Smart Home Job Trends in England

Smart Home (Connected Home)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Home in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart Home over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 662 651
Rank change year-on-year +152 -11 +299
Permanent jobs citing Smart Home 90 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.028% 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.076% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 70 13 15
10th Percentile £27,259 - £41,250
25th Percentile £31,563 £45,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -20.69% +38.10%
75th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £53,500 £67,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £53,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -16.28% -25.86% +38.10%

All Generic Skills
England

Smart Home 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 18,651 18,477 16,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.86% 37.26% 37.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,385 8,842 12,539
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,150 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Smart Home
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smart Home relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Smart Home job vacancy trend in England

Smart Home
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart Home.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart Home

Smart Home
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smart Home in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Smart Home in England

Smart Home
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Home within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +67 39 £45,000 +12.50% 14
North of England - 21 £25,087 - 2
South East - 14 £32,500 - 6
Yorkshire - 12 £25,087 - 2
South West +6 10 £62,500 +8.70% 1
North West - 7 £32,500 -
East Midlands - 4 £39,000 - 1
Midlands - 4 £39,000 - 2
North East - 2 £23,354 -
East of England - 2 £40,000 - 2
Smart Home
UK

Smart Home
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 2 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (8.89%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.67%) AWS
2 2 (2.22%) Azure
2 2 (2.22%) GCP
2 2 (2.22%) SaaS
3 1 (1.11%) AWS IoT
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (22.22%) Broadband
2 2 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.11%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.22%) Big Data
1 2 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.22%) MySQL
2 1 (1.11%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 25 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.67%) Social Housing
3 5 (5.56%) Retail
4 4 (4.44%) Tech for Good
5 2 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 38 (42.22%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 16 (17.78%) Installations Engineer
3 10 (11.11%) Senior
4 9 (10.00%) Lead
5 7 (7.78%) AutoCAD Designer
5 7 (7.78%) CAD Designer
5 7 (7.78%) Designer
5 7 (7.78%) Developer
5 7 (7.78%) Field Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) Field Service Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) Senior Audio Visual Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) Systems Designer
6 5 (5.56%) Sales Representative
7 4 (4.44%) Flutter Developer
7 4 (4.44%) Junior
7 4 (4.44%) Junior Sales Representative
7 4 (4.44%) Technical Sales Representative
8 3 (3.33%) Architect
8 3 (3.33%) Design Engineer
8 3 (3.33%) IoT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) Node.js
2 2 (2.22%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.22%) Flutter
2 2 (2.22%) React
2 2 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (35.56%) Home Automation
2 10 (11.11%) IoT
3 7 (7.78%) Digital Media
3 7 (7.78%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.56%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.33%) Digital Signage
6 2 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.22%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.11%) CCTV
7 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.11%) iPhone
7 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Android
1 2 (2.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (7.78%) CAD
3 6 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (5.56%) Customer Experience
5 4 (4.44%) Business Development
5 4 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (3.33%) Agile
6 3 (3.33%) Coaching
6 3 (3.33%) Commercial Awareness
6 3 (3.33%) Data Governance
6 3 (3.33%) Energy Management
6 3 (3.33%) Insurtech
6 3 (3.33%) Project Management
6 3 (3.33%) Software Architecture
6 3 (3.33%) Software Engineering
6 3 (3.33%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (2.22%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (2.22%) Customer Service
7 2 (2.22%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (2.22%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.56%) TypeScript
2 3 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.11%) PHP
3 1 (1.11%) Python
3 1 (1.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (3.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (3.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.11%) City & Guilds
2 1 (1.11%) Degree
2 1 (1.11%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (1.11%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (3.33%) Firmware
2 1 (1.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (17.78%) BT
1 16 (17.78%) Cisco
2 10 (11.11%) Draytek
3 9 (10.00%) Ruckus Wireless
4 2 (2.22%) Google
4 2 (2.22%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.11%) Adobe
5 1 (1.11%) Apple
5 1 (1.11%) Meraki