IoT Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 37 39
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +13
Contract jobs citing IoT 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% 0.32% 1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.78% 1.12% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.20%
75th Percentile £538 - £588
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £225 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - - £44.50
% change year-on-year - - -31.54%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 128 89 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 34.97% 28.25% 24.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 50 60
10th Percentile £186 £313 £214
25th Percentile £335 £415 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £621 £584 £591
90th Percentile £748 £655 £675
East of England median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 15
10th Percentile £22.70 £21.65 £22.00
25th Percentile £24.71 £23.00 £35.50
Median hourly rate £32.25 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.11% -13.64% +66.67%
75th Percentile £41.56 £48.75 £71.88
90th Percentile £48.75 £58.50 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £26.25 £67.75 £57.50
% change year-on-year -61.25% +17.83% -4.17%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IoT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

IoT job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing IoT

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing IoT

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G NR
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++