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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 331 347
Rank change year-on-year -43 +16 +43
Contract jobs citing IoT 75 36 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.95% 0.69% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 27 19
10th Percentile £423 £406 £460
25th Percentile £500 £433 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £520 £700
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -25.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £626 £640 £780
90th Percentile £663 £720 £801
England median daily rate £550 £538 £569
% change year-on-year +2.33% -5.45% +5.77%
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 7,891 5,211 5,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.48% 38.95% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,024 3,351 3,505
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 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 123 71
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.16 £17.50
25th Percentile £20.52 £23.23 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.41 £26.50 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +33.62% -21.48% +12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £46.88 £56.75
90th Percentile £88.50 £77.50 £78.75
England median hourly rate £33.99 £29.50 £52.75
% change year-on-year +15.20% -44.08% +14.23%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -25 8 £603 +25.19% 25
West London -18 2 - - 5
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 (5.33%) SAS
2 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.33%) Blender
2 1 (1.33%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.00%) Azure
2 12 (16.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.33%) GCP
4 4 (5.33%) SaaS
5 3 (4.00%) AWS
5 3 (4.00%) Azure App Service
5 3 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (4.00%) PaaS
6 2 (2.67%) IaaS
7 1 (1.33%) AWS IoT
7 1 (1.33%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.33%) Firebase
7 1 (1.33%) GitHub
7 1 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.33%) Google Play
7 1 (1.33%) Serverless
7 1 (1.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.33%) Firewall
2 6 (8.00%) WAN
2 6 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.67%) LAN
3 5 (6.67%) Modbus
3 5 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.67%) VLAN
4 4 (5.33%) Internet
4 4 (5.33%) Software-Defined Networking
4 4 (5.33%) Wireless
5 3 (4.00%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (4.00%) HTTP
5 3 (4.00%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.67%) 5G
6 2 (2.67%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.67%) HTTPS
6 2 (2.67%) MQTT
6 2 (2.67%) NGFW
6 2 (2.67%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (1.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.00%) Power BI
2 5 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.33%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.33%) Metadata
5 1 (1.33%) MySQL
5 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.33%) SQLite
5 1 (1.33%) Tableau
5 1 (1.33%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (4.00%) Charles Proxy
1 3 (4.00%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.67%) Browser DevTools
2 2 (2.67%) Gradle
2 2 (2.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.67%) Xcode
3 1 (1.33%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.33%) Git
3 1 (1.33%) JIRA
3 1 (1.33%) JUnit
3 1 (1.33%) Maven
General
1 26 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (17.33%) Retail
4 9 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.33%) Legal
6 4 (5.33%) Electronics
6 4 (5.33%) Finance
7 3 (4.00%) Cyber-Physical System
7 3 (4.00%) Marketing
7 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.67%) Advertising
8 2 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.67%) Wearables
9 1 (1.33%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.33%) Banking
9 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (29.33%) Architect
2 14 (18.67%) Network Engineer
3 8 (10.67%) Azure Architect
3 8 (10.67%) Lead
4 7 (9.33%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.33%) Senior
4 7 (9.33%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Lead Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Technical Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Technical Leader
6 5 (6.67%) Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Data Architect
7 4 (5.33%) Strategic Project Manager
8 3 (4.00%) Azure Data Architect
8 3 (4.00%) Principal Architect
8 3 (4.00%) Principal Data Architect
8 3 (4.00%) QA Tester
8 3 (4.00%) SAS Architect
8 3 (4.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) Middleware
1 6 (8.00%) REST
2 3 (4.00%) iOS SDK
2 3 (4.00%) Kafka
3 2 (2.67%) RFC 2544
4 1 (1.33%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (1.33%) Android SDK
4 1 (1.33%) Framer.js
4 1 (1.33%) Google Maps API
4 1 (1.33%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (1.33%) JSON
4 1 (1.33%) Material Design
4 1 (1.33%) OpenID
4 1 (1.33%) RESTful
4 1 (1.33%) SAML
4 1 (1.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (1.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.67%) Operational Technology
2 14 (18.67%) Onboarding
3 11 (14.67%) FMCG
4 9 (12.00%) Data Centre
5 8 (10.67%) SCADA
6 4 (5.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 4 (5.33%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (5.33%) Mobile App
7 3 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.00%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.00%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.67%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.67%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.67%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.67%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (2.67%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (2.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.67%) Windows
2 4 (5.33%) Android
3 3 (4.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.67%) Linux
5 1 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (26.67%) Agile
3 19 (25.33%) Network Segmentation
4 18 (24.00%) Validation
5 17 (22.67%) Analytics
5 17 (22.67%) Roadmaps
6 14 (18.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 13 (17.33%) Zero Trust
8 12 (16.00%) Decision-Making
9 11 (14.67%) AI
9 11 (14.67%) User Experience
10 10 (13.33%) Design Patterns
10 10 (13.33%) Project Delivery
11 9 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
12 8 (10.67%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (10.67%) Data Pipeline
12 8 (10.67%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) Python
2 5 (6.67%) SQL
3 4 (5.33%) Java
3 4 (5.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.67%) C#
4 2 (2.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.33%) C
5 1 (1.33%) C++
5 1 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.33%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.33%) Perl
5 1 (1.33%) R
5 1 (1.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (17.33%) SC Cleared
1 13 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.00%) PMP
3 3 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.00%) CISSP
4 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.67%) CCNP
4 2 (2.67%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.67%) Degree
4 2 (2.67%) JNCIP
4 2 (2.67%) JNCIS
4 2 (2.67%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.33%) CCIE
5 1 (1.33%) CCNA
5 1 (1.33%) CISM
5 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.33%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (12.00%) QA
3 7 (9.33%) NIST
4 4 (5.33%) Data Quality
4 4 (5.33%) GDPR
5 3 (4.00%) PERC
6 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.33%) NCSC
6 1 (1.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (16.00%) Active Directory
1 12 (16.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.67%) Firmware
3 1 (1.33%) Docker
3 1 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.67%) Grafana
3 1 (1.33%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (16.00%) Zscaler
2 11 (14.67%) Cisco
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.00%) Arista
4 3 (4.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.00%) Siemens
4 3 (4.00%) Tealium
5 2 (2.67%) Adobe
5 2 (2.67%) Aruba
5 2 (2.67%) Juniper
5 2 (2.67%) Meraki
6 1 (1.33%) Databricks
6 1 (1.33%) Google
6 1 (1.33%) IBM
6 1 (1.33%) Kepware
6 1 (1.33%) mParticle
6 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.33%) VMware