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

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	397	343	349
Rank change year-on-year	-54	+6	+25
Contract jobs citing IoT	74	38	33
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.36%	0.27%	0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.91%	0.70%	0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted	48	29	16
10^th Percentile	£424	£406	£456
25^th Percentile	£500	£450	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£569	£525	£650
Median % change year-on-year	+8.38%	-19.23%	+18.18%
75^th Percentile	£632	£643	£747
90^th Percentile	£669	£764	£781
England median daily rate	£550	£550	£550
% change year-on-year	-	-	+4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	3	2
10^th Percentile	£37.55	-	£40.30
25^th Percentile	£41.38	£18.50	£42.25
Median hourly rate	£48.00	£19.00	£46.50
Median % change year-on-year	+152.63%	-59.14%	-
75^th Percentile	£54.88	£38.50	£51.75
90^th Percentile	£58.85	£49.90	£54.30
England median hourly rate	£48.00	£19.00	£39.00
% change year-on-year	+152.63%	-51.28%	-12.36%

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 citing generic IT skills in London.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	8,151	5,434	5,199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	39.87%	39.20%	33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	5,230	3,464	3,320
10^th Percentile	£356	£335	£325
25^th Percentile	£450	£442	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£675	£688	£723
90^th Percentile	£775	£825	£850
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£540
% change year-on-year	-	-2.78%	-1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted	245	138	61
10^th Percentile	£17.02	£17.05	£17.25
25^th Percentile	£20.93	£20.21	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£36.00	£25.15	£34.50
Median % change year-on-year	+43.14%	-27.10%	+15.00%
75^th Percentile	£55.50	£42.72	£56.00
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£72.50	£80.75
England median hourly rate	£33.99	£27.53	£45.59
% change year-on-year	+23.47%	-39.61%	+2.45%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 November 2026.

IoT Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IoT.

IoT Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in London over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

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 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-23	8	£603	+26.84%	24
West London	-14	2	-	-	3
IoT England

IoT Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing IoT also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing IoT.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	51.4%	38
2	Azure	33.8%	25
3	Agile	29.7%	22
4	Analytics	25.7%	19
4	Network Segmentation	25.7%	19
6	Roadmaps	24.3%	18
6	Validation	24.3%	18
8	Enterprise Architecture	20.3%	15
9	AI	17.6%	13
9	Decision-Making	17.6%	13
9	SC Cleared	17.6%	13
9	Security Cleared	17.6%	13
9	Zero Trust	17.6%	13
14	Active Directory	16.2%	12
14	Entra ID	16.2%	12
14	ISO/IEC 27001	16.2%	12
14	Virtual Desktop	16.2%	12
14	Zscaler	16.2%	12
19	Design Patterns	14.9%	11
20	Cisco	13.5%	10
20	Firewall	13.5%	10
20	Python	13.5%	10
23	Continuous Improvement	12.2%	9
23	Data Pipeline	12.2%	9
23	Project Delivery	12.2%	9
23	Project Management	12.2%	9
23	QA	12.2%	9
23	Requirements Gathering	12.2%	9
23	User Acceptance Testing	12.2%	9
23	User Experience	12.2%	9

IoT Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Operational Technology	28.4%	21
2	Onboarding	18.9%	14
3	FMCG	14.9%	11
4	Data Centre	12.2%	9
4	SCADA	12.2%	9
6	Cloud Native	5.4%	4
6	Legacy Systems	5.4%	4
6	Mobile App	5.4%	4
9	Analytical Mindset	4.1%	3
9	Industrial Internet of Things	4.1%	3
9	Marketing Technology	4.1%	3
9	Renewable Energy	4.1%	3
13	Algorithms	2.7%	2
13	Augmented Reality	2.7%	2
13	Cyber Threat	2.7%	2
13	Data Structures	2.7%	2
13	Driving Licence	2.7%	2
13	Fibre Optics	2.7%	2
13	Management Information System	2.7%	2
13	NHS	2.7%	2