IoT Job Trends 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 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 217 213
Rank change year-on-year -42 -4 +109
Permanent jobs citing IoT 41 119 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.45% 0.92% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.10% 2.83% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 26 73 84
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £42,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 £51,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £54,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% -16.15% +18.18%
75th Percentile £86,250 £65,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,000 £87,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -7.14%

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 3,718 4,203 3,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 41.13% 32.60% 37.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,778 2,151 2,299
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,988 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% -8.70% +4.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in the South East over the 6 months to 14 September 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 14 September 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 -41 18 £67,500 +23.85% 40
Berkshire -23 10 £90,000 +12.50% 35
Oxfordshire +20 7 £61,250 +49.43% 4
Hampshire +27 6 - - 9
Kent +10 6 £36,500 -33.64% 5
East Sussex - 5 £55,000 - 1
Surrey -3 3 £65,000 +4.00% 5
West Sussex - 2 £82,500 -
Buckinghamshire -2 1 £30,000 -45.45% 3
Middlesex - 1 £45,000 - 4
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 1 (2.44%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP CO
1 1 (2.44%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.44%) SAP FI
1 1 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (2.44%) SAP IBP
1 1 (2.44%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.20%) AWS
3 4 (9.76%) Azure
4 3 (7.32%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.44%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) MQTT
2 9 (21.95%) Modbus
3 8 (19.51%) Ethernet
4 7 (17.07%) Wireless
5 5 (12.20%) WAN
6 4 (9.76%) 5G
7 3 (7.32%) Bluetooth
7 3 (7.32%) Internet
8 2 (4.88%) 4G
8 2 (4.88%) 802.11
8 2 (4.88%) GPRS
8 2 (4.88%) LAN
8 2 (4.88%) LTE
8 2 (4.88%) Network Security
8 2 (4.88%) VoIP
8 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (4.88%) WLAN
9 1 (2.44%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
General
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 12 (29.27%) Manufacturing
3 8 (19.51%) Telecoms
4 7 (17.07%) Marketing
5 6 (14.63%) Electronics
5 6 (14.63%) Finance
5 6 (14.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (9.76%) Back Office
6 4 (9.76%) Retail
7 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (4.88%) Advertising
8 2 (4.88%) Automotive
8 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.88%) Games
9 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.44%) Billing
9 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Lead
1 9 (21.95%) Senior
2 6 (14.63%) 1st Line Support
2 6 (14.63%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Electronics Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Support Team Leader
2 6 (14.63%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Team Leader
3 5 (12.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Software Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Account Director
5 3 (7.32%) IoT Software Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Product Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Research Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Research Software Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Cloud Software Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Design Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) CSS
3 2 (4.88%) 802.1X
3 2 (4.88%) gRPC
4 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (2.44%) OpenAPI
4 1 (2.44%) REST
4 1 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (2.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) SCADA
2 8 (19.51%) Data Centre
2 8 (19.51%) Operational Technology
3 6 (14.63%) Biopharmaceutical
3 6 (14.63%) Industry 4.0
3 6 (14.63%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (9.76%) Handset
5 3 (7.32%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (7.32%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.88%) Algorithms
6 2 (4.88%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.88%) BYOD
6 2 (4.88%) CCTV
6 2 (4.88%) FMCG
6 2 (4.88%) NB-IoT
6 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.44%) FPGA
7 1 (2.44%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Roadmaps
2 10 (24.39%) Prototyping
3 9 (21.95%) Agile
4 8 (19.51%) Customer Service
4 8 (19.51%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (19.51%) Mentoring
4 8 (19.51%) Network Design
4 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (19.51%) Project Delivery
5 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (17.07%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (14.63%) Asset Management
6 6 (14.63%) Customer-Centricity
6 6 (14.63%) GTM Strategy
6 6 (14.63%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (14.63%) System Testing
7 5 (12.20%) Business Development
7 5 (12.20%) Software Engineering
7 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) Python
2 5 (12.20%) C#
3 4 (9.76%) SQL
4 3 (7.32%) C
4 3 (7.32%) Embedded C
4 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.88%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.44%) Perl
6 1 (2.44%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Degree
2 8 (19.51%) HNC
2 8 (19.51%) HND
3 6 (14.63%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) GDPR
1 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.32%) Firmware
3 2 (4.88%) Docker
4 1 (2.44%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Siemens
2 6 (14.63%) AVEVA
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Rockwell
2 6 (14.63%) VMware
3 2 (4.88%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (2.44%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.44%) ConnectWise
4 1 (2.44%) EMC
4 1 (2.44%) SAP