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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 304 371
Rank change year-on-year -115 +67 -58
Permanent jobs citing IoT 284 925 930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.94% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 2.64% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 188 725 513
10th Percentile £40,700 £35,000 £35,000
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 £80,500
90th Percentile £95,375 £85,000 £97,000
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 18,032 35,027 45,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.57% 35.62% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,839 23,030 23,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,000 £35,271
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,350
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 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -153 227 £60,000 - 498
UK excluding London -85 201 £60,000 +4.35% 275
Work from Home -6 117 £60,000 - 229
London -2 57 £81,250 +25.00% 231
South East -18 48 £55,000 -8.33% 81
Midlands +2 41 £62,500 +13.64% 49
South West +98 39 £60,000 +4.35% 34
West Midlands +20 33 £65,000 +13.04% 32
Wales +68 29 £76,250 +177.27% 3
North of England -53 25 £58,000 +13.73% 63
North West -39 20 £57,500 +15.00% 40
East of England -72 14 £55,000 - 34
East Midlands +19 7 £42,500 -17.48% 17
Scotland +103 5 £62,500 +4.17% 18
Yorkshire +23 4 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Northern Ireland +29 1 £50,000 - 3

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 (2.11%) Confluence
2 2 (0.70%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.35%) IIS
3 1 (0.35%) Mendix
3 1 (0.35%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.82%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.76%) Maya
3 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.70%) Simulink
5 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 67 (23.59%) AWS
2 65 (22.89%) Azure
3 18 (6.34%) Serverless
4 17 (5.99%) Cloud Computing
4 17 (5.99%) SaaS
5 16 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (4.93%) GitHub
7 12 (4.23%) Amazon S3
7 12 (4.23%) PaaS
8 11 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.17%) IaaS
10 7 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.46%) AWS IoT
10 7 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.11%) GCP
11 6 (2.11%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.41%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 30 (10.56%) Network Security
2 29 (10.21%) 5G
3 28 (9.86%) Internet
4 24 (8.45%) Bluetooth
5 23 (8.10%) MQTT
6 22 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (7.75%) Wireless
7 21 (7.39%) Modbus
8 17 (5.99%) WAN
9 16 (5.63%) LTE
10 14 (4.93%) TCP/IP
11 13 (4.58%) 4G
11 13 (4.58%) Firewall
12 12 (4.23%) LoRaWAN
13 10 (3.52%) DNS
14 9 (3.17%) VPN
15 8 (2.82%) 3G
16 7 (2.46%) BGP
17 6 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
17 6 (2.11%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.92%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (9.86%) MySQL
3 18 (6.34%) NoSQL
3 18 (6.34%) Relational Database
4 14 (4.93%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.52%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.76%) Power BI
7 5 (1.76%) TimescaleDB
8 4 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.41%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.41%) Metadata
8 4 (1.41%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.06%) Big Data
10 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.70%) HDInsight
10 2 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (7.04%) Git
2 9 (3.17%) JIRA
3 5 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.06%) MSI
5 2 (0.70%) ESLint
5 2 (0.70%) GitLab
5 2 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.70%) Sinon.JS
5 2 (0.70%) Subversion
5 2 (0.70%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.70%) webpack
6 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 143 (50.35%) Social Skills
2 71 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 59 (20.77%) Electronics
4 52 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (14.08%) Finance
6 30 (10.56%) Law
7 24 (8.45%) Telecoms
8 22 (7.75%) Marketing
9 21 (7.39%) Public Sector
10 18 (6.34%) Games
11 13 (4.58%) Automotive
11 13 (4.58%) Legal
12 12 (4.23%) Tech for Good
13 11 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (2.82%) Welsh Language
15 7 (2.46%) Social Housing
16 5 (1.76%) Banking
17 4 (1.41%) Aerospace
17 4 (1.41%) Billing
17 4 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (22.18%) Lead
2 50 (17.61%) Senior
3 44 (15.49%) Software Engineer
4 38 (13.38%) Developer
5 26 (9.15%) Architect
6 20 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
6 20 (7.04%) Technical Leader
7 17 (5.99%) Consultant
8 13 (4.58%) Lead Developer
8 13 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
8 13 (4.58%) Team Leader
9 12 (4.23%) Product Manager
10 11 (3.87%) Design Engineer
10 11 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.87%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.87%) Software Developer
11 9 (3.17%) Embedded Engineer
11 9 (3.17%) Software Team Leader
12 8 (2.82%) Analyst
12 8 (2.82%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.86%) .NET
2 22 (7.75%) Node.js
3 19 (6.69%) React
4 14 (4.93%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.87%) RESTful
6 10 (3.52%) Vue
7 8 (2.82%) CSS
7 8 (2.82%) HTML
8 7 (2.46%) Django
9 6 (2.11%) NestJS
9 6 (2.11%) WebSockets
10 5 (1.76%) Laravel
10 5 (1.76%) REST
11 4 (1.41%) .NET Core
11 4 (1.41%) JSON
11 4 (1.41%) Kafka
11 4 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (1.41%) Symfony
12 3 (1.06%) gRPC
12 3 (1.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.80%) SCADA
2 24 (8.45%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (7.75%) NB-IoT
4 20 (7.04%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 18 (6.34%) Operational Technology
6 16 (5.63%) Embedded Systems
7 14 (4.93%) Algorithms
7 14 (4.93%) Mobile App
8 12 (4.23%) Device Driver
9 11 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (3.87%) Renewable Energy
10 10 (3.52%) Smart City
11 9 (3.17%) Smart Home
12 8 (2.82%) Cloud Native
12 8 (2.82%) Smart Meter
13 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
13 7 (2.46%) Virtual Team
14 6 (2.11%) Driving Licence
14 6 (2.11%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 57 (20.07%) Linux
2 44 (15.49%) Windows
3 22 (7.75%) Unix
4 19 (6.69%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.46%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.06%) Android
6 3 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.06%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.70%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (36.27%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (22.89%) Software Engineering
3 63 (22.18%) Agile
4 57 (20.07%) Mentoring
5 45 (15.85%) Analytics
6 35 (12.32%) Artificial Intelligence
7 33 (11.62%) Full-Stack Development
8 32 (11.27%) Strategic Thinking
9 31 (10.92%) Machine Learning
10 30 (10.56%) CI/CD
10 30 (10.56%) Roadmaps
11 28 (9.86%) Data Collection
11 28 (9.86%) Product Strategy
12 27 (9.51%) Microservices
12 27 (9.51%) Project Management
13 26 (9.15%) Technical Debt
14 25 (8.80%) Computer Science
15 24 (8.45%) CRM
16 22 (7.75%) Technical Leadership
16 22 (7.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 47 (16.55%) Python
2 40 (14.08%) SQL
3 33 (11.62%) C
4 29 (10.21%) C++
5 28 (9.86%) C#
5 28 (9.86%) TypeScript
6 20 (7.04%) PowerShell
7 17 (5.99%) Bash
8 15 (5.28%) PHP
9 14 (4.93%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.46%) Embedded C
10 7 (2.46%) Java
11 6 (2.11%) Ladder Logic
12 5 (1.76%) Go
13 4 (1.41%) Ruby
14 3 (1.06%) Embedded C++
14 3 (1.06%) Rust
15 2 (0.70%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.70%) R
16 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 71 (25.00%) Degree
2 13 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.87%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (3.87%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (3.17%) Azure Certification
4 9 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.82%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.82%) MCSA
5 8 (2.82%) MCSE
6 6 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.11%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.76%) CCNP
8 4 (1.41%) ACCA
8 4 (1.41%) CCIE
8 4 (1.41%) CIMA
8 4 (1.41%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.41%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.06%) CISSP
9 3 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.34%) SLA
2 9 (3.17%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.11%) QA
5 5 (1.76%) NIST
6 4 (1.41%) GMP
7 3 (1.06%) GDPR
7 3 (1.06%) IEC 62304
7 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.06%) MISRA
7 3 (1.06%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) COBIT
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (7.04%) Docker
2 18 (6.34%) Firmware
3 13 (4.58%) Active Directory
4 11 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.87%) vSphere
5 8 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (6.34%) Terraform
2 16 (5.63%) Ansible
3 13 (4.58%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.58%) Puppet
4 4 (1.41%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.06%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.06%) SCCM
6 1 (0.35%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 41 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.15%) Siemens
3 25 (8.80%) SAP
4 20 (7.04%) Rockwell
5 11 (3.87%) VMware
6 8 (2.82%) Databricks
7 7 (2.46%) Oracle
8 6 (2.11%) EMC
8 6 (2.11%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.41%) Cisco
9 4 (1.41%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.41%) Meraki
9 4 (1.41%) Okta
10 3 (1.06%) Aruba
10 3 (1.06%) NVIDIA
11 2 (0.70%) ConnectWise
11 2 (0.70%) Google
11 2 (0.70%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.70%) Workday
12 1 (0.35%) Atlassian