IoT Contracts in Manchester

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 83 108
Rank change year-on-year +1 +25 +31
DemandTrendContract jobs citing IoT 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.39% 0.42% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.19% 1.56% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile £198 £410 £442
25th Percentile £206 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year -53.68% -6.17% -3.57%
75th Percentile - £525 £570
90th Percentile - £623 £596
North West median daily rate £205 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -54.44% -18.18% -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 337 321 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 32.94% 26.82% 28.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 195 364
10th Percentile £311 £368 £233
25th Percentile £405 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £603 £650 £600
90th Percentile £691 £815 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 16
10th Percentile £28.25 £16.11 £16.31
25th Percentile £34.50 £21.63 £16.85
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +80.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £60.25 £57.75
90th Percentile £78.00 £96.60 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £43.86 £31.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year +41.47% -20.00% +93.75%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in Manchester

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IoT

IoT
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bury - 3 £220 -
IoT
North West

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) 2G
1 3 (75.00%) 3G
1 3 (75.00%) 4G
1 3 (75.00%) 5G
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Smartphone
2 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) API Design
1 1 (25.00%) Application Security
1 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Data Security
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (25.00%) OWASP
1 1 (25.00%) SDLC
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (25.00%) Time Management
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow