IoT Contract Job Trends 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 in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 115 137
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 +40
Contract jobs citing IoT 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.25% 0.084% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 0.29% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £408 £515
25th Percentile - £419 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year -73.33% -25.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £494 £688
90th Percentile - £513 £725
England median daily rate £550 £553 £525
% change year-on-year -0.45% +5.24% -17.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £39.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -51.28% -12.36% +32.84%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 848 684 804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.08% 28.78% 29.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 579 358 562
10th Percentile £214 £291 £255
25th Percentile £360 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £482 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% -5.49% +3.03%
75th Percentile £575 £552 £594
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 27 39
10th Percentile £15.87 £17.56 £16.20
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.05 £25.18
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.65% -27.06% +95.13%
75th Percentile £52.50 £46.84 £48.44
90th Percentile £74.26 £89.70 £65.15
England median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £44.75
% change year-on-year -41.05% +6.15% +65.86%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IoT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

IoT job vacancy trend in the North West

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IoT

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 7 November 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
Cheshire - 4 £120 - 7
Manchester -2 2 - - 14
IoT
England

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) NFC
1 2 (33.33%) RFID
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 6 (100.00%) Retail