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 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 470 315
Rank change year-on-year +56 -155 +22
Permanent jobs citing IoT 365 178 591
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.41% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.49% 0.97% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 271 128 471
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,375 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £48,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% - -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 24,483 18,375 23,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.73% 42.02% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 16,024 9,315 14,202
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,385
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £106,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +17 90 £55,000 -8.33% 62
London +1 80 £75,000 -20.00% 97
North of England +11 76 £55,000 -6.78% 24
South West -44 48 £55,000 +10.00% 16
Midlands -9 45 £42,500 -29.17% 20
Yorkshire +3 37 £55,000 +4.76% 10
North West -16 26 £50,000 -13.79% 10
East of England -25 25 £71,250 +23.91% 25
East Midlands -23 23 £67,500 +28.57% 10
West Midlands -13 22 £38,500 -42.96% 10
North East - 13 £50,000 - 4
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 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.82%) CMS
3 3 (0.82%) WordPress
4 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
Applications
1 14 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.92%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.82%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.82%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.82%) Simulink
4 2 (0.55%) Windchill
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.55%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.55%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.55%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 51 (13.97%) AWS
2 36 (9.86%) Azure
3 27 (7.40%) SaaS
4 14 (3.84%) Serverless
5 13 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (2.74%) AWS IoT
8 8 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.92%) GCP
10 5 (1.37%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.37%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.10%) Amazon CloudSearch
11 4 (1.10%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (1.10%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.10%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.10%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.59%) Wireless
2 27 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (6.30%) MQTT
4 21 (5.75%) Internet
5 17 (4.66%) Bluetooth
6 16 (4.38%) Firewall
7 14 (3.84%) DNS
8 13 (3.56%) VPN
9 10 (2.74%) LoRaWAN
9 10 (2.74%) ZigBee
10 8 (2.19%) DHCP
11 6 (1.64%) 5G
11 6 (1.64%) Ethernet
12 5 (1.37%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.37%) VoIP
13 4 (1.10%) HTTP
13 4 (1.10%) LTE
14 3 (0.82%) Gigabit Ethernet
14 3 (0.82%) GSM
14 3 (0.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.29%) Big Data
1 12 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.19%) MySQL
3 8 (2.19%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.37%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.37%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.10%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.10%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.82%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.82%) DocumentDB
8 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.55%) GIS
8 2 (0.55%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 27 (7.40%) Git
2 7 (1.92%) GitLab
2 7 (1.92%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.64%) GDB
3 6 (1.64%) JIRA
4 4 (1.10%) Robot Framework
4 4 (1.10%) Selenium
5 3 (0.82%) PetaLinux
5 3 (0.82%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) MLflow
6 1 (0.27%) Poetry
6 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 54 (14.79%) Electronics
2 50 (13.70%) Social Skills
3 32 (8.77%) Telecoms
4 29 (7.95%) Finance
5 27 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.40%) Manufacturing
6 15 (4.11%) Automotive
6 15 (4.11%) Marketing
7 13 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.01%) Legal
8 11 (3.01%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.19%) Local Government
9 8 (2.19%) Retail
9 8 (2.19%) Wearables
10 7 (1.92%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.92%) Law
11 6 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.37%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 67 (18.36%) Software Engineer
2 53 (14.52%) Embedded Engineer
3 47 (12.88%) Senior
4 38 (10.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 32 (8.77%) Sales Manager
6 29 (7.95%) Developer
6 29 (7.95%) Technical Engineer
7 24 (6.58%) Architect
8 17 (4.66%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.66%) Technical Support
9 14 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.56%) Account Manager
10 13 (3.56%) Technical Support Engineer
11 12 (3.29%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 12 (3.29%) Linux Engineer
12 11 (3.01%) Operations Engineer
13 10 (2.74%) Principal Engineer
13 10 (2.74%) Technical Operations Engineer
14 9 (2.47%) Full-Stack Developer
14 9 (2.47%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.48%) Yocto
2 17 (4.66%) Terraform
3 16 (4.38%) .NET
4 14 (3.84%) REST
5 13 (3.56%) React
6 10 (2.74%) Node.js
7 7 (1.92%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.64%) Blazor
8 6 (1.64%) Kafka
9 5 (1.37%) Vue
10 4 (1.10%) HTML
10 4 (1.10%) pytest
10 4 (1.10%) Unity DI Container
11 3 (0.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 3 (0.82%) CSS
11 3 (0.82%) Flash
11 3 (0.82%) PySpark
12 2 (0.55%) CSS3
12 2 (0.55%) HTML5
12 2 (0.55%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.88%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (5.75%) Device Driver
3 17 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.11%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (4.11%) Robotics
5 14 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (3.84%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.56%) Driving Licence
7 11 (3.01%) ARM Cortex
7 11 (3.01%) PropTech
8 9 (2.47%) Smart Home
9 8 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.92%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.92%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.92%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.92%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.64%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.34%) Linux
2 21 (5.75%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (4.38%) Windows
4 10 (2.74%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.64%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (1.64%) VMS
6 5 (1.37%) Android
7 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.22%) Software Engineering
2 83 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (18.36%) AI
4 41 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (10.96%) CI/CD
6 38 (10.41%) Collaborative Culture
7 34 (9.32%) DevOps
8 28 (7.67%) CRM
9 27 (7.40%) Agile
9 27 (7.40%) Analytics
9 27 (7.40%) Machine Learning
10 26 (7.12%) Validation
11 25 (6.85%) Business Development
11 25 (6.85%) Full-Stack Development
12 24 (6.58%) Computer Science
13 21 (5.75%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (5.48%) Customer Engagement
14 20 (5.48%) Decision-Making
14 20 (5.48%) Roadmaps
15 18 (4.93%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.71%) Python
2 35 (9.59%) C++
3 32 (8.77%) C
4 20 (5.48%) TypeScript
5 19 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.93%) SQL
7 17 (4.66%) C#
8 16 (4.38%) Embedded C
9 14 (3.84%) Go
10 12 (3.29%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.19%) Java
12 6 (1.64%) Bash
13 4 (1.10%) Embedded C++
13 4 (1.10%) MATLAB
13 4 (1.10%) Rust
14 3 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.82%) PHP
15 1 (0.27%) R
15 1 (0.27%) Scala
15 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (20.82%) Degree
2 19 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.56%) DBS Check
4 12 (3.29%) Master's Degree
4 12 (3.29%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.47%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.64%) HNC
7 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.82%) HND
9 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.27%) CISA
10 1 (0.27%) CISM
10 1 (0.27%) CISSP
10 1 (0.27%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.27%) PhD
10 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.01%) QA
2 8 (2.19%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.92%) JTAG
4 3 (0.82%) ECSS
4 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.55%) GDPR
5 2 (0.55%) NCSC
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (10.68%) Firmware
2 23 (6.30%) Docker
3 15 (4.11%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (2.47%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.47%) vSphere
5 2 (0.55%) iptables
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.64%) Grafana
3 5 (1.37%) SCCM
4 4 (1.10%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.10%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.10%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.27%) Ansible
5 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.27%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) MOM
Vendors
1 45 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.47%) Salesforce
2 9 (2.47%) SAP
2 9 (2.47%) VMware
3 7 (1.92%) Cisco
3 7 (1.92%) Oracle
4 5 (1.37%) Aruba
4 5 (1.37%) Cognizant
5 4 (1.10%) Adobe
5 4 (1.10%) dotdigital
5 4 (1.10%) Google
5 4 (1.10%) IFS
6 3 (0.82%) BT
6 3 (0.82%) Databricks
6 3 (0.82%) Xilinx
7 2 (0.55%) EMC
7 2 (0.55%) MEDITECH
7 2 (0.55%) Planon
7 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.27%) Mapbox