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 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 47 41
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing IoT 13 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.51% 0.24% 1.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.77% 1.15% 6.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £505 - -
25th Percentile £513 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.45%
75th Percentile £625 - £563
90th Percentile - - £578
East of England median daily rate £558 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +39.38% -23.81% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £63.00 - £63.50
25th Percentile £63.75 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £77.50
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 - £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 133 87 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 35.95% 21.17% 28.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 37 75
10th Percentile £252 £289 £198
25th Percentile £379 £419 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £539
90th Percentile £735 £647 £598
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 11
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.25 £22.00
25th Percentile £20.51 £46.25 £37.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% -4.17% +116.22%
75th Percentile £61.56 £64.38 £77.50
90th Percentile £69.75 £75.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.75 £61.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -28.28% +1.67% +47.31%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IoT in Cambridgeshire

IoT
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Cambridge +11 13 £600 - 4
IoT
East of England

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 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