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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 304 397
Rank change year-on-year +43 +93 +24
Contract jobs citing IoT 40 40 74
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% 0.92% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 47
10th Percentile £225 £355 £408
25th Percentile £421 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -10.87% -2.13%
75th Percentile £646 £613 £650
90th Percentile £688 £790 £753
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 3,281 4,366 8,071
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.15% 28.62% 31.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,235 2,959 5,676
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.14%
75th Percentile £688 £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 77 197 153
10th Percentile £18.80 £15.47 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £50.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% -13.04% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.52 £65.03 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.27% +34.13% -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 3 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 3 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 (5.00%) Confluence
1 2 (5.00%) ThingWorx
2 1 (2.50%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) AWS
2 7 (17.50%) Azure
3 5 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (5.00%) Datadog
4 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (2.50%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) IaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) Internet
2 4 (10.00%) 4G
2 4 (10.00%) MQTT
3 3 (7.50%) 2G
3 3 (7.50%) 3G
3 3 (7.50%) 5G
3 3 (7.50%) DNS
3 3 (7.50%) DOCSIS
3 3 (7.50%) Ethernet
3 3 (7.50%) Firewall
3 3 (7.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (5.00%) ADSL
4 2 (5.00%) DHCP
4 2 (5.00%) Network Security
4 2 (5.00%) Wireless
5 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.50%) VLAN
5 1 (2.50%) xDSL
5 1 (2.50%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Power BI
1 3 (7.50%) Tableau
2 2 (5.00%) InfluxDB
2 2 (5.00%) Looker
3 1 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.50%) MySQL
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Flyway
2 1 (2.50%) Liquibase
General
1 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (22.50%) Automotive
4 5 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.00%) Aviation
6 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.50%) Electronics
7 1 (2.50%) Finance
7 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Architect
2 6 (15.00%) Analyst
2 6 (15.00%) Senior
3 5 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Senior Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 2 (5.00%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Applications Architect
6 1 (2.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Security Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Server Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.50%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 5 (12.50%) Device Driver
3 5 (12.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 5 (12.50%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 5 (12.50%) SCADA
4 3 (7.50%) Smartphone
5 2 (5.00%) Cyberattack
5 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 2 (5.00%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (2.50%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.50%) PMI
6 1 (2.50%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Linux
2 3 (7.50%) Android
2 3 (7.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.50%) Windows
3 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Agile
2 13 (32.50%) Project Management
3 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (17.50%) Computer Science
5 6 (15.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 6 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.00%) Energy Management
5 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (15.00%) Process Management
5 6 (15.00%) Validation
6 5 (12.50%) Architectural Design
6 5 (12.50%) Business Transformation
6 5 (12.50%) CAFM
6 5 (12.50%) Cloud Enablement
6 5 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 5 (12.50%) Device Driver Development
6 5 (12.50%) Facilities Management
6 5 (12.50%) Informatics
6 5 (12.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) C
2 5 (12.50%) Embedded C
2 5 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) C++
3 2 (5.00%) Go
3 2 (5.00%) Java
3 2 (5.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Degree
2 7 (17.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.50%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.50%) CCDP
5 1 (2.50%) CCIP
5 1 (2.50%) CCNA
5 1 (2.50%) CCNP
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.50%) CREST Certified
5 1 (2.50%) CSPO
5 1 (2.50%) OSCE
5 1 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (5.00%) NCSC
2 2 (5.00%) PMO
3 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) SAP
2 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.00%) Splunk
4 1 (2.50%) ADVA
4 1 (2.50%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco
4 1 (2.50%) Juniper
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft