IoT Contracts in the South West

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 130 156
Rank change year-on-year +22 +26 +2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing IoT 6 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.31% 0.18% 0.060%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 0.63% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £249 £436 -
25th Percentile £366 £442 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.48% +1.32% +18.75%
75th Percentile £644 £517 £488
90th Percentile £678 £522 -
England median daily rate £506 £569 £538
% change year-on-year -10.95% +5.77% -8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £27.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +150.00% -44.90% +104.17%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 619 800 881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.16% 29.18% 26.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 498 651
10th Percentile £225 £279 £300
25th Percentile £375 £460 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £669
90th Percentile £700 £700 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 114 50
10th Percentile £6.00 £13.69 £18.95
25th Percentile £15.48 £42.81 £54.38
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £71.49
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% -2.08% +60.65%
75th Percentile £53.06 £72.50 £83.40
90th Percentile £77.59 £75.00 £83.52
England median hourly rate £32.71 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -34.58% +11.11% +73.08%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the South West

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IoT

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the South West over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the South West

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IoT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IoT

IoT
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +8 3 £575 +24.32% 14
Somerset - 2 £700 - 4
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) PaaS
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) NFC
1 1 (16.67%) RFID
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) ClickHouse
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Tech for Good
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Data Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) Load Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) ArchiMate
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Microservices
2 1 (16.67%) MODAF
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) BiZZdesign