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 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 352 281
Rank change year-on-year +330 -71 +102
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,330 361 648
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.32% 0.81% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 22.14% 2.13% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 235 162 492
10th Percentile £32,700 £41,250 £33,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 19,560 16,945 23,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.07% 37.88% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,066 7,958 17,917
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +215 1,661 £52,500 +20.00% 28
North West +164 1,510 £53,750 +34.38% 17
Midlands +161 1,061 £50,000 -16.67% 22
West Midlands +136 931 £50,000 -16.67% 17
South East +163 649 £65,000 -7.14% 40
London +243 445 £75,000 +3.45% 45
East of England +126 415 £55,000 - 19
Yorkshire +77 150 £50,000 -20.00% 11
East Midlands +79 142 - - 5
South West +15 78 £55,000 -8.33% 17
North East - 1 £40,000 -
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 25 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.16%) Confluence
3 2 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.046%) nginx
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) CMS
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
4 1 (0.023%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.092%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.092%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.092%) Revit
2 2 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.046%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.023%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.023%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.046%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.023%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.023%) Maximo
4 1 (0.023%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.023%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.023%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.023%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.023%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.023%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.023%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (92.96%) Cloud Computing
2 45 (1.04%) Azure
3 32 (0.74%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 13 (0.30%) Power Platform
5 13 (0.30%) SaaS
6 11 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (0.16%) GCP
7 7 (0.16%) GitHub
7 7 (0.16%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.092%) PowerApps
8 4 (0.092%) Zapier
9 3 (0.069%) IaaS
9 3 (0.069%) PaaS
9 3 (0.069%) Serverless
10 2 (0.046%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.046%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.046%) Firebase
10 2 (0.046%) Google Play
10 2 (0.046%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4,024 (92.93%) Internet
2 31 (0.72%) Network Security
3 29 (0.67%) Wireless
4 11 (0.25%) Firewall
5 10 (0.23%) Bluetooth
6 8 (0.18%) Modbus
6 8 (0.18%) MQTT
6 8 (0.18%) WAN
7 7 (0.16%) 5G
7 7 (0.16%) VPN
8 6 (0.14%) DNS
8 6 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.12%) LAN
10 4 (0.092%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.092%) VLAN
11 3 (0.069%) Broadband
11 3 (0.069%) DHCP
11 3 (0.069%) LoRaWAN
11 3 (0.069%) LTE
11 3 (0.069%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.55%) Big Data
2 11 (0.25%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 7 (0.16%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.069%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.046%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.046%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.046%) Informix
6 2 (0.046%) Metadata
6 2 (0.046%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.046%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.023%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.023%) GIS
7 1 (0.023%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (0.14%) JIRA
2 3 (0.069%) GitLab
3 2 (0.046%) Git
3 2 (0.046%) Jaeger
3 2 (0.046%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.046%) MLflow
3 2 (0.046%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.023%) Postman
4 1 (0.023%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
General
1 4,101 (94.71%) Social Skills
2 4,029 (93.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,028 (93.03%) Banking
4 36 (0.83%) Manufacturing
5 33 (0.76%) Marketing
6 31 (0.72%) Electronics
6 31 (0.72%) Finance
7 21 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (0.39%) Tech for Good
9 15 (0.35%) Public Sector
10 11 (0.25%) Wearables
11 10 (0.23%) Telecoms
12 9 (0.21%) Automotive
12 9 (0.21%) Retail
13 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.12%) Law
15 4 (0.092%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.092%) Back Office
16 3 (0.069%) Billing
16 3 (0.069%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,125 (72.17%) Lecturer
2 43 (0.99%) Software Engineer
3 42 (0.97%) Developer
3 42 (0.97%) Senior
4 26 (0.60%) Architect
4 26 (0.60%) Embedded Engineer
5 20 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 20 (0.46%) Firmware Engineer
6 17 (0.39%) React Developer
7 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
8 14 (0.32%) Principal Engineer
8 14 (0.32%) Principal Software Engineer
9 13 (0.30%) IoT Developer
9 13 (0.30%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (0.28%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.25%) Analyst
11 11 (0.25%) Applications Developer
11 11 (0.25%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (0.23%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (0.23%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.46%) Node.js
2 19 (0.44%) React
3 18 (0.42%) React Native
4 10 (0.23%) REST
5 9 (0.21%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.12%) OpenAPI
6 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
6 5 (0.12%) Swagger
7 4 (0.092%) Kafka
8 3 (0.069%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.046%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.046%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.046%) Django
9 2 (0.046%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.046%) Keycloak
9 2 (0.046%) Next.js
9 2 (0.046%) RESTful
9 2 (0.046%) WebRTC
9 2 (0.046%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (0.44%) Mobile App
2 18 (0.42%) Management Information System
3 14 (0.32%) Smart Energy
4 11 (0.25%) SCADA
4 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
5 10 (0.23%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (0.18%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.16%) Cloud Native
7 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (0.16%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.14%) Digital Signage
8 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.14%) Operational Technology
8 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 4 (0.092%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.092%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.092%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (0.092%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.30%) Windows
2 11 (0.25%) Linux
3 10 (0.23%) Android
4 4 (0.092%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.069%) Unix
6 2 (0.046%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.046%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.023%) Solaris
7 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,075 (94.11%) Cybersecurity
2 4,031 (93.09%) AI
3 4,023 (92.91%) Web Development
4 4,019 (92.82%) Machine Learning
5 4,011 (92.63%) User Experience
6 52 (1.20%) Software Engineering
7 39 (0.90%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (0.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (0.79%) Agile
10 30 (0.69%) Customer Service
11 29 (0.67%) Project Management
12 25 (0.58%) ERP
13 24 (0.55%) Digital Marketing
13 24 (0.55%) Roadmaps
14 23 (0.53%) DevOps
14 23 (0.53%) Full-Stack Development
15 20 (0.46%) Business Analysis
15 20 (0.46%) Decision-Making
16 19 (0.44%) Analytics
16 19 (0.44%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (0.55%) Python
2 19 (0.44%) Java
3 16 (0.37%) SQL
4 13 (0.30%) TypeScript
5 11 (0.25%) C++
6 10 (0.23%) C#
7 8 (0.18%) PHP
7 8 (0.18%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.16%) C
9 4 (0.092%) Bash
9 4 (0.092%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.069%) Perl
11 2 (0.046%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.046%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.046%) VBA
12 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.023%) Groovy
12 1 (0.023%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.023%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4,051 (93.56%) Degree
2 4,027 (93.00%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (92.54%) PhD
4 4,003 (92.45%) Postgraduate
5 23 (0.53%) HND
6 12 (0.28%) Security Cleared
7 7 (0.16%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.092%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.092%) PMP
10 3 (0.069%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.046%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.046%) CISA
11 2 (0.046%) CISM
11 2 (0.046%) CISSP
11 2 (0.046%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.023%) CCNA
12 1 (0.023%) CCNP
12 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.023%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.23%) QA
2 5 (0.12%) GDPR
3 4 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.069%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.069%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.069%) SLA
5 2 (0.046%) NIST
6 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
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 36 (0.83%) Firmware
2 21 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (0.16%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.12%) Docker
5 3 (0.069%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.046%) NFS
Systems Management
1 28 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.12%) Grafana
4 2 (0.046%) Ansible
4 2 (0.046%) Argo
4 2 (0.046%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.046%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (1.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.23%) SAP
3 8 (0.18%) Cisco
3 8 (0.18%) EMC
4 5 (0.12%) Epicor
4 5 (0.12%) Google
4 5 (0.12%) Infor
4 5 (0.12%) Ruckus Wireless
5 4 (0.092%) Autodesk
5 4 (0.092%) Fortinet
5 4 (0.092%) IBM
5 4 (0.092%) NEC
5 4 (0.092%) Oracle
5 4 (0.092%) Panasonic
5 4 (0.092%) Polycom
5 4 (0.092%) Samsung
5 4 (0.092%) Sony
6 3 (0.069%) ConnectWise
6 3 (0.069%) Draytek
6 3 (0.069%) VMware