IoT Contract Job Trends in Wales

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IoT 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.46% - 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% - 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile £330 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - £638
75th Percentile £340 - £672
90th Percentile - - £694
UK median daily rate £550 £553 £525
% change year-on-year -0.45% +5.24% -19.23%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 139 151 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 31.81% 32.97% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 93 122
10th Percentile £170 £134 £166
25th Percentile £226 £178 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £335 £340
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -1.47% -24.44%
75th Percentile £438 £550 £569
90th Percentile £530 £698 £674
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £20.07 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £22.25 £18.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £21.50 £27.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £32.63 £45.52 £55.50
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.50% -10.11% +64.94%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Wales

IoT
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing IoT

IoT
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Wales region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 Wales - 2 £335 - 10
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco