IoT Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 301 275
Rank change year-on-year -14 -26 +121
Contract jobs citing IoT 78 56 126
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.37% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 1.20% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 31 75
10th Percentile £170 £300 £278
25th Percentile £263 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £631
90th Percentile £725 £738 £1,115
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 19
10th Percentile - £20.60 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £42.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £29.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% -40.82% +46.27%
75th Percentile £71.25 £52.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £65.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £39.02 £49.00
% change year-on-year -51.31% -20.37% +46.27%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,002 4,672 6,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.05% 31.16% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,713 2,631 3,929
10th Percentile £204 £203 £213
25th Percentile £358 £359 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £664 £688 £699
UK median daily rate £505 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.05% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 475 251 377
10th Percentile £13.01 £17.63 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -28.11% +52.12%
75th Percentile £64.04 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -17.55% -22.35% +21.43%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IoT job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IoT

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IoT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IoT

IoT
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
East of England -2 19 £520 - 6
North of England -38 18 £450 +51.26% 29
South East -33 14 £643 +22.38% 41
West Midlands -31 13 £450 -18.92% 5
Midlands -46 13 £450 -18.92% 12
South West +2 11 £458 - 10
Yorkshire -35 8 £563 +105.48% 15
North West -20 7 £120 -70.00% 11
North East -7 3 £213 - 5
Wales - 2 £335 - 2
Scotland +1 1 £325 -48.00% 3
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.56%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.28%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.28%) SAP PM
3 1 (1.28%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.36%) Azure
2 13 (16.67%) AWS
3 9 (11.54%) Power Platform
4 8 (10.26%) GCP
5 4 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.85%) AWS IoT
6 3 (3.85%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.85%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.56%) PaaS
7 2 (2.56%) SaaS
7 2 (2.56%) Serverless
8 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.28%) GitHub
8 1 (1.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.51%) LTE
2 15 (19.23%) Wireless
3 14 (17.95%) 3GPP
3 14 (17.95%) NFC
3 14 (17.95%) RFID
4 5 (6.41%) 5G
5 4 (5.13%) 2G
5 4 (5.13%) 4G
5 4 (5.13%) Modbus
6 3 (3.85%) Ethernet
6 3 (3.85%) Firewall
6 3 (3.85%) Internet
6 3 (3.85%) LAN
6 3 (3.85%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.85%) VLAN
6 3 (3.85%) WAN
7 2 (2.56%) Mobile Backhaul
7 2 (2.56%) Network Security
7 2 (2.56%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Power BI
2 3 (3.85%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.85%) Tableau
3 2 (2.56%) ClickHouse
3 2 (2.56%) MySQL
4 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.28%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.28%) GIS
4 1 (1.28%) Metadata
4 1 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Git
1 1 (1.28%) Gradle
1 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
1 1 (1.28%) Maven
General
1 18 (23.08%) Retail
2 12 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.13%) Automotive
3 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.85%) Marketing
5 2 (2.56%) Billing
5 2 (2.56%) Legal
5 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.56%) Tech for Good
6 1 (1.28%) Agriculture
6 1 (1.28%) Agrochemical
6 1 (1.28%) Banking
6 1 (1.28%) Finance
6 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.28%) Local Government
6 1 (1.28%) Publishing
6 1 (1.28%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 13 (16.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 10 (12.82%) Architect
3 6 (7.69%) Consultant
3 6 (7.69%) DSP Engineer
4 5 (6.41%) Developer
4 5 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (5.13%) Data Engineer
5 4 (5.13%) Lead
5 4 (5.13%) Network Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Applications Consultant
6 3 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 3 (3.85%) Electronics Technician
6 3 (3.85%) Product Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Senior
7 2 (2.56%) Analyst
7 2 (2.56%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Developer
7 2 (2.56%) RF Engineer
7 2 (2.56%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) .NET
1 4 (5.13%) HTML
1 4 (5.13%) Middleware
2 1 (1.28%) Kafka
2 1 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.28%) PySpark
2 1 (1.28%) REST
2 1 (1.28%) Visualforce
2 1 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.51%) NB-IoT
2 13 (16.67%) FPGA
3 9 (11.54%) Operational Technology
4 7 (8.97%) Product Ownership
5 4 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.85%) 3D Printing
6 3 (3.85%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.85%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.56%) SCADA
8 1 (1.28%) Data Fabric
8 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.28%) Smart Home
8 1 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.41%) Linux
2 3 (3.85%) Windows
3 2 (2.56%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.56%) Unix
4 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.51%) Validation
2 13 (16.67%) Analytics
2 13 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 12 (15.38%) Agile
4 11 (14.10%) Digital Signal Processing
4 11 (14.10%) Kalman Filter
4 11 (14.10%) Signal Processing
5 8 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (8.97%) DevOps
7 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (6.41%) Data Modelling
8 5 (6.41%) ETL
8 5 (6.41%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (5.13%) AI
9 4 (5.13%) Business Strategy
9 4 (5.13%) CRM
9 4 (5.13%) Software Engineering
9 4 (5.13%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.67%) SQL
2 11 (14.10%) Python
3 5 (6.41%) C#
4 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.85%) R
5 2 (2.56%) C++
5 2 (2.56%) Java
5 2 (2.56%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.28%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.28%) C
6 1 (1.28%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.28%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 7 (8.97%) SC Cleared
1 7 (8.97%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.13%) Degree
4 3 (3.85%) CCNA
4 3 (3.85%) CCNP
4 3 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.56%) CCSP
5 2 (2.56%) CISM
5 2 (2.56%) CISSP
5 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.56%) GCFA
5 2 (2.56%) GCFE
5 2 (2.56%) GCIH
5 2 (2.56%) GREM
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) GDPR
1 1 (1.28%) NIST
1 1 (1.28%) NIST 800
1 1 (1.28%) PMO
1 1 (1.28%) QA
1 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Docker
1 1 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) EnCase
1 2 (2.56%) FTK
1 2 (2.56%) Terraform
2 1 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (1.28%) Grafana
2 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Databricks
3 3 (3.85%) CheckPoint
3 3 (3.85%) Cisco
3 3 (3.85%) Google
3 3 (3.85%) MuleSoft
4 2 (2.56%) BMC
4 2 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.56%) Darktrace
4 2 (2.56%) Remedy
4 2 (2.56%) SAP
5 1 (1.28%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (1.28%) Dell
5 1 (1.28%) NEC
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.28%) Siemens
100 IoT jobs in the UK excluding London