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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 330 374
Rank change year-on-year +310 +44 +6
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,280 416 331
As % of all permanent jobs in England 8.17% 0.83% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 22.89% 2.24% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 202 211 250
10th Percentile £32,550 £39,750 £39,525
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,938 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,375
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% -7.41%

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 18,698 18,557 16,931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.68% 37.22% 37.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,431 8,938 12,610
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,588 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +220 1,658 £55,000 +37.50% 90
North West +160 1,510 £60,000 +50.00% 42
Midlands +157 1,061 £50,000 -16.67% 73
West Midlands +141 927 £50,000 -16.67% 31
South East +183 630 £65,000 - 109
London +257 425 £65,000 -10.34% 128
East of England +118 418 £57,500 +4.55% 53
Yorkshire +99 147 £50,000 -20.00% 44
East Midlands +74 146 £55,000 - 38
South West +30 70 £50,200 -12.70% 64
North East +14 1 £40,000 -20.79% 6
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 31 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.26%) Confluence
3 2 (0.047%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.047%) nginx
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.093%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.093%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.093%) Revit
2 3 (0.070%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.023%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.070%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.047%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.047%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (94.04%) Cloud Computing
2 46 (1.07%) Azure
3 29 (0.68%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 19 (0.44%) Power Platform
6 15 (0.35%) Power Automate
7 12 (0.28%) PowerApps
8 11 (0.26%) SaaS
9 9 (0.21%) Serverless
10 6 (0.14%) GCP
10 6 (0.14%) GitHub
11 5 (0.12%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.093%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.093%) Zapier
13 3 (0.070%) IaaS
13 3 (0.070%) PaaS
14 2 (0.047%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.047%) Dagster
14 2 (0.047%) Firebase
14 2 (0.047%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,029 (94.14%) Internet
2 31 (0.72%) Network Security
3 29 (0.68%) Wireless
4 8 (0.19%) Bluetooth
4 8 (0.19%) WAN
5 7 (0.16%) 5G
5 7 (0.16%) Firewall
5 7 (0.16%) MQTT
6 6 (0.14%) Modbus
7 5 (0.12%) Broadband
7 5 (0.12%) LAN
7 5 (0.12%) VPN
7 5 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.093%) DNS
8 4 (0.093%) LTE
8 4 (0.093%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.093%) VLAN
9 3 (0.070%) DHCP
10 2 (0.047%) VoIP
10 2 (0.047%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (0.58%) Big Data
2 12 (0.28%) MySQL
3 8 (0.19%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.070%) ClickHouse
6 2 (0.047%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.047%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.047%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.047%) Informix
6 2 (0.047%) Metadata
6 2 (0.047%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.047%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.023%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.023%) GIS
7 1 (0.023%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (0.26%) JIRA
2 3 (0.070%) GitLab
3 2 (0.047%) Git
3 2 (0.047%) Jaeger
3 2 (0.047%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.047%) MLflow
3 2 (0.047%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.023%) Postman
4 1 (0.023%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
General
1 4,095 (95.68%) Social Skills
2 4,028 (94.11%) Banking
2 4,028 (94.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 33 (0.77%) Marketing
4 28 (0.65%) Finance
4 28 (0.65%) Manufacturing
5 23 (0.54%) Electronics
6 22 (0.51%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (0.35%) Automotive
8 12 (0.28%) Tech for Good
9 10 (0.23%) Public Sector
9 10 (0.23%) Telecoms
10 9 (0.21%) Retail
11 6 (0.14%) Social Housing
12 5 (0.12%) Law
12 5 (0.12%) Wearables
13 4 (0.093%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.093%) Back Office
13 4 (0.093%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.070%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,125 (73.01%) Lecturer
2 43 (1.00%) Developer
3 32 (0.75%) Senior
4 23 (0.54%) Software Engineer
5 20 (0.47%) Architect
6 15 (0.35%) React Developer
7 13 (0.30%) Embedded Engineer
7 13 (0.30%) Mobile Developer
7 13 (0.30%) Senior Developer
8 11 (0.26%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (0.23%) Analyst
9 10 (0.23%) IoT Developer
9 10 (0.23%) Principal Engineer
9 10 (0.23%) Principal Software Engineer
9 10 (0.23%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.19%) Applications Developer
10 8 (0.19%) Backend Developer
10 8 (0.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 8 (0.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 7 (0.16%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (0.35%) React Native
2 12 (0.28%) Node.js
3 11 (0.26%) React
4 9 (0.21%) REST
5 7 (0.16%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.12%) OpenAPI
6 5 (0.12%) Swagger
7 4 (0.093%) Kafka
7 4 (0.093%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.070%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.047%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.047%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.047%) Django
9 2 (0.047%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.047%) HTML
9 2 (0.047%) Next.js
9 2 (0.047%) RESTful
9 2 (0.047%) WebRTC
9 2 (0.047%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (0.42%) Management Information System
2 15 (0.35%) Mobile App
3 10 (0.23%) Smart Energy
3 10 (0.23%) Smart Home
4 9 (0.21%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (0.21%) SCADA
4 9 (0.21%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (0.19%) Onboarding
6 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (0.14%) Cloud Native
7 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
7 6 (0.14%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.093%) Digital Signage
8 4 (0.093%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.093%) Home Automation
8 4 (0.093%) Machine to Machine
8 4 (0.093%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 4 (0.093%) Robotics
8 4 (0.093%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.21%) Windows
2 5 (0.12%) Android
3 4 (0.093%) Linux
4 3 (0.070%) Unix
5 2 (0.047%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.047%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.047%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.023%) Solaris
6 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,071 (95.12%) Cybersecurity
2 4,027 (94.09%) AI
3 4,023 (94.00%) Web Development
4 4,020 (93.93%) Machine Learning
5 4,009 (93.67%) User Experience
6 43 (1.00%) Agile
7 42 (0.98%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (0.75%) Customer Service
8 32 (0.75%) Software Engineering
9 30 (0.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (0.68%) DevOps
11 28 (0.65%) Project Management
11 28 (0.65%) Roadmaps
12 23 (0.54%) Digital Marketing
13 21 (0.49%) Analytics
14 20 (0.47%) Business Analysis
14 20 (0.47%) Business Development
14 20 (0.47%) ERP
15 18 (0.42%) Mentoring
16 17 (0.40%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 28 (0.65%) Python
2 17 (0.40%) SQL
3 15 (0.35%) Java
4 14 (0.33%) TypeScript
5 11 (0.26%) PowerShell
6 10 (0.23%) C++
7 9 (0.21%) Ruby
8 8 (0.19%) C#
8 8 (0.19%) Elixir
8 8 (0.19%) Go
9 7 (0.16%) PHP
10 6 (0.14%) C
11 5 (0.12%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.070%) Perl
13 2 (0.047%) Bash
13 2 (0.047%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.047%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.047%) VBA
14 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.023%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4,049 (94.60%) Degree
2 4,027 (94.09%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (93.62%) PhD
4 4,003 (93.53%) Postgraduate
5 21 (0.49%) HND
6 10 (0.23%) Security Cleared
7 7 (0.16%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.093%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.093%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.093%) PMP
9 2 (0.047%) CISA
9 2 (0.047%) CISM
9 2 (0.047%) CISSP
9 2 (0.047%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.047%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.023%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.023%) CCNA
10 1 (0.023%) CCNP
10 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.023%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (0.40%) QA
2 5 (0.12%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.12%) GDPR
3 4 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.070%) SLA
5 2 (0.047%) NIST
6 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials
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 18 (0.42%) Firmware
2 7 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.14%) Docker
4 5 (0.12%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.047%) NFS
6 1 (0.023%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.023%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.12%) Grafana
4 2 (0.047%) Ansible
4 2 (0.047%) Argo
4 2 (0.047%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.047%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (1.12%) Microsoft
2 9 (0.21%) Atlassian
2 9 (0.21%) SAP
3 8 (0.19%) Cisco
4 5 (0.12%) EMC
4 5 (0.12%) Epicor
4 5 (0.12%) Infor
4 5 (0.12%) Oracle
4 5 (0.12%) Ruckus Wireless
5 4 (0.093%) Autodesk
5 4 (0.093%) Google
5 4 (0.093%) IBM
5 4 (0.093%) NEC
5 4 (0.093%) Panasonic
5 4 (0.093%) Polycom
5 4 (0.093%) Samsung
5 4 (0.093%) Sony
6 3 (0.070%) Databricks
6 3 (0.070%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.047%) Ubiquiti