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 24 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 313 388
Rank change year-on-year -75 +75 -94
Permanent jobs citing IoT 324 826 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.91% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% 2.56% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 206 645 523
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £33,800
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +4.55%

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 18,505 32,295 48,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.85% 35.77% 43.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,386 22,081 25,118
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,625 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 24 March 2025.

Salary histogram for IoT in the UK

IoT
Top 16 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 24 March 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
England -114 274 £60,000 +4.35% 343
UK excluding London -70 231 £60,000 +4.35% 193
Work from Home -14 119 £60,000 - 168
London +18 69 £72,500 +7.41% 170
South East -23 57 £69,750 +16.25% 72
Midlands +7 47 £60,000 +6.67% 24
South West +94 46 £60,000 +4.35% 21
West Midlands +9 36 £60,000 +9.09% 13
North of England -40 29 £57,500 +9.52% 25
Wales +66 25 £77,500 +169.57% 5
North West -40 22 £55,000 +10.00% 18
East of England -63 21 £55,000 - 32
East Midlands +32 11 £41,250 -31.25% 11
Yorkshire +28 7 £60,000 +6.67% 6
Scotland +89 5 £62,500 +4.17% 10
Northern Ireland +33 1 £50,000 - 4

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 6 (1.85%) Confluence
2 2 (0.62%) CMS
2 2 (0.62%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.31%) Mendix
3 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Chatbot
1 10 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.54%) Maya
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.62%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.31%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.31%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.16%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.93%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (26.23%) AWS
2 71 (21.91%) Azure
3 24 (7.41%) Serverless
4 23 (7.10%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (5.86%) GitHub
6 14 (4.32%) GCP
7 13 (4.01%) SaaS
8 12 (3.70%) Amazon S3
8 12 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.78%) Power Platform
11 7 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (2.16%) AWS IoT
12 5 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.54%) PaaS
13 4 (1.23%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.11%) Wireless
2 33 (10.19%) Network Security
3 32 (9.88%) Internet
4 29 (8.95%) 5G
5 27 (8.33%) MQTT
6 26 (8.02%) Modbus
7 22 (6.79%) Bluetooth
7 22 (6.79%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (5.56%) Firewall
8 18 (5.56%) LTE
8 18 (5.56%) TCP/IP
9 14 (4.32%) 3G
9 14 (4.32%) WAN
10 12 (3.70%) 4G
10 12 (3.70%) Wireshark
11 11 (3.40%) VoIP
11 11 (3.40%) VPN
12 9 (2.78%) LAN
12 9 (2.78%) LoRaWAN
13 8 (2.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.88%) MySQL
2 31 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.86%) Relational Database
4 18 (5.56%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.63%) MongoDB
6 14 (4.32%) RDBMS
7 10 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.47%) Power BI
9 6 (1.85%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.54%) Metadata
10 5 (1.54%) Redis
10 5 (1.54%) TimescaleDB
11 4 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.23%) Big Data
12 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
13 2 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.62%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 20 (6.17%) Git
2 12 (3.70%) JIRA
3 8 (2.47%) Burp Suite
3 8 (2.47%) Metasploit
4 6 (1.85%) MSI
5 5 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.62%) ESLint
7 2 (0.62%) GitLab
7 2 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.62%) Sinon.JS
7 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.62%) webpack
8 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 156 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 86 (26.54%) Manufacturing
3 73 (22.53%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (17.90%) Electronics
5 43 (13.27%) Finance
6 33 (10.19%) Law
7 28 (8.64%) Marketing
8 27 (8.33%) Games
9 24 (7.41%) Telecoms
10 18 (5.56%) Public Sector
11 17 (5.25%) Legal
12 15 (4.63%) Automotive
12 15 (4.63%) Tech for Good
13 14 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (2.47%) Social Housing
16 7 (2.16%) Banking
17 4 (1.23%) Billing
17 4 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 64 (19.75%) Lead
2 57 (17.59%) Senior
3 47 (14.51%) Software Engineer
4 46 (14.20%) Developer
5 33 (10.19%) Architect
6 20 (6.17%) Senior Software Engineer
6 20 (6.17%) Technical Leader
7 19 (5.86%) Consultant
8 15 (4.63%) Product Manager
8 15 (4.63%) Software Developer
9 14 (4.32%) Lead Software Engineer
10 13 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.01%) Lead Developer
10 13 (4.01%) Team Leader
11 12 (3.70%) Design Engineer
12 11 (3.40%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.40%) Software Team Leader
13 10 (3.09%) Analyst
13 10 (3.09%) Embedded Engineer
13 10 (3.09%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.95%) .NET
2 27 (8.33%) Node.js
3 19 (5.86%) React
4 17 (5.25%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.40%) HTML
5 11 (3.40%) RESTful
6 10 (3.09%) JSON
7 9 (2.78%) Vue
8 8 (2.47%) CSS
8 8 (2.47%) REST
9 7 (2.16%) Django
9 7 (2.16%) Yocto
10 6 (1.85%) NestJS
10 6 (1.85%) WebSockets
11 5 (1.54%) Laravel
12 4 (1.23%) GraphQL
12 4 (1.23%) Kafka
12 4 (1.23%) Symfony
13 3 (0.93%) .NET Core
13 3 (0.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.72%) SCADA
2 24 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (6.79%) NB-IoT
4 20 (6.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 16 (4.94%) Operational Technology
6 14 (4.32%) Mobile App
7 13 (4.01%) Device Driver
7 13 (4.01%) Embedded Systems
7 13 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (3.70%) Algorithms
8 12 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.40%) Renewable Energy
10 10 (3.09%) Blog
10 10 (3.09%) Cloud Native
10 10 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (3.09%) Smart Home
11 9 (2.78%) Data Centre
12 8 (2.47%) Cyberattack
12 8 (2.47%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 69 (21.30%) Linux
2 36 (11.11%) Windows
3 22 (6.79%) Unix
4 11 (3.40%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.47%) Kali Linux
6 6 (1.85%) Android
6 6 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (1.85%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.62%) VMS
9 1 (0.31%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (24.38%) Software Engineering
3 77 (23.77%) Agile
4 57 (17.59%) Mentoring
5 48 (14.81%) Strategic Thinking
6 44 (13.58%) Analytics
7 37 (11.42%) Artificial Intelligence
7 37 (11.42%) Computer Science
8 36 (11.11%) Microservices
9 35 (10.80%) Project Management
10 34 (10.49%) Full-Stack Development
10 34 (10.49%) Machine Learning
11 33 (10.19%) CRM
11 33 (10.19%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (10.19%) ERP
12 32 (9.88%) Roadmaps
13 31 (9.57%) DevOps
14 30 (9.26%) CI/CD
15 29 (8.95%) Technical Debt
16 28 (8.64%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.74%) Python
2 44 (13.58%) SQL
3 34 (10.49%) C
3 34 (10.49%) C++
4 31 (9.57%) TypeScript
5 27 (8.33%) C#
6 23 (7.10%) PowerShell
7 20 (6.17%) JavaScript
8 18 (5.56%) Bash
9 17 (5.25%) PHP
10 11 (3.40%) Java
11 6 (1.85%) Ladder Logic
12 5 (1.54%) Go
13 4 (1.23%) Embedded C
13 4 (1.23%) Ruby
14 3 (0.93%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.93%) R
14 3 (0.93%) Rust
14 3 (0.93%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (26.23%) Degree
2 15 (4.63%) Master's Degree
3 12 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (3.09%) OSCP
6 9 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.47%) CREST Certified
7 8 (2.47%) Cyber Scheme
7 8 (2.47%) GIAC
7 8 (2.47%) GPEN
7 8 (2.47%) OSWP
8 6 (1.85%) CISSP
9 5 (1.54%) CCNP
9 5 (1.54%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.23%) ACCA
10 4 (1.23%) CCIE
10 4 (1.23%) CCNA
10 4 (1.23%) CIMA
10 4 (1.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.32%) QA
2 12 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.47%) SLA
4 6 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.85%) GDPR
4 6 (1.85%) NIST
5 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.23%) GMP
5 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.93%) IEC 62304
6 3 (0.93%) MISRA
7 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.62%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) COBIT
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) JTAG
System Software
1 23 (7.10%) Docker
2 18 (5.56%) Firmware
3 12 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.40%) vSphere
5 6 (1.85%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (5.56%) Ansible
2 17 (5.25%) Terraform
3 15 (4.63%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.63%) Puppet
4 8 (2.47%) Nessus
4 8 (2.47%) Nmap
5 5 (1.54%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.54%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.93%) SCCM
7 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 36 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.64%) SAP
3 26 (8.02%) Siemens
4 20 (6.17%) Rockwell
5 12 (3.70%) VMware
6 10 (3.09%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.78%) EMC
7 9 (2.78%) Oracle
8 8 (2.47%) Databricks
9 7 (2.16%) Cisco
10 6 (1.85%) Google
11 4 (1.23%) Meraki
11 4 (1.23%) Okta
11 4 (1.23%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.93%) Aruba
12 3 (0.93%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.93%) Infor
12 3 (0.93%) Kronos
12 3 (0.93%) NVIDIA
13 2 (0.62%) IBM