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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 438 278
Rank change year-on-year +12 -160 +77
Permanent jobs citing IoT 295 194 912
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.49% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 1.14% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 230 110 715
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,900 £34,850
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,375 £90,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 20,471 17,045 31,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.06% 43.41% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,374 8,120 21,176
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 10 June 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 June 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 +5 73 £55,000 -8.33% 49
London +14 68 £75,000 -7.69% 62
North of England +4 61 £52,500 -9.48% 22
South West -37 42 £52,500 -10.64% 23
Yorkshire -17 31 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Midlands -25 25 £42,500 -29.17% 19
North West +8 23 £52,500 -9.48% 14
East of England -3 22 £70,000 +21.74% 20
East Midlands -26 13 £42,500 -15.00% 7
West Midlands -24 12 £56,250 -13.46% 12
North East - 7 £51,000 - 3
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 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.36%) CMS
2 4 (1.36%) Confluence
2 4 (1.36%) WordPress
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) GeoServer
Applications
1 8 (2.71%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.36%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.68%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.34%) Maximo
2 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (11.86%) Azure
2 31 (10.51%) AWS
3 13 (4.41%) SaaS
4 12 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.39%) Serverless
6 7 (2.37%) GCP
7 5 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.36%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.36%) AWS IoT
8 4 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.36%) Canva
8 4 (1.36%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.36%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.02%) Azure Functions
9 3 (1.02%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.68%) GitHub
10 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.19%) Wireless
2 18 (6.10%) Bluetooth
2 18 (6.10%) Firewall
2 18 (6.10%) MQTT
3 15 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (4.41%) VPN
5 12 (4.07%) Internet
6 11 (3.73%) DNS
7 10 (3.39%) LoRaWAN
8 7 (2.37%) Modbus
9 5 (1.69%) DHCP
9 5 (1.69%) ZigBee
10 4 (1.36%) LTE
11 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.68%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.68%) VoIP
12 1 (0.34%) FTP
12 1 (0.34%) HTTP
12 1 (0.34%) RTP
12 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.71%) MySQL
3 6 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.03%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.69%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.36%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.02%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.02%) Power BI
7 2 (0.68%) Big Data
7 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.68%) GIS
7 2 (0.68%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.34%) Flink
8 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.34%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.03%) Git
2 5 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.69%) JIRA
3 4 (1.36%) GDB
3 4 (1.36%) GitLab
3 4 (1.36%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.34%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.34%) Poetry
4 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 39 (13.22%) Electronics
2 33 (11.19%) Social Skills
3 24 (8.14%) Manufacturing
4 21 (7.12%) Finance
5 17 (5.76%) Telecoms
6 14 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.75%) Automotive
7 12 (4.07%) Tech for Good
8 11 (3.73%) Marketing
8 11 (3.73%) Wearables
9 8 (2.71%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.03%) Local Government
10 6 (2.03%) Social Housing
11 5 (1.69%) Law
12 4 (1.36%) Multimedia
13 3 (1.02%) Advertising
13 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.02%) French Language
13 3 (1.02%) Health Technology
13 3 (1.02%) Legal
Job Titles
1 69 (23.39%) Software Engineer
2 45 (15.25%) Embedded Engineer
3 37 (12.54%) Senior
4 24 (8.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 22 (7.46%) Developer
6 19 (6.44%) Sales Manager
7 17 (5.76%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 17 (5.76%) Firmware Engineer
7 17 (5.76%) Technical Engineer
8 15 (5.08%) Principal Engineer
8 15 (5.08%) Principal Software Engineer
8 15 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (4.75%) Architect
10 13 (4.41%) Support Engineer
11 11 (3.73%) Operations Engineer
11 11 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (3.39%) 2nd Line Support
13 9 (3.05%) Technical Operations Engineer
14 8 (2.71%) Analyst
14 8 (2.71%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.42%) Node.js
2 14 (4.75%) React
3 7 (2.37%) .NET
4 6 (2.03%) Yocto
5 4 (1.36%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.36%) pytest
5 4 (1.36%) React Native
5 4 (1.36%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (1.02%) REST
7 2 (0.68%) GStreamer
7 2 (0.68%) Kafka
7 2 (0.68%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.34%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.34%) D3.js
8 1 (0.34%) Laravel
8 1 (0.34%) PostGIS
8 1 (0.34%) Vue
8 1 (0.34%) WebAssembly
8 1 (0.34%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.80%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.07%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.07%) Smart Energy
4 11 (3.73%) Device Driver
5 10 (3.39%) PropTech
6 8 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.71%) Smart Home
7 7 (2.37%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (2.37%) SCADA
7 7 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.03%) NB-IoT
8 6 (2.03%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.03%) Robotics
9 5 (1.69%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (1.36%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.20%) Linux
2 16 (5.42%) Windows
3 9 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.37%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (1.69%) Android
6 4 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.36%) VMS
7 2 (0.68%) Unix
8 1 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.34%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.49%) Software Engineering
2 52 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (10.85%) AI
4 30 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (8.81%) Collaborative Culture
6 21 (7.12%) ERP
6 21 (7.12%) Full-Stack Development
6 21 (7.12%) Mentoring
7 20 (6.78%) CRM
7 20 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (6.78%) DevOps
8 18 (6.10%) CI/CD
9 16 (5.42%) Asset Management
9 16 (5.42%) Energy Management
9 16 (5.42%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (5.08%) Roadmaps
10 15 (5.08%) Tech Ops
11 14 (4.75%) Supplier Management
12 13 (4.41%) Agile
12 13 (4.41%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.54%) Python
2 19 (6.44%) C++
3 16 (5.42%) SQL
3 16 (5.42%) TypeScript
4 15 (5.08%) C
5 10 (3.39%) Java
5 10 (3.39%) PowerShell
6 9 (3.05%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.71%) C#
8 7 (2.37%) Bash
9 6 (2.03%) Embedded C
9 6 (2.03%) PHP
10 4 (1.36%) Go
11 2 (0.68%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) Haskell
12 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.34%) OCaml
12 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (11.53%) Degree
2 8 (2.71%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.03%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.02%) HND
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.02%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.34%) CISA
6 1 (0.34%) CISM
6 1 (0.34%) CISSP
6 1 (0.34%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.05%) QA
2 5 (1.69%) JTAG
3 4 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.68%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (14.58%) Firmware
2 28 (9.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (4.41%) Docker
4 10 (3.39%) Active Directory
5 9 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (2.37%) vSphere
7 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (4.75%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.36%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.36%) Terraform
3 4 (1.36%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.02%) SCCM
5 2 (0.68%) Grafana
6 1 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.34%) MOM
Vendors
1 36 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.05%) VMware
3 7 (2.37%) SAP
4 6 (2.03%) EMC
5 5 (1.69%) Cognizant
5 5 (1.69%) Oracle
6 4 (1.36%) Adobe
6 4 (1.36%) Google
6 4 (1.36%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.02%) Aruba
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco
8 2 (0.68%) ConnectWise
8 2 (0.68%) dotdigital
8 2 (0.68%) Draytek
8 2 (0.68%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.68%) IFS
8 2 (0.68%) Siemens
9 1 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.34%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.34%) Zscaler