IoT Contracts 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 322 365
Rank change year-on-year +51 +43 -19
Contract jobs citing IoT 71 69 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.67% 1.17% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 55
10th Percentile £196 £358 £263
25th Percentile £375 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £650 £553 £594
90th Percentile £688 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 2
10th Percentile £19.55 - £25.90
25th Percentile £21.13 £22.33 £37.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £60.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.33% +6.14% +119.23%
75th Percentile £26.63 £63.75 £78.00
90th Percentile £28.05 - £89.70
UK median hourly rate £38.02 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -37.16% +10.00% +29.41%

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 4,261 5,876 7,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.47% 29.00% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,593 3,533 4,968
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £595 £610
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 726 423
10th Percentile £16.10 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.27 £31.25 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +43.68% +2.96%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £64.13
90th Percentile £82.24 £70.00 £73.95
UK median hourly rate £31.29 £32.12 £22.08
% change year-on-year -2.58% +45.45% -19.71%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the UK excluding London

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 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend 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 23 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
South East +65 34 £513 -5.09% 400
Midlands +30 24 £500 -35.48% 254
West Midlands +26 23 £500 -42.86% 119
North of England +13 13 £220 -51.11% 269
North West +8 11 £220 -51.11% 122
East of England +30 4 £400 - 209
Yorkshire +16 2 - - 111
Scotland +2 2 £544 -0.46% 78
Wales - 2 £538 - 30
East Midlands - 1 £75 - 115
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (4.23%) Apache Spark
1 3 (4.23%) ThingWorx
2 2 (2.82%) MS Project Server
3 1 (1.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.41%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (8.45%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.31%) Azure
2 10 (14.08%) Power Platform
3 9 (12.68%) AWS
4 8 (11.27%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (9.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (8.45%) Collibra
6 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (7.04%) SaaS
8 4 (5.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (4.23%) GitHub
9 3 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (4.23%) Serverless
10 2 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.41%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.41%) Azure Storage
11 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.31%) 5G
2 10 (14.08%) 4G
3 8 (11.27%) 2G
4 7 (9.86%) 3G
5 6 (8.45%) Internet
6 5 (7.04%) Firewall
7 3 (4.23%) ADSL
7 3 (4.23%) MQTT
8 2 (2.82%) Ethernet
8 2 (2.82%) LoRaWAN
8 2 (2.82%) LTE
8 2 (2.82%) Modbus
8 2 (2.82%) Network Security
8 2 (2.82%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (2.82%) VPN
8 2 (2.82%) WAN
9 1 (1.41%) PPP
9 1 (1.41%) RIP
9 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.41%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) Azure SQL Database
1 9 (12.68%) Power BI
2 6 (8.45%) Delta Lake
2 6 (8.45%) GIS
3 5 (7.04%) Oracle Database
4 4 (5.63%) Big Data
4 4 (5.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.82%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.82%) HDInsight
5 2 (2.82%) Tableau
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.41%) Apache Hive
6 1 (1.41%) HBase
6 1 (1.41%) Impala
6 1 (1.41%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.41%) MySQL
6 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Eclipse
1 1 (1.41%) Flyway
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
1 1 (1.41%) Liquibase
1 1 (1.41%) NetBeans
General
1 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Automotive
4 5 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.23%) Billing
5 3 (4.23%) Dutch Language
5 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Electronics
7 1 (1.41%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (36.62%) Architect
2 7 (9.86%) Applications Architect
2 7 (9.86%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (8.45%) Senior
4 5 (7.04%) Data Architect
4 5 (7.04%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Senior Architect
5 4 (5.63%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.23%) Data Migration Specialist
6 3 (4.23%) Designer
6 3 (4.23%) Migration Specialist
6 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.23%) Service Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Solutions Designer
7 2 (2.82%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.82%) Data Engineer
7 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 2 (2.82%) Systems Architect
7 2 (2.82%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.27%) Kafka
2 1 (1.41%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.41%) POSIX
2 1 (1.41%) PySpark
2 1 (1.41%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.54%) SCADA
2 11 (15.49%) Operational Technology
3 8 (11.27%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 8 (11.27%) Management Information System
4 7 (9.86%) Blockchain
4 7 (9.86%) Data Structures
4 7 (9.86%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (9.86%) Smartphone
5 6 (8.45%) Algorithms
6 5 (7.04%) Device Driver
6 5 (7.04%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (7.04%) Mobile App
7 4 (5.63%) Driving Licence
7 4 (5.63%) NB-IoT
7 4 (5.63%) PMI
8 3 (4.23%) Infotainment
8 3 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.86%) Android
1 7 (9.86%) Apple iOS
1 7 (9.86%) Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Unix
2 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) Agile
2 15 (21.13%) Machine Learning
3 14 (19.72%) Artificial Intelligence
3 14 (19.72%) Project Management
4 13 (18.31%) Analytics
4 13 (18.31%) DevOps
5 12 (16.90%) Migration
6 11 (15.49%) Architectural Design
7 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (12.68%) Data Architecture
7 9 (12.68%) Data Governance
7 9 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.27%) Decision-Making
8 8 (11.27%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (11.27%) ETL
8 8 (11.27%) Validation
9 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
9 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (9.86%) Telematics
9 7 (9.86%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.90%) SQL
2 9 (12.68%) Python
3 6 (8.45%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (7.04%) C
4 5 (7.04%) Embedded C
5 3 (4.23%) Bicep
6 1 (1.41%) C#
6 1 (1.41%) C++
6 1 (1.41%) Perl
6 1 (1.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (15.49%) Degree
2 7 (9.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (8.45%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.45%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.04%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.41%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.41%) CCDP
5 1 (1.41%) CCIP
5 1 (1.41%) CCNA
5 1 (1.41%) CCNP
5 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.41%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.41%) OSCE
5 1 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) Data Quality
2 6 (8.45%) GDPR
3 4 (5.63%) NCSC
4 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.82%) PMO
4 2 (2.82%) QA
5 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.41%) IEC 61508
5 1 (1.41%) MISRA
5 1 (1.41%) MISRA C
5 1 (1.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) Firmware
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Flume
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) SAP
2 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.27%) Databricks
4 6 (8.45%) Informatica
5 5 (7.04%) Oracle
6 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.23%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.41%) ADVA
8 1 (1.41%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (1.41%) Cadence
8 1 (1.41%) Cisco
8 1 (1.41%) EMC
8 1 (1.41%) Google
8 1 (1.41%) Juniper
8 1 (1.41%) QNX
8 1 (1.41%) StreamSets