IoT Job Trends in Durham

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IoT 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.40% - 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% - 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,939 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,939 - -
75th Percentile £32,939 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £50,000 - £41,250
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Generic Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 99 81 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 19.88% 38.21% 28.54%
Number of salaries quoted 30 29 65
10th Percentile £29,894 - £27,873
25th Percentile £37,750 £28,188 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,417 £35,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.19% -19.54% -1.14%
75th Percentile £60,625 £45,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,250 £74,258 £63,750
North East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Durham

IoT
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing IoT

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware