Smart Home Job Trends in the West Midlands

Smart Home (Connected Home)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Home in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart Home over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 - 224
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Home 3 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.045% - 0.096%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% - 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile £37,250 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 - £55,000
75th Percentile £41,750 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Smart Home 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 2,058 1,397 2,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.87% 39.32% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 718 707 1,648
10th Percentile £26,375 £29,800 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +4.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,640 £66,967 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Smart Home
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Smart Home job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Smart Home
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Smart Home.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Smart Home

Smart Home
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 Smart Home within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 March 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 - 3 £39,500 -
Smart Home
England