Smartcard Contracts

Smart Card
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smartcard over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 667 820
Rank change year-on-year +103 +153 -121
Contract jobs citing Smartcard 7 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.035% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.054% 0.11% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 12
10th Percentile £389 £157 £168
25th Percentile £416 £198 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £363 £263
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% +38.10% -41.67%
75th Percentile £494 £406 £375
90th Percentile £498 £678 £566
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £210 £263
% change year-on-year +126.19% -20.00% -50.12%

All Generic Skills
UK

Smartcard 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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,884 18,935 29,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.26% 33.25% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,299 13,036 20,297
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 896 624 711
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.26 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.98% -19.07% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.13
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.14% -11.29%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Smartcard as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Smartcard in the UK

Smartcard
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smartcard.

Daily rate trend for Smartcard in the UK

Smartcard
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartcard over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Smartcard in the UK

Smartcard
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smartcard.

Hourly rate trend for Smartcard in the UK

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Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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
England +93 4 £475 +31.03% 4
UK excluding London +55 4 £475 +126.19% 4
Work from Home +102 3 £475 +18.75% 3
London +89 2 £435 +16.00% 1
South East +33 2 £475 - 1
Wales - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - -

Smartcard
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SystmOne
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
1 2 (28.57%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Back Office
1 1 (14.29%) Electronics
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Software Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) EJB
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
1 2 (28.57%) PACS
1 2 (28.57%) Smartphone
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
2 1 (14.29%) iPhone
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Business Case
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Information Management
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Cerner
2 2 (28.57%) Veeam
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow