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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 173 186
Rank change year-on-year +60 +13 +20
Contract jobs citing IoT 33 20 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.11% 0.37% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.39% 1.31% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 12 22
10th Percentile £193 £355 £225
25th Percentile £220 £475 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £431
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +26.38% -22.94%
75th Percentile £650 £551 £500
90th Percentile £713 £555 £580
England median daily rate £500 £545 £575
% change year-on-year -8.26% -5.22% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £19.55 - -
25th Percentile £21.13 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% - -67.80%
75th Percentile £26.63 £19.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £28.05 - -
England median hourly rate £38.02 £43.58 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.75% -20.77% -6.78%

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 974 1,532 1,923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 32.83% 28.02% 34.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 925 1,308
10th Percentile £200 £205 £205
25th Percentile £350 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £656 £688 £721
England median daily rate £540 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -1.82% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 151 92
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.71 £18.08
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £19.00
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.50 £47.79
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -0.61% +122.85%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £66.34
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.91 £33.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +1.22% +48.99% -16.66%

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 15 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 15 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 +28 11 £525 -3.67% 55
Berkshire +26 11 £525 - 47
Hampshire +35 10 £525 - 34
West Sussex - 10 £220 - 7
Surrey +10 1 - - 9
Kent - 1 - - 5
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 (6.06%) ThingWorx
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) AWS
2 4 (12.12%) SaaS
3 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) Amazon ELB
4 1 (3.03%) Azure
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Storage
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) 4G
1 9 (27.27%) 5G
2 8 (24.24%) 2G
3 7 (21.21%) 3G
4 2 (6.06%) ADSL
4 2 (6.06%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (3.03%) DNS
5 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
5 1 (3.03%) Internet
5 1 (3.03%) LAN
5 1 (3.03%) Network Security
5 1 (3.03%) PPP
5 1 (3.03%) RIP
5 1 (3.03%) SNMP
5 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.03%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.03%) VoIP
5 1 (3.03%) VPN
5 1 (3.03%) WAN
5 1 (3.03%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) Big Data
3 1 (3.03%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (3.03%) Apache Hive
3 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.03%) Hadoop
3 1 (3.03%) HBase
3 1 (3.03%) HDInsight
3 1 (3.03%) Impala
3 1 (3.03%) Metadata
General
1 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Billing
2 3 (9.09%) Dutch Language
3 1 (3.03%) Automotive
3 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Architect
2 4 (12.12%) Senior
3 3 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 3 (9.09%) Senior Architect
3 3 (9.09%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (9.09%) Service Manager
3 3 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Designer
4 2 (6.06%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (3.03%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Field Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Systems Test Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) ARM Templates
1 1 (3.03%) Kafka
1 1 (3.03%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Smartphone
2 5 (15.15%) Algorithms
2 5 (15.15%) Device Driver
2 5 (15.15%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
3 4 (12.12%) Operational Technology
3 4 (12.12%) SCADA
4 3 (9.09%) Infotainment
4 3 (9.09%) Mobile App
5 2 (6.06%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.06%) NB-IoT
5 2 (6.06%) PMI
6 1 (3.03%) CCTV
6 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Android
1 7 (21.21%) Apple iOS
1 7 (21.21%) Linux
2 2 (6.06%) Windows
3 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Agile
1 10 (30.30%) Project Management
2 7 (21.21%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (21.21%) Telematics
2 7 (21.21%) Time Management
3 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.15%) Architectural Design
4 5 (15.15%) Cloud Enablement
4 5 (15.15%) Device Driver Development
4 5 (15.15%) Multithreading
4 5 (15.15%) SDLC
4 5 (15.15%) Signal Processing
4 5 (15.15%) Validation
5 4 (12.12%) Data Security
5 4 (12.12%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.09%) Edge Computing
6 3 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Embedded C
2 4 (12.12%) C
3 1 (3.03%) C#
3 1 (3.03%) Perl
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.03%) BC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) CCDP
3 1 (3.03%) CCIP
3 1 (3.03%) CCNA
3 1 (3.03%) CCNP
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) PMO
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Flume
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
2 3 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 3 (9.09%) SAP
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.03%) ADVA
4 1 (3.03%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) Databricks
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) Juniper
4 1 (3.03%) StreamSets