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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 363 271
Rank change year-on-year +335 -92 +101
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,347 253 811
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.11% 0.69% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 20.28% 1.79% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 253 150 643
10th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £33,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £68,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 21,433 14,145 27,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.15% 38.70% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,119 8,056 20,313
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,985 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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
North of England +198 1,667 £51,250 -10.87% 26
North West +149 1,508 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Midlands +150 1,062 £42,500 -29.17% 19
West Midlands +132 929 £42,500 -29.17% 12
South East +169 663 £55,000 -20.86% 45
London +244 451 £75,000 +3.45% 59
East of England +118 408 £34,000 -38.18% 26
Yorkshire +66 159 £50,000 -16.67% 15
East Midlands +54 145 - - 7
South West -9 76 £56,250 -6.25% 16
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 23 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.16%) Confluence
3 4 (0.092%) CMS
3 4 (0.092%) WordPress
4 2 (0.046%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.023%) Apache
5 1 (0.023%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.023%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 5 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.092%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.069%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.046%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.023%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.046%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.023%) Maximo
4 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (92.59%) Cloud Computing
2 38 (0.87%) AWS
3 37 (0.85%) Azure
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 15 (0.35%) SaaS
6 12 (0.28%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (0.21%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.16%) GCP
9 5 (0.12%) GitHub
10 4 (0.092%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.092%) Canva
10 4 (0.092%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.092%) Serverless
11 3 (0.069%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.069%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.069%) IaaS
11 3 (0.069%) PaaS
11 3 (0.069%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.069%) Zapier
12 2 (0.046%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,013 (92.32%) Internet
2 25 (0.58%) Network Security
2 25 (0.58%) Wireless
3 15 (0.35%) Firewall
4 13 (0.30%) Bluetooth
5 10 (0.23%) VPN
6 9 (0.21%) MQTT
7 8 (0.18%) Modbus
8 6 (0.14%) DNS
8 6 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.092%) 5G
9 4 (0.092%) WAN
9 4 (0.092%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.069%) DHCP
10 3 (0.069%) LAN
10 3 (0.069%) LTE
10 3 (0.069%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.046%) Broadband
11 2 (0.046%) GSM
11 2 (0.046%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.55%) Big Data
2 12 (0.28%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.12%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.12%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.092%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.069%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.069%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.046%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.046%) GIS
8 2 (0.046%) Informix
9 1 (0.023%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.023%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.023%) Flink
9 1 (0.023%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.023%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.023%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (0.14%) JIRA
2 3 (0.069%) Git
3 1 (0.023%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.023%) GitLab
3 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.023%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.023%) Postman
3 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,094 (94.18%) Social Skills
2 4,028 (92.66%) Banking
3 4,027 (92.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (0.87%) Manufacturing
5 33 (0.76%) Marketing
6 31 (0.71%) Electronics
7 28 (0.64%) Finance
8 19 (0.44%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (0.37%) Tech for Good
9 16 (0.37%) Telecoms
10 14 (0.32%) Public Sector
11 11 (0.25%) Automotive
12 10 (0.23%) Wearables
13 8 (0.18%) Law
13 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
14 7 (0.16%) Retail
15 4 (0.092%) Back Office
15 4 (0.092%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.069%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.069%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3,125 (71.89%) Lecturer
2 58 (1.33%) Software Engineer
3 41 (0.94%) Embedded Engineer
4 37 (0.85%) Developer
5 36 (0.83%) Senior
6 23 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 23 (0.53%) Firmware Engineer
7 22 (0.51%) Architect
8 20 (0.46%) Principal Engineer
8 20 (0.46%) Principal Software Engineer
9 17 (0.39%) React Developer
10 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
10 16 (0.37%) Sales Manager
11 14 (0.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 14 (0.32%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (0.28%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (0.28%) Analyst
12 12 (0.28%) IoT Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (0.51%) React
2 20 (0.46%) Node.js
3 18 (0.41%) React Native
4 9 (0.21%) REST
5 6 (0.14%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.092%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.092%) Kafka
8 2 (0.046%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.046%) Django
8 2 (0.046%) Next.js
8 2 (0.046%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.046%) Swagger
8 2 (0.046%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.023%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.023%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.023%) GStreamer
9 1 (0.023%) OAuth
9 1 (0.023%) PySpark
9 1 (0.023%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (0.46%) Mobile App
1 20 (0.46%) Smart Energy
2 17 (0.39%) Management Information System
3 13 (0.30%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (0.28%) SCADA
5 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
6 9 (0.21%) Cloud Native
7 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.14%) Operational Technology
9 5 (0.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.12%) Device Driver
9 5 (0.12%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.12%) Industry 4.0
9 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 5 (0.12%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.12%) PropTech
10 4 (0.092%) Blog
10 4 (0.092%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.092%) Robotics
10 4 (0.092%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 21 (0.48%) Linux
2 13 (0.30%) Windows
3 8 (0.18%) Android
4 5 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.12%) Unix
5 4 (0.092%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.092%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.046%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.046%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.023%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.023%) Solaris
7 1 (0.023%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,070 (93.63%) Cybersecurity
2 4,029 (92.68%) AI
3 4,023 (92.55%) Web Development
4 4,019 (92.45%) Machine Learning
5 4,011 (92.27%) User Experience
6 72 (1.66%) Software Engineering
7 50 (1.15%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (0.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (0.67%) Customer Service
9 29 (0.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 28 (0.64%) Project Management
11 27 (0.62%) Agile
11 27 (0.62%) Digital Marketing
12 26 (0.60%) Business Analysis
12 26 (0.60%) ERP
13 22 (0.51%) Energy Management
14 21 (0.48%) Analytics
14 21 (0.48%) Mentoring
14 21 (0.48%) Roadmaps
15 20 (0.46%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (0.55%) Python
2 16 (0.37%) SQL
3 14 (0.32%) Java
3 14 (0.32%) TypeScript
4 9 (0.21%) PHP
5 7 (0.16%) C
5 7 (0.16%) C++
6 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.12%) C#
8 4 (0.092%) Bash
9 3 (0.069%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.046%) Go
10 2 (0.046%) Perl
10 2 (0.046%) VBA
11 1 (0.023%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.023%) Groovy
11 1 (0.023%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.023%) Scala
11 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,048 (93.12%) Degree
2 4,026 (92.62%) Master's Degree
3 4,006 (92.16%) PhD
4 4,003 (92.09%) Postgraduate
5 23 (0.53%) HND
6 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.12%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.046%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.046%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.046%) PMP
8 1 (0.023%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.023%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.023%) CCNP
8 1 (0.023%) CISA
8 1 (0.023%) CISM
8 1 (0.023%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.023%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.023%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.023%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.023%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (0.30%) QA
2 6 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.092%) GDPR
5 3 (0.069%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.069%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.069%) SLA
6 2 (0.046%) NIST
7 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.023%) GMP
7 1 (0.023%) JTAG
7 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (1.01%) Firmware
2 28 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.23%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.18%) Docker
5 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.069%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.092%) Grafana
4 3 (0.069%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (0.069%) Terraform
4 3 (0.069%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (1.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (0.25%) SAP
3 7 (0.16%) EMC
4 6 (0.14%) Google
4 6 (0.14%) VMware
5 5 (0.12%) Epicor
5 5 (0.12%) Infor
6 4 (0.092%) Fortinet
6 4 (0.092%) Oracle
7 3 (0.069%) ConnectWise
7 3 (0.069%) Draytek
7 3 (0.069%) IBM
7 3 (0.069%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.046%) Apple
8 2 (0.046%) Cisco
8 2 (0.046%) HP
8 2 (0.046%) Siemens
9 1 (0.023%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.023%) Reuters
9 1 (0.023%) Salesforce