IoT Job Trends in Gwent

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
South Wales > Gwent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in Gwent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	15	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing IoT	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gwent	2.33%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	5.26%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£46,500	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£48,500	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South Wales median annual salary	£47,500	£51,500	£27,500
% change year-on-year	-7.77%	+87.27%	-52.17%

All Generic Skills
Gwent

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 citing generic IT skills in Gwent.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	38	4	26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gwent	44.19%	16.00%	45.61%
Number of salaries quoted	18	2	2
10^th Percentile	£27,825	-	£46,375
25^th Percentile	£33,500	-	£46,563
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,500	£28,000	£48,750
Median % change year-on-year	+73.21%	-42.56%	-
75^th Percentile	£53,000	-	£51,563
90^th Percentile	£55,000	-	£52,125
South Wales median annual salary	£53,171	£55,000	£46,404
% change year-on-year	-3.33%	+18.53%	+1.55%

IoT Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing IoT also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Gwent region citing IoT.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	100.0%	2
1	Analytical Thinking	100.0%	2
1	Client Onboarding	100.0%	2
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	2
1	Customer Engagement	100.0%	2
1	Customer Experience	100.0%	2
1	Data Interpretation	100.0%	2
1	Data Quality	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	Firmware	100.0%	2
1	GDPR	100.0%	2
1	HNC	100.0%	2
1	HND	100.0%	2
1	Network Optimisation	100.0%	2
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	2
1	Process Improvement	100.0%	2

IoT Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Industrial Internet of Things	100.0%	2
1	Management Information System	100.0%	2
1	Onboarding	100.0%	2