IoT Job Trends in Birmingham

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 113 101
Rank change year-on-year +56 -12 +44
Permanent jobs citing IoT 47 14 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 2.71% 0.75% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.56% 2.22% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,014 £73,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £77,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +34.78% -
75th Percentile £68,020 £89,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,208 £94,250 -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

IoT falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 445 630 489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 25.66% 33.73% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 303 254 423
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £30,136
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,125 £39,322
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -5.98%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,478 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,758 £82,934 £83,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -2.86%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IoT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

IoT job vacancy trend in Birmingham

IoT
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in Birmingham

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (2.13%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 43 (91.49%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (93.62%) Internet
2 1 (2.13%) 4G
2 1 (2.13%) 5G
2 1 (2.13%) Broadband
2 1 (2.13%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.13%) WAN
General
1 45 (95.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 45 (95.74%) Social Skills
2 44 (93.62%) Banking
3 3 (6.38%) Finance
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Marketing
4 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (70.21%) Lecturer
2 1 (2.13%) Architect
2 1 (2.13%) Lead
2 1 (2.13%) Product Manager
2 1 (2.13%) Project Manager
2 1 (2.13%) Senior
2 1 (2.13%) Senior Manager
2 1 (2.13%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.13%) AI Agents
1 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
1 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (95.74%) User Experience
2 44 (93.62%) AI
3 43 (91.49%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (91.49%) Machine Learning
3 43 (91.49%) Web Development
4 3 (6.38%) Agile
5 2 (4.26%) Customer Experience
5 2 (4.26%) Digital Twin
5 2 (4.26%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (4.26%) Roadmaps
5 2 (4.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.13%) Analytics
6 1 (2.13%) Budget Management
6 1 (2.13%) Building Information Modelling
6 1 (2.13%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (2.13%) Data Analytics
6 1 (2.13%) Predictive Maintenance
6 1 (2.13%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (2.13%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.13%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 44 (93.62%) Degree
1 44 (93.62%) Master's Degree
2 43 (91.49%) PhD
2 43 (91.49%) Postgraduate
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Planon
2 1 (2.13%) IBM
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow