Industrial Internet of Things Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industrial Internet of Things in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 299 344 473
Rank change year-on-year +45 +129 +155
Contract jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.023% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £654 - -
25th Percentile £659 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.74%
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile £758 - -
UK median daily rate £650 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -28.57%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Industrial Internet of Things
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Industrial Internet of Things as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Industrial Internet of Things trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Industrial Internet of Things
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Industrial Internet of Things.

Industrial Internet of Things daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Industrial Internet of Things
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (20.00%) SAS
1 1 (20.00%) ThingWorx
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) IaaS
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
1 2 (40.00%) MQTT
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) IoT
1 4 (80.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (80.00%) SCADA
2 2 (40.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Security Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Application Security
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Red Team
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) OSCE
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (40.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) AVEVA