IoT Contract Job Trends 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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 83 74
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 +52
Contract jobs citing IoT 20 1 29
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.25% 0.088% 1.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.85% 0.26% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £218 - -
25th Percentile £431 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.83%
75th Percentile £606 - £550
90th Percentile £625 - £573
England median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £44.50
75th Percentile £81.25 - £70.38
90th Percentile £85.00 - £77.50
England median hourly rate £19.00 £38.00 £46.75
% change year-on-year -50.00% -18.72% +39.55%

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 520 380 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.40% 33.45% 33.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 179 307
10th Percentile £190 £250 £200
25th Percentile £335 £337 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £572
90th Percentile £700 £700 £685
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 47 86
10th Percentile £12.97 £26.60 £20.25
25th Percentile £16.21 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.75 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.71% +10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67.63 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.25%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

IoT job vacancy trend in the East of England

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IoT

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the East of England

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IoT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IoT

IoT
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 20 December 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 +8 14 £563 - 1
Hertfordshire - 4 - - 2
Essex - 2 £213 -
IoT
England

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS IoT
2 1 (5.00%) GCP
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (70.00%) 3GPP
1 14 (70.00%) LTE
2 3 (15.00%) Wireless
3 2 (10.00%) NFC
3 2 (10.00%) RFID
4 1 (5.00%) 5G
4 1 (5.00%) 5G NR
4 1 (5.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.00%) Modbus
4 1 (5.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) GIS
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (10.00%) Retail
1 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Agriculture
2 1 (5.00%) Agrochemical
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) DSP Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) RF Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Data Scientist
4 1 (5.00%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IoT Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) NB-IoT
2 13 (65.00%) FPGA
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Validation
2 11 (55.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 11 (55.00%) Kalman Filter
2 11 (55.00%) Signal Processing
3 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (5.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (5.00%) API Development
4 1 (5.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (5.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (5.00%) Data Science
4 1 (5.00%) Decarbonisation
4 1 (5.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.00%) Energy Management
4 1 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (5.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (5.00%) Predictive Maintenance
4 1 (5.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (5.00%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) C
2 1 (5.00%) C#
2 1 (5.00%) C++
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (5.00%) PHP
2 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Siemens