IoT Contract Job Trends in Scotland

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 116 139
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 +21
Contract jobs citing IoT 1 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.064% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.50% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £458
25th Percentile £313 £613 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £625 £593
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +5.49% -12.22%
75th Percentile £338 £638 £619
90th Percentile - - £623
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.50
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year - +22.95% -
75th Percentile - - £61.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £39.02 £49.00
% change year-on-year -51.31% -20.37% +46.27%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 610 596 878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.83% 34.65% 36.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 322 530
10th Percentile £181 £192 £250
25th Percentile £351 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £600 £674 £700
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 27
10th Percentile £14.87 £18.83 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.25 £20.36 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +22.99% -8.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.60 £39.34 £60.60
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -20.00% +21.43%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Scotland

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IoT

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IoT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IoT

IoT
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
South Ayrshire - 1 £325 -
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco