Industrial Internet of Things Contracts in England

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industrial Internet of Things in contract job vacancies in England. 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 552 631
Rank change year-on-year +65 +79 +157
Contract jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things 11 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.042% 0.011% 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.035% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile £491 - -
25th Percentile £550 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile £725 £475 £584
90th Percentile £788 - £631
UK median daily rate £663 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +47.22% -10.00% -33.33%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,076 11,447 15,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.76% 30.63% 33.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,792 7,375 10,973
10th Percentile £305 £281 £313
25th Percentile £408 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 832 523
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £11.87
Median hourly rate £32.77 £37.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +59.57% -11.32%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.98
90th Percentile £80.40 £72.50 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £36.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +60.20% -16.60%

Industrial Internet of Things
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Industrial Internet of Things as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Industrial Internet of Things in England

Industrial Internet of Things
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things in England.

Daily rate trend for Industrial Internet of Things in England

Industrial Internet of Things
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Industrial Internet of Things in England

Industrial Internet of Things
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Midlands +17 4 £625 +38.89% 4
West Midlands +11 4 £625 +38.89% 4
South East - 3 £775 -
London +48 2 £494 - 10
North West +6 1 £650 - 3
North of England +6 1 £650 - 6
Industrial Internet of Things
UK

Industrial Internet of Things
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (27.27%) ThingWorx
2 1 (9.09%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
1 1 (9.09%) IaaS
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) MQTT
2 2 (18.18%) 4G
2 2 (18.18%) 5G
2 2 (18.18%) ADSL
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Internet
2 2 (18.18%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (18.18%) Modbus
3 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Security Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Technology Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (9.09%) IoT Architect
4 1 (9.09%) IT Architect
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 9 (81.82%) SCADA
3 8 (72.73%) IoT
4 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
4 2 (18.18%) NB-IoT
5 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
5 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Zero Trust
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Capacity Management
4 2 (18.18%) Edge Computing
4 2 (18.18%) High Availability
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (9.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
5 1 (9.09%) People Management
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Red Team
5 1 (9.09%) Threat Detection
5 1 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) OSCE
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) NCSC
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
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