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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 372 272
Rank change year-on-year +344 -100 +103
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,342 256 793
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.27% 0.70% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 20.51% 1.80% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 249 152 626
10th Percentile £33,500 £42,650 £33,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,375 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,250 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.40% +4.17% -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 21,173 14,206 27,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.58% 38.91% 35.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,949 8,066 20,099
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,114 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £38,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +197 1,665 £51,250 -10.87% 26
North West +156 1,509 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Midlands +154 1,062 £42,500 -29.17% 19
West Midlands +130 930 £42,500 -29.17% 12
South East +172 662 £55,000 -21.43% 45
London +240 448 £75,000 +3.45% 59
East of England +114 408 £34,000 -38.18% 26
Yorkshire +59 156 £50,000 -16.67% 15
East Midlands +53 144 - - 7
South West -10 77 £55,000 -8.33% 16
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 23 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.16%) Confluence
3 4 (0.092%) CMS
3 4 (0.092%) WordPress
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.092%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.046%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.046%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.023%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.023%) Maximo
4 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (92.70%) Cloud Computing
2 37 (0.85%) AWS
2 37 (0.85%) Azure
3 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
4 15 (0.35%) SaaS
5 12 (0.28%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.23%) Power Platform
7 6 (0.14%) GCP
8 5 (0.12%) GitHub
9 4 (0.092%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.092%) Canva
9 4 (0.092%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.092%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.069%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.069%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.069%) IaaS
10 3 (0.069%) PaaS
10 3 (0.069%) Serverless
10 3 (0.069%) Zapier
11 2 (0.046%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,014 (92.45%) Internet
2 25 (0.58%) Network Security
3 24 (0.55%) Wireless
4 13 (0.30%) Firewall
5 12 (0.28%) Bluetooth
6 9 (0.21%) VPN
7 8 (0.18%) Modbus
7 8 (0.18%) MQTT
8 6 (0.14%) DNS
9 5 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (0.092%) 5G
10 4 (0.092%) WAN
11 3 (0.069%) DHCP
11 3 (0.069%) LAN
11 3 (0.069%) LTE
11 3 (0.069%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.069%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.046%) Broadband
12 2 (0.046%) GSM
12 2 (0.046%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (0.53%) Big Data
2 11 (0.25%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.092%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.092%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.092%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.092%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.046%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.046%) Informix
6 2 (0.046%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.023%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.023%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.023%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.023%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.023%) GIS
7 1 (0.023%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 6 (0.14%) JIRA
2 3 (0.069%) Git
3 1 (0.023%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.023%) GitLab
3 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.023%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.023%) Postman
3 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,096 (94.33%) Social Skills
2 4,028 (92.77%) Banking
3 4,027 (92.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (0.85%) Manufacturing
5 34 (0.78%) Marketing
6 31 (0.71%) Electronics
7 28 (0.64%) Finance
8 19 (0.44%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (0.37%) Tech for Good
9 16 (0.37%) Telecoms
10 14 (0.32%) Public Sector
11 11 (0.25%) Automotive
12 10 (0.23%) Wearables
13 8 (0.18%) Retail
13 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
14 7 (0.16%) Law
15 4 (0.092%) Back Office
15 4 (0.092%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.069%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.069%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3,125 (71.97%) Lecturer
2 56 (1.29%) Software Engineer
3 38 (0.88%) Developer
3 38 (0.88%) Embedded Engineer
4 35 (0.81%) Senior
5 23 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 23 (0.53%) Firmware Engineer
6 22 (0.51%) Architect
7 20 (0.46%) Principal Engineer
7 20 (0.46%) Principal Software Engineer
8 17 (0.39%) React Developer
9 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
9 16 (0.37%) Sales Manager
10 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 14 (0.32%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (0.28%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (0.28%) Analyst
11 12 (0.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 12 (0.28%) IoT Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (0.51%) React
2 20 (0.46%) Node.js
3 18 (0.41%) React Native
4 9 (0.21%) REST
5 7 (0.16%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.092%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.069%) Kafka
9 2 (0.046%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.046%) Django
9 2 (0.046%) Next.js
9 2 (0.046%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.046%) Swagger
9 2 (0.046%) WebSockets
10 1 (0.023%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.023%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.023%) FIX Protocol
10 1 (0.023%) HTML
10 1 (0.023%) Middleware
10 1 (0.023%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (0.46%) Mobile App
1 20 (0.46%) Smart Energy
2 17 (0.39%) Management Information System
3 13 (0.30%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (0.28%) SCADA
5 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
6 9 (0.21%) Cloud Native
7 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.14%) Operational Technology
9 5 (0.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.12%) Industry 4.0
9 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 5 (0.12%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.092%) Blog
10 4 (0.092%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.092%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.092%) PropTech
10 4 (0.092%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.092%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (0.44%) Linux
2 13 (0.30%) Windows
3 8 (0.18%) Android
4 5 (0.12%) Unix
5 4 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.092%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.069%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.046%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.046%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.023%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.023%) Solaris
8 1 (0.023%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,070 (93.74%) Cybersecurity
2 4,029 (92.79%) AI
3 4,023 (92.65%) Web Development
4 4,018 (92.54%) Machine Learning
5 4,011 (92.38%) User Experience
6 69 (1.59%) Software Engineering
7 48 (1.11%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (0.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (0.69%) Customer Service
10 29 (0.67%) Agile
10 29 (0.67%) Full-Stack Development
11 28 (0.64%) Project Management
12 27 (0.62%) Digital Marketing
13 26 (0.60%) ERP
14 24 (0.55%) Business Analysis
15 22 (0.51%) Energy Management
16 21 (0.48%) Analytics
16 21 (0.48%) DevOps
16 21 (0.48%) Roadmaps
17 20 (0.46%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (0.53%) Python
2 15 (0.35%) SQL
3 14 (0.32%) Java
3 14 (0.32%) TypeScript
4 9 (0.21%) C++
4 9 (0.21%) PHP
5 8 (0.18%) C
6 6 (0.14%) C#
6 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.092%) Bash
7 4 (0.092%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.046%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.046%) Go
8 2 (0.046%) Perl
8 2 (0.046%) VBA
9 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.023%) Groovy
9 1 (0.023%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,049 (93.25%) Degree
2 4,026 (92.72%) Master's Degree
3 4,006 (92.26%) PhD
4 4,003 (92.19%) Postgraduate
5 23 (0.53%) HND
6 6 (0.14%) Security Cleared
7 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.046%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.046%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.046%) PMP
9 1 (0.023%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.023%) CCNA
9 1 (0.023%) CCNP
9 1 (0.023%) CISA
9 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.023%) CISM
9 1 (0.023%) CISSP
9 1 (0.023%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.023%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.023%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (0.30%) QA
2 6 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.092%) GDPR
5 3 (0.069%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.069%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.069%) SLA
6 2 (0.046%) NIST
7 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.023%) GMP
7 1 (0.023%) JTAG
7 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (1.01%) Firmware
2 27 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.21%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.14%) Docker
5 5 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.069%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.069%) Grafana
4 2 (0.046%) Galera Cluster
4 2 (0.046%) Terraform
4 2 (0.046%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (1.08%) Microsoft
2 11 (0.25%) SAP
3 8 (0.18%) EMC
4 6 (0.14%) Google
5 5 (0.12%) Epicor
5 5 (0.12%) Infor
5 5 (0.12%) VMware
6 4 (0.092%) Fortinet
6 4 (0.092%) Oracle
7 3 (0.069%) ConnectWise
7 3 (0.069%) Draytek
7 3 (0.069%) IBM
7 3 (0.069%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.046%) Apple
8 2 (0.046%) Cisco
8 2 (0.046%) HP
8 2 (0.046%) Siemens
9 1 (0.023%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.023%) Reuters
9 1 (0.023%) Salesforce