IoT Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 220 225
Rank change year-on-year +204 +5 +38
Permanent jobs citing IoT 1,666 28 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 10.08% 0.43% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.48% 1.26% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 49 24 117
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £75,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,976 2,217 5,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 30.10% 34.38% 31.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,233 1,357 3,855
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IoT job vacancy trend in the North of England

IoT
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in the North of England

IoT
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 April 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 West +155 1,505 £53,750 -4.44% 10
Yorkshire +65 161 £50,000 -16.67% 15
IoT
England

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,615 (96.94%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (0.24%) AWS
3 2 (0.12%) SaaS
4 1 (0.060%) Azure
4 1 (0.060%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (0.060%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.060%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (0.060%) Firebase
4 1 (0.060%) IaaS
4 1 (0.060%) PaaS
4 1 (0.060%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1,616 (97.00%) Internet
2 4 (0.24%) Wireless
3 2 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
3 2 (0.12%) Modbus
4 1 (0.060%) Firewall
4 1 (0.060%) RFID
4 1 (0.060%) VoIP
4 1 (0.060%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.12%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.060%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.060%) MySQL
2 1 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.060%) Git
1 1 (0.060%) GitLab
General
1 1,622 (97.36%) Social Skills
2 1,618 (97.12%) Banking
3 1,615 (96.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (0.54%) Automotive
5 8 (0.48%) Electronics
6 6 (0.36%) Finance
6 6 (0.36%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.18%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.18%) Retail
8 2 (0.12%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (0.12%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.12%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.060%) Advertising
9 1 (0.060%) Law
9 1 (0.060%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,224 (73.47%) Lecturer
2 15 (0.90%) Software Engineer
3 11 (0.66%) Embedded Engineer
3 11 (0.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (0.42%) Architect
4 7 (0.42%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (0.30%) Business Development Executive
6 4 (0.24%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.12%) AWS Architect
7 2 (0.12%) C# Developer
7 2 (0.12%) Developer
7 2 (0.12%) Java Architect
7 2 (0.12%) Java Technical Architect
7 2 (0.12%) Mid Level C# Developer
7 2 (0.12%) Sales Manager
7 2 (0.12%) Senior
7 2 (0.12%) Systems Integrator
7 2 (0.12%) Technical Architect
7 2 (0.12%) Technical Manager
7 2 (0.12%) Technical Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.060%) .NET
1 1 (0.060%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.060%) Django
1 1 (0.060%) Kafka
1 1 (0.060%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (0.12%) Digital Signage
1 2 (0.12%) NB-IoT
1 2 (0.12%) SCADA
1 2 (0.12%) Smart City
1 2 (0.12%) Smart Meter
2 1 (0.060%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (0.060%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (0.060%) Driving Licence
2 1 (0.060%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (0.060%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.060%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (0.060%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (0.060%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (0.060%) Machine to Machine
2 1 (0.060%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.060%) Mobile App
2 1 (0.060%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.12%) Linux
2 1 (0.060%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,618 (97.12%) Cybersecurity
2 1,617 (97.06%) AI
2 1,617 (97.06%) Machine Learning
3 1,616 (97.00%) User Experience
4 1,615 (96.94%) Web Development
5 17 (1.02%) Software Engineering
6 7 (0.42%) Business Development
6 7 (0.42%) Customer Experience
7 6 (0.36%) Agile
7 6 (0.36%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (0.36%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (0.24%) Roadmaps
9 3 (0.18%) Analytics
9 3 (0.18%) CRM
9 3 (0.18%) Data Management
10 2 (0.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (0.12%) Data Governance
10 2 (0.12%) Data Visualisation
10 2 (0.12%) DevOps
10 2 (0.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.18%) Java
2 2 (0.12%) C#
2 2 (0.12%) Python
2 2 (0.12%) SQL
3 1 (0.060%) Bash
3 1 (0.060%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.060%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,617 (97.06%) Degree
2 1,615 (96.94%) Master's Degree
2 1,615 (96.94%) PhD
2 1,615 (96.94%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.060%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.12%) QA
2 1 (0.060%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.060%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.060%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (0.48%) Firmware
2 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.060%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.060%) Grafana
1 1 (0.060%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.060%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (0.12%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.060%) EMC
2 1 (0.060%) Oracle
2 1 (0.060%) Pega