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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 184 189
Rank change year-on-year +22 +5 +50
Permanent jobs citing IoT 7 31 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.51% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 1.74% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 14
10th Percentile £49,375 £50,500 £32,650
25th Percentile £52,003 £56,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +50.00% -42.86%
75th Percentile £67,760 £71,250 £56,875
90th Percentile £77,875 £81,250 £59,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -7.14%

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 1,306 1,785 1,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 40.12% 29.44% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 764 781 1,032
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +14.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IoT 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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
Birmingham +25 4 £59,527 -19.29% 3
Coventry +8 1 £81,500 +35.83% 3
Staffordshire +1 1 £50,000 -12.28%
Solihull - 1 - - 2
IoT
England

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (14.29%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
1 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) 5G
2 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
2 1 (14.29%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (14.29%) Modbus
2 1 (14.29%) MQTT
2 1 (14.29%) RS-232
2 1 (14.29%) RS-485
2 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) GitLab
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Advertising
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Java Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
1 2 (28.57%) Hibernate
1 2 (28.57%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (28.57%) React
1 2 (28.57%) REST
1 2 (28.57%) Spring
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) EDI
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Life Science
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) AI Agents
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) NB-IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Twin
4 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (28.57%) Microservices
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (28.57%) Predictive Maintenance
4 2 (28.57%) Software Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) FMEA
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Planon
3 1 (14.29%) EMC
3 1 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow