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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 348 389
Rank change year-on-year +19 +41 +110
Contract jobs citing IoT 33 36 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.66% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 37
10th Percentile £414 £500 £254
25th Percentile £430 £603 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £750 £660
Median % change year-on-year -31.17% +13.64% -8.01%
75th Percentile £628 £780 £743
90th Percentile £742 £799 £913
England median daily rate £525 £582 £550
% change year-on-year -9.79% +5.82% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £38.50 - -
90th Percentile £49.90 - -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £27.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.63% -39.33% +102.27%

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 5,139 5,495 7,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.22% 33.73% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,330 3,640 5,539
10th Percentile £335 £325 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £700 £738 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 67 84
10th Percentile £16.30 £17.25 £17.27
25th Percentile £23.71 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.62 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.03% +6.29% -2.46%
75th Percentile £46.55 £54.38 £53.38
90th Percentile £70.88 £71.50 £74.60
England median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for IoT 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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 +4 4 £481 -21.43% 22
West London -4 1 £425 - 10
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) SAP PP
1 2 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (6.06%) SAP SCM
2 1 (3.03%) SAP EWM
2 1 (3.03%) SAP GTS
2 1 (3.03%) SAP IBP
2 1 (3.03%) SAP MM
2 1 (3.03%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (12.12%) AWS
3 4 (12.12%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (12.12%) Power Platform
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (6.06%) Figma
5 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 2 (6.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (6.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Stack
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.03%) GitHub
6 1 (3.03%) PaaS
6 1 (3.03%) SaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Serverless
6 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Wireless
2 3 (9.09%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) NFC
2 3 (9.09%) RFID
3 2 (6.06%) MQTT
4 1 (3.03%) 3GPP
4 1 (3.03%) 5G
4 1 (3.03%) Bluetooth
4 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.03%) Internet
4 1 (3.03%) LTE
4 1 (3.03%) Modbus
4 1 (3.03%) Network Security
4 1 (3.03%) NGFW
4 1 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (3.03%) VoIP
4 1 (3.03%) VPN
4 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) Delta Lake
2 2 (6.06%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (6.06%) GIS
2 2 (6.06%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.03%) DTS
3 1 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (3.03%) HDInsight
3 1 (3.03%) InfluxDB
3 1 (3.03%) Metadata
3 1 (3.03%) Redis
3 1 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (3.03%) Spatial Data
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Gradle
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Maven
2 1 (3.03%) Moq
2 1 (3.03%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (3.03%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.12%) Retail
4 3 (9.09%) Finance
5 2 (6.06%) Billing
5 2 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Wearables
6 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Aviation
6 1 (3.03%) Back Office
6 1 (3.03%) Local Government
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Data Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Designer
4 2 (6.06%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Salesforce Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Security Consultant
4 2 (6.06%) Visual Designer
5 1 (3.03%) Electronics Technician
5 1 (3.03%) Healthcare Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) IT Architect
5 1 (3.03%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (3.03%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Product Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Security Specialist
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Kafka
2 2 (6.06%) PySpark
3 1 (3.03%) .NET
3 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (3.03%) JSON
3 1 (3.03%) Matplotlib
3 1 (3.03%) NumPy
3 1 (3.03%) Pandas
3 1 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (3.03%) REST
3 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (3.03%) SAPUI5
3 1 (3.03%) Web Services
3 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 3 (9.09%) Life Science
3 2 (6.06%) NHS
3 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.06%) Robotics
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Data Fabric
4 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.03%) NB-IoT
4 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Android
1 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.03%) Unix
1 1 (3.03%) VMS
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Agile
2 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (18.18%) Analytics
4 5 (15.15%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (15.15%) Data Governance
4 5 (15.15%) Data Pipeline
4 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
5 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
5 4 (12.12%) Data Engineering
5 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
5 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
5 4 (12.12%) Digital Twin
5 4 (12.12%) Visualisation
6 3 (9.09%) DevOps
6 3 (9.09%) ETL
6 3 (9.09%) Logistics
6 3 (9.09%) Machine Learning
6 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) Bicep
3 1 (3.03%) C#
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) CCNP
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.03%) CISSP
2 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.03%) PMP
2 1 (3.03%) SAP Certification
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.06%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.06%) GDPR
2 2 (6.06%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.03%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Grafana
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Prometheus
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Databricks
2 2 (6.06%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.06%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) AVEVA
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) NCR
3 1 (3.03%) PagerDuty
3 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto