Industrial Internet of Things Job Trends

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industrial Internet of Things in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industrial Internet of Things 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 645 706 726
Rank change year-on-year +61 +20 +264
Permanent jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things 6 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.011% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.029% 0.030% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 10
10th Percentile - £70,300 £51,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £70,750 £52,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £77,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +37.78% -0.44%
75th Percentile £52,500 £81,250 £61,563
90th Percentile - - £63,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £77,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -35.48% +37.78% -0.44%

All Generic Skills
UK

Industrial Internet of Things 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,441 19,816 20,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.27% 37.14% 36.56%
Number of salaries quoted 10,264 9,266 14,883
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,744
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.28% -4.10%

Industrial Internet of Things
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Industrial Internet of Things relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Industrial Internet of Things job vacancy trend in the UK

Industrial Internet of Things
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Industrial Internet of Things.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Industrial Internet of Things

Industrial Internet of Things
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Industrial Internet of Things within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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
England +73 6 £50,000 -33.33% 5
UK excluding London +69 5 £50,000 -35.48% 4
Midlands +30 5 £50,000 -35.48% 2
West Midlands +27 4 £50,000 -35.48%
London +55 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 2

Industrial Internet of Things
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 4 (66.67%) Advertising
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Automation Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Support
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Industrial Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) SCADA
2 4 (66.67%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (16.67%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (16.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) B2B
1 4 (66.67%) B2B Sales
1 4 (66.67%) Business Development
1 4 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Experience
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (66.67%) Data Entry
1 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 4 (66.67%) Telesales
2 1 (16.67%) AI
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) HNC
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Functional Safety
2 1 (16.67%) MOM
2 1 (16.67%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) AVEVA
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Wonderware