IoT Contracts in the Thames Valley

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IoT over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 142 137
Rank change year-on-year +16 -5 -23
Contract jobs citing IoT 15 14 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.55% 0.48% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 1.47% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 21
10th Percentile £350 £286 £390
25th Percentile £375 £425 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £467
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +1.71% -6.60%
75th Percentile £555 £513 £623
90th Percentile - £625 £709
South East median daily rate £550 £413 £550
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £19.93 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.06 £25.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £26.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.62% +0.96% -43.78%
75th Percentile £19.50 £30.56 £26.50
90th Percentile - £32.78 -
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £26.25 £59.00
% change year-on-year -27.62% -55.51% +27.57%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

IoT is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 819 953 1,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.18% 32.39% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 631 695
10th Percentile £205 £275 £196
25th Percentile £281 £410 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 24 30
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +143.75% -21.57%
75th Percentile £59.97 £70.90 £26.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.57
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -25.86%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the Thames Valley

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the Thames Valley

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the Thames Valley

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IoT in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -6 12 £463 -1.60% 24
Buckinghamshire +35 3 £550 -26.67% 2
IoT
South East

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (13.33%) GitHub
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Internet
1 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) ADSL
2 1 (6.67%) BGP
2 1 (6.67%) Broadband
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) DSL
2 1 (6.67%) EIGRP
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) IPsec
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) MPLS
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) OSPF
2 1 (6.67%) TACACS
2 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (6.67%) VoIP
2 1 (6.67%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Embedded Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Embedded Software Developer
3 1 (6.67%) GDPR Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Java Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Scrum Master
3 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Java Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
1 2 (13.33%) 802.1X
1 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.67%) PyTorch
2 1 (6.67%) React
2 1 (6.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Debian
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (33.33%) DevOps
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) API Design
3 3 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (20.00%) OWASP
3 3 (20.00%) SDLC
3 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
4 2 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) OO
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (13.33%) Scrum
4 2 (13.33%) SOLID
4 2 (13.33%) TDD
4 2 (13.33%) YAGNI
5 1 (6.67%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C
2 2 (13.33%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) C++
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) PHP
3 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (13.33%) CCSP
2 2 (13.33%) CISA
2 2 (13.33%) CISM
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) BC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) CCDP
3 1 (6.67%) CCIP
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) CCSK
3 1 (6.67%) CEH
3 1 (6.67%) CISMP
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) CRISC
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) GDPR
2 2 (13.33%) NIST
3 1 (6.67%) COBIT
3 1 (6.67%) GRC
3 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Atmel
2 1 (6.67%) ADVA
2 1 (6.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Juniper