IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 379 351
Rank change year-on-year +69 -28 -55
Permanent jobs citing IoT 782 686 1,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 0.85% 1.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.60% 2.07% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 606 475 883
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.71% -6.40% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the UK

IoT
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IoT in the UK

IoT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for IoT in the UK

IoT
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +49 669 £60,000 -6.25% 112
UK excluding London +48 559 £57,500 -1.71% 89
Work from Home +27 251 £60,000 -4.00% 47
London +78 172 £65,000 -7.28% 24
South East +52 155 £55,000 -21.43% 18
North of England -7 102 £50,750 -7.73% 22
East of England +12 101 £60,000 -4.00% 12
Midlands +30 100 £60,000 +26.32% 24
North West -27 62 £50,000 -13.04% 13
East Midlands +3 55 £60,000 -5.88% 12
West Midlands +20 45 £60,000 +33.33% 12
South West -20 34 £57,500 -8.00% 13
Scotland -33 34 £46,000 -23.33% 1
Yorkshire +52 32 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Wales +35 18 £55,000 -8.33%
Northern Ireland - 15 £70,000 - 2
North East -7 8 £42,500 -22.73% 2

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (2.81%) Confluence
2 16 (2.05%) Apache
3 13 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.02%) Kinematics
5 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.77%) IIS
7 5 (0.64%) nginx
7 5 (0.64%) ThingWorx
8 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.92%) OrCAD
2 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.77%) SAP ERP
2 6 (0.77%) SAP SD
3 4 (0.51%) Misys Midas
3 4 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.13%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 160 (20.46%) AWS
2 117 (14.96%) Azure
3 48 (6.14%) GCP
4 45 (5.75%) GitHub
5 36 (4.60%) Serverless
6 28 (3.58%) Cloud Computing
7 22 (2.81%) AWS IoT
8 21 (2.69%) Power Platform
8 21 (2.69%) SaaS
9 20 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.53%) IaaS
12 12 (1.53%) Nutanix
13 11 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.28%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.02%) Firebase
15 8 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 89 (11.38%) Wireless
2 77 (9.85%) Internet
3 45 (5.75%) TCP/IP
4 43 (5.50%) MQTT
5 30 (3.84%) WAN
6 29 (3.71%) Firewall
7 25 (3.20%) 4G
8 24 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (2.94%) 5G
10 22 (2.81%) Bluetooth
10 22 (2.81%) HTTP
11 14 (1.79%) MPLS
11 14 (1.79%) VoIP
12 13 (1.66%) DNS
12 13 (1.66%) Modbus
12 13 (1.66%) Network Security
13 12 (1.53%) Unified Communications
13 12 (1.53%) ZigBee
14 11 (1.41%) 3G
14 11 (1.41%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.75%) MySQL
2 28 (3.58%) NoSQL
3 22 (2.81%) MongoDB
4 21 (2.69%) Big Data
5 20 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (2.43%) Power BI
7 15 (1.92%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.41%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.02%) SQL Server
11 7 (0.90%) Redis
12 5 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.51%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.51%) Tableau
14 3 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
15 2 (0.26%) Data Hub
15 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 58 (7.42%) Git
2 45 (5.75%) JIRA
3 20 (2.56%) Subversion
4 19 (2.43%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.41%) Burp Suite
5 11 (1.41%) Metasploit
5 11 (1.41%) Oracle APEX
5 11 (1.41%) Selenium
6 7 (0.90%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.77%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.77%) GitLab
7 6 (0.77%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.77%) MSTest
7 6 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.77%) Xcode
8 5 (0.64%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.13%) Mocha
9 1 (0.13%) Mockito
9 1 (0.13%) Moq
9 1 (0.13%) PHPUnit
General
1 207 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 96 (12.28%) Electronics
3 74 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.21%) Finance
5 69 (8.82%) Marketing
6 63 (8.06%) Automotive
7 61 (7.80%) Manufacturing
8 49 (6.27%) Public Sector
9 48 (6.14%) Telecoms
10 47 (6.01%) Games
11 23 (2.94%) Law
12 22 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (2.69%) Aerospace
14 19 (2.43%) Tech for Good
15 17 (2.17%) Social Housing
16 13 (1.66%) Legal
16 13 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (1.53%) Health Technology
17 12 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (22.89%) Senior
2 172 (21.99%) Developer
3 117 (14.96%) Software Engineer
4 84 (10.74%) Embedded Engineer
5 67 (8.57%) Architect
6 55 (7.03%) Consultant
7 53 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 51 (6.52%) Lead
9 49 (6.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 40 (5.12%) Hardware Engineer
11 38 (4.86%) Systems Engineer
12 37 (4.73%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 36 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
14 34 (4.35%) Software Developer
15 30 (3.84%) Blockchain Developer
16 29 (3.71%) Full Stack Developer
17 27 (3.45%) Senior Hardware Engineer
18 24 (3.07%) Electronics Engineer
19 22 (2.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 21 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (10.74%) Node.js
2 59 (7.54%) HTML
3 37 (4.73%) React
4 36 (4.60%) CSS
5 35 (4.48%) JSON
6 32 (4.09%) .NET
7 30 (3.84%) web3js
8 28 (3.58%) AngularJS
9 27 (3.45%) Web Services
10 26 (3.32%) RESTful
11 22 (2.81%) GraphQL
12 20 (2.56%) REST
13 14 (1.79%) jQuery
14 13 (1.66%) Kafka
15 12 (1.53%) .NET Framework
15 12 (1.53%) Qt
15 12 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
16 10 (1.28%) Playwright
17 9 (1.15%) Apache Cordova
17 9 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.12%) Blockchain
2 39 (4.99%) Mobile App
3 31 (3.96%) Embedded Systems
4 30 (3.84%) Web3
5 25 (3.20%) Driving Licence
6 24 (3.07%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.81%) Robotics
8 21 (2.69%) Operational Technology
9 20 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (2.17%) Product Ownership
11 16 (2.05%) Data Centre
11 16 (2.05%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.79%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.66%) ARM Cortex
13 13 (1.66%) Augmented Reality
13 13 (1.66%) Client/Server
13 13 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.66%) Virtual Reality
14 12 (1.53%) Raspberry Pi
15 11 (1.41%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 112 (14.32%) Linux
2 44 (5.63%) Windows
3 24 (3.07%) Android
4 22 (2.81%) Apple iOS
5 18 (2.30%) Embedded Linux
6 14 (1.79%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.66%) Ubuntu
8 11 (1.41%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.64%) VMS
10 3 (0.38%) Debian
10 3 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.38%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.26%) Unix
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (25.06%) Software Engineering
2 145 (18.54%) Agile
3 133 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (16.62%) Artificial Intelligence
5 108 (13.81%) DevOps
6 99 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
7 81 (10.36%) Computer Science
8 73 (9.34%) Mentoring
9 66 (8.44%) Analytics
10 60 (7.67%) Project Management
11 59 (7.54%) Microservices
12 57 (7.29%) CI/CD
13 48 (6.14%) Decision-Making
13 48 (6.14%) Machine Learning
14 46 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
15 44 (5.63%) Business Intelligence
15 44 (5.63%) Roadmaps
16 41 (5.24%) Software Testing
17 39 (4.99%) Technical Leadership
18 38 (4.86%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 185 (23.66%) Python
2 102 (13.04%) C++
3 97 (12.40%) JavaScript
4 87 (11.13%) C
5 74 (9.46%) SQL
6 58 (7.42%) Java
7 55 (7.03%) C#
8 54 (6.91%) TypeScript
9 34 (4.35%) PHP
10 18 (2.30%) Bash
10 18 (2.30%) Embedded C
11 14 (1.79%) Perl
12 13 (1.66%) Go
13 11 (1.41%) Embedded C++
13 11 (1.41%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.15%) Assembly Language
14 9 (1.15%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.15%) SystemVerilog
15 8 (1.02%) Swift
Qualifications
1 210 (26.85%) Degree
2 49 (6.27%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.50%) Master's Degree
4 38 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.30%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (2.05%) SC Cleared
8 14 (1.79%) PhD
9 12 (1.53%) HND
9 12 (1.53%) OSCP
10 11 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.41%) CREST Certified
10 11 (1.41%) OSCE
11 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.02%) CCNA
11 8 (1.02%) CISSP
12 7 (0.90%) HNC
12 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.77%) CCNP
13 6 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.16%) QA
2 20 (2.56%) GDPR
3 18 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.66%) MISRA
6 12 (1.53%) SLA
7 9 (1.15%) NIST
8 8 (1.02%) ISO 13485
8 8 (1.02%) JTAG
9 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.77%) COSHH
10 5 (0.64%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.51%) IEC 61131
11 4 (0.51%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.51%) PMO
12 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.26%) IEC 62304
14 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 41 (5.24%) Docker
2 40 (5.12%) Firmware
3 28 (3.58%) Active Directory
4 25 (3.20%) Hyper-V
5 21 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.77%) Forefront TMG
8 6 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.13%) KVM
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (3.07%) Terraform
2 22 (2.81%) Kubernetes
3 20 (2.56%) Ansible
4 14 (1.79%) FortiGate
5 11 (1.41%) Nessus
5 11 (1.41%) Nmap
6 10 (1.28%) Grafana
7 6 (0.77%) SCOM
7 6 (0.77%) WSUS
8 5 (0.64%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.26%) Autotask
10 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.13%) MOM
11 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.13%) Puppet
11 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.88%) Google
3 29 (3.71%) VMware
4 28 (3.58%) SAP
5 23 (2.94%) Cisco
6 18 (2.30%) Oracle
7 17 (2.17%) HP
8 16 (2.05%) EMC
9 15 (1.92%) NEC
10 14 (1.79%) Darktrace
11 13 (1.66%) Atmel
12 12 (1.53%) BT
12 12 (1.53%) Synopsys
13 11 (1.41%) Qualys
14 10 (1.28%) Salesforce
15 9 (1.15%) Aruba
15 9 (1.15%) Atlassian
15 9 (1.15%) Cadence
15 9 (1.15%) Red Hat
16 6 (0.77%) Mitel