IoT Contracts in the North West

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IoT over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 142 169
Rank change year-on-year +18 +27 -27
Contract jobs citing IoT 12 14 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.43% 0.43% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.62% 1.29% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 10
10th Percentile £360 £348 £313
25th Percentile £425 £397 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -12.38% -
75th Percentile £494 £533 £624
90th Percentile £583 £590 £644
England median daily rate £506 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -11.96% -4.17% +17.65%

All Generic Skills
North West

IoT is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 740 1,085 1,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.69% 33.70% 34.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 726 1,056
10th Percentile £289 £291 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +24.35%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £586
90th Percentile £672 £675 £671
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 49 64
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.68 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.22 £12.39
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.98 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +49.23% +4.75%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £38.59
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £48.01
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +0.88%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the North West

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for IoT in the North West

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the North West

IoT
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Manchester +9 6 £450 +2.86% 6
Cheshire +8 6 £450 -
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (8.33%) ChatGPT
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) OCI
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) MQTT
2 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (58.33%) Manufacturing
2 4 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Applications Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Power Apps Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Product Owner
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
4 1 (8.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) Hugging Face
1 1 (8.33%) LangChain
1 1 (8.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (8.33%) RESTful
1 1 (8.33%) TensorFlow
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Robotics
2 5 (41.67%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (16.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (58.33%) Roadmaps
3 6 (50.00%) Business Case
4 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Change Management
4 5 (41.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Use Case
5 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (33.33%) Value Proposition
5 4 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (25.00%) Edge Computing
7 2 (16.67%) QMS
8 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
8 1 (8.33%) DevOps
8 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
8 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (8.33%) Prototyping
8 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle