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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 353 283
Rank change year-on-year +328 -70 +101
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,341 305 742
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.67% 0.78% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 21.26% 1.99% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 247 155 578
10th Percentile £32,800 £41,250 £33,013
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,158
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.17% -6.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.80% +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 20,421 15,302 26,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.39% 39.01% 35.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10,503 7,971 19,598
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,295
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,206 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +11.28% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +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 12 March 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 12 March 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 +206 1,668 £52,500 -8.70% 23
North West +155 1,511 £53,750 -2.27% 8
Midlands +155 1,060 £42,500 -29.17% 19
West Midlands +137 930 £42,500 -29.17% 9
South East +157 657 £60,000 -13.67% 37
London +242 444 £75,000 +3.45% 41
East of England +126 411 £34,000 -38.18% 27
Yorkshire +70 156 £50,000 -18.37% 14
East Midlands +59 142 - - 10
South West +17 81 £55,000 -8.33% 11
North East - 1 £40,000 - 1
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 1 (0.023%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
4 1 (0.023%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.092%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.046%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.046%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.046%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.046%) Revit
2 2 (0.046%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.023%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.023%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.023%) Maximo
3 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (92.72%) Cloud Computing
2 40 (0.92%) Azure
3 36 (0.83%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 17 (0.39%) SaaS
6 13 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (0.25%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.16%) GCP
8 7 (0.16%) GitHub
9 4 (0.092%) Canva
9 4 (0.092%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.092%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.069%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.069%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.069%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.069%) IaaS
10 3 (0.069%) PaaS
10 3 (0.069%) Serverless
10 3 (0.069%) Zapier
11 2 (0.046%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4,017 (92.54%) Internet
2 27 (0.62%) Network Security
3 25 (0.58%) Wireless
4 12 (0.28%) Bluetooth
4 12 (0.28%) Firewall
5 8 (0.18%) Modbus
5 8 (0.18%) VPN
6 7 (0.16%) MQTT
7 6 (0.14%) DNS
8 5 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
8 5 (0.12%) WAN
9 4 (0.092%) 5G
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%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.069%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.069%) VLAN
11 2 (0.046%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (0.53%) Big Data
2 10 (0.23%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.069%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.046%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.046%) Informix
6 2 (0.046%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.046%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.023%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.023%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.023%) GIS
7 1 (0.023%) Metadata
7 1 (0.023%) Redis
7 1 (0.023%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 6 (0.14%) JIRA
2 3 (0.069%) Git
3 2 (0.046%) GitLab
3 2 (0.046%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.023%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.023%) Jaeger
4 1 (0.023%) MLflow
4 1 (0.023%) Postman
4 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.023%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,099 (94.43%) Social Skills
2 4,028 (92.79%) Banking
2 4,028 (92.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (0.83%) Marketing
4 35 (0.81%) Manufacturing
5 30 (0.69%) Electronics
6 29 (0.67%) Finance
7 21 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (0.39%) Tech for Good
9 15 (0.35%) Public Sector
9 15 (0.35%) Telecoms
10 10 (0.23%) Automotive
10 10 (0.23%) Retail
10 10 (0.23%) Wearables
11 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
12 5 (0.12%) Law
13 4 (0.092%) Back Office
13 4 (0.092%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.069%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.069%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3,125 (71.99%) Lecturer
2 51 (1.17%) Software Engineer
3 41 (0.94%) Developer
4 36 (0.83%) Senior
5 35 (0.81%) Embedded Engineer
6 23 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 23 (0.53%) Firmware Engineer
7 22 (0.51%) Architect
8 18 (0.41%) Principal Engineer
8 18 (0.41%) Principal Software Engineer
9 17 (0.39%) React Developer
10 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
11 13 (0.30%) IoT Developer
11 13 (0.30%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (0.28%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (0.28%) Analyst
12 12 (0.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 12 (0.28%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 11 (0.25%) Applications Developer
13 11 (0.25%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (0.48%) Node.js
1 21 (0.48%) React
2 18 (0.41%) React Native
3 9 (0.21%) REST
4 8 (0.18%) .NET
5 5 (0.12%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
6 4 (0.092%) OpenAPI
6 4 (0.092%) Swagger
7 3 (0.069%) Kafka
8 2 (0.046%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.046%) Django
8 2 (0.046%) Next.js
8 2 (0.046%) RESTful
8 2 (0.046%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.023%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.023%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.023%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.023%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.023%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 21 (0.48%) Mobile App
2 18 (0.41%) Smart Energy
3 17 (0.39%) Management Information System
4 14 (0.32%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (0.28%) SCADA
6 11 (0.25%) Cloud Native
6 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
7 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.14%) Operational Technology
8 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
8 6 (0.14%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.12%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.12%) Industry 4.0
9 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 5 (0.12%) Robotics
9 5 (0.12%) Social Media
10 4 (0.092%) Blog
10 4 (0.092%) Machine to Machine
10 4 (0.092%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.39%) Linux
2 13 (0.30%) Windows
3 10 (0.23%) Android
4 5 (0.12%) Unix
5 4 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
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
7 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,073 (93.83%) Cybersecurity
2 4,033 (92.90%) AI
3 4,023 (92.67%) Web Development
4 4,019 (92.58%) Machine Learning
5 4,012 (92.42%) User Experience
6 66 (1.52%) Software Engineering
7 43 (0.99%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (0.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (0.71%) Agile
10 30 (0.69%) Customer Service
11 29 (0.67%) Project Management
12 27 (0.62%) Digital Marketing
12 27 (0.62%) Full-Stack Development
13 25 (0.58%) DevOps
13 25 (0.58%) ERP
14 23 (0.53%) Roadmaps
15 21 (0.48%) Analytics
16 20 (0.46%) Business Analysis
16 20 (0.46%) Energy Management
16 20 (0.46%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (0.58%) Python
2 18 (0.41%) Java
3 16 (0.37%) SQL
4 14 (0.32%) TypeScript
5 11 (0.25%) C++
6 10 (0.23%) PHP
7 9 (0.21%) C
8 8 (0.18%) C#
9 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.092%) Bash
10 4 (0.092%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.069%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.046%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.046%) Perl
12 2 (0.046%) VBA
13 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.023%) Go
13 1 (0.023%) Groovy
13 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,052 (93.34%) Degree
2 4,026 (92.74%) Master's Degree
3 4,006 (92.28%) PhD
4 4,003 (92.21%) Postgraduate
5 23 (0.53%) HND
6 9 (0.21%) Security Cleared
7 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.092%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.046%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.046%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.046%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.046%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.046%) PMP
10 1 (0.023%) CCNA
10 1 (0.023%) CCNP
10 1 (0.023%) CISA
10 1 (0.023%) CISM
10 1 (0.023%) CISSP
10 1 (0.023%) ISTQB
10 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%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.069%) SLA
6 2 (0.046%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.046%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.046%) NIST
7 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.023%) GMP
7 1 (0.023%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (0.99%) Firmware
2 26 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (0.18%) Docker
4 7 (0.16%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.069%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.023%) NFS
Systems Management
1 30 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.092%) Grafana
4 2 (0.046%) Terraform
5 1 (0.023%) Ansible
5 1 (0.023%) Argo
5 1 (0.023%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (1.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.23%) SAP
3 8 (0.18%) EMC
4 6 (0.14%) Google
5 5 (0.12%) Cisco
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
7 3 (0.069%) VMware
8 2 (0.046%) HP
8 2 (0.046%) Panasonic
8 2 (0.046%) Polycom
8 2 (0.046%) Samsung
8 2 (0.046%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.046%) Siemens