IoT Job Trends in Watford

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 24 30
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +33
Permanent jobs citing IoT 11 9 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 5.67% 5.17% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.67% 9.28% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £56,750
25th Percentile £81,250 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +16.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £94,375 - £62,500
90th Percentile £95,500 - £63,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £88,750 £67,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +31.48% +5.88% -5.56%

All Generic Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 66 97 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 34.02% 55.75% 41.57%
Number of salaries quoted 58 51 56
10th Percentile - £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £57,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +15.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £81,375 £78,750 £82,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +4.76%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

IoT job vacancy trend in Watford

IoT
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in Watford over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in Watford

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 7 (63.64%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Internet
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lecturer
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Architect
3 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) AI
1 8 (72.73%) Machine Learning
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) User Experience
2 7 (63.64%) Web Development
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (9.09%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (9.09%) Data Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven
4 1 (9.09%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Prototyping
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Debt
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) PHP
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
1 7 (63.64%) Master's Degree
1 7 (63.64%) PhD
1 7 (63.64%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) QA