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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 804 937
Rank change year-on-year +126 +133 +135
Permanent jobs citing MQTT 34 74 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.075% 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.37% 0.55% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 28 43 20
10th Percentile £52,500 £30,500 £44,750
25th Percentile £58,188 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% +9.52% -22.22%
75th Percentile £79,063 £75,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% +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 9,239 13,484 15,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.77% 13.62% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,292 9,395 8,040
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,925 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,875 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% -2.50% -3.23%

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 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MQTT in the UK

MQTT
Top 13 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 14 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
UK excluding London +133 21 £70,000 +21.74% 58
England +104 20 £63,500 +10.43% 59
London +123 10 £66,000 -17.50% 15
Wales +50 10 £76,250 +177.27% 1
Work from Home +102 6 £60,000 +2.56% 16
South East +100 6 £55,000 -31.25% 17
North of England +22 2 £100,000 +73.91% 14
Scotland +113 1 - - 6
Yorkshire +64 1 £100,000 - 7
Midlands +51 1 £81,500 +39.32% 5
West Midlands +47 1 £81,500 +39.32% 1
East of England +40 1 - - 11
North West -10 1 - - 5

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Simulink
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) AWS
3 4 (11.76%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (11.76%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (11.76%) Amazon S3
3 4 (11.76%) Amazon SQS
3 4 (11.76%) GCP
3 4 (11.76%) GitHub
3 4 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (11.76%) Twilio
3 4 (11.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (5.88%) AWS IoT
5 1 (2.94%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (52.94%) Modbus
2 13 (38.24%) TCP/IP
3 12 (35.29%) Network Security
4 4 (11.76%) SMS
4 4 (11.76%) VPN
5 2 (5.88%) Ethernet
5 2 (5.88%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (5.88%) WAN
6 1 (2.94%) 5G
6 1 (2.94%) Bluetooth
6 1 (2.94%) FlexRay
6 1 (2.94%) HTTP
6 1 (2.94%) Internet
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%) MongoDB
2 5 (14.71%) RDBMS
2 5 (14.71%) Relational Database
3 4 (11.76%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (11.76%) MySQL
4 1 (2.94%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (2.94%) GIS
4 1 (2.94%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MSI
2 4 (11.76%) Git
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
4 4 (11.76%) Electronics
5 2 (5.88%) Advertising
5 2 (5.88%) Agriculture
5 2 (5.88%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Automotive
6 1 (2.94%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) 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%) Senior
6 4 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Node.js Developer
6 4 (11.76%) React Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Design Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Electronics Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Embedded Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) JavaScript Developer
7 3 (8.82%) Lead Software Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) CCTV Project Manager
8 2 (5.88%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (35.29%) .NET
2 6 (17.65%) gRPC
2 6 (17.65%) Node.js
2 6 (17.65%) RabbitMQ
2 6 (17.65%) React
3 5 (14.71%) GraphQL
4 4 (11.76%) React Native
4 4 (11.76%) RESTful
4 4 (11.76%) Sequelize
5 2 (5.88%) JSON
6 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.94%) Express.js
6 1 (2.94%) Kafka
6 1 (2.94%) OAuth
6 1 (2.94%) OpenID
6 1 (2.94%) Redux
6 1 (2.94%) REST
6 1 (2.94%) Vue
6 1 (2.94%) Vuex
6 1 (2.94%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 24 (70.59%) IoT
2 12 (35.29%) Device Driver
3 5 (14.71%) Cloud Native
4 4 (11.76%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (8.82%) Algorithms
5 3 (8.82%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (5.88%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (5.88%) CCTV
7 1 (2.94%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (2.94%) Infotainment
7 1 (2.94%) NB-IoT
7 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (52.94%) 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 20 (58.82%) Software Engineering
2 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (41.18%) Agile
4 12 (35.29%) API Development
4 12 (35.29%) CI/CD
4 12 (35.29%) Computer Architecture
4 12 (35.29%) Mentoring
4 12 (35.29%) Product Strategy
4 12 (35.29%) Technical Debt
4 12 (35.29%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (26.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (14.71%) Data Science
6 5 (14.71%) Web Development
7 4 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 4 (11.76%) Energy Management
8 3 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
9 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (5.88%) Programme Management
9 2 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (44.12%) C
2 14 (41.18%) C++
3 12 (35.29%) C#
4 5 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 5 (14.71%) SQL
4 5 (14.71%) TypeScript
5 4 (11.76%) Python
6 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.94%) Bash
7 1 (2.94%) Go
7 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) 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%) JTAG
2 1 (2.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (50.00%) Firmware
2 7 (20.59%) Docker
3 3 (8.82%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Google
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Databricks
4 1 (2.94%) EMC
4 1 (2.94%) Mapbox
4 1 (2.94%) NVIDIA