Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring MQTT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MQTT over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 658 820 950
Rank change year-on-year +162 +130 +103
Permanent jobs citing MQTT 34 76 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.077% 0.038%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.49% 0.56% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29 46 24
10th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.78% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £64,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

MQTT falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MQTT in the UK

MQTT
Top 11 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 1 May 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 +135 21 £63,500 +10.43% 120
UK excluding London +155 20 £65,000 +13.04% 116
London +120 11 £66,000 -17.50% 18
Wales +55 10 £76,250 +177.27% 3
Work from Home +178 7 £60,000 +2.56% 19
South East +108 6 £55,000 -31.25% 28
Midlands +73 2 £70,750 +20.94% 18
West Midlands +44 2 £70,750 +20.94% 9
North of England +53 1 - - 30
East of England +50 1 - - 22
North West +16 1 - - 13

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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Simulink
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (47.06%) Azure
2 9 (26.47%) AWS
3 5 (14.71%) Amazon EC2
3 5 (14.71%) Amazon ECS
3 5 (14.71%) Amazon S3
3 5 (14.71%) Amazon SQS
3 5 (14.71%) GitHub
3 5 (14.71%) GitHub Actions
3 5 (14.71%) Twilio
3 5 (14.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (8.82%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (2.94%) AWS IoT
5 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (50.00%) Modbus
2 13 (38.24%) TCP/IP
3 12 (35.29%) Network Security
4 5 (14.71%) SMS
4 5 (14.71%) VPN
5 2 (5.88%) WAN
6 1 (2.94%) 5G
6 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.94%) FlexRay
6 1 (2.94%) HTTP
6 1 (2.94%) HTTPS
6 1 (2.94%) Internet
6 1 (2.94%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (2.94%) RS-232
6 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.94%) Wireless
6 1 (2.94%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (29.41%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (14.71%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (14.71%) MongoDB
2 5 (14.71%) MySQL
2 5 (14.71%) RDBMS
2 5 (14.71%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.94%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MSI
2 3 (8.82%) Git
3 1 (2.94%) Bitbucket
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.82%) Electronics
5 2 (5.88%) Advertising
6 1 (2.94%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.94%) Automotive
6 1 (2.94%) Finance
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
6 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Developer
2 10 (29.41%) Lead
3 9 (26.47%) Lead Developer
3 9 (26.47%) Software Engineer
4 7 (20.59%) Firmware Developer
5 6 (17.65%) Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (17.65%) Senior
6 5 (14.71%) Node.js Developer
6 5 (14.71%) React Developer
6 5 (14.71%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Design Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Electronics Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Lead Software Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Senior Developer
7 3 (8.82%) Senior Software Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Cloud Software Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (35.29%) .NET
2 7 (20.59%) gRPC
3 6 (17.65%) Node.js
3 6 (17.65%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (17.65%) React
4 5 (14.71%) GraphQL
4 5 (14.71%) React Native
4 5 (14.71%) RESTful
4 5 (14.71%) Sequelize
5 2 (5.88%) JSON
5 2 (5.88%) REST
6 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.94%) Kendo UI
6 1 (2.94%) OAuth
6 1 (2.94%) OpenID
6 1 (2.94%) Vue
6 1 (2.94%) Vuex
6 1 (2.94%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 23 (67.65%) IoT
2 12 (35.29%) Device Driver
3 6 (17.65%) Cloud Native
4 3 (8.82%) Analogue Electronics
4 3 (8.82%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (5.88%) Algorithms
5 2 (5.88%) CCTV
6 1 (2.94%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (2.94%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (2.94%) Infotainment
6 1 (2.94%) NB-IoT
6 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Linux
2 12 (35.29%) Unix
2 12 (35.29%) Windows
3 1 (2.94%) Android
3 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) Software Engineering
2 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (41.18%) Agile
3 14 (41.18%) CI/CD
4 13 (38.24%) API Development
5 12 (35.29%) Computer Architecture
5 12 (35.29%) Mentoring
5 12 (35.29%) Product Strategy
5 12 (35.29%) Technical Debt
5 12 (35.29%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (32.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (14.71%) Data Protection
7 5 (14.71%) Data Science
7 5 (14.71%) Web Development
8 4 (11.76%) Energy Management
9 3 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
10 2 (5.88%) CAD
10 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
10 2 (5.88%) High Availability
10 2 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) C
2 13 (38.24%) C++
3 12 (35.29%) C#
4 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
5 6 (17.65%) SQL
6 5 (14.71%) TypeScript
7 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
7 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.94%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.94%) ISO 13485
2 1 (2.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (47.06%) Firmware
2 7 (20.59%) Docker
3 2 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Google
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) EMC
3 1 (2.94%) Mapbox
3 1 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) Telerik