IoT Contract Job Trends in Leicester

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Leicester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IoT 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 1.30% - 3.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% - 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £764 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £828 - £500
75th Percentile £891 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £828 - £500

All Generic Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19 26 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 24.68% 32.50% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 21
10th Percentile £409 - £128
25th Percentile £413 £250 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £520
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -11.06% +31.65%
75th Percentile £625 £561 £600
90th Percentile - £634 £625
Leicestershire median daily rate £545 £463 £414
% change year-on-year +17.84% +11.78% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £15.18 - -
25th Percentile £17.65 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £22.24 - £13.50
75th Percentile £26.35 - £15.25
90th Percentile £28.54 - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £22.24 - £13.50

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Leicester

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing IoT

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR