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 30 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 109 148
Rank change year-on-year -7 +39 +35
Contract jobs citing IoT 1 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.061% 0.32% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.95% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £534 £565
25th Percentile £406 £584 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +4.17% -29.41%
75th Percentile £419 £709 £625
90th Percentile - £839 -
UK median daily rate £513 £555 £525
% change year-on-year -7.66% +5.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year +37.50% -23.08% +136.36%

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 664 634 939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 40.49% 34.27% 37.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 391 619
10th Percentile £185 £205 £207
25th Percentile £355 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £498
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.04% +4.74%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £558
90th Percentile £588 £700 £651
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 17
10th Percentile £16.10 £12.30 £11.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.00 £13.16
Median hourly rate £19.97 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +10.15% +2.31% -55.70%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.26 £22.63
90th Percentile £57.50 £40.07 £50.14
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -34.44% +5.26% +61.32%

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
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 30 August 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
Dundee - 1 £413 -
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cadence
1 1 (100.00%) EMC