IoT Contracts in Cambridge

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing IoT 13 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 7.56% - 2.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.88% - 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £505 - -
25th Percentile £513 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £505
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.17%
75th Percentile £625 - £550
90th Percentile - - £573
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £515 - £505
% change year-on-year - - -12.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00

All Generic Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 77 57 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 44.77% 34.97% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 20 60
10th Percentile £376 £290 £180
25th Percentile £438 £361 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% +1.11% -10.89%
75th Percentile £650 £609 £494
90th Percentile £753 £639 £576
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £442 £450
% change year-on-year +13.12% -1.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 4
10th Percentile £17.11 £23.34 -
25th Percentile £18.70 £26.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.13% +161.11%
75th Percentile £69.38 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £30.00 £48.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year -37.50% -18.30% +161.11%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for IoT in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for IoT in Cambridge

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in Cambridge over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IoT in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 13 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 13 (100.00%) LTE
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) DSP Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) RF Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) FPGA
1 13 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Validation
2 11 (84.62%) Digital Signal Processing
2 11 (84.62%) Kalman Filter
2 11 (84.62%) Signal Processing