IoT Contracts in the UK excluding London

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 347 346
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -34
Contract jobs citing IoT 62 83 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.37% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 1.14% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 57 125
10th Percentile £408 £374 £390
25th Percentile £431 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £555 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £728 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.33 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £39.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.16% +51.92% -43.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £71.25 £61.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £87.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £55.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +111.54% -43.78%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,066 7,275 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.45% 32.06% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,573 4,875 6,837
10th Percentile £210 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 764 409 422
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.36 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.81 £62.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £74.40 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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 East +9 20 £550 +15.79% 48
North of England +19 14 £450 -8.86% 23
North West +16 11 £450 +2.86% 15
Midlands +12 10 £675 +35.00% 57
South West +4 9 £475 -20.83% 20
Scotland +52 7 £675 +12.50% 16
West Midlands +17 6 £675 +41.36% 33
Yorkshire +14 2 £432 -28.00% 6
East of England -8 2 £400 -20.00% 17
North East - 1 - - 2
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Azure
2 9 (14.52%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (8.06%) AWS
4 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.23%) GitHub
5 1 (1.61%) Apigee
5 1 (1.61%) AWS IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.61%) Figma
5 1 (1.61%) GCP
5 1 (1.61%) IaaS
5 1 (1.61%) OCI
5 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Internet
2 5 (8.06%) MQTT
2 5 (8.06%) Network Security
3 4 (6.45%) 4G
3 4 (6.45%) 5G
4 3 (4.84%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (4.84%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.23%) LAN
5 2 (3.23%) MPLS
5 2 (3.23%) WAN
6 1 (1.61%) AMQP
6 1 (1.61%) BGP
6 1 (1.61%) DSL
6 1 (1.61%) EIGRP
6 1 (1.61%) OSPF
6 1 (1.61%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.61%) TACACS
6 1 (1.61%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.61%) VoIP
6 1 (1.61%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (1.61%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.61%) MySQL
1 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Git
1 1 (1.61%) gulp
1 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
1 1 (1.61%) Maven
General
1 17 (27.42%) Manufacturing
2 13 (20.97%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Electronics
4 4 (6.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.84%) German Language
6 2 (3.23%) Automotive
6 2 (3.23%) Retail
6 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.61%) Finance
7 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Social Housing
7 1 (1.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (14.52%) Analyst
1 9 (14.52%) Business Analyst
2 8 (12.90%) Architect
2 8 (12.90%) Software Engineer
3 6 (9.68%) Developer
3 6 (9.68%) Embedded Engineer
3 6 (9.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (8.06%) Consultant
4 5 (8.06%) Product Owner
4 5 (8.06%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Security Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) Data Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Data Business Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) .NET Developer
7 2 (3.23%) Information Security Consultant
7 2 (3.23%) SAP Architect
7 2 (3.23%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) .NET
2 4 (6.45%) ASP.NET
2 4 (6.45%) Node.js
3 2 (3.23%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.23%) Web Services
4 1 (1.61%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.61%) Flash
4 1 (1.61%) HTML
4 1 (1.61%) JSON
4 1 (1.61%) Middleware
4 1 (1.61%) NestJS
4 1 (1.61%) Next.js
4 1 (1.61%) OAuth
4 1 (1.61%) OpenID
4 1 (1.61%) React
4 1 (1.61%) RESTful
4 1 (1.61%) SAML
4 1 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Product Ownership
2 9 (14.52%) Industry 4.0
3 7 (11.29%) Robotics
4 5 (8.06%) Operational Technology
5 4 (6.45%) Device Driver
5 4 (6.45%) NB-IoT
5 4 (6.45%) PCIe
5 4 (6.45%) Verilog
5 4 (6.45%) VHDL
6 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.23%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (3.23%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.61%) FMCG
8 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.61%) PKI
8 1 (1.61%) PropTech
8 1 (1.61%) Replication
8 1 (1.61%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (6.45%) Linux
1 4 (6.45%) VxWorks
2 2 (3.23%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.61%) Android
3 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.61%) ThreadX
3 1 (1.61%) Windows
3 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.58%) Agile
2 11 (17.74%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (17.74%) Roadmaps
2 11 (17.74%) Software Engineering
2 11 (17.74%) Use Case
3 10 (16.13%) DevOps
4 8 (12.90%) Change Management
5 6 (9.68%) Business Analysis
5 6 (9.68%) Business Case
5 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (9.68%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (9.68%) Information Security
5 6 (9.68%) SDLC
6 5 (8.06%) API Management
6 5 (8.06%) Configuration Management
6 5 (8.06%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 5 (8.06%) Process Management
6 5 (8.06%) Service Delivery
6 5 (8.06%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) C
2 6 (9.68%) C#
3 5 (8.06%) Embedded C
4 4 (6.45%) C++
4 4 (6.45%) Java
4 4 (6.45%) Python
5 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.61%) PHP
6 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (9.68%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (3.23%) CCSP
3 2 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.61%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) CCDP
4 1 (1.61%) CCIP
4 1 (1.61%) CCNA
4 1 (1.61%) CCNP
4 1 (1.61%) CCSK
4 1 (1.61%) CEH
4 1 (1.61%) CISA
4 1 (1.61%) CISM
4 1 (1.61%) CISSP
4 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) MISRA
1 4 (6.45%) MISRA C
1 4 (6.45%) QA
2 3 (4.84%) GDPR
2 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.84%) NIST
3 1 (1.61%) COBIT
3 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (8.06%) Firmware
2 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.61%) Ansible
1 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (11.29%) SAP
2 4 (6.45%) Atlassian
2 4 (6.45%) Intel
3 3 (4.84%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.23%) Ariba
4 2 (3.23%) Atmel
4 2 (3.23%) Google
5 1 (1.61%) ADVA
5 1 (1.61%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco
5 1 (1.61%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.61%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.61%) Juniper
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle
5 1 (1.61%) Renesas
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