Industrial Internet of Things Contracts

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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 567 669
Rank change year-on-year +21 +102 +178
Contract jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things 13 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.012% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.041% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile £455 - -
25th Percentile £500 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £725 £475 £584
90th Percentile £788 - £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -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 11,440 12,296 17,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 30.62% 32.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,033 7,899 12,213
10th Percentile £300 £300 £305
25th Percentile £406 £423 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £643 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £813 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 691 445
10th Percentile £15.10 £12.25 £14.09
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.68 £19.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +12.68% +31.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.13 £72.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £41.50 £45.82
% change year-on-year -27.71% -9.43% +113.12%

Industrial Internet of Things
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Industrial Internet of Things as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Industrial Internet of Things in the UK

Industrial Internet of Things
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things.

Daily rate trend for Industrial Internet of Things in the UK

Industrial Internet of Things
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things over the 6 months to 27 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Industrial Internet of Things in the UK

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 27 July 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
England +35 12 £650 +44.44% 13
UK excluding London +38 9 £650 +44.44% 7
Work from Home +26 5 £725 -
West Midlands -1 5 £600 +33.33%
Midlands -1 5 £600 +33.33% 1
London +15 3 £494 - 7
South East - 3 £775 - 1
North of England -2 1 £650 - 3
North West -8 1 £650 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) ThingWorx
2 1 (7.69%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) IaaS
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Modbus
1 3 (23.08%) MQTT
2 2 (15.38%) 4G
2 2 (15.38%) 5G
2 2 (15.38%) ADSL
2 2 (15.38%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) Internet
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
3 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) WAN
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Technology Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.69%) IoT Architect
3 1 (7.69%) IT Architect
3 1 (7.69%) IT Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Security Technical Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Operational Technology
2 9 (69.23%) SCADA
3 8 (61.54%) IoT
4 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
4 2 (15.38%) NB-IoT
5 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (7.69%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) Zero Trust
2 3 (23.08%) Capacity Management
2 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
3 2 (15.38%) Edge Computing
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
3 2 (15.38%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Application Security
4 1 (7.69%) Data Acquisition
4 1 (7.69%) Data Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) Predictive Maintenance
4 1 (7.69%) Red Team
4 1 (7.69%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) CREST Certified
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) OSCE
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NCSC
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
2 1 (7.69%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (7.69%) AVEVA
2 1 (7.69%) Siemens