Industrial Internet of Things Job Trends in England

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industrial Internet of Things in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industrial Internet of Things over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 722 635 751
Rank change year-on-year -87 +116 -26
Permanent jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things 23 11 10
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.023% 0.025% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.090% 0.060% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 8
10th Percentile £46,587 - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £59,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +1.63% +2.50%
75th Percentile £55,625 £82,500 £67,750
90th Percentile £62,750 £86,100 £81,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.63% +2.50%

All Generic Skills
England

Industrial Internet of Things 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,674 18,200 22,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.64% 41.95% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16,839 9,227 12,040
10th Percentile £31,016 £28,742 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

Industrial Internet of Things
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Industrial Internet of Things relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Industrial Internet of Things job vacancy trend in England

Industrial Internet of Things
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industrial Internet of Things.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industrial Internet of Things

Industrial Internet of Things
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things in England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Industrial Internet of Things in England

Industrial Internet of Things
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things within the England region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
North of England - 16 £50,000 - 4
North West - 11 £46,587 - 2
Yorkshire - 5 £50,000 - 1
London -42 4 - - 7
West Midlands -42 2 £70,000 +40.00% 1
Midlands -60 2 £70,000 +40.00% 2
East of England -30 1 £60,000 - 4
Industrial Internet of Things
UK

Industrial Internet of Things
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
1 2 (8.70%) Modbus
1 2 (8.70%) MQTT
1 2 (8.70%) VLAN
1 2 (8.70%) VPN
2 1 (4.35%) AMQP
2 1 (4.35%) Internet
2 1 (4.35%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) GIS
General
1 6 (26.09%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Games
4 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Architect
2 10 (43.48%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (39.13%) Digital Architect
3 9 (39.13%) Digital Solutions Architect
4 5 (21.74%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Support Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Product Owner
6 1 (4.35%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Node-RED
1 2 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Operational Technology
2 3 (13.04%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (13.04%) SCADA
3 2 (8.70%) Clustering
3 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.70%) IoT
3 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.70%) Robotics
4 1 (4.35%) NB-IoT
4 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Android
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Software Engineering
2 6 (26.09%) Roadmaps
3 4 (17.39%) AI
3 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.04%) Analytics
4 3 (13.04%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (8.70%) Business Case
5 2 (8.70%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (8.70%) Data Science
5 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
5 2 (8.70%) Edge Computing
5 2 (8.70%) Incident Response
5 2 (8.70%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
5 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.70%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Prompt Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) CISSP
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) NCSC
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Failover Clustering
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Cognizant
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) SAP