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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 356 293
Rank change year-on-year +334 -63 +92
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,332 338 655
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.05% 0.79% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 21.66% 2.07% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 237 150 499
10th Percentile £32,800 £41,250 £35,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -6.06%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £69,665
90th Percentile £89,250 £93,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 20,002 16,335 24,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.54% 38.14% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10,307 7,884 18,013
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +217 1,663 £52,500 +10.53% 22
North West +152 1,511 £52,500 +20.00% 8
Midlands +164 1,061 £50,000 -16.67% 12
West Midlands +137 931 £50,000 -16.67% 9
South East +164 654 £65,000 -6.81% 33
London +255 445 £75,000 +3.45% 45
East of England +120 411 £34,000 -38.18% 22
Yorkshire +66 151 £50,000 -20.00% 14
East Midlands +69 142 - - 3
South West +26 78 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North East - 1 £40,000 -
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 6 (0.14%) Confluence
3 2 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.046%) CMS
3 2 (0.046%) nginx
3 2 (0.046%) WordPress
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.092%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.092%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.092%) Revit
2 2 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.046%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.046%) 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%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.023%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,025 (92.91%) Cloud Computing
2 42 (0.97%) Azure
3 33 (0.76%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 13 (0.30%) SaaS
6 12 (0.28%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (0.25%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.18%) GCP
9 7 (0.16%) GitHub
10 5 (0.12%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.092%) Zapier
12 3 (0.069%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.069%) IaaS
12 3 (0.069%) PaaS
13 2 (0.046%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.046%) Canva
13 2 (0.046%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.046%) Firebase
13 2 (0.046%) Google Play
13 2 (0.046%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4,021 (92.82%) Internet
2 30 (0.69%) Network Security
3 27 (0.62%) Wireless
4 12 (0.28%) Firewall
5 11 (0.25%) Bluetooth
6 8 (0.18%) Modbus
6 8 (0.18%) MQTT
6 8 (0.18%) VPN
7 7 (0.16%) WAN
8 6 (0.14%) 5G
8 6 (0.14%) DNS
9 5 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.092%) LAN
10 4 (0.092%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (0.092%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.092%) VLAN
11 3 (0.069%) Broadband
11 3 (0.069%) DHCP
11 3 (0.069%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.046%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.55%) Big Data
2 11 (0.25%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 7 (0.16%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.069%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.069%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.046%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.046%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.046%) Informix
6 2 (0.046%) Metadata
6 2 (0.046%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.023%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.023%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.023%) GIS
7 1 (0.023%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.023%) Redis
7 1 (0.023%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 4 (0.092%) JIRA
2 3 (0.069%) GitLab
2 3 (0.069%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.046%) Git
3 2 (0.046%) Jaeger
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 4,099 (94.62%) Social Skills
2 4,029 (93.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,028 (92.98%) Banking
4 37 (0.85%) Manufacturing
5 33 (0.76%) Marketing
6 31 (0.72%) Electronics
6 31 (0.72%) Finance
7 22 (0.51%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (0.39%) Tech for Good
9 15 (0.35%) Public Sector
10 11 (0.25%) Telecoms
10 11 (0.25%) Wearables
11 10 (0.23%) Retail
12 8 (0.18%) Automotive
12 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
13 5 (0.12%) Law
14 4 (0.092%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.092%) Back Office
15 3 (0.069%) Billing
15 3 (0.069%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,125 (72.14%) Lecturer
2 45 (1.04%) Software Engineer
3 42 (0.97%) Developer
4 41 (0.95%) Senior
5 27 (0.62%) Embedded Engineer
6 24 (0.55%) Architect
7 21 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 21 (0.48%) Firmware Engineer
8 17 (0.39%) React Developer
9 16 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
9 16 (0.37%) Principal Engineer
9 16 (0.37%) Principal Software Engineer
10 13 (0.30%) IoT Developer
10 13 (0.30%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (0.25%) 2nd Line Support
11 11 (0.25%) Analyst
11 11 (0.25%) Applications Developer
12 10 (0.23%) Senior Developer
12 10 (0.23%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (0.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.46%) Node.js
1 20 (0.46%) 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 (0.092%) Kafka
7 3 (0.069%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.046%) .NET Framework
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
9 1 (0.023%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (0.46%) Mobile App
2 18 (0.42%) Management Information System
3 16 (0.37%) Smart Energy
4 12 (0.28%) SCADA
4 12 (0.28%) Smart Home
5 11 (0.25%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (0.18%) Cloud Native
6 8 (0.18%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.14%) Digital Signage
8 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.14%) Operational Technology
8 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 5 (0.12%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.092%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.092%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (0.092%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.092%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.30%) Windows
2 12 (0.28%) Linux
3 10 (0.23%) Android
4 4 (0.092%) Unix
4 4 (0.092%) 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 (94.02%) Cybersecurity
2 4,033 (93.10%) AI
3 4,023 (92.87%) Web Development
4 4,019 (92.77%) Machine Learning
5 4,013 (92.64%) User Experience
6 54 (1.25%) Software Engineering
7 44 (1.02%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (0.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (0.76%) Agile
10 30 (0.69%) Customer Service
10 30 (0.69%) Project Management
11 26 (0.60%) ERP
12 25 (0.58%) Digital Marketing
12 25 (0.58%) Full-Stack Development
13 24 (0.55%) Roadmaps
14 23 (0.53%) DevOps
15 21 (0.48%) Analytics
16 20 (0.46%) Business Analysis
16 20 (0.46%) Decision-Making
17 18 (0.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (0.55%) Python
2 19 (0.44%) Java
3 16 (0.37%) SQL
4 13 (0.30%) C++
4 13 (0.30%) TypeScript
5 9 (0.21%) C#
6 8 (0.18%) C
7 7 (0.16%) PHP
8 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.092%) Bash
9 4 (0.092%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.069%) 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%) Groovy
12 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.023%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.023%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4,052 (93.54%) Degree
2 4,027 (92.96%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (92.50%) PhD
4 4,003 (92.41%) Postgraduate
5 23 (0.53%) HND
6 11 (0.25%) Security Cleared
7 6 (0.14%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.069%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.069%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.069%) PMP
10 2 (0.046%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.046%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.023%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.023%) CCNP
11 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.023%) CISSP
11 1 (0.023%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.023%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.023%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.23%) QA
2 5 (0.12%) GDPR
3 4 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.069%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.069%) SLA
5 2 (0.046%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.046%) NIST
6 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.023%) GMP
6 1 (0.023%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (0.85%) Firmware
2 22 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (0.16%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.14%) Docker
5 3 (0.069%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.046%) NFS
Systems Management
1 29 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.23%) 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 (1.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.23%) SAP
3 9 (0.21%) EMC
4 8 (0.18%) Cisco
5 6 (0.14%) Google
6 5 (0.12%) Epicor
6 5 (0.12%) Infor
7 4 (0.092%) Autodesk
7 4 (0.092%) Fortinet
7 4 (0.092%) IBM
7 4 (0.092%) NEC
7 4 (0.092%) Oracle
7 4 (0.092%) Panasonic
7 4 (0.092%) Polycom
7 4 (0.092%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (0.092%) Samsung
7 4 (0.092%) Sony
8 3 (0.069%) ConnectWise
8 3 (0.069%) Draytek
8 3 (0.069%) VMware