IoT Contracts in the South East

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 185 191
Rank change year-on-year +61 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing IoT 35 20 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.16% 0.36% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.47% 1.26% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 24
10th Percentile £193 £355 -
25th Percentile £241 £475 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £545 £413
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +32.12% -25.46%
75th Percentile £650 £551 £500
90th Percentile £738 £555 £658
England median daily rate £500 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £19.55 - £19.93
25th Percentile £21.13 £18.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -27.62% -55.51%
75th Percentile £26.63 £19.50 £30.56
90th Percentile £28.05 - £32.78
England median hourly rate £39.00 £43.58 £44.25
% change year-on-year -10.50% -1.53% -25.00%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the South East

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +39 12 £525 -3.67% 39
Berkshire +30 12 £525 - 27
West Sussex - 11 £220 - 5
Hampshire +34 10 £513 - 24
Surrey +14 1 - - 11
Kent - 1 - - 6
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.71%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.86%) Apache
2 1 (2.86%) ThingWorx
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) AWS
2 4 (11.43%) SaaS
3 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.71%) Azure
4 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon ELB
5 1 (2.86%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.86%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Storage
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) 5G
2 8 (22.86%) 2G
2 8 (22.86%) 4G
3 7 (20.00%) 3G
4 2 (5.71%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (2.86%) ADSL
5 1 (2.86%) BGP
5 1 (2.86%) DSL
5 1 (2.86%) EIGRP
5 1 (2.86%) Firewall
5 1 (2.86%) Internet
5 1 (2.86%) IPsec
5 1 (2.86%) LAN
5 1 (2.86%) MPLS
5 1 (2.86%) Network Security
5 1 (2.86%) OSPF
5 1 (2.86%) TACACS
5 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.86%) VoIP
5 1 (2.86%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) Big Data
2 3 (8.57%) Power BI
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Hive
3 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.86%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.86%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.86%) HBase
3 1 (2.86%) HDInsight
3 1 (2.86%) Impala
3 1 (2.86%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) GitLab
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Billing
3 3 (8.57%) Dutch Language
4 1 (2.86%) Automotive
4 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Architect
2 4 (11.43%) Senior
3 3 (8.57%) Project Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Senior Architect
3 3 (8.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (8.57%) Service Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (8.57%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Systems Test Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Test Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (2.86%) Capacity Manager
4 1 (2.86%) Designer
4 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Product Manager
4 1 (2.86%) Security Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Security Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) ARM Templates
1 1 (2.86%) Kafka
1 1 (2.86%) PySpark
1 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.86%) scikit-learn
1 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Smartphone
2 6 (17.14%) Algorithms
2 6 (17.14%) Device Driver
2 6 (17.14%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (11.43%) Driving Licence
4 3 (8.57%) Infotainment
4 3 (8.57%) Mobile App
4 3 (8.57%) Operational Technology
4 3 (8.57%) SCADA
5 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.71%) NB-IoT
5 2 (5.71%) PMI
6 1 (2.86%) CCTV
6 1 (2.86%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Linux
2 7 (20.00%) Android
2 7 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (11.43%) Windows
4 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Agile
2 11 (31.43%) Project Management
3 10 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (20.00%) Telematics
4 7 (20.00%) Time Management
4 7 (20.00%) Validation
5 6 (17.14%) Architectural Design
5 6 (17.14%) Cloud Enablement
5 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
5 6 (17.14%) Device Driver Development
5 6 (17.14%) Multithreading
5 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.14%) SDLC
6 5 (14.29%) DevOps
6 5 (14.29%) Machine Learning
6 5 (14.29%) Signal Processing
7 4 (11.43%) Containerisation
7 4 (11.43%) Data Security
7 4 (11.43%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) Embedded C
2 5 (14.29%) C
3 2 (5.71%) SQL
4 1 (2.86%) C#
4 1 (2.86%) Perl
4 1 (2.86%) Python
4 1 (2.86%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.86%) BC Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.86%) CCDP
4 1 (2.86%) CCIP
4 1 (2.86%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) CCNP
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.86%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Firmware
2 1 (2.86%) Apache Flume
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
2 3 (8.57%) Salesforce
2 3 (8.57%) SAP
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.86%) ADVA
4 1 (2.86%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco
4 1 (2.86%) Databricks
4 1 (2.86%) Google
4 1 (2.86%) Juniper
4 1 (2.86%) StreamSets