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 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 400 266
Rank change year-on-year +370 -134 +82
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,319 225 862
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.40% 0.59% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.91% 1.48% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 234 133 684
10th Percentile £37,375 £41,050 £34,825
25th Percentile £50,313 £52,500 £47,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 22,843 15,216 29,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.57% 40.23% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,971 8,297 20,869
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,950
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +214 1,667 £55,000 -5.17% 43
North West +168 1,503 £60,000 +4.35% 26
Midlands +157 1,059 £42,500 -32.00% 19
West Midlands +127 924 £43,750 -32.69% 9
South East +185 667 £55,000 - 51
London +232 451 £75,000 -6.25% 69
East of England +129 385 £60,000 +9.09% 27
Yorkshire +69 164 £52,500 -12.50% 14
East Midlands +62 147 £42,500 - 10
South West -22 72 £58,750 -2.08% 17
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 5 (0.12%) Confluence
2 4 (0.093%) CMS
2 4 (0.093%) WordPress
3 2 (0.046%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Apache
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.023%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 8 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.093%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.093%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.046%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.046%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.023%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.046%) Maximo
2 2 (0.046%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,014 (92.94%) Cloud Computing
2 37 (0.86%) Azure
3 33 (0.76%) AWS
4 15 (0.35%) SaaS
5 11 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (0.16%) Power Platform
7 6 (0.14%) GCP
8 5 (0.12%) Serverless
9 4 (0.093%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.093%) Canva
9 4 (0.093%) GitHub
9 4 (0.093%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.069%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.069%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.069%) IaaS
10 3 (0.069%) PaaS
11 2 (0.046%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.046%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.046%) Google Play
11 2 (0.046%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4,002 (92.66%) Internet
2 30 (0.69%) Wireless
3 19 (0.44%) Bluetooth
4 17 (0.39%) Firewall
5 13 (0.30%) MQTT
6 11 (0.25%) VPN
7 10 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.21%) Modbus
9 8 (0.19%) DNS
10 6 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
11 3 (0.069%) 5G
11 3 (0.069%) DHCP
11 3 (0.069%) LTE
11 3 (0.069%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.069%) WAN
12 2 (0.046%) GSM
12 2 (0.046%) LAN
12 2 (0.046%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.023%) 3GPP
13 1 (0.023%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.56%) Big Data
2 12 (0.28%) MySQL
3 6 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.14%) Power BI
3 6 (0.14%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.12%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.12%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.093%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.093%) InfluxDB
6 3 (0.069%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.046%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.046%) GIS
7 2 (0.046%) Informix
8 1 (0.023%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.023%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.023%) Flink
8 1 (0.023%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.023%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.023%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.12%) 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%) Poetry
3 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,051 (93.79%) Social Skills
2 4,017 (93.01%) Banking
3 4,016 (92.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (0.88%) Electronics
5 32 (0.74%) Marketing
6 30 (0.69%) Manufacturing
7 24 (0.56%) Finance
8 16 (0.37%) Tech for Good
9 15 (0.35%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (0.35%) Automotive
9 15 (0.35%) Telecoms
10 10 (0.23%) Wearables
11 9 (0.21%) Public Sector
12 8 (0.19%) Law
12 8 (0.19%) Social Housing
13 4 (0.093%) Multimedia
13 4 (0.093%) Retail
14 3 (0.069%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.069%) French Language
14 3 (0.069%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 3,115 (72.12%) Lecturer
2 65 (1.50%) Software Engineer
3 45 (1.04%) Embedded Engineer
4 40 (0.93%) Senior
5 37 (0.86%) Developer
6 23 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 23 (0.53%) Firmware Engineer
7 22 (0.51%) Architect
7 22 (0.51%) Principal Engineer
7 22 (0.51%) Principal Software Engineer
8 18 (0.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 17 (0.39%) Sales Manager
10 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
11 15 (0.35%) React Developer
11 15 (0.35%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (0.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 13 (0.30%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 13 (0.30%) Support Engineer
13 12 (0.28%) 2nd Line Support
14 10 (0.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.46%) React
2 18 (0.42%) Node.js
2 18 (0.42%) React Native
3 9 (0.21%) REST
4 6 (0.14%) .NET
4 6 (0.14%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
6 4 (0.093%) Kafka
7 2 (0.046%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.046%) Django
7 2 (0.046%) Next.js
7 2 (0.046%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.046%) Swagger
7 2 (0.046%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.023%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.023%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.023%) Anaconda
8 1 (0.023%) PySpark
8 1 (0.023%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.023%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (0.44%) Mobile App
1 19 (0.44%) Smart Energy
2 13 (0.30%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (0.25%) Cloud Native
3 11 (0.25%) PropTech
3 11 (0.25%) SCADA
4 10 (0.23%) Smart Home
5 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (0.14%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.12%) Device Driver
7 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 5 (0.12%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.093%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.093%) Blog
8 4 (0.093%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.093%) Podcast
8 4 (0.093%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.093%) Robotics
8 4 (0.093%) Social Media
8 4 (0.093%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 26 (0.60%) Linux
2 15 (0.35%) Windows
3 8 (0.19%) Android
4 5 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.12%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.093%) Unix
6 3 (0.069%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.046%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.046%) VMS
7 2 (0.046%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.023%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.023%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,026 (93.22%) Cybersecurity
2 4,019 (93.05%) AI
3 4,013 (92.92%) Web Development
4 4,005 (92.73%) Machine Learning
5 4,000 (92.61%) User Experience
6 80 (1.85%) Software Engineering
7 51 (1.18%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (0.76%) Business Analysis
9 32 (0.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (0.60%) Digital Marketing
10 26 (0.60%) Full-Stack Development
11 23 (0.53%) ERP
12 21 (0.49%) Energy Management
12 21 (0.49%) Mentoring
13 20 (0.46%) Roadmaps
14 19 (0.44%) Storage Management
15 18 (0.42%) Agile
15 18 (0.42%) Collaborative Culture
16 17 (0.39%) Analytics
16 17 (0.39%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (0.56%) Python
2 16 (0.37%) SQL
3 15 (0.35%) TypeScript
4 13 (0.30%) Java
5 8 (0.19%) C
6 7 (0.16%) PHP
7 6 (0.14%) C++
7 6 (0.14%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.12%) C#
9 3 (0.069%) Bash
10 2 (0.046%) Go
10 2 (0.046%) Perl
11 1 (0.023%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.023%) Groovy
11 1 (0.023%) Haskell
11 1 (0.023%) OCaml
11 1 (0.023%) Scala
11 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.023%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4,036 (93.45%) Degree
2 4,016 (92.98%) Master's Degree
3 3,996 (92.52%) PhD
4 3,993 (92.45%) Postgraduate
5 23 (0.53%) HND
6 5 (0.12%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.093%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.023%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.023%) CISA
8 1 (0.023%) CISM
8 1 (0.023%) CISSP
8 1 (0.023%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.023%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.023%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.023%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.023%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.23%) QA
2 4 (0.093%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.069%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.069%) GDPR
3 3 (0.069%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.069%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.046%) SLA
5 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.023%) GMP
5 1 (0.023%) JTAG
5 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (1.11%) Firmware
2 32 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.21%) Docker
4 8 (0.19%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.069%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.093%) Terraform
4 3 (0.069%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (0.069%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.046%) Grafana
Vendors
1 29 (0.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (0.16%) EMC
3 6 (0.14%) Google
3 6 (0.14%) Oracle
3 6 (0.14%) SAP
3 6 (0.14%) VMware
4 5 (0.12%) Cognizant
5 4 (0.093%) Adobe
6 3 (0.069%) ConnectWise
6 3 (0.069%) Draytek
6 3 (0.069%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.069%) IBM
7 2 (0.046%) Apple
7 2 (0.046%) Cisco
7 2 (0.046%) HP
7 2 (0.046%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (0.046%) Siemens
8 1 (0.023%) Mapbox
8 1 (0.023%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.023%) Pega