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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 308 355
Rank change year-on-year -16 +47 +95
Contract jobs citing IoT 40 48 48
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.34% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 1.00% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 26 27
10th Percentile £362 £452 £198
25th Percentile £455 £463 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -31.97%
75th Percentile £670 £656 £613
90th Percentile £809 £719 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £519
% change year-on-year - +1.20% -17.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £36.90 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £38.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £39.02 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.31% - -
75th Percentile £38.50 £43.28 -
90th Percentile £49.90 £50.91 -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £38.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% -22.45% +46.27%

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 5,370 4,815 6,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.06% 34.29% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,480 3,056 4,293
10th Percentile £350 £325 £315
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £713
90th Percentile £800 £847 £813
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 60 122
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.93 £17.02
25th Percentile £20.62 £24.62 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.25 £29.61
Median % change year-on-year -25.39% +19.05% -2.12%
75th Percentile £47.00 £61.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.85 £81.00 £64.95
England median hourly rate £28.56 £37.50 £37.63
% change year-on-year -23.83% -0.33% +50.50%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -14 5 £513 +7.89% 12
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (7.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.00%) SAP EWM
2 2 (5.00%) SAP GTS
2 2 (5.00%) SAP IBP
2 2 (5.00%) SAP MM
2 2 (5.00%) SAP PP
2 2 (5.00%) SAP SCM
2 2 (5.00%) SAP SRM
3 1 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.50%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (7.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (7.50%) PaaS
4 3 (7.50%) SaaS
5 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (5.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (5.00%) Serverless
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.50%) Network Security
2 6 (15.00%) Wireless
3 4 (10.00%) 2G
3 4 (10.00%) 3GPP
3 4 (10.00%) 4G
3 4 (10.00%) 5G
3 4 (10.00%) Firewall
3 4 (10.00%) NFC
3 4 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (10.00%) RFID
4 3 (7.50%) MVNO
4 3 (7.50%) SMPP
4 3 (7.50%) SMS
4 3 (7.50%) VPN
5 1 (2.50%) DNS
5 1 (2.50%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.50%) Internet
5 1 (2.50%) NGN
5 1 (2.50%) VLAN
5 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) GIS
2 2 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (5.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
3 1 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.50%) HDInsight
3 1 (2.50%) Metadata
3 1 (2.50%) Redis
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) Moq
1 1 (2.50%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (2.50%) TeamCity
General
1 10 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Finance
4 5 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.00%) Retail
6 3 (7.50%) Marketing
7 2 (5.00%) Billing
8 1 (2.50%) Back Office
8 1 (2.50%) Electronics
8 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Architect
2 7 (17.50%) Consultant
3 3 (7.50%) Developer
3 3 (7.50%) Network Design Specialist
3 3 (7.50%) Network Specialist
3 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Data Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (5.00%) Integration Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Network Consultant
4 2 (5.00%) Procurement Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Procurement Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Salesforce Architect
4 2 (5.00%) SAP Manager
4 2 (5.00%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) ARM Templates
1 2 (5.00%) Kafka
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Operational Technology
2 5 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (12.50%) NB-IoT
3 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (7.50%) Java Card
3 3 (7.50%) NHS
4 2 (5.00%) Data Fabric
4 2 (5.00%) Life Science
4 2 (5.00%) Robotics
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.50%) FMCG
5 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.50%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Android
1 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.50%) Linux
1 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
1 1 (2.50%) Unix
1 1 (2.50%) VMS
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Analytics
2 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (15.00%) Agile
3 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (15.00%) Network Design
3 6 (15.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (15.00%) Validation
4 5 (12.50%) AI
4 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 5 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 5 (12.50%) ERP
4 5 (12.50%) ETL
4 5 (12.50%) Machine Learning
5 4 (10.00%) Data Architecture
5 4 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (10.00%) Migration
5 4 (10.00%) Security Architecture
5 4 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) SQL
2 5 (12.50%) Python
3 3 (7.50%) C
3 3 (7.50%) C++
3 3 (7.50%) Java
4 2 (5.00%) Bicep
5 1 (2.50%) C#
5 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.50%) Degree
3 2 (5.00%) CCNP
3 2 (5.00%) CISSP
3 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.50%) CCIE
4 1 (2.50%) CCSK
4 1 (2.50%) CCSP
4 1 (2.50%) CGEIT
4 1 (2.50%) CISM
4 1 (2.50%) CRISC
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.50%) PMP
4 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) GDPR
2 3 (7.50%) NIST
3 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.50%) GRC
4 1 (2.50%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Kubernetes
1 3 (7.50%) Terraform
2 1 (2.50%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) SAP
3 3 (7.50%) Thales
4 2 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.50%) AVEVA
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (2.50%) Databricks
5 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.50%) IFS
5 1 (2.50%) Meraki
5 1 (2.50%) NEC
5 1 (2.50%) PagerDuty