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,900 £25,000
% change year-on-year +22.25% +63.60% -72.38%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,401 1,260 2,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.07% 42.73% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 640 1,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,725 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Smartcard job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Smartcard

Smartcard
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 May 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
Warwickshire - 1 £37,500 - 2
Smartcard
England

Smartcard
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) DCOM
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce