MQTT Contract Job Trends in London

Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring MQTT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 352 385
Rank change year-on-year -47 +33 +94
Contract jobs citing MQTT 7 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.039% 0.048% 0.040%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.50% 0.45% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £316 £481 -
25th Percentile £330 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £500 £390
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% +28.21% -46.94%
75th Percentile £438 £575 £431
90th Percentile - £622 £493
England median daily rate £467 £575 £390
% change year-on-year -18.78% +47.44% -46.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

MQTT falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,407 1,327 1,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.90% 10.56% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 850 1,127
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -11.31%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £700 £725 £740
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 15 56
10th Percentile £19.93 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.46 £32.33 £17.55
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +86.81% -47.09%
75th Percentile £28.88 £51.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £88.00 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%

MQTT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MQTT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

MQTT job vacancy trend in London

MQTT
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MQTT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MQTT

MQTT
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 MQTT within the London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
East London - 2 £334 -
MQTT
England

MQTT
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) VXLAN
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (14.29%) MySQL
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Back Office
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Integration Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Java Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) SUSE
1 1 (14.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Feasibility Study
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) C
2 3 (42.86%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Kepware