IoT Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 56 64
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing IoT 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.88% 0.16% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.58% 0.77% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £508 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +26.88% -23.81% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £49.00
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 - £54.50

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 155 130 281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.29% 20.90% 37.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 42 162
10th Percentile £261 £249 £231
25th Percentile £403 £313 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £511
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -16.87% -2.62%
75th Percentile £634 £572 £631
90th Percentile £696 £683 £736
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 30 45
10th Percentile £17.50 £34.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £37.67 £60.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% -3.85% +16.07%
75th Percentile £72.06 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.03 £95.50 £72.25
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +50.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in Hertfordshire

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing IoT

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing IoT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing IoT

IoT
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Harpenden - 1 - - 1
Watford - 1 £400 - 2
IoT
East of England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (25.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS IoT
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
1 1 (25.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Agriculture
2 1 (25.00%) Agrochemical
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) PMI
1 1 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Decarbonisation
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (25.00%) Energy Management
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PhD
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens