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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 340 326
Rank change year-on-year +320 -14 +59
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,313 392 448
As % of all permanent jobs in England 8.01% 0.82% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 23.14% 2.20% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 222 178 348
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,313 £51,313 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -2.08% -7.81%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,375 £87,950 £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,514 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.39% -8.33% -11.11%

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 18,636 17,810 19,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.63% 37.40% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9,434 8,320 14,545
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,404 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,569 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +0.95% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 +219 1,665 £55,000 +37.50% 33
North West +163 1,514 £60,000 +50.00% 15
Midlands +168 1,058 £50,000 -9.09% 40
West Midlands +139 928 £50,000 -16.67% 24
South East +171 642 £65,000 -6.47% 79
London +261 440 £72,500 -1.69% 46
East of England +124 418 £57,500 +4.55% 32
Yorkshire +92 150 £50,000 -20.00% 15
East Midlands +76 142 - - 15
South West +37 72 £55,000 -4.35% 37
North East - 1 £40,000 - 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 28 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.19%) Confluence
3 2 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.046%) nginx
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.093%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.093%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.093%) Revit
2 3 (0.070%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.023%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.070%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.046%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.023%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.023%) Maximo
4 1 (0.023%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.023%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.023%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.023%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.023%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.023%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.023%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (93.32%) Cloud Computing
2 43 (1.00%) Azure
3 33 (0.77%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 16 (0.37%) Power Platform
6 11 (0.26%) Power Automate
7 10 (0.23%) SaaS
8 8 (0.19%) PowerApps
9 6 (0.14%) GCP
9 6 (0.14%) GitHub
9 6 (0.14%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.14%) Serverless
10 4 (0.093%) Zapier
11 3 (0.070%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.070%) IaaS
11 3 (0.070%) PaaS
12 2 (0.046%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.046%) Dagster
12 2 (0.046%) Firebase
12 2 (0.046%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,027 (93.37%) Internet
2 31 (0.72%) Network Security
3 28 (0.65%) Wireless
4 8 (0.19%) Bluetooth
4 8 (0.19%) Firewall
4 8 (0.19%) MQTT
4 8 (0.19%) WAN
5 7 (0.16%) 5G
6 6 (0.14%) Modbus
6 6 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.12%) DNS
7 5 (0.12%) LAN
7 5 (0.12%) VPN
8 4 (0.093%) Broadband
8 4 (0.093%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.093%) VLAN
9 3 (0.070%) DHCP
9 3 (0.070%) LTE
10 2 (0.046%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.046%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (0.58%) Big Data
2 11 (0.26%) MySQL
3 8 (0.19%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.046%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.046%) ClickHouse
5 2 (0.046%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.046%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.046%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.046%) Informix
5 2 (0.046%) Metadata
5 2 (0.046%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.046%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.023%) GIS
6 1 (0.023%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (0.16%) JIRA
2 3 (0.070%) GitLab
3 2 (0.046%) Git
3 2 (0.046%) Jaeger
3 2 (0.046%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.046%) MLflow
3 2 (0.046%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.023%) Postman
4 1 (0.023%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
General
1 4,096 (94.97%) Social Skills
2 4,028 (93.39%) Banking
2 4,028 (93.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (0.72%) Finance
3 31 (0.72%) Marketing
4 30 (0.70%) Manufacturing
5 28 (0.65%) Electronics
6 22 (0.51%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (0.37%) Tech for Good
8 13 (0.30%) Automotive
9 12 (0.28%) Public Sector
10 10 (0.23%) Wearables
11 9 (0.21%) Retail
11 9 (0.21%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.14%) Social Housing
13 5 (0.12%) Law
14 4 (0.093%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.093%) Back Office
15 3 (0.070%) Billing
15 3 (0.070%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,125 (72.46%) Lecturer
2 47 (1.09%) Developer
3 40 (0.93%) Senior
4 36 (0.83%) Software Engineer
5 23 (0.53%) Architect
5 23 (0.53%) Embedded Engineer
6 17 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 17 (0.39%) Firmware Engineer
7 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
8 15 (0.35%) React Developer
9 14 (0.32%) Senior Developer
10 13 (0.30%) IoT Developer
10 13 (0.30%) Principal Engineer
10 13 (0.30%) Principal Software Engineer
11 12 (0.28%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (0.26%) Analyst
12 11 (0.26%) Applications Developer
12 11 (0.26%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.21%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 9 (0.21%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (0.42%) React Native
2 17 (0.39%) React
3 16 (0.37%) Node.js
4 10 (0.23%) REST
5 8 (0.19%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.12%) OpenAPI
6 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
6 5 (0.12%) Swagger
7 4 (0.093%) Kafka
8 3 (0.070%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.046%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.046%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.046%) Django
9 2 (0.046%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.046%) HTML
9 2 (0.046%) Next.js
9 2 (0.046%) RESTful
9 2 (0.046%) WebRTC
9 2 (0.046%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (0.42%) Management Information System
2 17 (0.39%) Mobile App
3 13 (0.30%) Smart Energy
4 10 (0.23%) SCADA
5 9 (0.21%) Smart Home
6 8 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (0.16%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (0.16%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.14%) Cloud Native
8 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.12%) Digital Signage
9 5 (0.12%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 4 (0.093%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.093%) Home Automation
10 4 (0.093%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (0.093%) Machine to Machine
10 4 (0.093%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.35%) Windows
2 10 (0.23%) Android
2 10 (0.23%) Linux
3 3 (0.070%) Unix
3 3 (0.070%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.046%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.046%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.023%) Solaris
5 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,071 (94.39%) Cybersecurity
2 4,027 (93.37%) AI
3 4,023 (93.28%) Web Development
4 4,020 (93.21%) Machine Learning
5 4,009 (92.95%) User Experience
6 43 (1.00%) Software Engineering
7 41 (0.95%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (0.93%) Agile
9 33 (0.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (0.74%) Customer Service
11 28 (0.65%) DevOps
11 28 (0.65%) Project Management
11 28 (0.65%) Roadmaps
12 23 (0.53%) Digital Marketing
13 22 (0.51%) ERP
13 22 (0.51%) Mentoring
14 20 (0.46%) Analytics
14 20 (0.46%) Business Analysis
15 18 (0.42%) Decision-Making
15 18 (0.42%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 25 (0.58%) Python
2 19 (0.44%) Java
3 17 (0.39%) SQL
4 12 (0.28%) TypeScript
5 10 (0.23%) C#
5 10 (0.23%) PowerShell
6 9 (0.21%) C++
7 8 (0.19%) Elixir
7 8 (0.19%) Go
7 8 (0.19%) Ruby
8 6 (0.14%) PHP
9 5 (0.12%) C
9 5 (0.12%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.070%) Bash
10 3 (0.070%) Perl
11 2 (0.046%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.046%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.046%) VBA
12 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.023%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4,050 (93.90%) Degree
2 4,027 (93.37%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (92.91%) PhD
4 4,003 (92.81%) Postgraduate
5 23 (0.53%) HND
6 11 (0.26%) Security Cleared
7 7 (0.16%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.093%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.093%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.093%) PMP
9 3 (0.070%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.046%) CISA
10 2 (0.046%) CISM
10 2 (0.046%) CISSP
10 2 (0.046%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.023%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.023%) CCNA
11 1 (0.023%) CCNP
11 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.023%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (0.39%) QA
2 5 (0.12%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.12%) GDPR
3 4 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.070%) SLA
5 2 (0.046%) NIST
6 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.023%) GMP
6 1 (0.023%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.023%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (0.72%) Firmware
2 18 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.14%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.12%) Docker
5 2 (0.046%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.046%) NFS
5 2 (0.046%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.12%) Grafana
4 2 (0.046%) Ansible
4 2 (0.046%) Argo
4 2 (0.046%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.046%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (1.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (0.21%) SAP
3 8 (0.19%) Cisco
4 6 (0.14%) Atlassian
5 5 (0.12%) EMC
5 5 (0.12%) Epicor
5 5 (0.12%) Infor
5 5 (0.12%) Ruckus Wireless
6 4 (0.093%) Autodesk
6 4 (0.093%) Google
6 4 (0.093%) IBM
6 4 (0.093%) NEC
6 4 (0.093%) Oracle
6 4 (0.093%) Panasonic
6 4 (0.093%) Polycom
6 4 (0.093%) Samsung
6 4 (0.093%) Sony
7 3 (0.070%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.070%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.046%) Draytek