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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 366 316
Rank change year-on-year +64 -50 +32
Permanent jobs citing IoT 945 911 1,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 0.90% 1.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.70% 2.10% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 740 507 908
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,425
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
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 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year - +3.14% +6.19%

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 35,043 43,311 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 42.74% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23,056 23,480 33,820
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,550 £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 9 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 9 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 +86 867 £60,000 -4.00% 245
UK excluding London +65 734 £57,500 - 169
Work from Home +29 346 £60,000 -4.00% 98
South East +39 191 £60,000 -7.69% 52
East of England +50 173 £55,000 -12.00% 21
London +74 172 £67,500 -11.53% 66
North of England +40 171 £52,500 -2.33% 24
Midlands +43 98 £55,000 +15.79% 28
North West +4 94 £50,000 -16.67% 9
West Midlands +51 63 £60,000 +26.32% 13
South West -25 56 £57,500 -8.00% 32
Yorkshire +63 54 £57,500 +35.29% 11
East Midlands -1 35 £50,000 +5.26% 15
Scotland -54 33 £60,000 +4.35% 9
North East +15 23 £55,000 - 4
Northern Ireland - 10 £70,000 - 3
Wales -4 2 £48,750 -18.75% 1

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 (2.33%) Confluence
2 18 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.59%) Apache
4 10 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.63%) IIS
5 6 (0.63%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.53%) nginx
7 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.32%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.63%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.42%) Misys Midas
2 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.32%) 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
4 2 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 153 (16.19%) AWS
2 146 (15.45%) Azure
3 46 (4.87%) Cloud Computing
4 45 (4.76%) GitHub
5 37 (3.92%) AWS IoT
6 29 (3.07%) GCP
7 26 (2.75%) Serverless
8 22 (2.33%) Power Platform
9 19 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.80%) SaaS
12 16 (1.69%) IaaS
13 13 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (1.27%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.27%) Nutanix
15 10 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 82 (8.68%) Internet
1 82 (8.68%) Wireless
2 57 (6.03%) TCP/IP
3 49 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
4 44 (4.66%) MQTT
5 43 (4.55%) WAN
6 41 (4.34%) Bluetooth
7 39 (4.13%) Firewall
8 25 (2.65%) LAN
9 22 (2.33%) 4G
10 21 (2.22%) 5G
10 21 (2.22%) ZigBee
11 19 (2.01%) DNS
11 19 (2.01%) HTTP
12 15 (1.59%) MPLS
13 14 (1.48%) RS-232
14 13 (1.38%) Modbus
14 13 (1.38%) VoIP
15 12 (1.27%) LoRaWAN
15 12 (1.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.66%) MySQL
2 25 (2.65%) NoSQL
3 22 (2.33%) Big Data
4 20 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.12%) Power BI
5 18 (1.90%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.80%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.48%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.95%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.63%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.42%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.42%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.42%) Tableau
12 3 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.32%) Metadata
12 3 (0.32%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 84 (8.89%) Git
2 55 (5.82%) JIRA
3 27 (2.86%) Subversion
4 22 (2.33%) Oracle APEX
5 18 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.90%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.63%) Burp Suite
7 6 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.63%) GitLab
7 6 (0.63%) Metasploit
7 6 (0.63%) MSTest
7 6 (0.63%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.53%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.53%) Selenium
8 5 (0.53%) Xcode
9 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.21%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Moq
11 1 (0.11%) Valgrind
General
1 274 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.87%) Electronics
3 125 (13.23%) Automotive
4 117 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (9.21%) Manufacturing
6 82 (8.68%) Finance
7 71 (7.51%) Marketing
8 54 (5.71%) Telecoms
9 53 (5.61%) Public Sector
10 42 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
11 33 (3.49%) Aerospace
11 33 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.96%) Law
13 25 (2.65%) Games
13 25 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (2.01%) Tech for Good
15 18 (1.90%) Retail
16 17 (1.80%) Legal
17 14 (1.48%) Social Housing
18 12 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 223 (23.60%) Senior
2 207 (21.90%) Developer
3 179 (18.94%) Software Engineer
4 112 (11.85%) Embedded Engineer
5 85 (8.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 80 (8.47%) Architect
7 74 (7.83%) Consultant
8 70 (7.41%) Senior Developer
9 54 (5.71%) Hardware Engineer
10 51 (5.40%) Software Developer
11 48 (5.08%) Lead
12 46 (4.87%) Senior Software Engineer
13 42 (4.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 40 (4.23%) Senior Hardware Engineer
14 40 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (3.28%) Analyst
15 31 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
16 27 (2.86%) Electronics Engineer
17 26 (2.75%) Data Engineer
18 25 (2.65%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (8.25%) Node.js
2 56 (5.93%) HTML
3 45 (4.76%) CSS
4 42 (4.44%) .NET
5 31 (3.28%) React
6 30 (3.17%) JSON
7 24 (2.54%) jQuery
7 24 (2.54%) REST
8 23 (2.43%) Yocto
9 20 (2.12%) AngularJS
10 19 (2.01%) RESTful
11 15 (1.59%) Flask
12 14 (1.48%) GraphQL
13 13 (1.38%) .NET Core
14 12 (1.27%) .NET Framework
14 12 (1.27%) web3js
15 11 (1.16%) Laravel
15 11 (1.16%) Qt
16 10 (1.06%) LLVM
17 9 (0.95%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 37 (3.92%) Raspberry Pi
3 35 (3.70%) Client/Server
3 35 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
4 27 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.86%) Robotics
5 25 (2.65%) Driving Licence
6 23 (2.43%) Renewable Energy
7 21 (2.22%) Blog
7 21 (2.22%) Operational Technology
7 21 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (2.12%) Blockchain
9 18 (1.90%) Smart Home
10 16 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.69%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.59%) ARM Cortex
11 15 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
11 15 (1.59%) Virtual Reality
12 14 (1.48%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 206 (21.80%) Linux
2 56 (5.93%) Windows
3 52 (5.50%) Embedded Linux
4 40 (4.23%) Apple iOS
5 34 (3.60%) Android
6 17 (1.80%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.48%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.63%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.32%) Debian
10 3 (0.32%) Unix
10 3 (0.32%) VMS
10 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.11%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (28.78%) Software Engineering
2 181 (19.15%) Agile
3 157 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (13.86%) Cybersecurity
5 124 (13.12%) Artificial Intelligence
6 120 (12.70%) Mentoring
7 111 (11.75%) DevOps
8 86 (9.10%) Computer Science
9 75 (7.94%) Analytics
9 75 (7.94%) Project Management
10 72 (7.62%) Technical Leadership
11 71 (7.51%) CI/CD
12 65 (6.88%) Machine Learning
13 61 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
14 59 (6.24%) Microservices
15 52 (5.50%) Decision-Making
16 49 (5.19%) Software Testing
17 48 (5.08%) Business Development
18 46 (4.87%) Customer Requirements
19 42 (4.44%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 227 (24.02%) Python
2 162 (17.14%) C
3 102 (10.79%) C++
4 98 (10.37%) JavaScript
5 96 (10.16%) SQL
6 71 (7.51%) TypeScript
7 67 (7.09%) C#
8 55 (5.82%) Java
9 46 (4.87%) Embedded C
10 40 (4.23%) SystemVerilog
11 29 (3.07%) Bash
12 26 (2.75%) PHP
13 17 (1.80%) Perl
13 17 (1.80%) PL/SQL
14 15 (1.59%) Rust
15 12 (1.27%) PowerShell
16 11 (1.16%) Kotlin
16 11 (1.16%) Swift
17 9 (0.95%) Embedded C++
18 8 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 219 (23.17%) Degree
2 50 (5.29%) Security Cleared
3 44 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (3.49%) Master's Degree
5 18 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.69%) CISSP
6 16 (1.69%) HND
7 13 (1.38%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.16%) HNC
8 11 (1.16%) PhD
9 10 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.95%) CTC Cleared
10 9 (0.95%) GIAC
10 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.85%) CISA
12 7 (0.74%) CISM
12 7 (0.74%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (5.50%) QA
2 25 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (2.22%) GDPR
3 21 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.90%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.90%) SLA
5 17 (1.80%) ISO 13485
6 10 (1.06%) IEC 62304
6 10 (1.06%) ISO 9001
6 10 (1.06%) NIST
7 9 (0.95%) COSHH
8 8 (0.85%) JTAG
9 6 (0.63%) ISO 14001
9 6 (0.63%) MISRA
10 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.42%) IEC 61131
11 4 (0.42%) PMO
12 2 (0.21%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.21%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 59 (6.24%) Firmware
2 32 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.39%) Docker
3 24 (2.54%) Hyper-V
4 23 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.80%) Embedded Firmware
6 14 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.63%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.22%) Ansible
3 20 (2.12%) Terraform
4 14 (1.48%) FortiGate
4 14 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.16%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.63%) Nessus
6 6 (0.63%) Nmap
6 6 (0.63%) Opsgenie
6 6 (0.63%) SCOM
6 6 (0.63%) WSUS
7 5 (0.53%) Grafana
8 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.11%) MOM
10 1 (0.11%) Puppet
10 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.28%) Synopsys
2 31 (3.28%) VMware
3 30 (3.17%) SAP
4 29 (3.07%) Oracle
5 28 (2.96%) Cadence
6 25 (2.65%) Google
7 24 (2.54%) Cisco
8 15 (1.59%) HP
9 14 (1.48%) Darktrace
9 14 (1.48%) NEC
10 13 (1.38%) Aruba
11 12 (1.27%) EMC
12 11 (1.16%) BT
13 9 (0.95%) Databricks
13 9 (0.95%) Mitel
13 9 (0.95%) Ribbon
14 8 (0.85%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.85%) Xamarin
15 7 (0.74%) Qualys