IoT Contracts in the West Midlands

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 99 136 156
Rank change year-on-year +37 +20 -34
Contract jobs citing IoT 10 4 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.52% 0.17% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.56% 0.52% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 16
10th Percentile - £418 £538
25th Percentile £863 £430 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £455 £619
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% -26.46% +9.51%
75th Percentile £888 £504 £750
90th Percentile - £532 £800
England median daily rate £506 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -11.96% -3.36% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.33 £92.50 -
Median hourly rate £24.65 £95.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.05% - -
75th Percentile £26.98 £97.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.58 £44.25 £59.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% -25.00% +24.21%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 641 768 1,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.30% 32.21% 28.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 525 721
10th Percentile £304 £263 £260
25th Percentile £363 £408 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £632 £638 £585
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 26
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.71 £17.99 £12.91
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +51.32% -5.71%
75th Percentile £40.25 £52.50 £17.70
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.50 £19.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the West Midlands

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the West Midlands

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IoT in the West Midlands

IoT
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +13 7 - - 3
Warwickshire - 3 £875 - 2
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) 5G
1 2 (20.00%) Internet
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) German Language
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Programme Director
1 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 5 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 5 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 5 (50.00%) CAFM
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 5 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
2 5 (50.00%) Energy Management
2 5 (50.00%) Informatics
2 5 (50.00%) Process Management
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP