Industrial Internet of Things Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industrial Internet of Things in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industrial Internet of Things over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.47% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.04% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
North West median daily rate £400 - -

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

Industrial Internet of Things 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 96 22 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 45.07% 14.77% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 9 18
10th Percentile £160 £445 £469
25th Percentile £258 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £624
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -11.82% -4.04%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £650
90th Percentile £588 £678 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £487 £513
% change year-on-year -7.55% -5.02% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 3 11
10th Percentile £41.94 £20.35 £37.55
25th Percentile - £22.01 £41.84
Median hourly rate £45.46 £24.76 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +83.60% -46.03% +21.38%
75th Percentile £67.33 £35.47 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £41.90 -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £30.12 £41.87
% change year-on-year +50.95% -28.07% +19.61%

Industrial Internet of Things
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Industrial Internet of Things relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Industrial Internet of Things job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Industrial Internet of Things
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Preston - 1 £400 - 1
Industrial Internet of Things
North West

Industrial Internet of Things
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) MOM
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware