IoT Job Trends in Wales

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 47 116
Rank change year-on-year +2 +69 -2
Permanent jobs citing IoT 35 26 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 2.85% 4.42% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.71% 9.22% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 26 2
10th Percentile - £23,750 £24,375
25th Percentile - £62,219 £25,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £76,250 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +165.22% -52.08%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £30,938
90th Percentile - - £31,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 299 282 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 24.37% 47.96% 32.59%
Number of salaries quoted 161 146 348
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,157
25th Percentile £37,250 £41,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,965 £46,604
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +26.52% +3.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,513 £59,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IoT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

IoT job vacancy trend in Wales

IoT
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing IoT

IoT
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
South Wales +6 29 £65,000 +67.74% 2
Dyfed - 6 - -
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 33 (94.29%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.86%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
2 1 (2.86%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 33 (94.29%) Internet
2 1 (2.86%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.86%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.86%) Modbus
2 1 (2.86%) Network Security
2 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.86%) VLAN
2 1 (2.86%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.86%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.86%) Metasploit
General
1 34 (97.14%) Social Skills
2 33 (94.29%) Banking
2 33 (94.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.86%) Law
3 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (80.00%) Lecturer
2 1 (2.86%) Lead
2 1 (2.86%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (2.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) CAN bus
1 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
1 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
1 1 (2.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Android
2 1 (2.86%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.86%) Unix
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (97.14%) AI
1 34 (97.14%) Cybersecurity
1 34 (97.14%) Machine Learning
1 34 (97.14%) User Experience
2 33 (94.29%) Web Development
3 1 (2.86%) Agile
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.86%) Cryptography
3 1 (2.86%) Ergonomics
3 1 (2.86%) Human Factors
3 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (2.86%) Mentoring
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (2.86%) Psychology
3 1 (2.86%) Risk Management
3 1 (2.86%) Security Architecture
3 1 (2.86%) Software Architecture
3 1 (2.86%) Software Engineering
3 1 (2.86%) Statistics
3 1 (2.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) C#
1 1 (2.86%) C++
1 1 (2.86%) Java
1 1 (2.86%) Python
1 1 (2.86%) R
1 1 (2.86%) Rust
Qualifications
1 34 (97.14%) Degree
2 33 (94.29%) Master's Degree
2 33 (94.29%) PhD
2 33 (94.29%) Postgraduate
3 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Nessus
1 1 (2.86%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Cisco
1 1 (2.86%) Google
1 1 (2.86%) Qualtrics
1 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
1 1 (2.86%) Splunk