The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smart City over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Smart City is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills |
168 |
223 |
193 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire |
30.55% |
44.16% |
34.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
102 |
123 |
122 |
| 10th Percentile |
£299 |
£288 |
£163 |
| 25th Percentile |
£405 |
£383 |
£313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£500 |
£500 |
£460 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+8.70% |
+9.13% |
| 75th Percentile |
£573 |
£586 |
£588 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£628 |
£632 |
| North West median daily rate |
£495 |
£500 |
£475 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.00% |
+5.26% |
+18.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
16 |
8 |
12 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.63 |
£22.21 |
£10.16 |
| 25th Percentile |
£17.35 |
£23.15 |
£12.48 |
| Median hourly rate |
£36.50 |
£33.99 |
£21.78 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+7.38% |
+56.06% |
+18.05% |
| 75th Percentile |
£43.75 |
£53.94 |
£22.27 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£66.13 |
£24.43 |
| North West median hourly rate |
£25.25 |
£27.70 |
£19.25 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.84% |
+43.90% |
+7.54% |
