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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 458 273
Rank change year-on-year +38 -185 +91
Permanent jobs citing IoT 315 183 918
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.46% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 1.06% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 242 112 715
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,125 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% -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 21,497 17,275 31,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.42% 43.09% 33.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,192 8,387 21,122
10th Percentile £30,988 £29,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,508
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -14.69%

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 24 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 24 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 +1 75 £55,000 -12.00% 43
London +15 72 £75,000 -9.09% 54
North of England +6 68 £53,750 -7.33% 19
South West -44 44 £52,500 -6.67% 18
Yorkshire -16 30 £60,000 - 4
Midlands -24 30 £42,500 -29.17% 20
North West +3 27 £53,750 -7.33% 13
East of England -12 22 £70,000 +21.74% 17
West Midlands -10 15 £44,250 -36.79% 13
East Midlands -30 15 £42,500 -15.00% 7
North East - 11 £50,500 - 2
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 9 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.27%) CMS
3 4 (1.27%) Confluence
3 4 (1.27%) WordPress
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) GeoServer
Applications
1 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.54%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.27%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.63%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.63%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.63%) Simulink
4 2 (0.63%) Windchill
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.32%) Maximo
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 36 (11.43%) Azure
2 33 (10.48%) AWS
3 18 (5.71%) SaaS
4 15 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.81%) Serverless
6 7 (2.22%) GCP
7 5 (1.59%) AWS IoT
7 5 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.59%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.59%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.27%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.27%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.27%) Canva
8 4 (1.27%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 35 (11.11%) Wireless
2 20 (6.35%) MQTT
3 17 (5.40%) Bluetooth
3 17 (5.40%) Firewall
4 16 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (4.76%) Internet
6 12 (3.81%) DNS
6 12 (3.81%) VPN
7 10 (3.17%) LoRaWAN
8 6 (1.90%) DHCP
8 6 (1.90%) Modbus
9 5 (1.59%) ZigBee
10 4 (1.27%) LTE
11 2 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.63%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.63%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.63%) VoIP
12 1 (0.32%) FTP
12 1 (0.32%) HTTP
12 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.54%) MySQL
3 6 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.90%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.27%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.27%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.95%) Big Data
7 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.63%) GIS
7 2 (0.63%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.63%) Power BI
8 1 (0.32%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.32%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 9 (2.86%) Git
2 5 (1.59%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.59%) JIRA
3 4 (1.27%) GDB
3 4 (1.27%) GitLab
3 4 (1.27%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.63%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.32%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.32%) Poetry
5 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (12.70%) Electronics
2 37 (11.75%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.25%) Manufacturing
4 19 (6.03%) Finance
5 18 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.40%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.44%) Automotive
8 13 (4.13%) Tech for Good
9 11 (3.49%) Wearables
10 10 (3.17%) Marketing
11 8 (2.54%) Local Government
12 7 (2.22%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.22%) Social Housing
13 6 (1.90%) Retail
14 5 (1.59%) Law
15 4 (1.27%) Advertising
15 4 (1.27%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.27%) Legal
15 4 (1.27%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (23.49%) Software Engineer
2 49 (15.56%) Embedded Engineer
3 44 (13.97%) Senior
4 28 (8.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 24 (7.62%) Developer
6 23 (7.30%) Sales Manager
7 20 (6.35%) Technical Engineer
8 19 (6.03%) Architect
9 16 (5.08%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Firmware Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (4.44%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (4.44%) Principal Software Engineer
10 14 (4.44%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.81%) Operations Engineer
12 11 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (3.17%) Technical Operations Engineer
13 10 (3.17%) Technical Support
13 10 (3.17%) Technical Support Engineer
14 9 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.76%) Node.js
2 14 (4.44%) React
3 9 (2.86%) Yocto
4 8 (2.54%) .NET
5 4 (1.27%) pytest
5 4 (1.27%) REST
5 4 (1.27%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (0.95%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.95%) React Native
6 3 (0.95%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.63%) Blazor
7 2 (0.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.63%) GStreamer
7 2 (0.63%) Kafka
7 2 (0.63%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.32%) Anaconda
8 1 (0.32%) Micronaut
8 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.32%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.84%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.81%) Device Driver
4 12 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.49%) Smart Energy
6 10 (3.17%) PropTech
7 9 (2.86%) Smart Home
8 8 (2.54%) ARM Cortex
9 7 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.22%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.22%) Robotics
9 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.90%) NB-IoT
10 6 (1.90%) SCADA
11 5 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.59%) Blog
11 5 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.59%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.02%) Linux
2 19 (6.03%) Windows
3 11 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.54%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (2.22%) Android
6 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.27%) VMS
7 3 (0.95%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.63%) Unix
9 1 (0.32%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (29.84%) Software Engineering
2 58 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (12.70%) AI
4 36 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
6 24 (7.62%) ERP
7 23 (7.30%) CRM
7 23 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (7.30%) DevOps
8 22 (6.98%) CI/CD
8 22 (6.98%) Full-Stack Development
9 21 (6.67%) Mentoring
10 17 (5.40%) Roadmaps
11 16 (5.08%) Analytics
11 16 (5.08%) Asset Management
11 16 (5.08%) Requirements Gathering
12 15 (4.76%) Energy Management
12 15 (4.76%) Tech Ops
13 14 (4.44%) Agile
13 14 (4.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.65%) Python
2 24 (7.62%) C++
3 21 (6.67%) C
4 16 (5.08%) TypeScript
5 15 (4.76%) SQL
6 14 (4.44%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.81%) Java
8 11 (3.49%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.17%) C#
10 8 (2.54%) Embedded C
11 7 (2.22%) Bash
12 5 (1.59%) PHP
13 4 (1.27%) Go
14 3 (0.95%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.95%) Rust
15 2 (0.63%) Embedded C++
16 1 (0.32%) Groovy
16 1 (0.32%) R
16 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (13.65%) Degree
2 8 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (2.54%) Master's Degree
2 8 (2.54%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.59%) DBS Check
3 5 (1.59%) HND
3 5 (1.59%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.32%) CISA
5 1 (0.32%) CISM
5 1 (0.32%) CISSP
5 1 (0.32%) CREST Certified
5 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.32%) PhD
5 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.86%) QA
2 5 (1.59%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.59%) JTAG
3 4 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.63%) ECSS
5 2 (0.63%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (14.60%) Firmware
2 28 (8.89%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (4.13%) Docker
4 11 (3.49%) Active Directory
4 11 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.86%) vSphere
6 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.59%) SCCM
4 4 (1.27%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.27%) Terraform
4 4 (1.27%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.63%) Grafana
6 1 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.32%) MOM
Vendors
1 42 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.49%) VMware
3 7 (2.22%) Oracle
3 7 (2.22%) SAP
4 6 (1.90%) EMC
4 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.59%) Aruba
5 5 (1.59%) Cognizant
6 4 (1.27%) Adobe
6 4 (1.27%) Cisco
6 4 (1.27%) Google
7 3 (0.95%) dotdigital
7 3 (0.95%) IFS
8 2 (0.63%) ConnectWise
8 2 (0.63%) Draytek
8 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.63%) Siemens
8 2 (0.63%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.32%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.32%) Palo Alto