Smart City Contracts in the North of England

Smart Cities
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart City in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart City over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart City 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.021% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.081% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £613 £663
% change year-on-year -14.29% -7.55% -17.19%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Smart City falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,242 1,637 2,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.63% 30.08% 34.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 1,088 1,868
10th Percentile £263 £275 £205
25th Percentile £400 £410 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +6.77% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £575
90th Percentile £674 £688 £663
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 81 94
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.85 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% -11.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £28.23 £33.75 £26.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 £44.03
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Smart City
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Smart City as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Smart City in the North of England

Smart City
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart City within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 1 £525 - 3
Smart City
England

Smart City
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NEBOSH