IoT Job Trends in Southampton

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 56 61
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 +13
Permanent jobs citing IoT 1 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.19% 1.65% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 4.33% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £52,850 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £67,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £100,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +73.91% -4.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £69,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -28.06% +11.20% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 90 208 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 16.70% 38.10% 32.47%
Number of salaries quoted 59 150 117
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £39,063 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £48,924 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.05% - -

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Southampton

IoT
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing IoT

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) IoT Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Development
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Google