IoT Job Trends in London

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
England > London

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 345 377
Rank change year-on-year +251 +32 +113
Permanent jobs citing IoT 426 84 74
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.10% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.38% 1.23% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 20 26 57
10th Percentile £39,300 £50,000 £49,000
25th Percentile £44,063 £63,750 £56,661
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +7.41% -12.90%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,575 £94,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% -7.41%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,775 6,845 7,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 42.01% 43.58% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,412 3,615 5,473
10th Percentile £35,750 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £125,000 £127,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IoT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

IoT job vacancy trend in London

IoT
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in London

IoT
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South London +67 133 - - 1
West London +37 125 £72,500 +16.00% 4
East London +14 67 - - 1
North London - 22 - -
Central London +49 18 £100,000 +9.59% 17
IoT
England

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (0.47%) nginx
2 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.94%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.94%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.94%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.23%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 391 (91.78%) Cloud Computing
2 12 (2.82%) Azure
3 11 (2.58%) AWS
4 4 (0.94%) GCP
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.47%) Dagster
5 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
5 2 (0.47%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.23%) AWS IoT
6 1 (0.23%) Azure AI
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.23%) IaaS
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.23%) n8n
6 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.23%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 377 (88.50%) Internet
2 7 (1.64%) Firewall
3 6 (1.41%) Wireless
4 5 (1.17%) Network Security
4 5 (1.17%) VPN
4 5 (1.17%) WAN
5 4 (0.94%) DNS
5 4 (0.94%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.94%) VLAN
6 3 (0.70%) Broadband
6 3 (0.70%) DHCP
6 3 (0.70%) LAN
7 2 (0.47%) BGP
7 2 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.47%) MQTT
7 2 (0.47%) OSPF
7 2 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.47%) RTMP
7 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.23%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.46%) Big Data
2 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.47%) Informix
2 2 (0.47%) Metadata
2 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.47%) MySQL
2 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.47%) Power BI
3 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.47%) GitLab
1 2 (0.47%) Jaeger
1 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.47%) MLflow
1 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.23%) Git
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Postman
2 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 395 (92.72%) Social Skills
2 391 (91.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 390 (91.55%) Banking
4 20 (4.69%) Marketing
5 10 (2.35%) Finance
6 5 (1.17%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.94%) Public Sector
7 4 (0.94%) Wearables
8 3 (0.70%) Electronics
8 3 (0.70%) Law
8 3 (0.70%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.47%) Agriculture
9 2 (0.47%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.23%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.23%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 325 (76.29%) Lecturer
2 9 (2.11%) Senior
3 6 (1.41%) Architect
4 5 (1.17%) Network Engineer
5 4 (0.94%) Consultant
5 4 (0.94%) Support Engineer
6 3 (0.70%) Analyst
6 3 (0.70%) Data Architect
6 3 (0.70%) Sales Engineer
6 3 (0.70%) Senior Sales Engineer
7 2 (0.47%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (0.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (0.47%) DBA
7 2 (0.47%) Desktop Support
7 2 (0.47%) Developer
7 2 (0.47%) Informix DBA
7 2 (0.47%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (0.47%) Senior Informix DBA
7 2 (0.47%) Software Engineer
7 2 (0.47%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.70%) Kafka
1 3 (0.70%) Node.js
2 2 (0.47%) FastAPI
2 2 (0.47%) Keycloak
2 2 (0.47%) React
2 2 (0.47%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.23%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.23%) PySpark
3 1 (0.23%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 8 (1.88%) Management Information System
2 5 (1.17%) Mobile App
3 4 (0.94%) Digital Signage
3 4 (0.94%) Home Automation
3 4 (0.94%) Onboarding
3 4 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (0.70%) Smart Home
5 2 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.47%) MPEG
5 2 (0.47%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.47%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.47%) Robotics
6 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.23%) Eurex
6 1 (0.23%) FMCG
6 1 (0.23%) Life Science
6 1 (0.23%) LIMS
6 1 (0.23%) Mobile Payment
6 1 (0.23%) SCADA
6 1 (0.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.94%) Windows
2 3 (0.70%) Linux
2 3 (0.70%) Unix
3 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) Solaris
4 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (92.49%) Cybersecurity
2 389 (91.31%) Web Development
3 381 (89.44%) AI
4 378 (88.73%) Machine Learning
5 377 (88.50%) User Experience
6 18 (4.23%) Digital Marketing
7 15 (3.52%) Business Analysis
8 14 (3.29%) Project Management
9 8 (1.88%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (1.88%) Psychology
10 7 (1.64%) Agile
10 7 (1.64%) Analytics
10 7 (1.64%) DevOps
11 5 (1.17%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (1.17%) CAD
11 5 (1.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (1.17%) Data Pipeline
11 5 (1.17%) PRINCE2
11 5 (1.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (1.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.88%) Python
2 3 (0.70%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.47%) C
3 2 (0.47%) Java
3 2 (0.47%) Perl
4 1 (0.23%) Bash
4 1 (0.23%) PHP
4 1 (0.23%) Ruby
4 1 (0.23%) SQL
4 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 389 (91.31%) Degree
1 389 (91.31%) Master's Degree
2 374 (87.79%) PhD
2 374 (87.79%) Postgraduate
3 15 (3.52%) HND
4 2 (0.47%) CISA
4 2 (0.47%) CISM
4 2 (0.47%) CISSP
5 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.23%) CCNA
5 1 (0.23%) CCNP
5 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.23%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.23%) PCI QSA
5 1 (0.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
1 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.23%) GDPR
2 1 (0.23%) GMP
2 1 (0.23%) NIST
2 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 5 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.70%) Docker
2 3 (0.70%) Firmware
3 2 (0.47%) NFS
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.70%) Grafana
1 3 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.47%) Ansible
2 2 (0.47%) Argo
2 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.47%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (2.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.88%) Cisco
3 4 (0.94%) Autodesk
3 4 (0.94%) NEC
3 4 (0.94%) Panasonic
3 4 (0.94%) Polycom
3 4 (0.94%) Samsung
3 4 (0.94%) Sony
4 3 (0.70%) SAP
5 2 (0.47%) EMC
5 2 (0.47%) Fortinet
5 2 (0.47%) HP
5 2 (0.47%) IBM
5 2 (0.47%) MikroTik
5 2 (0.47%) NETGEAR
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle
5 2 (0.47%) Sonatype
5 2 (0.47%) Starlink
5 2 (0.47%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto