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 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 28 45 44
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing IoT 15 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.35% 0.23% 1.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.27% 1.19% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £395 - -
25th Percentile £448 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.45%
75th Percentile £613 - £563
90th Percentile £625 - £578
East of England median daily rate £508 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +26.88% -23.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £63.00 - £60.50
25th Percentile £63.75 - £65.00
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 - £49.00

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 113 84 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 32.75% 19.49% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 42 86
10th Percentile £246 £182 £215
25th Percentile £367 £403 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £648 £581 £525
90th Percentile £763 £638 £588
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 9
10th Percentile £14.00 £25.30 £21.60
25th Percentile £20.53 £46.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.11 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.66% -8.70% +74.24%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +1.60% +4.17% +50.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for IoT in Cambridgeshire

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 15 September 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 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
Cambridge +11 13 £600 - 9
IoT
East of England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 15 (100.00%) LTE
2 13 (86.67%) 3GPP
3 2 (13.33%) 5G
General
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) DSP Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) RF Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (86.67%) FPGA
1 13 (86.67%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Validation
2 11 (73.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 11 (73.33%) Kalman Filter
2 11 (73.33%) Signal Processing