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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 337 383
Rank change year-on-year +317 +46 +10
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,280 423 312
As % of all permanent jobs in England 8.39% 0.82% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 22.81% 2.23% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 205 232 248
10th Percentile £33,500 £39,775 £37,275
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £91,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% -3.70%

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 18,763 18,952 16,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.76% 36.55% 37.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 9,338 12,454
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% -4.00% -2.34%

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 +230 1,657 £57,500 +43.75% 81
North West +162 1,512 £60,000 +71.43% 31
Midlands +171 1,063 £55,000 -8.33% 61
West Midlands +146 928 £52,500 -12.50% 31
South East +175 622 £65,000 +4.00% 119
London +256 427 £65,000 -7.14% 46
East of England +119 421 £57,500 +4.55% 50
East Midlands +75 147 £55,000 -8.33% 26
Yorkshire +93 144 £55,000 -12.00% 42
South West +39 72 £52,500 -8.70% 49
North East 0 1 £40,000 -20.79% 10
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 33 (0.77%) SharePoint
2 14 (0.33%) Confluence
3 2 (0.047%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.047%) nginx
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.093%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.093%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.093%) Revit
2 3 (0.070%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.023%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.070%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.070%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.070%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.047%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.047%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.047%) SAP APO
4 2 (0.047%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.047%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.047%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.023%) Maximo
5 1 (0.023%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.023%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.023%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.023%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.023%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.023%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.023%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (94.04%) Cloud Computing
2 48 (1.12%) Azure
3 32 (0.75%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 20 (0.47%) Power Platform
6 17 (0.40%) Power Automate
7 14 (0.33%) PowerApps
8 13 (0.30%) SaaS
8 13 (0.30%) Serverless
9 7 (0.16%) GCP
10 6 (0.14%) GitHub
11 5 (0.12%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.093%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.093%) Zapier
13 3 (0.070%) IaaS
13 3 (0.070%) PaaS
14 2 (0.047%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.047%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.047%) Firebase
14 2 (0.047%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,031 (94.18%) Internet
2 31 (0.72%) Network Security
3 27 (0.63%) Wireless
4 8 (0.19%) WAN
5 7 (0.16%) 5G
5 7 (0.16%) Bluetooth
5 7 (0.16%) Firewall
6 6 (0.14%) MQTT
7 5 (0.12%) Broadband
7 5 (0.12%) LAN
7 5 (0.12%) Modbus
7 5 (0.12%) VPN
7 5 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.093%) DNS
8 4 (0.093%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (0.093%) LTE
8 4 (0.093%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.093%) VLAN
9 3 (0.070%) DHCP
10 2 (0.047%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (0.61%) Big Data
2 13 (0.30%) MySQL
3 7 (0.16%) MongoDB
3 7 (0.16%) Power BI
4 4 (0.093%) ClickHouse
5 3 (0.070%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.070%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.047%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.047%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.047%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.047%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.047%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.047%) Informix
6 2 (0.047%) Metadata
7 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.023%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.023%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.023%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.023%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (0.42%) JIRA
2 4 (0.093%) Git
2 4 (0.093%) GitLab
3 2 (0.047%) Jaeger
3 2 (0.047%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.047%) MLflow
3 2 (0.047%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.023%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.023%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.023%) Postman
4 1 (0.023%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.023%) Selenium
4 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
General
1 4,098 (95.75%) Social Skills
2 4,028 (94.11%) Banking
2 4,028 (94.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 35 (0.82%) Marketing
4 31 (0.72%) Manufacturing
5 30 (0.70%) Finance
6 24 (0.56%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (0.56%) Electronics
7 18 (0.42%) Automotive
8 13 (0.30%) Public Sector
8 13 (0.30%) Tech for Good
9 11 (0.26%) Retail
10 10 (0.23%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.14%) Social Housing
12 5 (0.12%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.12%) Billing
12 5 (0.12%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.12%) Law
12 5 (0.12%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.093%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3,125 (73.01%) Lecturer
2 42 (0.98%) Developer
3 34 (0.79%) Senior
4 22 (0.51%) Software Engineer
5 21 (0.49%) Architect
6 14 (0.33%) React Developer
7 13 (0.30%) Senior Developer
8 12 (0.28%) Embedded Engineer
8 12 (0.28%) Mobile Developer
9 11 (0.26%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (0.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (0.21%) IoT Developer
11 8 (0.19%) Analyst
11 8 (0.19%) Applications Developer
11 8 (0.19%) Backend Developer
11 8 (0.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 8 (0.19%) Principal Engineer
11 8 (0.19%) Principal Software Engineer
11 8 (0.19%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (0.16%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.33%) React Native
2 12 (0.28%) Node.js
2 12 (0.28%) React
3 9 (0.21%) REST
4 8 (0.19%) .NET
5 7 (0.16%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.12%) Kafka
6 5 (0.12%) OpenAPI
6 5 (0.12%) Swagger
7 3 (0.070%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (0.070%) Django
7 3 (0.070%) FastAPI
7 3 (0.070%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.070%) SAPUI5
7 3 (0.070%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.047%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.047%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.047%) RESTful
8 2 (0.047%) WebRTC
8 2 (0.047%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (0.42%) Management Information System
2 15 (0.35%) Mobile App
3 10 (0.23%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (0.23%) Smart Home
4 8 (0.19%) Onboarding
4 8 (0.19%) SCADA
4 8 (0.19%) Smart Energy
5 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (0.14%) Cloud Native
6 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
6 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.093%) Digital Signage
7 4 (0.093%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (0.093%) Home Automation
7 4 (0.093%) Industry 4.0
7 4 (0.093%) Machine to Machine
7 4 (0.093%) Robotics
7 4 (0.093%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.21%) Windows
2 5 (0.12%) Android
3 4 (0.093%) Linux
4 3 (0.070%) Unix
5 2 (0.047%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.047%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.047%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.023%) Solaris
6 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,071 (95.12%) Cybersecurity
2 4,029 (94.14%) AI
3 4,023 (94.00%) Web Development
4 4,021 (93.95%) Machine Learning
5 4,010 (93.69%) User Experience
6 50 (1.17%) Agile
7 43 (1.00%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (0.75%) Customer Service
8 32 (0.75%) Software Engineering
9 29 (0.68%) Project Management
9 29 (0.68%) Roadmaps
10 28 (0.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (0.65%) DevOps
11 23 (0.54%) Analytics
11 23 (0.54%) Digital Marketing
12 21 (0.49%) Business Analysis
12 21 (0.49%) Business Development
13 19 (0.44%) ERP
13 19 (0.44%) Mentoring
14 17 (0.40%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 31 (0.72%) Python
2 18 (0.42%) SQL
3 15 (0.35%) Java
3 15 (0.35%) TypeScript
4 13 (0.30%) PowerShell
5 10 (0.23%) C#
5 10 (0.23%) C++
6 9 (0.21%) Ruby
7 8 (0.19%) Elixir
7 8 (0.19%) Go
7 8 (0.19%) PHP
8 6 (0.14%) C
9 5 (0.12%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.070%) Perl
11 2 (0.047%) Bash
11 2 (0.047%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.047%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.047%) VBA
12 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.023%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4,050 (94.63%) Degree
2 4,027 (94.09%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (93.62%) PhD
4 4,003 (93.53%) Postgraduate
5 22 (0.51%) HND
6 14 (0.33%) Security Cleared
7 8 (0.19%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.093%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.093%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.093%) PMP
9 3 (0.070%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.047%) CISA
10 2 (0.047%) CISM
10 2 (0.047%) CISSP
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.047%) HNC
10 2 (0.047%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.023%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.023%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (0.42%) QA
2 5 (0.12%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.12%) GDPR
3 4 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.070%) SLA
5 2 (0.047%) NIST
6 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.023%) GMP
6 1 (0.023%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.023%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (0.44%) Firmware
2 7 (0.16%) Docker
2 7 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.12%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.047%) NFS
5 1 (0.023%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.023%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.12%) Grafana
4 3 (0.070%) Terraform
5 2 (0.047%) Ansible
5 2 (0.047%) Argo
5 2 (0.047%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.023%) Kibana
Vendors
1 49 (1.14%) Microsoft
2 13 (0.30%) Atlassian
3 12 (0.28%) SAP
4 8 (0.19%) Cisco
5 6 (0.14%) EMC
6 5 (0.12%) Epicor
6 5 (0.12%) Infor
6 5 (0.12%) Oracle
6 5 (0.12%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (0.093%) Autodesk
7 4 (0.093%) Google
7 4 (0.093%) IBM
7 4 (0.093%) NEC
7 4 (0.093%) Panasonic
7 4 (0.093%) Polycom
7 4 (0.093%) Samsung
7 4 (0.093%) Sony
8 3 (0.070%) Databricks
8 3 (0.070%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.047%) NETGEAR