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 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 485 275
Rank change year-on-year +62 -210 +78
Permanent jobs citing IoT 326 174 892
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.41% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 0.98% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 245 118 707
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,050 £33,901
25th Percentile £46,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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 22,090 17,737 30,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.59% 41.93% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14,617 8,795 20,539
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,498
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,475 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -14.10%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -1 76 £55,000 -12.00% 65
London +12 72 £75,000 -9.09% 107
North of England +6 64 £55,000 -5.17% 20
South West -39 50 £57,500 +2.22% 28
Midlands -14 35 £42,500 -29.17% 30
Yorkshire -5 27 £60,000 - 7
North West -5 25 £52,500 -9.48% 10
East of England -10 25 £62,500 +8.70% 28
East Midlands -25 18 £47,500 -5.00% 13
West Midlands -7 17 £38,500 -45.00% 17
North East - 12 £50,000 - 3
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 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.23%) CMS
3 4 (1.23%) Confluence
3 4 (1.23%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) GeoServer
Applications
1 12 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.45%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.23%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.92%) Lightworks
4 3 (0.92%) Simulink
5 2 (0.61%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.61%) Windchill
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.31%) Maximo
2 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.66%) AWS
2 36 (11.04%) Azure
3 18 (5.52%) SaaS
4 16 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.68%) Serverless
6 8 (2.45%) GCP
7 6 (1.84%) AWS IoT
7 6 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.84%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.53%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.23%) Amazon Kinesis
9 4 (1.23%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.23%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.23%) Canva
9 4 (1.23%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.92%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.43%) Wireless
2 22 (6.75%) MQTT
3 18 (5.52%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (5.21%) Bluetooth
4 17 (5.21%) Firewall
5 13 (3.99%) Internet
6 12 (3.68%) DNS
6 12 (3.68%) VPN
7 10 (3.07%) LoRaWAN
8 6 (1.84%) DHCP
8 6 (1.84%) Modbus
9 5 (1.53%) ZigBee
10 4 (1.23%) LTE
11 3 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.92%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.61%) 5G
12 2 (0.61%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.61%) VoIP
13 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.31%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.45%) MySQL
3 7 (2.15%) Big Data
4 6 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.84%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.53%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.23%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.23%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.61%) GIS
8 2 (0.61%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.61%) Power BI
8 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.31%) Flink
Development Applications
1 14 (4.29%) Git
2 6 (1.84%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.53%) GitLab
3 5 (1.53%) JIRA
4 4 (1.23%) GDB
4 4 (1.23%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.92%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.31%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.31%) Poetry
6 1 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 47 (14.42%) Electronics
2 40 (12.27%) Social Skills
3 28 (8.59%) Manufacturing
4 21 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.13%) Finance
6 18 (5.52%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.60%) Automotive
8 13 (3.99%) Marketing
8 13 (3.99%) Tech for Good
9 9 (2.76%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.45%) Local Government
11 7 (2.15%) Retail
11 7 (2.15%) Social Housing
12 6 (1.84%) Legal
12 6 (1.84%) Wearables
13 5 (1.53%) Law
14 4 (1.23%) Advertising
14 4 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.23%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 75 (23.01%) Software Engineer
2 55 (16.87%) Embedded Engineer
3 41 (12.58%) Senior
4 29 (8.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 25 (7.67%) Sales Manager
6 24 (7.36%) Technical Engineer
7 23 (7.06%) Developer
8 18 (5.52%) Architect
9 16 (4.91%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 16 (4.91%) Firmware Engineer
9 16 (4.91%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (4.60%) Support Engineer
11 13 (3.99%) Principal Engineer
12 12 (3.68%) Operations Engineer
12 12 (3.68%) Principal Software Engineer
13 11 (3.37%) Technical Support
13 11 (3.37%) Technical Support Engineer
14 10 (3.07%) Technical Operations Engineer
15 9 (2.76%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 9 (2.76%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.91%) Node.js
2 15 (4.60%) Yocto
3 14 (4.29%) React
4 10 (3.07%) .NET
5 4 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.23%) pytest
5 4 (1.23%) REST
5 4 (1.23%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (0.92%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.92%) Kafka
7 2 (0.61%) Blazor
7 2 (0.61%) GStreamer
7 2 (0.61%) HTML
7 2 (0.61%) Vue
7 2 (0.61%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.31%) Anaconda
8 1 (0.31%) Micronaut
8 1 (0.31%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.31%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.27%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (4.91%) Device Driver
3 14 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.37%) Mobile App
6 10 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.07%) PropTech
7 9 (2.76%) Robotics
7 9 (2.76%) Smart Energy
7 9 (2.76%) Smart Home
8 8 (2.45%) ARM Cortex
8 8 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.15%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.15%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.15%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.84%) NB-IoT
10 6 (1.84%) SCADA
11 5 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.03%) Linux
2 21 (6.44%) Windows
3 13 (3.99%) Embedded Linux
4 12 (3.68%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.45%) Android
6 5 (1.53%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (1.23%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.23%) VMS
8 2 (0.61%) Unix
9 1 (0.31%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (30.98%) Software Engineering
2 68 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (14.42%) AI
4 38 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (10.43%) Collaborative Culture
6 28 (8.59%) CI/CD
7 26 (7.98%) CRM
8 24 (7.36%) ERP
9 23 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (7.06%) Full-Stack Development
10 22 (6.75%) DevOps
11 21 (6.44%) Analytics
12 19 (5.83%) Mentoring
13 18 (5.52%) Machine Learning
13 18 (5.52%) Roadmaps
14 17 (5.21%) Validation
15 16 (4.91%) Asset Management
15 16 (4.91%) Business Development
15 16 (4.91%) Requirements Gathering
16 15 (4.60%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.34%) Python
2 32 (9.82%) C++
3 29 (8.90%) C
4 17 (5.21%) TypeScript
5 15 (4.60%) PowerShell
5 15 (4.60%) SQL
6 14 (4.29%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.68%) C#
7 12 (3.68%) Embedded C
8 10 (3.07%) Java
9 8 (2.45%) Bash
10 5 (1.53%) Go
10 5 (1.53%) PHP
11 4 (1.23%) Embedded C++
11 4 (1.23%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.23%) Rust
12 1 (0.31%) Groovy
12 1 (0.31%) Haskell
12 1 (0.31%) OCaml
12 1 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (15.34%) Degree
2 10 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (3.07%) Master's Degree
3 9 (2.76%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.84%) HND
4 6 (1.84%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.53%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.31%) CISA
7 1 (0.31%) CISM
7 1 (0.31%) CISSP
7 1 (0.31%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.31%) PhD
7 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.07%) QA
2 6 (1.84%) ISO 9001
3 5 (1.53%) JTAG
4 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.92%) ECSS
5 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.61%) GDPR
7 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (15.34%) Firmware
2 29 (8.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 14 (4.29%) Docker
4 11 (3.37%) Active Directory
4 11 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.76%) vSphere
6 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.53%) SCCM
3 5 (1.53%) Terraform
4 4 (1.23%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.23%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.92%) Grafana
6 1 (0.31%) Ansible
6 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.31%) MOM
6 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.37%) VMware
3 9 (2.76%) SAP
4 7 (2.15%) Oracle
5 6 (1.84%) EMC
5 6 (1.84%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.53%) Aruba
6 5 (1.53%) Cisco
6 5 (1.53%) Cognizant
6 5 (1.53%) Google
7 4 (1.23%) Adobe
8 3 (0.92%) dotdigital
8 3 (0.92%) IFS
8 3 (0.92%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.61%) ConnectWise
9 2 (0.61%) Draytek
9 2 (0.61%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.61%) Siemens
10 1 (0.31%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.31%) Palo Alto