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 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 299 342
Rank change year-on-year -53 +43 +77
Contract jobs citing IoT 45 52 55
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.40% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.76% 1.14% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 26 32
10th Percentile £308 £421 £268
25th Percentile £406 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £531
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -8.24% -27.72%
75th Percentile £661 £546 £672
90th Percentile £753 £706 £777
England median daily rate £525 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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 £44.50
% change year-on-year -51.31% -12.31% -9.64%

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 5,950 4,570 5,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.03% 34.73% 32.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,867 2,966 4,172
10th Percentile £350 £319 £300
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £800 £850 £820
England median daily rate £513 £547 £545
% change year-on-year -6.31% +0.37% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 65 177
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.45 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.98 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.02 £37.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +42.31% -25.71%
75th Percentile £56.75 £58.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £74.25 £80.75 £65.70
England median hourly rate £33.50 £35.00 £30.08
% change year-on-year -4.29% +16.36% +33.69%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -15 4 £525 +10.53% 15
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 (8.89%) Confluence
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 3 (6.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (6.67%) Adobe Premiere
1 3 (6.67%) CINEMA 4D
1 3 (6.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.22%) Maximo
2 1 (2.22%) SAP EWM
2 1 (2.22%) SAP GTS
2 1 (2.22%) SAP IBP
2 1 (2.22%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.22%) SAP PP
2 1 (2.22%) SAP SCM
2 1 (2.22%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.11%) Azure
2 10 (22.22%) AWS
3 6 (13.33%) PaaS
3 6 (13.33%) SaaS
4 5 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (8.89%) OneDrive
5 4 (8.89%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.89%) PowerApps
6 3 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (2.22%) Azure AKS
8 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.22%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.22%) Serverless
8 1 (2.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) WAN
2 7 (15.56%) 5G
2 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (13.33%) 4G
3 6 (13.33%) Network Security
4 5 (11.11%) 3GPP
4 5 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (11.11%) Wireless
5 4 (8.89%) 2G
5 4 (8.89%) LAN
5 4 (8.89%) PSTN
5 4 (8.89%) Unified Communications
6 3 (6.67%) Firewall
6 3 (6.67%) MVNO
6 3 (6.67%) SD-WAN
6 3 (6.67%) SMPP
6 3 (6.67%) SMS
7 2 (4.44%) NFC
7 2 (4.44%) RFID
7 2 (4.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) GIS
2 3 (6.67%) Data Lake
2 3 (6.67%) Metadata
3 2 (4.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (2.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) JIRA
General
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Telecoms
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 6 (13.33%) Marketing
3 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Legal
4 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.67%) Retail
4 3 (6.67%) Wearables
5 2 (4.44%) Electronics
5 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Aviation
6 1 (2.22%) Back Office
6 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Architect
2 6 (13.33%) Consultant
3 3 (6.67%) Azure Architect
3 3 (6.67%) Data Architect
3 3 (6.67%) Designer
3 3 (6.67%) Developer
3 3 (6.67%) Motion Designer
3 3 (6.67%) Network Consultant
3 3 (6.67%) Network Design Specialist
3 3 (6.67%) Network Specialist
3 3 (6.67%) Programme Manager
3 3 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.44%) Azure Data Architect
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 2 (4.44%) IT Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) IT Support
4 2 (4.44%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) Network Architect
4 2 (4.44%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (4.44%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.22%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.22%) EDI
3 1 (2.22%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) NB-IoT
2 4 (8.89%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.89%) Operational Technology
2 4 (8.89%) PropTech
3 3 (6.67%) Animation
3 3 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (6.67%) Java Card
3 3 (6.67%) NHS
4 2 (4.44%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.44%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (4.44%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.44%) Robotics
5 1 (2.22%) Data Fabric
5 1 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.22%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.22%) SCADA
5 1 (2.22%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Android
2 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.22%) VMS
2 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (24.44%) Roadmaps
3 9 (20.00%) Agile
3 9 (20.00%) Analytics
4 7 (15.56%) Network Design
4 7 (15.56%) Project Delivery
4 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (13.33%) Asset Management
5 6 (13.33%) CI/CD
5 6 (13.33%) Digital Twin
5 6 (13.33%) ETL
6 5 (11.11%) AI
6 5 (11.11%) Cloud Security
6 5 (11.11%) Data Management
6 5 (11.11%) Migration
6 5 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 5 (11.11%) TOGAF
6 5 (11.11%) Validation
7 4 (8.89%) Architectural Design
7 4 (8.89%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) Python
1 8 (17.78%) SQL
2 5 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.67%) C
3 3 (6.67%) C++
3 3 (6.67%) Java
4 1 (2.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) RIBA
2 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.44%) CCNP
3 2 (4.44%) CISSP
4 1 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.22%) CCIE
4 1 (2.22%) CCSP
4 1 (2.22%) CGEIT
4 1 (2.22%) CISM
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) CRISC
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.22%) PMP
4 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) GDPR
1 4 (8.89%) GRC
2 3 (6.67%) SLA
3 2 (4.44%) NIST
4 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.22%) QA
4 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (8.89%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Adobe
2 3 (6.67%) Databricks
2 3 (6.67%) SAP
2 3 (6.67%) Thales
3 2 (4.44%) Cisco
3 2 (4.44%) Meraki
4 1 (2.22%) Aruba
4 1 (2.22%) AVEVA
4 1 (2.22%) Ekahau
4 1 (2.22%) Ericsson
4 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.22%) Huawei
4 1 (2.22%) IFS
4 1 (2.22%) NEC
4 1 (2.22%) Nokia
4 1 (2.22%) Samsung