IoT Contracts in the East of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 110 106
Rank change year-on-year +31 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing IoT 3 2 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.32% 0.10% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% 0.39% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile £395 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £506
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.58%
75th Percentile £421 - £550
90th Percentile £431 - £665
England median daily rate £500 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% -4.17%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 416 512 682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 44.35% 26.82% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 253 450
10th Percentile £225 £178 £185
25th Percentile £398 £295 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 127 52
10th Percentile £16.95 £13.24 £20.54
25th Percentile £26.30 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%
75th Percentile £83.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £70.00 £79.38
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the East of England

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for IoT in the East of England

IoT
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cambridgeshire - 2 £400 - 21
Hertfordshire - 1 £425 - 16
IoT
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (33.33%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) 5G
1 2 (66.67%) LTE
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Test Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft