IoT Contracts in the South East

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IoT over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 181 209
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -30
Contract jobs citing IoT 20 29 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.36% 0.52% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 1.52% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 40
10th Percentile £415 £225 £390
25th Percentile £500 £263 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £569
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -16.48% +13.75%
75th Percentile £555 £513 £623
90th Percentile - £688 £701
England median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £31.70
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £41.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year - -67.80% +31.11%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £61.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.83 £37.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year -19.39% -37.29% +24.21%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,573 1,911 2,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.02% 33.97% 33.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 1,292 1,657
10th Percentile £205 £213 £220
25th Percentile £364 £373 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +7.53%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £675
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 90 116
10th Percentile £11.76 £17.68 £14.56
25th Percentile £18.35 £19.00 £16.41
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +144.19% -41.58%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £75.00 £62.20
England median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £26.50
% change year-on-year +60.15% -16.00% +3.92%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the South East

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Thames Valley +5 17 £550 +15.79% 27
Berkshire -11 13 £540 +13.68% 18
Surrey +11 4 £513 +86.36% 8
Buckinghamshire +30 3 £550 - 3
Hampshire -4 1 - - 9
Oxfordshire - 1 £500 - 6
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.00%) GitHub
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.00%) Figma
3 1 (5.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) 4G
1 4 (20.00%) 5G
2 3 (15.00%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (5.00%) ADSL
4 1 (5.00%) DNS
4 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (5.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.00%) LAN
4 1 (5.00%) MPLS
4 1 (5.00%) OSPF
4 1 (5.00%) PPP
4 1 (5.00%) RIP
4 1 (5.00%) SNMP
4 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.00%) VoIP
4 1 (5.00%) VPN
4 1 (5.00%) WAN
4 1 (5.00%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Architect
1 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Consultant
1 3 (15.00%) Data Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Developer
2 2 (10.00%) SAP Architect
2 2 (10.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Embedded Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Scrum Master
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Java Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
1 2 (10.00%) 802.1X
1 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.00%) NestJS
2 1 (5.00%) Next.js
2 1 (5.00%) Node.js
2 1 (5.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (15.00%) NB-IoT
3 1 (5.00%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) PKI
3 1 (5.00%) SCORM
3 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (25.00%) DevOps
2 4 (20.00%) SDLC
2 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) API Design
3 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (15.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (15.00%) OWASP
3 3 (15.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (10.00%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
4 2 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (10.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
4 2 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) SOLID
4 2 (10.00%) TDD
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) YAGNI
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) C
1 2 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.00%) PHP
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (10.00%) CCSP
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) CCDP
3 1 (5.00%) CCIP
3 1 (5.00%) CCNA
3 1 (5.00%) CCNP
3 1 (5.00%) CCSK
3 1 (5.00%) CEH
3 1 (5.00%) CISA
3 1 (5.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) COBIT
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
2 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Ariba
1 2 (10.00%) Atmel
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) ADVA
2 1 (5.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Juniper
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft