IoT Contracts in the Midlands

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 120 157
Rank change year-on-year +25 +37 +27
Contract jobs citing IoT 16 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.84% 0.47% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.76% 1.52% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 7
10th Percentile £233 £550 £412
25th Percentile £450 £663 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £488
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +38.46% -17.02%
75th Percentile £538 £888 £525
90th Percentile £673 - £585
England median daily rate £500 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.33 £92.50
Median hourly rate - £24.65 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year - -74.05% -
75th Percentile - £26.98 £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £39.00 £43.58 £44.25
% change year-on-year -10.50% -1.53% -25.00%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IoT in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +19 15 £500 -42.86% 42
East Midlands +10 1 £75 -85.00% 24
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) 5G
1 2 (12.50%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (12.50%) Modbus
1 2 (12.50%) MQTT
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Internet
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Eclipse
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) NetBeans
General
1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Automotive
2 5 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Applications Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) IoT Architect
4 1 (6.25%) IT Architect
4 1 (6.25%) IT Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (31.25%) Blockchain
2 5 (31.25%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (25.00%) Data Structures
4 3 (18.75%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
4 3 (18.75%) SCADA
5 2 (12.50%) NB-IoT
6 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (31.25%) Business Transformation
3 5 (31.25%) CAFM
3 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
3 5 (31.25%) Data Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) DevOps
3 5 (31.25%) Energy Management
3 5 (31.25%) Facilities Management
3 5 (31.25%) Informatics
3 5 (31.25%) Process Management
3 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
4 4 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 4 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 4 (25.00%) Interface Catalogue
4 4 (25.00%) Microservices
4 4 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C
1 1 (6.25%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) NCSC
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) IEC 61508
2 1 (6.25%) MISRA
2 1 (6.25%) MISRA C
2 1 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) QNX