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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 475 280
Rank change year-on-year +52 -195 +75
Permanent jobs citing IoT 324 176 870
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.41% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 0.98% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 243 121 686
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,375 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £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 22,438 17,984 29,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.82% 41.62% 33.48%
Number of salaries quoted 14,825 8,945 20,086
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,499
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +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 10 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 10 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 -9 75 £55,000 -12.00% 67
London +15 72 £75,000 -4.76% 73
North of England 0 64 £55,000 -5.17% 15
South West -37 46 £52,500 -4.55% 13
Midlands -20 39 £42,500 -29.17% 20
Yorkshire -9 26 £60,000 - 6
North West +2 25 £52,500 -9.48% 8
East of England -4 24 £62,500 +8.70% 22
East Midlands -23 20 £47,500 -5.00% 10
West Midlands -2 19 £38,500 -45.00% 10
North East - 13 £50,000 - 2
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 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.47%) 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 14 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.47%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.23%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.93%) Lightworks
4 3 (0.93%) Simulink
5 2 (0.62%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.62%) Windchill
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.31%) Maximo
2 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (13.27%) AWS
2 38 (11.73%) Azure
3 19 (5.86%) SaaS
4 16 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.01%) Serverless
6 10 (3.09%) GCP
7 9 (2.78%) AWS IoT
7 9 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.85%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.54%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.54%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.23%) Amazon CloudSearch
11 4 (1.23%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (1.23%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.23%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.23%) Canva
11 4 (1.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.11%) Wireless
2 24 (7.41%) MQTT
3 20 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (5.25%) Bluetooth
4 17 (5.25%) Firewall
5 15 (4.63%) Internet
6 12 (3.70%) DNS
6 12 (3.70%) LoRaWAN
6 12 (3.70%) VPN
7 7 (2.16%) ZigBee
8 6 (1.85%) DHCP
8 6 (1.85%) Modbus
9 5 (1.54%) 5G
9 5 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (1.23%) LTE
11 3 (0.93%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.93%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.93%) VoIP
12 1 (0.31%) FTP
12 1 (0.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.47%) Big Data
2 8 (2.47%) MySQL
3 7 (2.16%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.54%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.54%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.23%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.23%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.62%) DocumentDB
7 2 (0.62%) GIS
7 2 (0.62%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.62%) Power BI
7 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.94%) Git
2 8 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.16%) GitLab
4 6 (1.85%) GDB
5 5 (1.54%) JIRA
6 4 (1.23%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.93%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.31%) Poetry
8 1 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 48 (14.81%) Electronics
2 41 (12.65%) Social Skills
3 28 (8.64%) Manufacturing
4 24 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.17%) Finance
5 20 (6.17%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.63%) Automotive
7 14 (4.32%) Marketing
8 12 (3.70%) Tech for Good
9 9 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.78%) Retail
10 8 (2.47%) Local Government
11 7 (2.16%) Legal
11 7 (2.16%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.54%) Law
12 5 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.54%) Wearables
13 4 (1.23%) Advertising
13 4 (1.23%) Military
13 4 (1.23%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 73 (22.53%) Software Engineer
2 52 (16.05%) Embedded Engineer
3 39 (12.04%) Senior
4 32 (9.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 27 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
6 25 (7.72%) Sales Manager
7 24 (7.41%) Developer
8 20 (6.17%) Architect
9 17 (5.25%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.63%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (4.01%) Technical Support
11 13 (4.01%) Technical Support Engineer
12 12 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
12 12 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
13 11 (3.40%) Principal Software Engineer
14 10 (3.09%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 10 (3.09%) Firmware Engineer
14 10 (3.09%) Technical Operations Engineer
15 9 (2.78%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 9 (2.78%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.25%) Yocto
2 15 (4.63%) Node.js
3 13 (4.01%) React
4 11 (3.40%) .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 (0.93%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.93%) Kafka
7 2 (0.62%) Blazor
7 2 (0.62%) GStreamer
7 2 (0.62%) HTML
7 2 (0.62%) Vue
7 2 (0.62%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.31%) Anaconda
8 1 (0.31%) Micronaut
8 1 (0.31%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.31%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.27%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (5.56%) Device Driver
3 15 (4.63%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (4.01%) Mobile App
6 10 (3.09%) ARM Cortex
6 10 (3.09%) PropTech
6 10 (3.09%) Smart Home
7 9 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.78%) Robotics
8 8 (2.47%) Operational Technology
8 8 (2.47%) Smart Energy
9 7 (2.16%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.16%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.85%) Blog
10 6 (1.85%) NB-IoT
10 6 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.12%) Linux
2 19 (5.86%) Windows
3 15 (4.63%) Embedded Linux
4 12 (3.70%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.85%) Android
5 6 (1.85%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.23%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.23%) VMS
7 2 (0.62%) Unix
8 1 (0.31%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (30.56%) Software Engineering
2 72 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (15.74%) AI
4 39 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 31 (9.57%) CI/CD
7 26 (8.02%) CRM
7 26 (8.02%) DevOps
8 25 (7.72%) Analytics
9 24 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (7.10%) ERP
10 23 (7.10%) Full-Stack Development
11 22 (6.79%) Validation
12 20 (6.17%) Machine Learning
13 19 (5.86%) Business Development
13 19 (5.86%) Roadmaps
14 18 (5.56%) Computer Science
14 18 (5.56%) Mentoring
15 17 (5.25%) Test Automation
16 16 (4.94%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.74%) Python
2 35 (10.80%) C++
3 31 (9.57%) C
4 17 (5.25%) TypeScript
5 15 (4.63%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.63%) SQL
6 14 (4.32%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.70%) C#
7 12 (3.70%) Embedded C
8 9 (2.78%) Java
9 7 (2.16%) Bash
10 5 (1.54%) Go
10 5 (1.54%) PHP
11 4 (1.23%) Embedded C++
11 4 (1.23%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.23%) Rust
12 1 (0.31%) Haskell
12 1 (0.31%) OCaml
12 1 (0.31%) R
12 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 56 (17.28%) Degree
2 13 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 8 (2.47%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.85%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.54%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.54%) HND
7 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.31%) CISA
8 1 (0.31%) CISM
8 1 (0.31%) CISSP
8 1 (0.31%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.31%) PhD
8 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.09%) QA
2 8 (2.47%) ISO 9001
3 7 (2.16%) JTAG
4 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.93%) ECSS
5 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.62%) GDPR
7 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (14.20%) Firmware
2 24 (7.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (4.63%) Docker
4 11 (3.40%) Active Directory
4 11 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.78%) vSphere
6 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.85%) Terraform
3 5 (1.54%) SCCM
4 4 (1.23%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.23%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.93%) 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 47 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.40%) VMware
3 10 (3.09%) SAP
4 7 (2.16%) Cisco
4 7 (2.16%) Google
4 7 (2.16%) Oracle
5 6 (1.85%) EMC
5 6 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.54%) Aruba
6 5 (1.54%) Cognizant
7 4 (1.23%) Adobe
8 3 (0.93%) dotdigital
8 3 (0.93%) IFS
8 3 (0.93%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.62%) ConnectWise
9 2 (0.62%) Draytek
9 2 (0.62%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.62%) Siemens
10 1 (0.31%) BT
10 1 (0.31%) Mapbox