IoT Job Trends in Reading

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 67 89
Rank change year-on-year +24 +22 +27
Permanent jobs citing IoT 6 10 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 1.04% 1.38% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.11% 4.03% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £60,750 - £55,125
25th Percentile - £51,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £53,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% -9.79% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £90,000 - £77,500
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% +47.83% -30.30%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 146 248 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.35% 34.16% 37.73%
Number of salaries quoted 103 105 265
10th Percentile £26,000 £40,005 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.99% -8.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.00% +19.05% -8.70%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Reading

IoT
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in Reading over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in Reading

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Internet
General
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Java Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) React
1 5 (83.33%) REST
1 5 (83.33%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Microservices
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Kubernetes