IoT Jobs in the South East

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 218 274
Rank change year-on-year -51 +56 +4
Permanent jobs citing IoT 42 180 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.41% 1.04% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 3.18% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 26 135 78
10th Percentile £35,750 £34,350 £40,875
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -17.86% +27.27%
75th Percentile £86,250 £68,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £91,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -10.71%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,171 5,662 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.96% 32.79% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,066 3,571 2,874
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £73,941
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% -15.38% +4.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IoT in the South East.

Salary trend for IoT in the South East

IoT
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for IoT in the South East

IoT
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley +2 19 £65,000 +19.27% 34
Oxfordshire +32 9 £61,250 +26.97% 5
Hampshire +15 7 £77,500 +29.17% 14
Berkshire -5 7 £90,000 +20.00% 24
Kent +21 6 £36,500 -33.64% 4
East Sussex - 5 £55,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire +28 3 £30,000 -47.83% 5
West Sussex +21 3 £80,000 +25.00% 2
Surrey +15 2 £65,000 +4.00% 5
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.76%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) AWS
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.14%) Azure
4 2 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.76%) AWS CodeBuild
4 2 (4.76%) AWS CodeCommit
4 2 (4.76%) AWS CodeDeploy
4 2 (4.76%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (4.76%) Serverless
4 2 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (2.38%) GitHub
5 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) MQTT
2 9 (21.43%) Modbus
3 8 (19.05%) Ethernet
4 5 (11.90%) Wireless
5 4 (9.52%) WAN
6 3 (7.14%) Bluetooth
7 2 (4.76%) 4G
7 2 (4.76%) 5G
7 2 (4.76%) Firewall
7 2 (4.76%) GPRS
7 2 (4.76%) Internet
7 2 (4.76%) LTE
7 2 (4.76%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.38%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.38%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.38%) Power BI
3 1 (2.38%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Jenkins
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Git
3 1 (2.38%) Bitbucket
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.19%) Manufacturing
3 8 (19.05%) Telecoms
4 7 (16.67%) Electronics
5 6 (14.29%) Marketing
5 6 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (11.90%) Finance
7 4 (9.52%) Back Office
8 3 (7.14%) Retail
9 2 (4.76%) Advertising
9 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
10 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (2.38%) Automotive
10 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (21.43%) Lead
2 6 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
2 6 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Senior
2 6 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Support Team Leader
2 6 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 4 (9.52%) Account Director
4 3 (7.14%) IoT Software Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Research Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Research Software Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) AWS DevOps
5 2 (4.76%) Design Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) .NET
1 3 (7.14%) CSS
2 2 (4.76%) gRPC
3 1 (2.38%) GStreamer
3 1 (2.38%) Laravel
3 1 (2.38%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) SCADA
2 9 (21.43%) Operational Technology
3 8 (19.05%) Data Centre
4 6 (14.29%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
4 6 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (9.52%) Handset
5 4 (9.52%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 3 (7.14%) Algorithms
6 3 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (4.76%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (4.76%) FMCG
7 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 2 (4.76%) NB-IoT
7 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
7 2 (4.76%) Robotics
7 2 (4.76%) Self-Driving Car
8 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Linux
2 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Agile
1 10 (23.81%) Project Delivery
1 10 (23.81%) Prototyping
2 9 (21.43%) Mentoring
2 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 8 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 8 (19.05%) Strategic Thinking
4 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 6 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 6 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
5 6 (14.29%) Network Design
5 6 (14.29%) System Testing
6 5 (11.90%) CI/CD
6 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
6 5 (11.90%) DevOps
6 5 (11.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) Python
2 4 (9.52%) C
2 4 (9.52%) C#
2 4 (9.52%) SQL
3 3 (7.14%) Embedded C
3 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.76%) Bash
4 2 (4.76%) C++
4 2 (4.76%) Go
4 2 (4.76%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) Degree
2 7 (16.67%) HNC
2 7 (16.67%) HND
3 6 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) PMI Certification
4 4 (9.52%) PMP
5 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.38%) PhD
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.52%) Docker
3 3 (7.14%) Firmware
4 1 (2.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Functional Safety
2 2 (4.76%) Terraform
3 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 7 (16.67%) Siemens
2 6 (14.29%) AVEVA
2 6 (14.29%) Rockwell
2 6 (14.29%) VMware
3 2 (4.76%) ConnectWise
3 2 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (2.38%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (2.38%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.38%) EMC
4 1 (2.38%) NVIDIA
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Salesforce