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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 335 304
Rank change year-on-year +315 -31 +87
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,322 377 577
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.70% 0.81% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 22.74% 2.16% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 228 169 446
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £74,063 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,525 £89,200 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -10.38%

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 19,004 17,491 22,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.86% 37.36% 35.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,663 8,160 16,888
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,981 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -11.54%

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 31 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 31 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 +213 1,661 £55,000 +37.50% 34
North West +164 1,510 £57,500 +43.75% 18
Midlands +165 1,059 £50,000 -9.09% 31
West Midlands +138 929 £50,000 -16.67% 19
South East +177 647 £65,000 -6.47% 58
London +252 445 £75,000 +3.45% 48
East of England +120 417 £57,500 +4.55% 32
Yorkshire +94 150 £50,000 -20.00% 14
East Midlands +84 142 - - 12
South West +31 73 £55,000 -8.33% 34
North East - 1 £40,000 - 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 27 (0.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.16%) 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 Excel
1 4 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.093%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.093%) Revit
2 2 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.023%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.069%) 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 (93.13%) Cloud Computing
2 44 (1.02%) Azure
3 33 (0.76%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 14 (0.32%) Power Platform
6 11 (0.25%) SaaS
7 9 (0.21%) Power Automate
8 7 (0.16%) GitHub
8 7 (0.16%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.14%) GCP
9 6 (0.14%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.12%) Serverless
11 4 (0.093%) Zapier
12 3 (0.069%) IaaS
12 3 (0.069%) PaaS
13 2 (0.046%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.046%) Dagster
13 2 (0.046%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.046%) Firebase
13 2 (0.046%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,026 (93.15%) 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
5 7 (0.16%) 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 (0.069%) DHCP
9 3 (0.069%) LTE
10 2 (0.046%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.046%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (0.58%) Big Data
2 11 (0.25%) MySQL
3 8 (0.19%) Power BI
4 7 (0.16%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.046%) Amazon RDS
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%) ClickHouse
6 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.023%) GIS
6 1 (0.023%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (0.14%) JIRA
2 3 (0.069%) 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 4,098 (94.82%) Social Skills
2 4,029 (93.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,028 (93.20%) Banking
4 32 (0.74%) Manufacturing
5 31 (0.72%) Finance
5 31 (0.72%) Marketing
6 28 (0.65%) Electronics
7 21 (0.49%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (0.39%) Tech for Good
9 14 (0.32%) Public Sector
10 12 (0.28%) Automotive
11 11 (0.25%) Wearables
12 9 (0.21%) Retail
12 9 (0.21%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.14%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.12%) Law
15 4 (0.093%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.093%) Back Office
16 3 (0.069%) Billing
16 3 (0.069%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3,125 (72.30%) Lecturer
2 44 (1.02%) Developer
3 42 (0.97%) Senior
4 41 (0.95%) Software Engineer
5 26 (0.60%) Architect
6 24 (0.56%) Embedded Engineer
7 18 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 18 (0.42%) Firmware Engineer
8 17 (0.39%) React Developer
9 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
10 14 (0.32%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (0.32%) Principal Software Engineer
11 13 (0.30%) IoT Developer
12 12 (0.28%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (0.28%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (0.28%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (0.25%) Analyst
13 11 (0.25%) Applications Developer
13 11 (0.25%) Senior Developer
14 9 (0.21%) Mobile Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (0.44%) Node.js
1 19 (0.44%) React
2 18 (0.42%) React Native
3 10 (0.23%) REST
4 9 (0.21%) .NET
5 5 (0.12%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.12%) OpenAPI
5 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
5 5 (0.12%) Swagger
6 4 (0.093%) Kafka
7 3 (0.069%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.046%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.046%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.046%) Django
8 2 (0.046%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.046%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.046%) Next.js
8 2 (0.046%) RESTful
8 2 (0.046%) WebRTC
8 2 (0.046%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (0.42%) Management Information System
2 17 (0.39%) Mobile App
3 14 (0.32%) Smart Energy
4 10 (0.23%) SCADA
5 9 (0.21%) Smart Home
6 8 (0.19%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (0.19%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (0.16%) Cloud Native
7 7 (0.16%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.14%) Digital Signage
8 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 5 (0.12%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.093%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.093%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (0.093%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.093%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.30%) Windows
2 11 (0.25%) Linux
3 10 (0.23%) Android
4 3 (0.069%) Unix
4 3 (0.069%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.046%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.046%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.023%) Solaris
6 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,073 (94.24%) Cybersecurity
2 4,027 (93.17%) AI
3 4,023 (93.08%) Web Development
4 4,019 (92.99%) Machine Learning
5 4,009 (92.76%) User Experience
6 51 (1.18%) Software Engineering
7 38 (0.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (0.88%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (0.81%) Agile
9 30 (0.69%) Customer Service
10 28 (0.65%) Project Management
11 26 (0.60%) Roadmaps
12 24 (0.56%) DevOps
12 24 (0.56%) ERP
13 23 (0.53%) Digital Marketing
14 22 (0.51%) Full-Stack Development
15 20 (0.46%) Analytics
15 20 (0.46%) Business Analysis
16 19 (0.44%) Decision-Making
16 19 (0.44%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (0.58%) Python
2 19 (0.44%) Java
3 16 (0.37%) SQL
4 13 (0.30%) TypeScript
5 10 (0.23%) C#
6 9 (0.21%) C++
6 9 (0.21%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.19%) PHP
8 5 (0.12%) C
9 4 (0.093%) Bash
9 4 (0.093%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.069%) Perl
11 2 (0.046%) Elixir
11 2 (0.046%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.046%) Go
11 2 (0.046%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.046%) Ruby
11 2 (0.046%) VBA
12 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.023%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4,050 (93.71%) Degree
2 4,027 (93.17%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (92.71%) PhD
4 4,003 (92.62%) Postgraduate
5 24 (0.56%) HND
6 11 (0.25%) Security Cleared
7 7 (0.16%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.093%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.093%) PMP
9 3 (0.069%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.069%) 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 12 (0.28%) QA
2 5 (0.12%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.12%) GDPR
3 4 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.069%) 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 34 (0.79%) Firmware
2 19 (0.44%) 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 45 (1.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (0.21%) SAP
3 8 (0.19%) Cisco
4 6 (0.14%) EMC
5 5 (0.12%) Atlassian
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 (0.069%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.069%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.046%) Sonatype