IoT Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -47 - -
Contract jobs citing IoT 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.43% 0.32% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £556 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% - -
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £594 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £563 £250 £450
% change year-on-year +125.00% -44.44% -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 352 138 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 49.93% 44.37% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 89 86
10th Percentile £325 £219 £388
25th Percentile £406 £319 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £513 £494
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +3.80% -14.13%
75th Percentile £537 £600 £588
90th Percentile £600 £651 £669
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £507 £475
% change year-on-year -4.93% +6.74% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -40.00% +18.42%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +11.11% -40.00% +53.90%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Sheffield

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing IoT

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 3 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Video Analytics
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) MuleSoft