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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 314 339
Rank change year-on-year -24 +25 +96
Contract jobs citing IoT 39 50 53
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.27% 0.36% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 1.05% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 26 30
10th Percentile £332 £452 £246
25th Percentile £461 £463 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -27.72%
75th Percentile £673 £593 £641
90th Percentile £812 £719 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile - £37.50 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £39.01 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £39.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.33% - -
75th Percentile £19.50 £51.76 -
90th Percentile - £56.13 -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £39.02 £46.75
% change year-on-year -51.31% -16.53% +39.55%

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 5,571 4,748 6,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.04% 34.08% 33.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,621 2,993 4,323
10th Percentile £350 £325 £305
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £706
90th Percentile £800 £838 £809
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 59 150
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.97 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.57 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.07 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -27.76% +31.84% +1.32%
75th Percentile £51.25 £67.38 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.20 £65.18
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.60% +7.96% +55.66%

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 24 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
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 24 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 -12 5 £513 +7.89% 10
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 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.13%) SAP EWM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP GTS
2 2 (5.13%) SAP IBP
2 2 (5.13%) SAP MM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP PP
2 2 (5.13%) SAP SCM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP SRM
3 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.56%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.21%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) AWS
3 3 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (7.69%) PaaS
3 3 (7.69%) SaaS
4 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) Serverless
5 1 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.95%) Network Security
2 6 (15.38%) Wireless
3 5 (12.82%) 5G
4 4 (10.26%) 2G
4 4 (10.26%) 3GPP
4 4 (10.26%) 4G
4 4 (10.26%) Firewall
4 4 (10.26%) NFC
4 4 (10.26%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (10.26%) RFID
5 3 (7.69%) MVNO
5 3 (7.69%) SMPP
5 3 (7.69%) SMS
5 3 (7.69%) VPN
5 3 (7.69%) WAN
6 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.56%) 5G NR
7 1 (2.56%) ADSL
7 1 (2.56%) Modbus
7 1 (2.56%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) GIS
2 2 (5.13%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.56%) HDInsight
3 1 (2.56%) Metadata
3 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.56%) Power BI
General
1 10 (25.64%) Telecoms
2 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.26%) Retail
6 3 (7.69%) Marketing
7 2 (5.13%) Billing
7 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.56%) Aviation
8 1 (2.56%) Back Office
8 1 (2.56%) Electronics
8 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Architect
2 7 (17.95%) Consultant
3 3 (7.69%) Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Network Design Specialist
3 3 (7.69%) Network Specialist
3 3 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Azure Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Data Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (5.13%) Integration Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Network Consultant
4 2 (5.13%) Procurement Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Procurement Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Salesforce Architect
4 2 (5.13%) SAP Manager
4 2 (5.13%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Security Consultant
4 2 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) ARM Templates
1 2 (5.13%) Kafka
2 1 (2.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Operational Technology
2 5 (12.82%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (12.82%) NB-IoT
3 4 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 3 (7.69%) Java Card
4 3 (7.69%) NHS
5 2 (5.13%) Data Fabric
5 2 (5.13%) Robotics
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.56%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.56%) FMCG
6 1 (2.56%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Android
2 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
2 1 (2.56%) VMS
2 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) Analytics
2 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
4 6 (15.38%) Agile
4 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (15.38%) Network Design
4 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (12.82%) AI
5 5 (12.82%) CI/CD
5 5 (12.82%) Cloud Security
5 5 (12.82%) ERP
5 5 (12.82%) Machine Learning
6 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (10.26%) ETL
6 4 (10.26%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (10.26%) Migration
6 4 (10.26%) Security Architecture
6 4 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (10.26%) TOGAF
6 4 (10.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) SQL
2 4 (10.26%) Python
3 3 (7.69%) C
3 3 (7.69%) C++
3 3 (7.69%) Java
4 2 (5.13%) Bicep
5 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.69%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) CCNP
3 2 (5.13%) CISSP
3 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.56%) CCIE
4 1 (2.56%) CCSK
4 1 (2.56%) CCSP
4 1 (2.56%) CGEIT
4 1 (2.56%) CISM
4 1 (2.56%) CRISC
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.56%) PMP
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) GDPR
1 3 (7.69%) NIST
2 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.56%) GRC
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 3 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) SAP
3 3 (7.69%) Thales
4 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.56%) AVEVA
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) Databricks
5 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.56%) IFS
5 1 (2.56%) Meraki
5 1 (2.56%) NEC
5 1 (2.56%) PagerDuty