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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 331 347
Rank change year-on-year -53 +16 +38
Contract jobs citing IoT 73 34 34
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.36% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 0.65% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 24 18
10th Percentile £424 £408 £459
25th Percentile £500 £436 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 £535 £725
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% -26.21% +18.37%
75th Percentile £626 £649 £780
90th Percentile £664 £735 £801
England median daily rate £550 £550 £555
% change year-on-year - -0.90% +4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £37.55 - -
25th Percentile £41.38 £18.50 £52.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £19.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +152.63% -64.81% -
75th Percentile £54.88 £38.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £58.85 £49.90 -
England median hourly rate £48.00 £19.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +152.63% -45.71% -21.35%

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 7,733 5,212 5,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.27% 38.79% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,919 3,355 3,522
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £541
% change year-on-year - -3.00% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 123 71
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.02 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.49 £23.23 £23.80
Median hourly rate £36.00 £26.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.85% -18.46% +15.56%
75th Percentile £60.25 £46.88 £55.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.50 £78.40
England median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +13.30% -44.44% +17.31%

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 9 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in London over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IoT in London

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 9 October 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 -13 9 £575 +19.48% 24
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 (5.48%) SAS
2 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.37%) Blender
2 1 (1.37%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.37%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.99%) Azure
2 12 (16.44%) Entra ID
3 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.48%) SaaS
5 3 (4.11%) Azure App Service
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (4.11%) GCP
5 3 (4.11%) PaaS
6 2 (2.74%) AWS
6 2 (2.74%) IaaS
7 1 (1.37%) AWS IoT
7 1 (1.37%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.37%) Figma
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.70%) Firewall
2 6 (8.22%) WAN
2 6 (8.22%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.85%) LAN
3 5 (6.85%) Modbus
3 5 (6.85%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.85%) VLAN
4 4 (5.48%) Software-Defined Networking
4 4 (5.48%) Wireless
5 3 (4.11%) Internet
5 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.74%) 5G
6 2 (2.74%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.74%) Network Security
6 2 (2.74%) NGFW
6 2 (2.74%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (1.37%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.37%) MQTT
7 1 (1.37%) Multicast
7 1 (1.37%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.22%) Power BI
2 5 (6.85%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.48%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.37%) Metadata
5 1 (1.37%) MySQL
5 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.37%) SQLite
5 1 (1.37%) Tableau
5 1 (1.37%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Android Studio
1 1 (1.37%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.37%) Git
1 1 (1.37%) Gradle
1 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
1 1 (1.37%) JUnit
1 1 (1.37%) SoapUI
General
1 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (17.81%) Retail
4 9 (12.33%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.48%) Finance
5 4 (5.48%) Legal
6 3 (4.11%) Cyber-Physical System
6 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.74%) Advertising
7 2 (2.74%) Electronics
7 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.37%) Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Publishing
8 1 (1.37%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 22 (30.14%) Architect
2 14 (19.18%) Network Engineer
3 8 (10.96%) Azure Architect
3 8 (10.96%) Lead
4 7 (9.59%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.59%) Senior
4 7 (9.59%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (8.22%) Lead Architect
5 6 (8.22%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.22%) Technical Architect
5 6 (8.22%) Technical Leader
6 4 (5.48%) Data Architect
6 4 (5.48%) Strategic Project Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Tester
7 3 (4.11%) Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Azure Data Architect
7 3 (4.11%) Developer
7 3 (4.11%) Principal Architect
7 3 (4.11%) QA Tester
7 3 (4.11%) SAS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.22%) Middleware
1 6 (8.22%) REST
2 2 (2.74%) Kafka
2 2 (2.74%) RFC 2544
3 1 (1.37%) .NET
3 1 (1.37%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.37%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (1.37%) Android SDK
3 1 (1.37%) Framer.js
3 1 (1.37%) Google Maps API
3 1 (1.37%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (1.37%) JSON
3 1 (1.37%) Material Design
3 1 (1.37%) OpenID
3 1 (1.37%) RESTful
3 1 (1.37%) SAML
3 1 (1.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (1.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (27.40%) Operational Technology
2 14 (19.18%) Onboarding
3 11 (15.07%) FMCG
4 9 (12.33%) Data Centre
5 8 (10.96%) SCADA
6 4 (5.48%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 4 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.11%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.11%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (4.11%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.74%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.74%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.74%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Windows
2 3 (4.11%) Linux
3 1 (1.37%) Android
3 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (49.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (27.40%) Agile
3 19 (26.03%) Network Segmentation
4 18 (24.66%) Validation
5 17 (23.29%) Roadmaps
6 15 (20.55%) Analytics
7 14 (19.18%) Enterprise Architecture
8 13 (17.81%) Zero Trust
9 12 (16.44%) Decision-Making
10 11 (15.07%) AI
10 11 (15.07%) User Experience
11 10 (13.70%) Project Delivery
12 9 (12.33%) Design Patterns
12 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (12.33%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (12.33%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (10.96%) ETL
13 8 (10.96%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.59%) Python
2 5 (6.85%) SQL
3 3 (4.11%) C#
3 3 (4.11%) Java
4 2 (2.74%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.37%) C
5 1 (1.37%) C++
5 1 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.37%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.37%) Perl
5 1 (1.37%) R
5 1 (1.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) SC Cleared
1 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.22%) PMP
3 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.11%) CISSP
3 3 (4.11%) Degree
4 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.74%) CCNP
4 2 (2.74%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.74%) JNCIP
4 2 (2.74%) JNCIS
4 2 (2.74%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) CCNA
5 1 (1.37%) CCSAM
5 1 (1.37%) CISM
5 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.37%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.37%) GXPN
5 1 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.59%) NIST
2 7 (9.59%) QA
3 4 (5.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) GDPR
4 1 (1.37%) NCSC
4 1 (1.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) Active Directory
1 12 (16.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.74%) Firmware
3 1 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.37%) Grafana
2 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (16.44%) Zscaler
2 11 (15.07%) Cisco
3 6 (8.22%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.11%) Arista
4 3 (4.11%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.11%) Siemens
5 2 (2.74%) Aruba
5 2 (2.74%) Juniper
5 2 (2.74%) Meraki
6 1 (1.37%) Adobe
6 1 (1.37%) Databricks
6 1 (1.37%) Google
6 1 (1.37%) IBM
6 1 (1.37%) Kepware
6 1 (1.37%) SAP
6 1 (1.37%) VMware