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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 463 319
Rank change year-on-year +65 -144 +10
Permanent jobs citing IoT 376 178 570
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.39% 0.41% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.51% 0.97% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 286 125 440
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £33,976
25th Percentile £46,750 £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 £82,500 £94,000 £87,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 24,857 18,266 23,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.56% 41.86% 32.26%
Number of salaries quoted 16,341 9,336 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 2 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 2 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 +11 89 £55,000 -8.33% 90
London 0 85 £67,500 -28.95% 242
North of England +8 83 £55,000 -8.33% 41
Midlands -23 47 £46,000 -19.67% 39
South West -46 47 £55,000 +15.79% 25
Yorkshire -6 42 £55,000 +4.76% 14
North West -9 26 £50,000 -16.67% 23
East Midlands -24 24 £67,500 +28.57% 13
East of England -31 24 £72,500 +26.09% 47
West Midlands -12 23 £42,500 -34.62% 26
North East - 15 £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 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.53%) 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 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.80%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.80%) Simulink
4 2 (0.53%) 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 (1.06%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.80%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.53%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.30%) AWS
2 35 (9.31%) Azure
3 23 (6.12%) SaaS
4 17 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.19%) Serverless
7 10 (2.66%) AWS IoT
8 8 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.60%) GCP
10 5 (1.33%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.33%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.06%) Amazon CloudSearch
11 4 (1.06%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (1.06%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.06%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.80%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 3 (0.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.57%) Wireless
2 27 (7.18%) Internet
2 27 (7.18%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (6.12%) MQTT
4 17 (4.52%) Bluetooth
4 17 (4.52%) Firewall
5 16 (4.26%) DNS
6 14 (3.72%) VPN
7 10 (2.66%) DHCP
7 10 (2.66%) LoRaWAN
7 10 (2.66%) ZigBee
8 7 (1.86%) 5G
9 6 (1.60%) Ethernet
10 5 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.33%) VoIP
11 4 (1.06%) HTTP
11 4 (1.06%) LTE
11 4 (1.06%) SSH
11 4 (1.06%) VLAN
12 3 (0.80%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.19%) Big Data
1 12 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.13%) MySQL
3 8 (2.13%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.33%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.06%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.80%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.80%) DocumentDB
8 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.53%) GIS
8 2 (0.53%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.27%) Flink
Development Applications
1 27 (7.18%) Git
2 9 (2.39%) JIRA
3 7 (1.86%) GitLab
3 7 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.60%) GDB
5 4 (1.06%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.06%) Selenium
6 3 (0.80%) PetaLinux
6 3 (0.80%) Postman
7 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.27%) MLflow
7 1 (0.27%) Poetry
7 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (15.43%) Electronics
2 54 (14.36%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.24%) Telecoms
4 30 (7.98%) Manufacturing
5 29 (7.71%) Finance
6 27 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.72%) Automotive
8 14 (3.72%) Marketing
9 11 (2.93%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.66%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.66%) Legal
11 8 (2.13%) Local Government
11 8 (2.13%) Retail
11 8 (2.13%) Wearables
12 7 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.86%) Law
13 6 (1.60%) Banking
13 6 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 65 (17.29%) Software Engineer
2 52 (13.83%) Embedded Engineer
3 51 (13.56%) Senior
4 39 (10.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 32 (8.51%) Sales Manager
6 31 (8.24%) Developer
7 29 (7.71%) Technical Engineer
8 25 (6.65%) Architect
9 17 (4.52%) Support Engineer
9 17 (4.52%) Technical Support
10 15 (3.99%) Account Manager
10 15 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.46%) Technical Support Engineer
12 11 (2.93%) Operations Engineer
13 10 (2.66%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 10 (2.66%) Linux Engineer
13 10 (2.66%) Technical Operations Engineer
14 9 (2.39%) Full-Stack Developer
14 9 (2.39%) Software Developer
14 9 (2.39%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.32%) Yocto
2 19 (5.05%) Terraform
3 16 (4.26%) .NET
4 14 (3.72%) REST
5 13 (3.46%) React
6 10 (2.66%) Node.js
7 7 (1.86%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.60%) Blazor
8 6 (1.60%) Kafka
9 5 (1.33%) Vue
10 4 (1.06%) HTML
10 4 (1.06%) pytest
10 4 (1.06%) Unity DI Container
11 3 (0.80%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 3 (0.80%) CSS
11 3 (0.80%) Flash
11 3 (0.80%) PySpark
12 2 (0.53%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
12 2 (0.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.23%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (5.05%) Device Driver
3 17 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (3.72%) Robotics
6 13 (3.46%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.46%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.46%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.93%) ARM Cortex
7 11 (2.93%) PropTech
8 9 (2.39%) Smart Home
9 8 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.86%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.86%) CCTV
10 7 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.86%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.86%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.63%) Linux
2 19 (5.05%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (4.26%) Windows
4 10 (2.66%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.86%) VMS
6 6 (1.60%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (1.33%) Android
8 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (26.06%) Software Engineering
2 84 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (19.68%) AI
4 40 (10.64%) CI/CD
4 40 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (9.84%) Collaborative Culture
6 36 (9.57%) Machine Learning
7 33 (8.78%) DevOps
8 30 (7.98%) Validation
9 29 (7.71%) Agile
10 28 (7.45%) Analytics
11 27 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (6.91%) CRM
13 24 (6.38%) Business Development
13 24 (6.38%) Computer Science
14 22 (5.85%) Decision-Making
14 22 (5.85%) Full-Stack Development
15 21 (5.59%) Customer Engagement
16 19 (5.05%) Roadmaps
16 19 (5.05%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.69%) Python
2 36 (9.57%) C++
3 33 (8.78%) C
4 20 (5.32%) TypeScript
5 19 (5.05%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.79%) SQL
7 17 (4.52%) C#
8 16 (4.26%) Embedded C
8 16 (4.26%) Go
9 12 (3.19%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.13%) Java
11 6 (1.60%) Bash
12 4 (1.06%) Embedded C++
12 4 (1.06%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.06%) Rust
13 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.27%) Haskell
14 1 (0.27%) OCaml
14 1 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 85 (22.61%) Degree
2 19 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
2 19 (5.05%) Master's Degree
3 14 (3.72%) DBS Check
4 12 (3.19%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.39%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.86%) PhD
7 6 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.60%) HNC
7 6 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.60%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.80%) HND
9 2 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.53%) 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 9 (2.39%) QA
2 7 (1.86%) JTAG
3 6 (1.60%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.80%) ECSS
5 2 (0.53%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (0.53%) NCSC
6 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (9.31%) Firmware
2 21 (5.59%) Docker
3 13 (3.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (2.39%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.39%) vSphere
5 2 (0.53%) iptables
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.60%) Grafana
3 5 (1.33%) SCCM
4 4 (1.06%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.06%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.06%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.53%) 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 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.39%) Salesforce
2 9 (2.39%) VMware
3 8 (2.13%) SAP
4 7 (1.86%) Cisco
4 7 (1.86%) Oracle
5 5 (1.33%) Aruba
5 5 (1.33%) Cognizant
6 4 (1.06%) Adobe
6 4 (1.06%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.06%) IFS
7 3 (0.80%) BT
7 3 (0.80%) Databricks
7 3 (0.80%) Google
7 3 (0.80%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.53%) EMC
8 2 (0.53%) MEDITECH
8 2 (0.53%) Planon
8 2 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.27%) Ericsson