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 20 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 343 357
Rank change year-on-year -37 +14 +45
Contract jobs citing IoT 74 32 33
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% 0.62% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 21 20
10th Percentile £328 £413 £495
25th Percentile £424 £440 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £750
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -30.67% +14.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £780
90th Percentile £663 £750 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £584
% change year-on-year -2.33% -7.88% +6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +84.21% - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £19.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +84.21% -29.63% -39.33%

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 7,679 5,181 5,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.93% 38.50% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,846 3,354 3,625
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £450 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 119 68
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.37 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.23 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £27.50 £31.31
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -12.17% +6.14%
75th Percentile £56.25 £46.35 £54.06
90th Percentile £88.00 £69.75 £71.44
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.83 £57.35
% change year-on-year +14.22% -42.76% +25.00%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -20 8 £575 +19.48% 24
East London - 2 £334 - 4
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%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.35%) Blender
2 1 (1.35%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (40.54%) Azure
2 13 (17.57%) Entra ID
3 8 (10.81%) SaaS
4 7 (9.46%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.05%) AWS
5 3 (4.05%) Azure App Service
5 3 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (4.05%) GCP
5 3 (4.05%) PaaS
6 2 (2.70%) AWS IoT
6 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.70%) GitHub
6 2 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.70%) IaaS
6 2 (2.70%) Serverless
7 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) Firewall
2 6 (8.11%) WAN
2 6 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.76%) Internet
3 5 (6.76%) LAN
4 4 (5.41%) Modbus
4 4 (5.41%) MQTT
4 4 (5.41%) VXLAN
4 4 (5.41%) Wireless
5 3 (4.05%) Network Security
5 3 (4.05%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.05%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.70%) 5G
6 2 (2.70%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.70%) DHCP
6 2 (2.70%) DNS
6 2 (2.70%) NGFW
6 2 (2.70%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (2.70%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (2.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) Power BI
2 5 (6.76%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.35%) Metadata
4 1 (1.35%) MySQL
4 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.35%) SQLite
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%) JIRA
1 1 (1.35%) JUnit
1 1 (1.35%) SoapUI
General
1 24 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (17.57%) Retail
4 7 (9.46%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.11%) Finance
6 3 (4.05%) Cyber-Physical System
6 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Legal
6 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.70%) Advertising
7 2 (2.70%) Electronics
7 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.35%) Banking
8 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Publishing
8 1 (1.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 23 (31.08%) Architect
2 12 (16.22%) Network Engineer
3 8 (10.81%) Azure Architect
3 8 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (9.46%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.46%) Lead
5 6 (8.11%) Lead Architect
5 6 (8.11%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.11%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) Technical Architect
5 6 (8.11%) Technical Leader
6 5 (6.76%) Senior
7 4 (5.41%) Data Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Strategic Project Manager
8 3 (4.05%) Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Network Operations Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Principal Architect
8 3 (4.05%) SAS Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) Middleware
2 6 (8.11%) OpenID
2 6 (8.11%) REST
2 6 (8.11%) SAML
3 2 (2.70%) RFC 2544
4 1 (1.35%) .NET
4 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.35%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (1.35%) Android SDK
4 1 (1.35%) EDI
4 1 (1.35%) Framer.js
4 1 (1.35%) Google Maps API
4 1 (1.35%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (1.35%) JSON
4 1 (1.35%) Kafka
4 1 (1.35%) Material Design
4 1 (1.35%) RESTful
4 1 (1.35%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (27.03%) Operational Technology
2 14 (18.92%) Onboarding
3 11 (14.86%) FMCG
4 9 (12.16%) Data Centre
5 6 (8.11%) SCADA
6 3 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (4.05%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.05%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (4.05%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 3 (4.05%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.70%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.70%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.70%) NHS
7 2 (2.70%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
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 32 (43.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (27.03%) Agile
3 18 (24.32%) Validation
4 16 (21.62%) Network Segmentation
5 15 (20.27%) Enterprise Architecture
5 15 (20.27%) Roadmaps
6 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (17.57%) Analytics
8 12 (16.22%) Zero Trust
9 11 (14.86%) Decision-Making
9 11 (14.86%) User Experience
10 10 (13.51%) Project Delivery
10 10 (13.51%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (12.16%) Design Patterns
11 9 (12.16%) Identity Access Management
11 9 (12.16%) Requirements Gathering
12 8 (10.81%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (10.81%) AI
12 8 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.16%) Python
2 6 (8.11%) Java
3 4 (5.41%) C
3 4 (5.41%) C++
4 3 (4.05%) C#
4 3 (4.05%) SQL
5 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.35%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.35%) Perl
6 1 (1.35%) R
6 1 (1.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) PMP
4 5 (6.76%) Degree
5 2 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.70%) CISSP
5 2 (2.70%) JNCIP
5 2 (2.70%) JNCIS
5 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.35%) CCNA
6 1 (1.35%) CCNP
6 1 (1.35%) CISM
6 1 (1.35%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.35%) GPEN
6 1 (1.35%) GXPN
6 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.35%) OSCE
6 1 (1.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.11%) NIST
2 6 (8.11%) QA
3 4 (5.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.35%) GDPR
4 1 (1.35%) NCSC
4 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (5.41%) Firmware
4 1 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) Cisco
1 12 (16.22%) Zscaler
2 9 (12.16%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.05%) Palo Alto
3 3 (4.05%) Siemens
4 2 (2.70%) Arista
4 2 (2.70%) Aruba
4 2 (2.70%) Juniper
4 2 (2.70%) Meraki
4 2 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (1.35%) Adobe
5 1 (1.35%) Google
5 1 (1.35%) IBM
5 1 (1.35%) Kepware
5 1 (1.35%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) VMware