Industrial Internet of Things Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industrial Internet of Things in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 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 136 104 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.044% 0.060% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.21% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 -
England median daily rate £588 £625 £400
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% +100.00%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 796 484 669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 35.35% 29.10% 36.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 301 418
10th Percentile £250 £213 £275
25th Percentile £384 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £624
90th Percentile £650 £713 £716
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 38
10th Percentile £18.50 £18.77 £16.95
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.88 £17.79
Median hourly rate £23.05 £30.23 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.74% +31.41% +27.48%
75th Percentile £31.00 £44.95 £67.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.85 £67.88
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

Industrial Internet of Things
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Industrial Internet of Things relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Industrial Internet of Things job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Industrial Internet of Things
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Industrial Internet of Things.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Industrial Internet of Things

Industrial Internet of Things
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Coventry - 1 £450 -
Industrial Internet of Things
England

Industrial Internet of Things
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA