IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IoT over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 363 312
Rank change year-on-year +64 -51 +21
Permanent jobs citing IoT 953 898 2,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 0.91% 1.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.71% 2.13% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 741 510 915
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,925 £36,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £85,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +9.52%

All Generic Skills
UK

IoT is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the UK

IoT
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IoT.

Salary trend for IoT in the UK

IoT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IoT in the UK

IoT
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +77 868 £57,500 -8.00% 222
UK excluding London +64 733 £55,000 -5.98% 153
Work from Home +20 346 £60,000 -4.00% 102
South East +48 188 £60,000 -9.43% 53
London +86 178 £67,500 -12.90% 61
North of England +35 173 £53,750 - 15
East of England +30 172 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Midlands +40 97 £55,000 +15.79% 34
North West -5 95 £50,000 -16.67% 7
West Midlands +47 62 £60,000 +33.33% 15
Yorkshire +63 56 £57,500 +35.29% 5
South West -18 53 £56,250 -10.00% 22
Scotland -42 36 £60,000 +4.35% 8
East Midlands +6 35 £50,000 +5.26% 19
North East +12 22 £56,250 +2.27% 3
Northern Ireland - 12 £70,000 - 1
Wales -3 2 £48,750 -18.75% 5

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (2.31%) Confluence
2 18 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.57%) Apache
4 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.63%) IIS
5 6 (0.63%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.52%) nginx
7 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.31%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.52%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.42%) Misys Midas
2 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.31%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.21%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 154 (16.16%) AWS
2 150 (15.74%) Azure
3 48 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
4 46 (4.83%) GitHub
5 35 (3.67%) AWS IoT
6 30 (3.15%) GCP
7 25 (2.62%) Serverless
8 22 (2.31%) Power Platform
9 19 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (1.89%) IaaS
10 18 (1.89%) SaaS
11 17 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.57%) Nutanix
13 13 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.05%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 85 (8.92%) Internet
2 83 (8.71%) Wireless
3 58 (6.09%) TCP/IP
4 48 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (4.72%) MQTT
6 44 (4.62%) WAN
7 43 (4.51%) Firewall
8 41 (4.30%) Bluetooth
9 24 (2.52%) 4G
9 24 (2.52%) LAN
10 23 (2.41%) 5G
11 22 (2.31%) HTTP
12 21 (2.20%) DNS
13 20 (2.10%) ZigBee
14 17 (1.78%) MPLS
15 14 (1.47%) RS-232
16 13 (1.36%) VoIP
17 12 (1.26%) Modbus
17 12 (1.26%) Unified Communications
18 11 (1.15%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.72%) MySQL
2 28 (2.94%) NoSQL
3 22 (2.31%) Big Data
4 20 (2.10%) Power BI
5 19 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (1.89%) MongoDB
7 17 (1.78%) Oracle Database
8 14 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.47%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.94%) SQL Server
11 6 (0.63%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.42%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.42%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.42%) Tableau
13 3 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.31%) Data Hub
13 3 (0.31%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 80 (8.39%) Git
2 54 (5.67%) JIRA
3 25 (2.62%) Subversion
4 22 (2.31%) Oracle APEX
5 19 (1.99%) Jenkins
6 18 (1.89%) Visual Studio
7 7 (0.73%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.73%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.73%) GitLab
7 7 (0.73%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.73%) Selenium
8 6 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.63%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.63%) MSTest
8 6 (0.63%) PHPUnit
9 5 (0.52%) Xcode
10 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.21%) Android Studio
12 1 (0.10%) ScriptRunner
12 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 279 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 146 (15.32%) Electronics
3 128 (13.43%) Automotive
4 116 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (9.13%) Manufacturing
6 81 (8.50%) Finance
7 69 (7.24%) Marketing
8 54 (5.67%) Telecoms
9 51 (5.35%) Public Sector
10 42 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (3.67%) Aerospace
12 34 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (3.15%) Games
13 30 (3.15%) Law
14 26 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.89%) Legal
15 18 (1.89%) Retail
15 18 (1.89%) Tech for Good
16 13 (1.36%) Social Housing
17 11 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (23.71%) Senior
2 209 (21.93%) Developer
3 180 (18.89%) Software Engineer
4 109 (11.44%) Embedded Engineer
5 85 (8.92%) Architect
5 85 (8.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 76 (7.97%) Consultant
7 70 (7.35%) Senior Developer
8 54 (5.67%) Hardware Engineer
9 50 (5.25%) Software Developer
10 48 (5.04%) Senior Software Engineer
11 45 (4.72%) Lead
12 42 (4.41%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 41 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (4.20%) Senior Hardware Engineer
15 31 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
16 30 (3.15%) Analyst
17 29 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 26 (2.73%) Electronics Engineer
18 26 (2.73%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (8.29%) Node.js
2 55 (5.77%) HTML
3 44 (4.62%) CSS
4 42 (4.41%) .NET
5 30 (3.15%) JSON
5 30 (3.15%) React
6 24 (2.52%) jQuery
6 24 (2.52%) REST
7 22 (2.31%) AngularJS
7 22 (2.31%) Yocto
8 21 (2.20%) RESTful
9 16 (1.68%) web3js
10 14 (1.47%) Flask
10 14 (1.47%) GraphQL
11 13 (1.36%) .NET Core
12 12 (1.26%) .NET Framework
13 11 (1.15%) Laravel
13 11 (1.15%) Qt
13 11 (1.15%) Web Services
14 10 (1.05%) LLVM
Miscellaneous
1 44 (4.62%) Mobile App
2 36 (3.78%) Raspberry Pi
3 35 (3.67%) Client/Server
4 34 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
5 27 (2.83%) Driving Licence
5 27 (2.83%) Robotics
6 26 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 24 (2.52%) Blockchain
7 24 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
8 21 (2.20%) Blog
8 21 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.10%) Operational Technology
10 17 (1.78%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.78%) Smart Home
11 16 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.68%) ARM Cortex
11 16 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.68%) Web3
12 15 (1.57%) Virtual Reality
12 15 (1.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 204 (21.41%) Linux
2 58 (6.09%) Windows
3 50 (5.25%) Embedded Linux
4 41 (4.30%) Apple iOS
5 35 (3.67%) Android
6 17 (1.78%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.47%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.73%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.31%) Debian
10 3 (0.31%) Unix
10 3 (0.31%) VMS
10 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.10%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.10%) Solaris
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (29.07%) Software Engineering
2 178 (18.68%) Agile
3 160 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
5 127 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 122 (12.80%) Mentoring
7 111 (11.65%) DevOps
8 89 (9.34%) Computer Science
9 78 (8.18%) Analytics
10 74 (7.76%) Project Management
10 74 (7.76%) Technical Leadership
11 70 (7.35%) CI/CD
12 64 (6.72%) Machine Learning
13 61 (6.40%) Microservices
14 59 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
15 55 (5.77%) Decision-Making
16 50 (5.25%) Software Testing
17 48 (5.04%) Business Development
18 47 (4.93%) Customer Requirements
19 44 (4.62%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 229 (24.03%) Python
2 156 (16.37%) C
3 98 (10.28%) C++
3 98 (10.28%) JavaScript
4 94 (9.86%) SQL
5 68 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 66 (6.93%) C#
7 58 (6.09%) Java
8 47 (4.93%) Embedded C
9 40 (4.20%) SystemVerilog
10 30 (3.15%) Bash
11 26 (2.73%) PHP
12 19 (1.99%) Perl
13 17 (1.78%) PL/SQL
14 15 (1.57%) Rust
15 12 (1.26%) PowerShell
16 11 (1.15%) Kotlin
16 11 (1.15%) Swift
17 10 (1.05%) Embedded C++
18 8 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 221 (23.19%) Degree
2 52 (5.46%) Security Cleared
3 44 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (3.67%) Master's Degree
5 18 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.68%) CISSP
6 16 (1.68%) HND
7 13 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (1.36%) PhD
7 13 (1.36%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.15%) HNC
9 10 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.94%) CTC Cleared
10 9 (0.94%) GIAC
10 9 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.84%) CISA
11 8 (0.84%) OSCP
11 8 (0.84%) SANS
12 7 (0.73%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.88%) QA
2 26 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (2.10%) GDPR
4 19 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 19 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.89%) SLA
6 17 (1.78%) ISO 13485
7 10 (1.05%) IEC 62304
7 10 (1.05%) ISO 9001
7 10 (1.05%) NIST
8 9 (0.94%) COSHH
9 8 (0.84%) JTAG
10 6 (0.63%) ISO 14001
10 6 (0.63%) MISRA
11 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.42%) IEC 61131
12 4 (0.42%) PMO
13 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.10%) DO-178B
System Software
1 53 (5.56%) Firmware
2 35 (3.67%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.36%) Docker
4 27 (2.83%) Hyper-V
5 26 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.63%) Forefront TMG
8 6 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.41%) Ansible
3 20 (2.10%) Terraform
4 16 (1.68%) FortiGate
5 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.15%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.73%) Nessus
7 7 (0.73%) Nmap
8 6 (0.63%) Opsgenie
8 6 (0.63%) SCOM
8 6 (0.63%) WSUS
9 5 (0.52%) Grafana
10 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.10%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.10%) MOM
12 1 (0.10%) Puppet
12 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 91 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.57%) VMware
3 31 (3.25%) Synopsys
4 29 (3.04%) Oracle
5 28 (2.94%) Cadence
5 28 (2.94%) SAP
6 27 (2.83%) Cisco
6 27 (2.83%) Google
7 18 (1.89%) HP
8 16 (1.68%) Darktrace
8 16 (1.68%) NEC
9 13 (1.36%) Aruba
10 12 (1.26%) EMC
11 11 (1.15%) BT
12 9 (0.94%) Mitel
12 9 (0.94%) Ribbon
13 8 (0.84%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.84%) Databricks
13 8 (0.84%) NVIDIA
13 8 (0.84%) Xamarin