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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 296 330
Rank change year-on-year -40 +34 +114
Contract jobs citing IoT 46 51 57
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 1.09% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 25 33
10th Percentile £306 £423 £240
25th Percentile £406 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -13.64% -25.17%
75th Percentile £669 £538 £700
90th Percentile £794 £713 £738
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -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 £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 5,616 4,667 6,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.76% 34.26% 33.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,646 2,936 4,311
10th Percentile £343 £323 £300
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £800 £838 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -7.27% +0.92% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 59 176
10th Percentile £17.50 £22.06 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.57 £19.34
Median hourly rate £27.86 £39.00 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -28.58% +35.06% -14.62%
75th Percentile £52.66 £62.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.75 £81.24 £65.88
England median hourly rate £31.65 £37.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -15.60% +15.38% +44.49%

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 February 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 February 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 -9 5 £513 +7.89% 14
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 (8.70%) Confluence
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.35%) SAP EWM
2 2 (4.35%) SAP GTS
2 2 (4.35%) SAP IBP
2 2 (4.35%) SAP MM
2 2 (4.35%) SAP PP
2 2 (4.35%) SAP SCM
2 2 (4.35%) SAP SRM
3 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 15 (32.61%) Azure
2 9 (19.57%) AWS
3 7 (15.22%) PaaS
3 7 (15.22%) SaaS
4 6 (13.04%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (10.87%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.70%) OneDrive
6 4 (8.70%) PowerApps
7 3 (6.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (6.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (4.35%) Serverless
9 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (2.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) Network Security
1 7 (15.22%) WAN
2 6 (13.04%) Wireless
3 5 (10.87%) 5G
3 5 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (8.70%) 2G
4 4 (8.70%) 3GPP
4 4 (8.70%) 4G
4 4 (8.70%) Firewall
4 4 (8.70%) LAN
4 4 (8.70%) NFC
4 4 (8.70%) PSTN
4 4 (8.70%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (8.70%) RFID
4 4 (8.70%) Unified Communications
5 3 (6.52%) MVNO
5 3 (6.52%) SMPP
5 3 (6.52%) SMS
5 3 (6.52%) VPN
6 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Data Lake
1 4 (8.70%) GIS
2 3 (6.52%) Metadata
3 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (2.17%) HDInsight
4 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Telecoms
3 8 (17.39%) Finance
4 7 (15.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
6 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.70%) Marketing
6 4 (8.70%) Retail
7 2 (4.35%) Billing
7 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Aviation
8 1 (2.17%) Back Office
8 1 (2.17%) Electronics
8 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Architect
2 7 (15.22%) Consultant
3 4 (8.70%) Azure Architect
3 4 (8.70%) Data Architect
3 4 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Network Design Specialist
4 3 (6.52%) Network Specialist
5 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Implementation Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) Integration Architect
5 2 (4.35%) IT Support
5 2 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Network Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Network Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) Procurement Manager
5 2 (4.35%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Security Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (4.35%) ARM Templates
2 2 (4.35%) Kafka
3 1 (2.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Operational Technology
2 5 (10.87%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (10.87%) NB-IoT
3 4 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.52%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.52%) Java Card
4 3 (6.52%) NHS
5 2 (4.35%) Data Fabric
5 2 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.35%) Robotics
6 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.17%) FMCG
6 1 (2.17%) Life Science
6 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.17%) PropTech
6 1 (2.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Android
2 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.17%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.17%) Unix
2 1 (2.17%) VMS
2 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (23.91%) Analytics
3 10 (21.74%) Agile
4 9 (19.57%) Roadmaps
5 7 (15.22%) Cloud Security
6 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.04%) Data Architecture
6 6 (13.04%) ETL
6 6 (13.04%) Network Design
6 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (13.04%) TOGAF
7 5 (10.87%) AI
7 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
7 5 (10.87%) Data Management
7 5 (10.87%) Data Modelling
7 5 (10.87%) ERP
7 5 (10.87%) Machine Learning
8 4 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (8.70%) Project Delivery
8 4 (8.70%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) Python
1 8 (17.39%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.52%) C
3 3 (6.52%) C++
3 3 (6.52%) Java
4 2 (4.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Azure Certification
2 4 (8.70%) Degree
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) CCNP
4 2 (4.35%) CISSP
4 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.17%) CCIE
5 1 (2.17%) CCSK
5 1 (2.17%) CCSP
5 1 (2.17%) CGEIT
5 1 (2.17%) CISM
5 1 (2.17%) CRISC
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.17%) PMP
5 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) NIST
3 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.17%) GRC
4 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.52%) Terraform
3 1 (2.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) Databricks
3 3 (6.52%) Thales
4 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.17%) AVEVA
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco
5 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.17%) IFS
5 1 (2.17%) Meraki
5 1 (2.17%) NEC
5 1 (2.17%) PagerDuty