IoT Contracts in England

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IoT over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 407 461 491
Rank change year-on-year +54 +30 -64
Contract jobs citing IoT 131 196 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.39% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% 1.15% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 131 234
10th Percentile £263 £325 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% -3.36% +16.67%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £700
90th Percentile £780 £815 £743
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -10.87% -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £21.18 £22.78 £37.90
25th Percentile £22.33 £29.19 £56.50
Median hourly rate £43.58 £44.25 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% -25.00% +24.21%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £78.75
90th Percentile - £85.50 -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £44.25 £59.00
% change year-on-year +36.72% -25.00% +27.57%

All Generic Skills
England

IoT 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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 16,983 24,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.76% 33.65% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,428 11,801 17,096
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 591 641
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in England

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IoT in England

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in England

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IoT in England

IoT
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IoT in England

IoT
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +74 62 £575 -21.77% 75
North of England +36 19 £450 -4.26% 27
South East +6 17 £550 +33.33% 57
Midlands +31 14 £675 +38.46% 33
South West +21 14 £469 -21.88% 26
North West +22 12 £450 -2.17% 10
West Midlands +37 10 £875 +92.31% 15
North East - 5 £415 - 3
Yorkshire +23 2 £441 -26.50% 14
East Midlands +16 2 £500 +2.56% 18
East of England -6 2 - - 22
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.76%) Confluence
1 1 (0.76%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.76%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.37%) Azure
2 26 (19.85%) AWS
3 18 (13.74%) Serverless
4 16 (12.21%) PaaS
4 16 (12.21%) SaaS
5 14 (10.69%) IaaS
6 12 (9.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 11 (8.40%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (6.11%) GCP
8 8 (6.11%) Snowflake
9 4 (3.05%) AWS IoT
9 4 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
10 3 (2.29%) GitHub
11 2 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.53%) Amazon Kinesis
11 2 (1.53%) AWS CodeCommit
11 2 (1.53%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.98%) Internet
2 11 (8.40%) MQTT
3 6 (4.58%) AMQP
3 6 (4.58%) Firewall
3 6 (4.58%) Wireless
4 5 (3.82%) Modbus
5 4 (3.05%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.29%) LoRaWAN
6 3 (2.29%) VPN
7 2 (1.53%) 5G
7 2 (1.53%) Broadband
7 2 (1.53%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.53%) DMZ
7 2 (1.53%) Network Security
7 2 (1.53%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.76%) LAN
8 1 (0.76%) LTE
8 1 (0.76%) VoIP
8 1 (0.76%) WAN
8 1 (0.76%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.82%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.05%) Tableau
3 3 (2.29%) MySQL
3 3 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.29%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.53%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.53%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.76%) Big Data
5 1 (0.76%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.76%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.76%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.76%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) gulp
1 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.76%) JIRA
1 1 (0.76%) Maven
General
1 37 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.61%) Manufacturing
3 11 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.40%) Finance
4 8 (6.11%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.82%) German Language
5 5 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (3.82%) Marketing
6 4 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.05%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.29%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.29%) Retail
8 2 (1.53%) Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Legal
8 2 (1.53%) Local Government
9 1 (0.76%) Electronics
9 1 (0.76%) Law
9 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 32 (24.43%) Architect
2 18 (13.74%) Developer
2 18 (13.74%) Senior
3 16 (12.21%) Analyst
3 16 (12.21%) Business Analyst
3 16 (12.21%) Security Architect
4 15 (11.45%) Consultant
5 10 (7.63%) Cloud Architect
5 10 (7.63%) Senior Architect
5 10 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (6.87%) Cloud Security Architect
6 9 (6.87%) Senior Security Architect
7 8 (6.11%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Enterprise Architect
8 6 (4.58%) Security Consultant
8 6 (4.58%) Senior Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.05%) Embedded Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) IT Analyst
9 4 (3.05%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.11%) .NET
2 6 (4.58%) REST
3 5 (3.82%) ASP.NET
3 5 (3.82%) Web Services
4 4 (3.05%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (3.05%) HTML
4 4 (3.05%) JSON
4 4 (3.05%) RESTful
5 3 (2.29%) Laravel
5 3 (2.29%) Node.js
5 3 (2.29%) OpenAPI
5 3 (2.29%) React
5 3 (2.29%) Swagger
5 3 (2.29%) XML
6 2 (1.53%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.53%) CSS
6 2 (1.53%) Django
6 2 (1.53%) JMS
6 2 (1.53%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.53%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.50%) Mobile App
2 13 (9.92%) Industry 4.0
3 9 (6.87%) Operational Technology
3 9 (6.87%) Robotics
4 7 (5.34%) Blockchain
4 7 (5.34%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.29%) CBDC
6 3 (2.29%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 3 (2.29%) NHS
6 3 (2.29%) PKI
6 3 (2.29%) Replication
6 3 (2.29%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.29%) Web3
7 2 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.53%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.53%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.16%) Windows
2 7 (5.34%) Linux
3 4 (3.05%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.53%) Android
5 2 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.53%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.56%) Agile
2 19 (14.50%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (14.50%) SDLC
3 17 (12.98%) Cloud Security
3 17 (12.98%) DevOps
3 17 (12.98%) Security Architecture
4 16 (12.21%) Artificial Intelligence
4 16 (12.21%) Design Patterns
4 16 (12.21%) DevSecOps
4 16 (12.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (11.45%) Security Testing
6 14 (10.69%) Use Case
7 13 (9.92%) Application Security
7 13 (9.92%) Architectural Patterns
8 12 (9.16%) Deployment Automation
8 12 (9.16%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (9.16%) Roadmaps
8 12 (9.16%) Software Engineering
9 10 (7.63%) Computer Science
9 10 (7.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.79%) Python
2 12 (9.16%) SQL
3 11 (8.40%) C#
4 10 (7.63%) Java
5 7 (5.34%) C
5 7 (5.34%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.58%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.82%) C++
7 5 (3.82%) PHP
7 5 (3.82%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.05%) Go
9 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.76%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (13.74%) Degree
2 7 (5.34%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.58%) CISM
3 6 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.58%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.82%) CISA
4 5 (3.82%) GIAC
5 4 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (3.05%) CCSP
5 4 (3.05%) CHECK Team Leader
5 4 (3.05%) CISSP
5 4 (3.05%) CREST Certified
5 4 (3.05%) OSCP
6 3 (2.29%) CCNA
7 2 (1.53%) CCSK
7 2 (1.53%) CEH
7 2 (1.53%) CISMP
7 2 (1.53%) CRISC
7 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.79%) NIST
2 7 (5.34%) QA
3 5 (3.82%) GRC
4 4 (3.05%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.29%) GDPR
5 3 (2.29%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.29%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.53%) COBIT
6 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.76%) ISA99
7 1 (0.76%) NCSC
7 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.34%) Docker
2 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (8.40%) Terraform
2 5 (3.82%) Grafana
3 3 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.53%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.76%) Ansible
5 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (11.45%) SAP
2 9 (6.87%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.05%) Cisco
3 4 (3.05%) Databricks
4 3 (2.29%) Splunk
5 2 (1.53%) Ariba
5 2 (1.53%) Atmel
5 2 (1.53%) CA
5 2 (1.53%) Google
6 1 (0.76%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (0.76%) Apple
6 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.76%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.76%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.76%) Juniper
6 1 (0.76%) Meraki
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle
6 1 (0.76%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.76%) PTC
6 1 (0.76%) Remedy