IoT Contracts 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 advertised in Scotland. 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 124 154 169
Rank change year-on-year +30 +15 -22
Contract jobs citing IoT 6 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.31% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 0.87% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £571 £493
25th Percentile £571 £614 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £675 £750
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £614 £722 £875
90th Percentile - £750 -
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -10.87% -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £22.00
75th Percentile £60.75 - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £44.25 £59.00
% change year-on-year +36.72% -25.00% +27.57%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 730 1,037 1,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.72% 36.28% 33.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 712 817
10th Percentile £205 £250 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +1.84% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 23
10th Percentile £13.80 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.27 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.54% -71.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £48.00 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.30 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in Scotland

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IoT in Scotland

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for IoT in Scotland

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 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
Edinburgh +43 5 - - 8
Glasgow +1 1 £593 -12.22% 4
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Device Driver
1 4 (66.67%) PCIe
1 4 (66.67%) Verilog
1 4 (66.67%) VHDL
2 1 (16.67%) BYOD
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (66.67%) Code Optimisation
1 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (66.67%) Device Driver Development
1 4 (66.67%) Memory Management
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Management
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Twin
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) MISRA
1 4 (66.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Atlassian
1 4 (66.67%) Intel
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet