IoT Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 98 102
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +15
Contract jobs citing IoT 4 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.35% 0.77% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 2.69% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £305 £460 £428
25th Percentile £463 £506 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% +8.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile £781 £555 £819
90th Percentile £785 £593 £875
South East median daily rate £650 £540 £638
% change year-on-year +20.37% -15.29% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £19.00
75th Percentile - £19.50 £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year - -32.74% +28.41%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

IoT 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 436 483 585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.62% 28.60% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 249 383
10th Percentile £290 £281 £250
25th Percentile £381 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £694 £710
South East median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 23
10th Percentile £32.05 £18.94 £21.05
25th Percentile £42.50 £27.69 £39.17
Median hourly rate £58.00 £52.37 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -17.52% -25.29%
75th Percentile £87.25 £61.36 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £70.03 £78.20
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £53.94
% change year-on-year -42.37% +6.33% +124.73%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in Berkshire

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IoT

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in Berkshire

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IoT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IoT

IoT
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
Reading +22 4 £750 +42.86% 11
IoT
South East

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Billing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (25.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (50.00%) Document Management
1 2 (50.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Retention
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Telematics
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) GCFA
1 2 (50.00%) GCFE
1 2 (50.00%) GCIH
1 2 (50.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) EnCase
1 2 (50.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (50.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (50.00%) SAP