IoT Contracts in England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in 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 375 408 459
Rank change year-on-year +33 +51 +36
Contract jobs citing IoT 110 134 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.36% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.17% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 81 131
10th Percentile £220 £263 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £743
90th Percentile £727 £780 £815
UK median daily rate £500 £519 £575
% change year-on-year -3.61% -9.78% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 4
10th Percentile £24.80 £21.18 £22.78
25th Percentile £32.50 £22.33 £29.19
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.58 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% -1.53% -25.00%
75th Percentile £39.04 £63.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £45.92 - £85.50
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £60.50 £44.25
% change year-on-year -35.54% +36.72% -25.00%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in England

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IoT in England

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in England

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IoT in England

IoT
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IoT in England

IoT
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
London +22 46 £500 -13.04% 264
South East +61 35 £488 -10.55% 130
Midlands +25 16 £500 -25.93% 73
West Midlands +19 15 £500 -42.86% 42
North of England +13 13 £220 -51.11% 79
North West +16 11 £220 -51.11% 41
East of England +31 3 £400 - 57
Yorkshire +8 2 - - 25
East Midlands +10 1 £75 -85.00% 24
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (3.64%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.82%) Confluence
3 1 (0.91%) Apache
3 1 (0.91%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.91%) SAS
3 1 (0.91%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Autodesk Smoke
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) SAP PP
1 2 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.82%) SAP SCM
1 2 (1.82%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.91%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.91%) SAP GTS
2 1 (0.91%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.91%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.91%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.91%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.91%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.36%) AWS
1 18 (16.36%) Azure
2 10 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.27%) GCP
4 6 (5.45%) Figma
5 5 (4.55%) SaaS
6 4 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.82%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.82%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.82%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.82%) Datadog
8 2 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.82%) Serverless
9 1 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.64%) 5G
2 8 (7.27%) 2G
2 8 (7.27%) 4G
2 8 (7.27%) MQTT
3 7 (6.36%) 3G
3 7 (6.36%) Internet
4 6 (5.45%) Modbus
5 5 (4.55%) Firewall
5 5 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (3.64%) DNS
6 4 (3.64%) DOCSIS
6 4 (3.64%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.64%) Wireless
7 3 (2.73%) DHCP
7 3 (2.73%) Network Security
7 3 (2.73%) VoIP
7 3 (2.73%) WAN
8 2 (1.82%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.82%) LTE
8 2 (1.82%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.27%) Big Data
1 8 (7.27%) Power BI
2 5 (4.55%) Tableau
3 3 (2.73%) InfluxDB
4 2 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.82%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.82%) Looker
4 2 (1.82%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.91%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.91%) DTS
5 1 (0.91%) HBase
5 1 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.91%) MySQL
5 1 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.91%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (3.64%) MSI
2 3 (2.73%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.73%) JIRA
3 1 (0.91%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.91%) Flyway
3 1 (0.91%) Git
3 1 (0.91%) GitLab
3 1 (0.91%) Liquibase
3 1 (0.91%) NetBeans
General
1 33 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.09%) Automotive
4 7 (6.36%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.45%) Wearables
6 5 (4.55%) Marketing
6 5 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.64%) Aviation
7 4 (3.64%) Finance
7 4 (3.64%) Local Government
8 3 (2.73%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.73%) Billing
8 3 (2.73%) Dutch Language
8 3 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.91%) Back Office
9 1 (0.91%) Electronics
9 1 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (25.45%) Architect
2 10 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 9 (8.18%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (6.36%) Analyst
4 7 (6.36%) Applications Architect
4 7 (6.36%) Designer
4 7 (6.36%) Senior
5 6 (5.45%) Visual Designer
6 5 (4.55%) Security Architect
7 4 (3.64%) Senior Architect
7 4 (3.64%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (2.73%) Business Analyst
8 3 (2.73%) Consultant
8 3 (2.73%) Data Analyst
8 3 (2.73%) Lead
8 3 (2.73%) Service Manager
8 3 (2.73%) Systems Architect
8 3 (2.73%) Systems Test Engineer
8 3 (2.73%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.64%) JSON
2 2 (1.82%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.82%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.82%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.82%) scikit-learn
2 2 (1.82%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.91%) D3.js
3 1 (0.91%) EDI
3 1 (0.91%) Kafka
3 1 (0.91%) OAuth
3 1 (0.91%) POSIX
3 1 (0.91%) PySpark
3 1 (0.91%) React
3 1 (0.91%) React Native
3 1 (0.91%) Redux
3 1 (0.91%) RESTful
3 1 (0.91%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.91%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.91%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (8.18%) Algorithms
2 9 (8.18%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.18%) Operational Technology
2 9 (8.18%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.18%) SCADA
3 7 (6.36%) Blockchain
3 7 (6.36%) Data Structures
3 7 (6.36%) Smartphone
4 6 (5.45%) Device Driver
4 6 (5.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 5 (4.55%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (4.55%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.64%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.64%) NB-IoT
6 4 (3.64%) PMI
7 3 (2.73%) Infotainment
8 2 (1.82%) CCTV
8 2 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.91%) STB
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.73%) Linux
2 8 (7.27%) Android
2 8 (7.27%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.64%) Windows
4 1 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.91%) OpenWrt
4 1 (0.91%) Unix
4 1 (0.91%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (40.91%) Agile
2 25 (22.73%) Project Management
3 19 (17.27%) Machine Learning
4 18 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.55%) Artificial Intelligence
5 16 (14.55%) Roadmaps
6 15 (13.64%) DevOps
7 13 (11.82%) Decision-Making
8 12 (10.91%) Architectural Design
8 12 (10.91%) Validation
9 11 (10.00%) Analytics
9 11 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (10.00%) Data Analysis
9 11 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (9.09%) Migration
11 8 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (7.27%) Data Architecture
11 8 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (7.27%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.18%) C
2 8 (7.27%) Python
2 8 (7.27%) SQL
3 6 (5.45%) Embedded C
4 3 (2.73%) C++
5 2 (1.82%) Go
5 2 (1.82%) Java
5 2 (1.82%) R
5 2 (1.82%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.91%) C#
6 1 (0.91%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.91%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.91%) Perl
6 1 (0.91%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (11.82%) SC Cleared
1 13 (11.82%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.91%) Degree
3 7 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.55%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.82%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.82%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.82%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.91%) CCDP
6 1 (0.91%) CCIP
6 1 (0.91%) CCNA
6 1 (0.91%) CCNP
6 1 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.91%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.91%) CSPO
6 1 (0.91%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.91%) OSCE
6 1 (0.91%) PMP
6 1 (0.91%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.27%) QA
2 4 (3.64%) NCSC
2 4 (3.64%) PMO
3 3 (2.73%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.91%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.91%) GDPR
4 1 (0.91%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.91%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.91%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.91%) MISRA
4 1 (0.91%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.91%) NIST
4 1 (0.91%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.91%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (6.36%) Firmware
2 2 (1.82%) Docker
3 1 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.91%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) Grafana
1 2 (1.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (10.91%) SAP
2 9 (8.18%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.64%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.64%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.82%) Google
4 2 (1.82%) Splunk
5 1 (0.91%) ADVA
5 1 (0.91%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (0.91%) Cisco
5 1 (0.91%) Databricks
5 1 (0.91%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.91%) Juniper
5 1 (0.91%) NCR
5 1 (0.91%) QNX
5 1 (0.91%) Siemens
5 1 (0.91%) StreamSets
5 1 (0.91%) Zscaler