Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industrial Internet of Things in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industrial Internet of Things over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 510 | 578 | 710 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +68 | +132 | +135 |
| Contract jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.034% | 0.009% | 0.013% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.10% | 0.030% | 0.040% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £514 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £706 | - | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | - | £631 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | - | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -41.18% |
All Generic Skills
UK
Industrial Internet of Things 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 9,944 | 13,250 | 19,897 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.97% | 30.42% | 33.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,345 | 8,502 | 13,668 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £263 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -2.27% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £660 | £680 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £788 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £496 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.80% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 394 | 912 | 640 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.46 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £30.00 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.83% | +33.42% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.99 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £31.08 | £28.25 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.02% | +28.41% | +9.64% |
Industrial Internet of Things
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Industrial Internet of Things as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Industrial Internet of Things
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things.
Industrial Internet of Things
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Industrial Internet of Things
Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +69 | 8 | £650 | - | 21 |
| England | +61 | 7 | £650 | - | 23 |
| Work from Home | +45 | 5 | £675 | - | 5 |
| West Midlands | - | 4 | £625 | - | 2 |
| Midlands | - | 4 | £625 | - | 2 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £574 | - | 2 |
| North of England | +18 | 1 | £650 | - | 9 |
| North West | +16 | 1 | £650 | - | 2 |
| South East | - | 1 | £775 | - | 6 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £650 | - |
Industrial Internet of Things
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: