IoT Job Trends in the West Midlands

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 166 191
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 0
Permanent jobs citing IoT 23 8 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.27% 0.23% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 0.57% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 18 7 28
10th Percentile £36,600 £49,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £54,007 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £58,219 £73,125 £69,063
90th Percentile £66,250 £80,050 £75,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,796 1,400 1,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.86% 41.04% 29.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 818 909
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% -8.46%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

IoT job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

IoT
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in the West Midlands

IoT
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
Birmingham -27 10 £59,250 -8.85% 6
Wolverhampton - 6 £38,500 -
Worcestershire - 3 £38,000 - 4
IoT
England

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Misys Midas
2 2 (8.70%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) AWS
2 4 (17.39%) AWS IoT
3 3 (13.04%) Serverless
4 2 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (8.70%) Azure
4 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (21.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.70%) DynamoDB
3 1 (4.35%) MySQL
3 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Git
2 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Retail
4 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Technical Support
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Head of Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) Head of IT
4 3 (13.04%) Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.70%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior IT Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Service Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Service Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.35%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.35%) IT Technician
6 1 (4.35%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) React
2 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) AngularJS
2 3 (13.04%) CSS
2 3 (13.04%) HTML
2 3 (13.04%) Node.js
2 3 (13.04%) Vue
3 2 (8.70%) .NET Framework
3 2 (8.70%) CSS3
3 2 (8.70%) HTML5
3 2 (8.70%) RESTful
4 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) CCTV
1 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
1 3 (13.04%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.70%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.70%) CMDB
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Android
1 5 (21.74%) Linux
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (30.43%) Agile
4 6 (26.09%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (26.09%) Workflow
5 5 (21.74%) AI
5 5 (21.74%) CRM
5 5 (21.74%) Customer Engagement
5 5 (21.74%) ERP
5 5 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
5 5 (21.74%) Validation
6 4 (17.39%) Business Strategy
6 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
6 4 (17.39%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (17.39%) Project Management
6 4 (17.39%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
7 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.70%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) Go
3 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.35%) Java
4 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
3 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.35%) PhD
4 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) ISO 9001
2 2 (8.70%) NCSC
2 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Salesforce
3 5 (21.74%) Cisco
4 4 (17.39%) dotdigital
4 4 (17.39%) IFS
5 2 (8.70%) Planon
5 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.35%) Google
6 1 (4.35%) SAP