IoT Jobs in Scotland

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IoT over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 203 190
Rank change year-on-year -49 -13 -42
Permanent jobs citing IoT 30 19 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.45% 0.40% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 1.00% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 26
10th Percentile £35,000 £52,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £54,375 £28,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £46,450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +39.94% -9.37%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £77,500 £99,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,245 1,898 2,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.31% 40.31% 47.91%
Number of salaries quoted 850 801 1,042
10th Percentile £28,795 £32,487 £28,196
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £39,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £89,852 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IoT in Scotland

IoT
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IoT in Scotland

IoT
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IoT in Scotland

IoT
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Glasgow -97 11 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Dundee - 7 £50,000 -
Fife -5 6 - -
Edinburgh +29 3 £35,000 -46.15% 8
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £40,000 -
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (10.00%) AWS
4 2 (6.67%) IaaS
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) HTTP
1 7 (23.33%) MQTT
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) LAN
2 2 (6.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (6.67%) WAN
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Big Data
2 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (43.33%) Git
2 6 (20.00%) Bitbucket
2 6 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 6 (20.00%) JIRA
2 6 (20.00%) MSTest
2 6 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (10.00%) Selenium
4 1 (3.33%) GitLab
4 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (43.33%) Finance
3 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Electronics
3 7 (23.33%) Manufacturing
3 7 (23.33%) Marketing
3 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
3 7 (23.33%) Telecoms
4 6 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Test Engineer
3 6 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 4 (13.33%) IT Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) JavaScript Developer
4 4 (13.33%) React Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Full Stack Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Full Stack Python Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Python Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Applications Tester
6 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) CSS
1 7 (23.33%) Django
1 7 (23.33%) Flask
1 7 (23.33%) HTML
1 7 (23.33%) React
2 3 (10.00%) Playwright
3 1 (3.33%) OpenCV
3 1 (3.33%) OpenVINO
3 1 (3.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Arduino
1 7 (23.33%) Augmented Reality
1 7 (23.33%) Raspberry Pi
1 7 (23.33%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 15 (50.00%) Agile
3 14 (46.67%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 10 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 9 (30.00%) Regression Testing
5 9 (30.00%) SDLC
5 9 (30.00%) Software Testing
5 9 (30.00%) Test Automation
6 8 (26.67%) Analytics
6 8 (26.67%) Computer Science
6 8 (26.67%) Computer Vision
6 8 (26.67%) DevOps
6 8 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (23.33%) Data Analytics
7 7 (23.33%) Digital Marketing
7 7 (23.33%) Programme Management
7 7 (23.33%) User Experience
7 7 (23.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (60.00%) SQL
2 11 (36.67%) Python
3 10 (33.33%) Java
4 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (23.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Degree
2 8 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (10.00%) CCNA
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.67%) CISSP
4 2 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (6.67%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.67%) PMP
5 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.33%) PhD
5 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Firmware
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) SAP
2 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (23.33%) NVIDIA
4 4 (13.33%) Oracle
5 2 (6.67%) Cisco