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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 331 359
Rank change year-on-year +311 +28 +18
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,294 409 350
As % of all permanent jobs in England 8.16% 0.84% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 23.15% 2.25% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 209 196 266
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% -7.41%

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 18,547 18,190 17,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.24% 37.31% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9,366 8,610 12,811
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 8 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 8 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 +214 1,660 £55,000 +37.50% 44
North West +156 1,511 £60,000 +50.00% 17
Midlands +161 1,059 £50,000 -16.67% 45
West Midlands +136 927 £50,000 -16.67% 16
South East +170 635 £65,000 - 94
London +255 431 £70,000 -3.45% 60
East of England +119 419 £57,500 +4.55% 43
Yorkshire +95 148 £50,000 -20.00% 21
East Midlands +82 144 £55,000 +10.00% 28
South West +31 72 £55,000 -4.35% 49
North East +3 1 £40,000 -20.79% 6
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 30 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.23%) Confluence
3 2 (0.047%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.047%) 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 (0.047%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.047%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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 (93.74%) Cloud Computing
2 46 (1.07%) Azure
3 31 (0.72%) AWS
4 25 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 18 (0.42%) Power Platform
6 14 (0.33%) Power Automate
7 11 (0.26%) PowerApps
7 11 (0.26%) SaaS
8 8 (0.19%) Serverless
9 6 (0.14%) GCP
9 6 (0.14%) GitHub
10 5 (0.12%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.093%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.093%) Zapier
12 3 (0.070%) IaaS
12 3 (0.070%) PaaS
13 2 (0.047%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.047%) Dagster
13 2 (0.047%) Firebase
13 2 (0.047%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,029 (93.83%) Internet
2 31 (0.72%) Network Security
3 29 (0.68%) Wireless
4 8 (0.19%) Bluetooth
4 8 (0.19%) WAN
5 7 (0.16%) 5G
5 7 (0.16%) Firewall
5 7 (0.16%) MQTT
6 6 (0.14%) Modbus
7 5 (0.12%) Broadband
7 5 (0.12%) LAN
7 5 (0.12%) VPN
7 5 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.093%) DNS
8 4 (0.093%) LTE
8 4 (0.093%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.093%) VLAN
9 3 (0.070%) DHCP
10 2 (0.047%) 802.11
10 2 (0.047%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (0.58%) Big Data
2 12 (0.28%) MySQL
3 8 (0.19%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.070%) ClickHouse
6 2 (0.047%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.047%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.047%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.047%) Informix
6 2 (0.047%) Metadata
6 2 (0.047%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.047%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.023%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.023%) GIS
7 1 (0.023%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (0.23%) JIRA
2 3 (0.070%) GitLab
3 2 (0.047%) Git
3 2 (0.047%) Jaeger
3 2 (0.047%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.047%) MLflow
3 2 (0.047%) 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 4,095 (95.37%) Social Skills
2 4,028 (93.81%) Banking
2 4,028 (93.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 33 (0.77%) Marketing
4 30 (0.70%) Finance
5 28 (0.65%) Manufacturing
6 24 (0.56%) Electronics
7 22 (0.51%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (0.33%) Automotive
9 13 (0.30%) Tech for Good
10 10 (0.23%) Public Sector
10 10 (0.23%) Telecoms
11 9 (0.21%) Retail
12 8 (0.19%) Wearables
13 6 (0.14%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.12%) Law
15 4 (0.093%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.093%) Back Office
15 4 (0.093%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.070%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,125 (72.78%) Lecturer
2 46 (1.07%) Developer
3 35 (0.82%) Senior
4 28 (0.65%) Software Engineer
5 22 (0.51%) Architect
6 16 (0.37%) Embedded Engineer
7 15 (0.35%) Mobile Developer
7 15 (0.35%) React Developer
8 14 (0.33%) Senior Developer
9 12 (0.28%) IoT Developer
9 12 (0.28%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (0.28%) Principal Software Engineer
9 12 (0.28%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 11 (0.26%) Firmware Engineer
10 11 (0.26%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (0.23%) Analyst
11 10 (0.23%) Applications Developer
12 8 (0.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (0.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (0.40%) React Native
2 13 (0.30%) Node.js
2 13 (0.30%) React
3 10 (0.23%) REST
4 7 (0.16%) .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 (0.070%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.047%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.047%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.047%) Django
8 2 (0.047%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.047%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.047%) Next.js
8 2 (0.047%) RESTful
8 2 (0.047%) WebRTC
8 2 (0.047%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (0.42%) Management Information System
2 17 (0.40%) Mobile App
3 12 (0.28%) Smart Energy
4 10 (0.23%) Smart Home
5 9 (0.21%) SCADA
5 9 (0.21%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (0.19%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (0.19%) Onboarding
7 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (0.16%) Cloud Native
8 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.14%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.093%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.093%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.093%) Home Automation
9 4 (0.093%) Industry 4.0
9 4 (0.093%) Machine to Machine
9 4 (0.093%) Robotics
9 4 (0.093%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.28%) Windows
2 8 (0.19%) Android
3 7 (0.16%) Linux
4 3 (0.070%) Unix
5 2 (0.047%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.047%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.047%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.023%) Solaris
6 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,071 (94.81%) Cybersecurity
2 4,028 (93.81%) AI
3 4,023 (93.69%) Web Development
4 4,021 (93.64%) Machine Learning
5 4,009 (93.36%) User Experience
6 43 (1.00%) Agile
7 42 (0.98%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (0.86%) Software Engineering
9 32 (0.75%) Customer Service
10 31 (0.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (0.70%) DevOps
12 29 (0.68%) Roadmaps
13 28 (0.65%) Project Management
14 23 (0.54%) Digital Marketing
15 21 (0.49%) Analytics
16 20 (0.47%) Business Analysis
17 19 (0.44%) ERP
17 19 (0.44%) Mentoring
18 18 (0.42%) Business Development
18 18 (0.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 28 (0.65%) Python
2 18 (0.42%) Java
3 17 (0.40%) SQL
4 14 (0.33%) TypeScript
5 11 (0.26%) PowerShell
6 10 (0.23%) C++
7 9 (0.21%) C#
7 9 (0.21%) Ruby
8 8 (0.19%) Elixir
8 8 (0.19%) Go
9 7 (0.16%) PHP
10 6 (0.14%) C
11 5 (0.12%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.070%) Bash
12 3 (0.070%) Perl
13 2 (0.047%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.047%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.047%) VBA
14 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.023%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4,049 (94.29%) Degree
2 4,027 (93.78%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (93.32%) PhD
4 4,003 (93.22%) Postgraduate
5 21 (0.49%) 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 2 (0.047%) CISA
9 2 (0.047%) CISM
9 2 (0.047%) CISSP
9 2 (0.047%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.047%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.023%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.023%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.023%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.023%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (0.40%) 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 (0.047%) 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 23 (0.54%) Firmware
2 11 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.14%) Docker
4 5 (0.12%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.047%) NFS
6 1 (0.023%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.023%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.12%) Grafana
4 2 (0.047%) Ansible
4 2 (0.047%) Argo
4 2 (0.047%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.047%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (1.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (0.21%) SAP
3 8 (0.19%) Atlassian
3 8 (0.19%) Cisco
4 5 (0.12%) EMC
4 5 (0.12%) Epicor
4 5 (0.12%) Infor
4 5 (0.12%) Ruckus Wireless
5 4 (0.093%) Autodesk
5 4 (0.093%) Google
5 4 (0.093%) IBM
5 4 (0.093%) NEC
5 4 (0.093%) Oracle
5 4 (0.093%) Panasonic
5 4 (0.093%) Polycom
5 4 (0.093%) Samsung
5 4 (0.093%) Sony
6 3 (0.070%) Databricks
6 3 (0.070%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.047%) Ubiquiti