IoT Job Trends in England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 479 293
Rank change year-on-year +66 -186 +57
Permanent jobs citing IoT 330 170 760
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.39% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.45% 0.94% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 245 120 592
10th Percentile £38,050 £42,500 £33,775
25th Percentile £46,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,691 18,092 27,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.55% 41.76% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 15,028 9,082 17,727
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £58,308 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.40% +4.55% -15.06%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IoT job vacancy trend in England

IoT
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in England over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in England

IoT
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the England region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
South East +13 80 £55,000 -12.00% 58
London +14 73 £75,000 -9.09% 93
North of England +3 59 £53,750 -7.33% 16
South West -43 48 £52,500 - 16
Midlands -11 40 £42,500 -29.17% 17
East of England 0 26 £62,500 +8.70% 20
Yorkshire -18 25 £60,000 - 6
East Midlands -23 22 £60,000 +14.29% 11
North West -6 21 £52,500 -9.48% 8
West Midlands -4 18 £38,500 -45.00% 6
North East - 13 £50,000 - 3
IoT
UK

IoT
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.21%) CMS
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
3 4 (1.21%) WordPress
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
Applications
1 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.42%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.21%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.91%) Lightworks
4 3 (0.91%) Simulink
5 2 (0.61%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.61%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) Maximo
2 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (13.64%) AWS
2 38 (11.52%) Azure
3 23 (6.97%) SaaS
4 14 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (4.24%) Serverless
5 11 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (3.03%) AWS IoT
6 10 (3.03%) GCP
7 8 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.52%) Amazon Kinesis
8 5 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.52%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.52%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon CloudSearch
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.21%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.21%) Canva
9 4 (1.21%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.82%) Wireless
2 23 (6.97%) MQTT
2 23 (6.97%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (5.76%) Bluetooth
4 17 (5.15%) Internet
5 16 (4.85%) Firewall
6 12 (3.64%) LoRaWAN
6 12 (3.64%) VPN
7 11 (3.33%) DNS
8 9 (2.73%) ZigBee
9 6 (1.82%) 5G
9 6 (1.82%) DHCP
10 5 (1.52%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.52%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.21%) LTE
11 4 (1.21%) Modbus
11 4 (1.21%) VoIP
12 3 (0.91%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.61%) RS-232
13 2 (0.61%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.03%) Big Data
3 8 (2.42%) MySQL
3 8 (2.42%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.82%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.21%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (1.21%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.21%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.91%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.91%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.61%) GIS
9 2 (0.61%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (6.67%) Git
2 8 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.12%) GitLab
4 6 (1.82%) GDB
5 5 (1.52%) JIRA
6 4 (1.21%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.91%) PetaLinux
8 2 (0.61%) Selenium
9 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.30%) Poetry
9 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (15.45%) Electronics
2 43 (13.03%) Social Skills
3 28 (8.48%) Manufacturing
4 25 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.97%) Finance
6 22 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.85%) Marketing
8 14 (4.24%) Automotive
9 11 (3.33%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.73%) Legal
11 8 (2.42%) Local Government
11 8 (2.42%) Retail
12 7 (2.12%) Social Housing
12 7 (2.12%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.82%) Wearables
14 5 (1.52%) Law
14 5 (1.52%) Military
15 4 (1.21%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.21%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 66 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 50 (15.15%) Embedded Engineer
3 35 (10.61%) Senior
4 32 (9.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 29 (8.79%) Sales Manager
5 29 (8.79%) Technical Engineer
6 25 (7.58%) Developer
7 22 (6.67%) Architect
8 17 (5.15%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.94%) Technical Support
9 13 (3.94%) Technical Support Engineer
10 12 (3.64%) Operations Engineer
11 11 (3.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 11 (3.33%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.03%) Principal Software Engineer
12 10 (3.03%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (3.03%) Technical Operations Engineer
13 9 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.76%) Yocto
2 14 (4.24%) .NET
3 10 (3.03%) Node.js
3 10 (3.03%) React
4 7 (2.12%) REST
5 5 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.21%) Blazor
6 4 (1.21%) Kafka
6 4 (1.21%) pytest
6 4 (1.21%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.91%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.91%) Vue
8 2 (0.61%) Flash
8 2 (0.61%) GStreamer
8 2 (0.61%) HTML
8 2 (0.61%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.30%) CSS
9 1 (0.30%) SAML
9 1 (0.30%) Spring
9 1 (0.30%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.94%) Embedded Systems
2 20 (6.06%) Device Driver
3 17 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.24%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.64%) Smart Home
8 11 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (3.03%) ARM Cortex
9 10 (3.03%) Operational Technology
9 10 (3.03%) PropTech
9 10 (3.03%) Robotics
10 8 (2.42%) Driving Licence
11 7 (2.12%) Algorithms
11 7 (2.12%) Blog
11 7 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.12%) Smart Energy
12 6 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.82%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.15%) Linux
2 17 (5.15%) Embedded Linux
2 17 (5.15%) Windows
3 11 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.82%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.52%) Android
6 4 (1.21%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.21%) VMS
7 2 (0.61%) Unix
8 1 (0.30%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (28.48%) Software Engineering
2 74 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (18.79%) AI
4 41 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (11.21%) Collaborative Culture
6 34 (10.30%) CI/CD
7 30 (9.09%) DevOps
8 29 (8.79%) Analytics
9 28 (8.48%) CRM
10 26 (7.88%) Full-Stack Development
11 24 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (6.97%) Machine Learning
12 23 (6.97%) Validation
13 22 (6.67%) ERP
13 22 (6.67%) Roadmaps
14 21 (6.36%) Business Development
14 21 (6.36%) Computer Science
15 19 (5.76%) Customer Engagement
16 18 (5.45%) Agile
17 17 (5.15%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (16.06%) Python
2 38 (11.52%) C++
3 33 (10.00%) C
4 18 (5.45%) TypeScript
5 17 (5.15%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.55%) SQL
7 14 (4.24%) C#
7 14 (4.24%) Embedded C
8 13 (3.94%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.42%) Java
10 6 (1.82%) Bash
10 6 (1.82%) Go
11 4 (1.21%) Embedded C++
11 4 (1.21%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.21%) PHP
11 4 (1.21%) Rust
12 1 (0.30%) OCaml
12 1 (0.30%) R
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (18.48%) Degree
2 15 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.64%) Master's Degree
4 8 (2.42%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.82%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.52%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.21%) HND
8 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CISA
9 1 (0.30%) CISM
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.30%) PhD
9 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.03%) QA
2 8 (2.42%) ISO 9001
3 7 (2.12%) JTAG
4 4 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.91%) ECSS
5 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.61%) GDPR
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 40 (12.12%) Firmware
2 19 (5.76%) Embedded Firmware
3 18 (5.45%) Docker
4 10 (3.03%) Active Directory
4 10 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.73%) vSphere
6 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.73%) Terraform
3 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.52%) SCCM
4 4 (1.21%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.21%) Grafana
4 4 (1.21%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.30%) Ansible
6 1 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.30%) MOM
Vendors
1 46 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.03%) SAP
2 10 (3.03%) VMware
3 7 (2.12%) Cisco
3 7 (2.12%) Google
3 7 (2.12%) Oracle
3 7 (2.12%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.82%) EMC
5 5 (1.52%) Aruba
5 5 (1.52%) Cognizant
6 4 (1.21%) Adobe
6 4 (1.21%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.21%) IFS
7 3 (0.91%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.61%) BT
8 2 (0.61%) Siemens
9 1 (0.30%) Draytek
9 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto