IoT Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT 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 263 304 401
Rank change year-on-year +41 +97 +26
Contract jobs citing IoT 41 41 76
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.25% 0.93% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 49
10th Percentile £214 £355 £410
25th Percentile £421 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -10.87% -
75th Percentile £608 £613 £650
90th Percentile £688 £790 £758
UK median daily rate £500 £519 £575
% change year-on-year -3.61% -9.78% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £24.65 - £22.78
25th Percentile £33.88 £18.50 £29.19
Median hourly rate £39.02 £19.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year +105.37% -57.06% +4.12%
75th Percentile £43.34 £19.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £51.09 - £85.50
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £60.50 £44.25
% change year-on-year -35.54% +36.72% -25.00%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 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%

IoT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IoT trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IoT
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IoT.

IoT daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IoT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

IoT daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IoT
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IoT.

IoT hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IoT
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IoT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

IoT hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IoT
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 2 (4.88%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) Apache
2 1 (2.44%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.44%) SAS
2 1 (2.44%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.95%) AWS
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.88%) Datadog
4 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.88%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (2.44%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.44%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) IaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Internet
2 4 (9.76%) MQTT
3 3 (7.32%) 2G
3 3 (7.32%) 3G
3 3 (7.32%) 4G
3 3 (7.32%) 5G
3 3 (7.32%) DNS
3 3 (7.32%) DOCSIS
3 3 (7.32%) Ethernet
3 3 (7.32%) Firewall
3 3 (7.32%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.88%) DHCP
4 2 (4.88%) Network Security
4 2 (4.88%) Wireless
5 1 (2.44%) 802.11
5 1 (2.44%) DSL
5 1 (2.44%) EIGRP
5 1 (2.44%) MPLS
5 1 (2.44%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Power BI
1 3 (7.32%) Tableau
2 2 (4.88%) InfluxDB
2 2 (4.88%) Looker
3 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.44%) Big Data
3 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.44%) MySQL
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.88%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) Flyway
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) Liquibase
General
1 20 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Automotive
4 5 (12.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Marketing
7 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
7 2 (4.88%) Aviation
7 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.44%) Electronics
8 1 (2.44%) Finance
8 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Architect
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Senior
3 5 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Senior Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 2 (4.88%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (2.44%) Developer
6 1 (2.44%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Lead
6 1 (2.44%) Power BI Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Programme Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.44%) EDI
2 1 (2.44%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.44%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (17.07%) Management Information System
3 5 (12.20%) Algorithms
3 5 (12.20%) Device Driver
3 5 (12.20%) Industry 4.0
4 4 (9.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 4 (9.76%) Operational Technology
4 4 (9.76%) SCADA
5 3 (7.32%) Smartphone
6 2 (4.88%) Cyberattack
6 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
6 2 (4.88%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (2.44%) Blockchain
7 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.44%) PMI
7 1 (2.44%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Linux
2 3 (7.32%) Android
2 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.44%) Windows
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Agile
2 14 (34.15%) Project Management
3 9 (21.95%) Decision-Making
4 7 (17.07%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (17.07%) Computer Science
4 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Analytical Thinking
5 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.63%) Data Analysis
5 6 (14.63%) Energy Management
5 6 (14.63%) Process Management
5 6 (14.63%) Validation
6 5 (12.20%) Business Transformation
6 5 (12.20%) Cloud Enablement
6 5 (12.20%) Data Architecture
6 5 (12.20%) Device Driver Development
6 5 (12.20%) Facilities Management
6 5 (12.20%) Machine Learning
6 5 (12.20%) SDLC
6 5 (12.20%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) C
1 6 (14.63%) Python
2 5 (12.20%) Embedded C
3 3 (7.32%) SQL
4 2 (4.88%) C++
4 2 (4.88%) Go
4 2 (4.88%) Java
4 2 (4.88%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 7 (17.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.44%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.44%) CCDP
5 1 (2.44%) CCIP
5 1 (2.44%) CCNA
5 1 (2.44%) CCNP
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CREST Certified
5 1 (2.44%) CSPO
5 1 (2.44%) OSCE
5 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.88%) NCSC
2 2 (4.88%) PMO
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Firmware
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Grafana
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.88%) Splunk
4 1 (2.44%) ADVA
4 1 (2.44%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) Juniper
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft