IoT Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 348 348
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 +62
Contract jobs citing IoT 74 25 38
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% 0.49% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 14 29
10th Percentile £318 £416 £490
25th Percentile £413 £426 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £494 £775
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% -36.29% +17.42%
75th Percentile £626 £583 £780
90th Percentile £688 £644 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £555
% change year-on-year +2.44% -7.66% +7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £67.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -48.15% +150.00% -44.90%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,557 5,100 5,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.43% 37.73% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,721 3,347 3,796
10th Percentile £356 £333 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £718 £750
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 120 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.04 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £32.87 £27.50 £30.09
Median % change year-on-year +19.54% -8.61% -14.03%
75th Percentile £56.25 £46.00 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.06 £71.25
England median hourly rate £42.71 £31.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +35.59% -33.69% +13.10%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IoT job vacancy trend in London

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IoT

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in London over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in London

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IoT

IoT
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the London region over the 6 months to 15 August 2026. 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
Central London -8 8 £650 +57.58% 9
East London - 2 £334 - 8
IoT
England

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.41%) SAS
2 2 (2.70%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.70%) OpenStack
2 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (2.70%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (2.70%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (2.70%) CINEMA 4D
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.35%) Blender
3 1 (1.35%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 36 (48.65%) Azure
2 13 (17.57%) Entra ID
3 10 (13.51%) Power Platform
4 7 (9.46%) SaaS
5 6 (8.11%) AWS
5 6 (8.11%) GCP
6 5 (6.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (6.76%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (5.41%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (4.05%) Azure App Service
8 3 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.05%) GitHub
8 3 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (4.05%) PaaS
8 3 (4.05%) Power Automate
8 3 (4.05%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.70%) IaaS
9 2 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.51%) Firewall
2 8 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (8.11%) WAN
4 5 (6.76%) 5G
4 5 (6.76%) LAN
4 5 (6.76%) Wireless
5 4 (5.41%) Internet
5 4 (5.41%) MQTT
5 4 (5.41%) VXLAN
6 3 (4.05%) 4G
6 3 (4.05%) Network Security
6 3 (4.05%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.70%) 3GPP
7 2 (2.70%) DHCP
7 2 (2.70%) DNS
7 2 (2.70%) HTTP
7 2 (2.70%) LTE
7 2 (2.70%) NGFW
7 2 (2.70%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (2.70%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.46%) Power BI
2 6 (8.11%) Data Lake
3 4 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.35%) Big Data
4 1 (1.35%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.35%) Metadata
4 1 (1.35%) MySQL
4 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.35%) Spark SQL
4 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.35%) SQLite
4 1 (1.35%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Android Studio
1 1 (1.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.35%) Git
1 1 (1.35%) Gradle
1 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.35%) JUnit
1 1 (1.35%) SoapUI
General
1 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Retail
3 6 (8.11%) Electronics
3 6 (8.11%) Legal
4 5 (6.76%) Finance
5 4 (5.41%) Advertising
5 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Marketing
6 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.05%) Wearables
7 1 (1.35%) Banking
7 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Architect
2 9 (12.16%) Network Engineer
3 8 (10.81%) Azure Architect
3 8 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (9.46%) Business Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.11%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Consultant
6 5 (6.76%) Lead
6 5 (6.76%) Lead Architect
6 5 (6.76%) Senior
6 5 (6.76%) Technical Architect
6 5 (6.76%) Technical Leader
7 4 (5.41%) Data Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Developer
7 4 (5.41%) Strategic Project Manager
8 3 (4.05%) Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Principal Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Programme Manager
8 3 (4.05%) SAS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) Middleware
2 6 (8.11%) OpenID
2 6 (8.11%) SAML
3 5 (6.76%) REST
4 3 (4.05%) .NET
4 3 (4.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (2.70%) Kafka
5 2 (2.70%) RESTful
5 2 (2.70%) RFC 2544
6 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.35%) 802.1X
6 1 (1.35%) Android Jetpack
6 1 (1.35%) Framer.js
6 1 (1.35%) Google Maps API
6 1 (1.35%) Great Expectations
6 1 (1.35%) Jetpack Compose
6 1 (1.35%) JSON
6 1 (1.35%) Material Design
6 1 (1.35%) PySpark
6 1 (1.35%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.92%) Operational Technology
2 13 (17.57%) Onboarding
3 11 (14.86%) FMCG
4 5 (6.76%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.76%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.41%) Algorithms
5 4 (5.41%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (5.41%) PropTech
5 4 (5.41%) SCADA
5 4 (5.41%) Virtual Reality
6 3 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (4.05%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (4.05%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.70%) Animation
7 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.70%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.70%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.70%) NHS
7 2 (2.70%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.51%) Windows
2 8 (10.81%) Linux
3 1 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (18.92%) Agile
3 13 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (17.57%) Project Delivery
3 13 (17.57%) User Experience
4 12 (16.22%) CI/CD
4 12 (16.22%) Roadmaps
4 12 (16.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (16.22%) Validation
4 12 (16.22%) Zero Trust
5 11 (14.86%) Analytics
5 11 (14.86%) Enterprise Architecture
6 10 (13.51%) Network Segmentation
6 10 (13.51%) Project Management
6 10 (13.51%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (12.16%) Data Modelling
7 9 (12.16%) Decision-Making
7 9 (12.16%) ERP
7 9 (12.16%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (10.81%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.86%) Python
2 8 (10.81%) Java
3 5 (6.76%) C#
4 4 (5.41%) C
4 4 (5.41%) C++
4 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.05%) SQL
6 1 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.35%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.35%) Perl
6 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.35%) R
6 1 (1.35%) Rust
6 1 (1.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (12.16%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.81%) Degree
3 7 (9.46%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.76%) PMP
5 3 (4.05%) RIBA
6 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.70%) JNCIP
6 2 (2.70%) JNCIS
6 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.35%) CCNA
7 1 (1.35%) CCSAM
7 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.35%) GPEN
7 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.35%) OSCE
7 1 (1.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.76%) QA
2 4 (5.41%) SLA
3 3 (4.05%) GRC
3 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.35%) GDPR
4 1 (1.35%) NIST
4 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (5.41%) Firmware
4 2 (2.70%) Docker
5 1 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (9.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.35%) Grafana
2 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) Zscaler
2 11 (14.86%) Cisco
2 11 (14.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.05%) Adobe
3 3 (4.05%) Aruba
3 3 (4.05%) Meraki
3 3 (4.05%) Palo Alto
3 3 (4.05%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) Ericsson
4 2 (2.70%) Google
4 2 (2.70%) Huawei
4 2 (2.70%) Juniper
4 2 (2.70%) Nokia
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle
4 2 (2.70%) Samsung
5 1 (1.35%) Arista
5 1 (1.35%) Databricks
5 1 (1.35%) Ekahau
5 1 (1.35%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.35%) VMware