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 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 166 202
Rank change year-on-year -7 +36 +19
Permanent jobs citing IoT 17 7 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.22% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% 0.54% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 51
10th Percentile - £55,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £61,250 £47,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,625 £80,050 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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 1,606 1,295 2,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.39% 40.31% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 753 1,580
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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
Wolverhampton - 4 £38,500 - 1
Shropshire -14 3 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Birmingham -14 3 £62,500 -10.71% 8
Worcestershire - 3 £37,500 - 1
Staffordshire - 1 £31,500 - 1
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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Siemens NX
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP Business One
2 1 (5.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) AWS
1 4 (23.53%) AWS IoT
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Serverless
3 2 (11.76%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (5.88%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) DynamoDB
2 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (35.29%) Manufacturing
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Military
5 1 (5.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Head of Delivery
1 3 (17.65%) Head of IT
1 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Technical Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Technical Support
1 3 (17.65%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) IT Technician
2 2 (11.76%) Technology Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (5.88%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) React
2 2 (11.76%) Node.js
3 1 (5.88%) .NET
3 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.88%) CSS
3 1 (5.88%) HTML
3 1 (5.88%) REST
3 1 (5.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Android
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) CRM
3 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (29.41%) ERP
3 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Business Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (17.65%) Predictive Maintenance
4 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (17.65%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (17.65%) Validation
4 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) Go
2 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Salesforce
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) dotdigital
3 3 (17.65%) IFS
3 3 (17.65%) SAP
4 2 (11.76%) Siemens
5 1 (5.88%) Google