IoT Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 364 269
Rank change year-on-year +34 -95 +16
Permanent jobs citing IoT 409 178 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.51% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.92% 1.32% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 327 132 293
10th Percentile £38,450 £37,170 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,258 13,455 15,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.53% 38.78% 29.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,365 6,254 6,815
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -4.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IoT job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IoT
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in the UK excluding London

IoT
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
South East +28 111 £55,000 -12.00% 110
North of England -7 89 £55,000 -8.33% 78
Scotland +52 57 £60,000 +4.80% 42
Midlands -28 54 £59,522 +8.22% 61
South West -42 54 £55,000 +22.22% 34
Yorkshire +3 39 £55,000 - 20
North West -21 34 £42,000 -30.00% 40
East of England -34 34 £85,000 +47.83% 90
West Midlands -15 28 £51,000 -14.32% 45
East Midlands -21 26 £67,500 +28.57% 16
North East -50 16 £50,000 +25.00% 19
Northern Ireland -79 10 £65,000 - 36
Wales -82 1 £47,500 -5.94% 7
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.98%) Lightworks
2 4 (0.98%) Simulink
3 3 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.49%) CATIA
4 2 (0.49%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.49%) Windchill
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 33 (8.07%) AWS
2 31 (7.58%) Azure
3 19 (4.65%) SaaS
4 16 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.71%) AWS IoT
7 5 (1.22%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.22%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.22%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.22%) Serverless
8 4 (0.98%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (0.98%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.73%) Datadog
9 3 (0.73%) GCP
9 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.73%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.73%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.49%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.51%) Wireless
2 26 (6.36%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (5.38%) MQTT
4 15 (3.67%) Bluetooth
5 12 (2.93%) DNS
5 12 (2.93%) Internet
6 10 (2.44%) VPN
7 9 (2.20%) Ethernet
7 9 (2.20%) ZigBee
8 7 (1.71%) Firewall
8 7 (1.71%) LoRaWAN
9 6 (1.47%) 5G
9 6 (1.47%) DHCP
10 5 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.98%) HTTP
11 4 (0.98%) Network Security
11 4 (0.98%) RS-232
11 4 (0.98%) RS-485
11 4 (0.98%) VoIP
12 3 (0.73%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.96%) Big Data
1 8 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.98%) MongoDB
3 4 (0.98%) MySQL
3 4 (0.98%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.73%) ClickHouse
5 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.49%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.24%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (7.09%) Git
2 7 (1.71%) GitLab
2 7 (1.71%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.71%) JIRA
3 6 (1.47%) GDB
4 4 (0.98%) PetaLinux
4 4 (0.98%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.98%) Selenium
5 3 (0.73%) Postman
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Poetry
General
1 81 (19.80%) Electronics
2 60 (14.67%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.02%) Manufacturing
4 37 (9.05%) Telecoms
5 27 (6.60%) Finance
6 21 (5.13%) Wearables
7 19 (4.65%) Automotive
7 19 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.40%) Aerospace
8 18 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (3.42%) Marketing
10 12 (2.93%) Retail
11 8 (1.96%) Local Government
11 8 (1.96%) Social Housing
12 7 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.22%) Legal
13 5 (1.22%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.73%) Games
Job Titles
1 54 (13.20%) Design Engineer
2 53 (12.96%) Senior
3 51 (12.47%) Software Engineer
4 44 (10.76%) Embedded Engineer
5 41 (10.02%) Developer
5 41 (10.02%) Sales Manager
6 33 (8.07%) Hardware Engineer
7 29 (7.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 28 (6.85%) Electronics Engineer
9 21 (5.13%) Hardware Design Engineer
10 19 (4.65%) Architect
10 19 (4.65%) Technical Support
11 18 (4.40%) Technical Engineer
12 17 (4.16%) Support Engineer
13 15 (3.67%) Account Manager
14 14 (3.42%) Test Engineer
15 13 (3.18%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 13 (3.18%) Linux Engineer
15 13 (3.18%) Product Design Engineer
15 13 (3.18%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.36%) Yocto
2 21 (5.13%) REST
3 18 (4.40%) Terraform
4 13 (3.18%) .NET
4 13 (3.18%) React
5 12 (2.93%) Node.js
6 9 (2.20%) Kafka
7 7 (1.71%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.47%) Blazor
9 5 (1.22%) Django
9 5 (1.22%) NestJS
9 5 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.22%) Symfony
9 5 (1.22%) Vue
10 4 (0.98%) HTML
10 4 (0.98%) pytest
10 4 (0.98%) Unity DI Container
10 4 (0.98%) Web Services
11 3 (0.73%) CSS
11 3 (0.73%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.22%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (5.13%) Device Driver
3 20 (4.89%) Robotics
4 19 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (4.16%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (4.16%) Mobile App
6 15 (3.67%) Driving Licence
7 12 (2.93%) ARM Cortex
8 11 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.69%) FPGA
9 10 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.20%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.96%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.96%) GNSS
11 8 (1.96%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.96%) Smart Home
12 7 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.71%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 61 (14.91%) Linux
2 24 (5.87%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.40%) Windows
4 9 (2.20%) Android
4 9 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.71%) VMS
6 6 (1.47%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (20.78%) Software Engineering
2 83 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (12.22%) AI
4 45 (11.00%) Agile
4 45 (11.00%) CI/CD
5 41 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (9.78%) Validation
7 34 (8.31%) Collaborative Culture
8 30 (7.33%) DevOps
9 26 (6.36%) Business Development
10 25 (6.11%) CRM
11 22 (5.38%) Test Automation
12 21 (5.13%) Full-Stack Development
12 21 (5.13%) Prototyping
12 21 (5.13%) Roadmaps
13 20 (4.89%) CAD
13 20 (4.89%) Computer Science
13 20 (4.89%) Customer Engagement
14 18 (4.40%) Analytics
15 17 (4.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (13.20%) Python
2 44 (10.76%) C++
3 39 (9.54%) C
4 22 (5.38%) Embedded C
4 22 (5.38%) TypeScript
5 21 (5.13%) SQL
6 17 (4.16%) C#
6 17 (4.16%) JavaScript
7 16 (3.91%) Go
8 12 (2.93%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.44%) Embedded C++
10 7 (1.71%) Java
11 6 (1.47%) Bash
11 6 (1.47%) PHP
12 5 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.22%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.22%) Rust
13 2 (0.49%) Bicep
14 1 (0.24%) R
14 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (23.23%) Degree
2 25 (6.11%) DBS Check
3 17 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.91%) HNC
4 16 (3.91%) Master's Degree
5 13 (3.18%) Security Cleared
6 8 (1.96%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.47%) HND
8 5 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.49%) CCNP
10 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.49%) PhD
10 2 (0.49%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.24%) CCSK
11 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.16%) QA
2 9 (2.20%) JTAG
3 6 (1.47%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.98%) ECSS
4 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (0.73%) NCSC
5 3 (0.73%) NIST
5 3 (0.73%) PMO
6 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) COBIT
7 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
7 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (11.98%) Firmware
2 16 (3.91%) Docker
3 11 (2.69%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (2.20%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.47%) vSphere
6 2 (0.49%) iptables
6 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.22%) Grafana
2 5 (1.22%) Prometheus
2 5 (1.22%) SCCM
3 3 (0.73%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.24%) Galera Cluster
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.24%) MOM
4 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.44%) EMC
3 8 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.47%) Aruba
4 6 (1.47%) Cisco
4 6 (1.47%) VMware
5 5 (1.22%) Databricks
6 4 (0.98%) dotdigital
6 4 (0.98%) IFS
6 4 (0.98%) Oracle
6 4 (0.98%) Xilinx
7 3 (0.73%) Adobe
7 3 (0.73%) Apple
7 3 (0.73%) BT
7 3 (0.73%) Google
7 3 (0.73%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.49%) MEDITECH
8 2 (0.49%) Planon
8 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.49%) Siemens