Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MQTT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MQTT over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 719 989 930
Rank change year-on-year +270 -59 -210
Permanent jobs citing MQTT 22 87 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.070% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.27% 0.57% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 22 79 80
10th Percentile £45,250 - £44,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

MQTT is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,066 15,350 16,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.15% 12.38% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 10,317 11,453
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -

MQTT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MQTT in the UK

MQTT
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MQTT in the UK

MQTT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MQTT over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for MQTT in the UK

MQTT
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MQTT within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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 +276 20 £57,500 - 28
UK excluding London +199 16 £51,250 -2.38% 26
North of England +130 6 £52,500 - 5
London +245 5 £70,000 +3.70%
Work from Home +210 5 £65,000 +23.81% 15
North West +106 3 £52,500 -22.22% 1
South West +79 3 £50,000 -42.86% 5
West Midlands +134 2 £61,250 +11.36% 5
Midlands +124 2 £61,250 +11.36% 5
East of England +120 2 £47,500 -26.92% 5
Yorkshire +70 2 £57,500 +9.52% 1
Scotland +48 2 £50,000 -13.04% 2
South East +156 1 £80,000 +100.00% 4
North East - 1 £60,000 - 3

MQTT
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.55%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) GitHub
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) AWS IoT
2 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Modbus
2 5 (22.73%) Ethernet
2 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
3 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (13.64%) 802.11
4 3 (13.64%) Bluetooth
4 3 (13.64%) Converged Networks
4 3 (13.64%) Network Security
4 3 (13.64%) RS-485
4 3 (13.64%) VLAN
5 2 (9.09%) HTTP
5 2 (9.09%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (9.09%) LTE
6 1 (4.55%) 2G
6 1 (4.55%) 3G
6 1 (4.55%) 4G
6 1 (4.55%) 5G
6 1 (4.55%) AMQP
6 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) OLAP
1 1 (4.55%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Git
1 9 (40.91%) Subversion
2 4 (18.18%) Bitbucket
3 3 (13.64%) Eclipse
3 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
3 3 (13.64%) JIRA
4 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 10 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 8 (36.36%) Electronics
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Marketing
3 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
3 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Developer
2 5 (22.73%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Full Stack Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) C# Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco Network Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Network Architect
5 2 (9.09%) .NET Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Angular Developer
5 2 (9.09%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Full Stack Python Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack C# Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Python Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) REST
2 4 (18.18%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) Flask
3 3 (13.64%) 802.1X
4 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
4 2 (9.09%) CSS
4 2 (9.09%) Django
4 2 (9.09%) HTML
4 2 (9.09%) Kendo UI
4 2 (9.09%) React
4 2 (9.09%) WPF
5 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
5 1 (4.55%) gRPC
5 1 (4.55%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) IoT
2 4 (18.18%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (13.64%) CCTV
4 2 (9.09%) Arduino
4 2 (9.09%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (9.09%) Robotics
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (4.55%) Infotainment
5 1 (4.55%) NB-IoT
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
3 5 (22.73%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
4 4 (18.18%) Full Stack Development
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
5 3 (13.64%) Energy Management
5 3 (13.64%) Network Design
5 3 (13.64%) Validation
6 2 (9.09%) Analytics
6 2 (9.09%) Data Analytics
6 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
6 2 (9.09%) Statistics
6 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
6 2 (9.09%) Test Scripting
6 2 (9.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) C++
2 6 (27.27%) C
2 6 (27.27%) Python
3 5 (22.73%) C#
4 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 4 (18.18%) SQL
5 2 (9.09%) Java
5 2 (9.09%) Kotlin
5 2 (9.09%) Rust
6 1 (4.55%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) CCNA
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) RHCE
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Firmware
2 6 (27.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (9.09%) Docker
4 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) Puppet
2 1 (4.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Aruba
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) HP
2 3 (13.64%) Meraki
2 3 (13.64%) Renesas
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) NVIDIA
4 1 (4.55%) VMware