IoT Jobs 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 116 117
Rank change year-on-year +65 +1 -33
Permanent jobs citing IoT 29 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.61% 0.098% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.24% 0.32% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 26 2 8
10th Percentile £37,170 £28,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,219 £35,313 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £48,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.41% -18.75% -25.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £60,313 £66,563
90th Percentile - £66,125 £78,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -10.71%

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 314 630 709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 28.21% 30.84% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 190 334 317
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,150
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £44,943 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.95% -0.13% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £57,500 £62,988
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,375 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in Wales

IoT
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IoT in Wales.

Salary trend for IoT in Wales

IoT
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IoT in Wales

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 16 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
South Wales +41 7 £38,094 -21.86% 4
IoT
UK

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 26 (89.66%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) IaaS
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (27.59%) PaaS
2 8 (27.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (62.07%) Network Security
2 10 (34.48%) Modbus
2 10 (34.48%) MQTT
2 10 (34.48%) TCP/IP
3 8 (27.59%) DNS
4 2 (6.90%) Firewall
4 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (41.38%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (41.38%) RDBMS
1 12 (41.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.45%) BigQuery
General
1 28 (96.55%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 8 (27.59%) Welsh Language
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Lead
2 12 (41.38%) Software Engineer
3 11 (37.93%) Lead Software Engineer
4 8 (27.59%) Developer
4 8 (27.59%) Lead Developer
4 8 (27.59%) Server Engineer
4 8 (27.59%) Software Team Leader
4 8 (27.59%) Team Leader
5 6 (20.69%) Firmware Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Senior
6 3 (10.34%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Architect
7 2 (6.90%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Lead Software Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (58.62%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Device Driver
2 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.90%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 18 (62.07%) Linux
2 18 (62.07%) Unix
3 8 (27.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (89.66%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (62.07%) Agile
2 18 (62.07%) Mentoring
2 18 (62.07%) Product Strategy
2 18 (62.07%) Software Engineering
2 18 (62.07%) Technical Debt
2 18 (62.07%) Technical Leadership
3 12 (41.38%) CI/CD
3 12 (41.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 12 (41.38%) Web Development
4 10 (34.48%) API Development
4 10 (34.48%) Computer Architecture
5 8 (27.59%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (27.59%) Incident Management
5 8 (27.59%) ITIL
5 8 (27.59%) Performance Monitoring
5 8 (27.59%) Proactive Maintenance
5 8 (27.59%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (27.59%) Problem Management
5 8 (27.59%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) C#
2 12 (41.38%) SQL
3 10 (34.48%) C
3 10 (34.48%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Azure Certification
1 8 (27.59%) DBS Check
1 8 (27.59%) MCSA
1 8 (27.59%) MCSE
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.45%) CISSP
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) Firmware
2 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (27.59%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft