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 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 474 317
Rank change year-on-year +52 -157 +22
Permanent jobs citing IoT 372 178 572
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.41% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 0.97% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 280 125 441
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £34,001
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% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,875 £94,000 £87,000
UK median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% -11.54%

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 24,813 18,323 23,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.55% 41.86% 32.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,321 9,367 13,217
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% -9.23%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +7 88 £55,000 -8.33% 90
London +5 83 £72,500 -23.68% 229
North of England +11 81 £55,000 -8.33% 40
South West -47 49 £55,000 +15.79% 26
Midlands -26 46 £44,250 -22.73% 42
Yorkshire 0 40 £55,000 +4.76% 12
North West -13 26 £50,000 -16.67% 23
East Midlands -16 24 £67,500 +28.57% 15
East of England -30 24 £72,500 +26.09% 46
West Midlands -9 22 £42,500 -34.62% 27
North East - 15 £50,000 - 5
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 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) CMS
4 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.34%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.81%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.81%) Simulink
4 2 (0.54%) Windchill
5 1 (0.27%) CATIA
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.81%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.54%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 52 (13.98%) AWS
2 35 (9.41%) Azure
3 25 (6.72%) SaaS
4 14 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.76%) Serverless
5 13 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (2.69%) AWS IoT
7 8 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.61%) GCP
9 5 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
9 5 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.34%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon CloudSearch
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.08%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (1.08%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.68%) Wireless
2 27 (7.26%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (6.18%) Internet
3 23 (6.18%) MQTT
4 17 (4.57%) Bluetooth
4 17 (4.57%) Firewall
5 16 (4.30%) DNS
6 14 (3.76%) VPN
7 10 (2.69%) DHCP
7 10 (2.69%) LoRaWAN
7 10 (2.69%) ZigBee
8 7 (1.88%) 5G
9 6 (1.61%) Ethernet
10 5 (1.34%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.34%) VoIP
11 4 (1.08%) HTTP
11 4 (1.08%) LTE
11 4 (1.08%) SSH
11 4 (1.08%) VLAN
12 3 (0.81%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.23%) Big Data
1 12 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.15%) MySQL
3 8 (2.15%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.34%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.08%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.08%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.81%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.81%) DocumentDB
8 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.54%) GIS
8 2 (0.54%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 27 (7.26%) Git
2 9 (2.42%) JIRA
3 7 (1.88%) GitLab
3 7 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.61%) GDB
5 4 (1.08%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.08%) Selenium
6 3 (0.81%) PetaLinux
6 3 (0.81%) Postman
7 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.27%) MLflow
7 1 (0.27%) Poetry
7 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (15.32%) Electronics
2 52 (13.98%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 29 (7.80%) Finance
4 29 (7.80%) Manufacturing
5 27 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.76%) Automotive
7 14 (3.76%) Marketing
8 11 (2.96%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.69%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.69%) Legal
10 8 (2.15%) Local Government
10 8 (2.15%) Retail
10 8 (2.15%) Wearables
11 7 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.88%) Law
12 6 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.34%) Social Housing
13 5 (1.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 65 (17.47%) Software Engineer
2 52 (13.98%) Embedded Engineer
3 51 (13.71%) Senior
4 39 (10.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 31 (8.33%) Developer
5 31 (8.33%) Sales Manager
6 29 (7.80%) Technical Engineer
7 25 (6.72%) Architect
8 17 (4.57%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.57%) Technical Support
9 15 (4.03%) Account Manager
9 15 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.49%) Technical Support Engineer
11 11 (2.96%) Operations Engineer
12 10 (2.69%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 10 (2.69%) Linux Engineer
12 10 (2.69%) Technical Operations Engineer
13 9 (2.42%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (2.42%) Software Developer
13 9 (2.42%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.38%) Yocto
2 19 (5.11%) Terraform
3 16 (4.30%) .NET
4 14 (3.76%) REST
5 13 (3.49%) React
6 10 (2.69%) Node.js
7 7 (1.88%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.61%) Blazor
8 6 (1.61%) Kafka
9 5 (1.34%) Vue
10 4 (1.08%) HTML
10 4 (1.08%) pytest
10 4 (1.08%) Unity DI Container
11 3 (0.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 3 (0.81%) CSS
11 3 (0.81%) Flash
11 3 (0.81%) PySpark
12 2 (0.54%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET Web API
12 2 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.37%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (5.11%) Device Driver
3 17 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (4.03%) Cloud Native
6 14 (3.76%) Robotics
7 13 (3.49%) Driving Licence
7 13 (3.49%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.96%) ARM Cortex
8 11 (2.96%) PropTech
9 9 (2.42%) Smart Home
10 8 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.88%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.88%) CCTV
11 7 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.88%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.88%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.78%) Linux
2 19 (5.11%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (4.30%) Windows
4 10 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.88%) VMS
6 6 (1.61%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (1.34%) Android
8 4 (1.08%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (26.88%) Software Engineering
2 84 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (18.82%) AI
4 40 (10.75%) CI/CD
4 40 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (9.95%) Collaborative Culture
6 35 (9.41%) DevOps
7 32 (8.60%) Machine Learning
8 30 (8.06%) Validation
9 29 (7.80%) Agile
10 28 (7.53%) Analytics
11 26 (6.99%) CRM
12 24 (6.45%) Business Development
12 24 (6.45%) Computer Science
13 23 (6.18%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (5.91%) Decision-Making
14 22 (5.91%) Full-Stack Development
15 21 (5.65%) Customer Engagement
16 20 (5.38%) Mentoring
17 19 (5.11%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.40%) Python
2 36 (9.68%) C++
3 33 (8.87%) C
4 20 (5.38%) TypeScript
5 19 (5.11%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.84%) SQL
7 17 (4.57%) C#
8 16 (4.30%) Embedded C
8 16 (4.30%) Go
9 12 (3.23%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.15%) Java
11 6 (1.61%) Bash
12 4 (1.08%) Embedded C++
12 4 (1.08%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.08%) Rust
13 3 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.81%) PHP
14 1 (0.27%) Haskell
14 1 (0.27%) OCaml
14 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (21.77%) Degree
2 19 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.03%) Master's Degree
4 14 (3.76%) DBS Check
5 12 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.42%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.61%) HNC
7 6 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.81%) HND
8 3 (0.81%) PhD
9 2 (0.54%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.54%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.54%) 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%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.96%) QA
2 8 (2.15%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.88%) JTAG
4 3 (0.81%) ECSS
4 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.54%) GDPR
5 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (0.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (9.95%) Firmware
2 23 (6.18%) Docker
3 13 (3.49%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (2.42%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.42%) vSphere
5 2 (0.54%) iptables
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.61%) Grafana
3 5 (1.34%) SCCM
4 4 (1.08%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.08%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.08%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.54%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.27%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.27%) MOM
Vendors
1 45 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.42%) Salesforce
2 9 (2.42%) VMware
3 8 (2.15%) SAP
4 7 (1.88%) Cisco
4 7 (1.88%) Oracle
5 5 (1.34%) Aruba
5 5 (1.34%) Cognizant
6 4 (1.08%) Adobe
6 4 (1.08%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.08%) IFS
7 3 (0.81%) BT
7 3 (0.81%) Databricks
7 3 (0.81%) Google
7 3 (0.81%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.54%) EMC
8 2 (0.54%) MEDITECH
8 2 (0.54%) Planon
8 2 (0.54%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.27%) Ericsson