IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 467 315
Rank change year-on-year +77 -152 +9
Permanent jobs citing IoT 519 220 617
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.45% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 1.09% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 389 148 410
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,170 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,188 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,514 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +1.76% -11.54%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 31,307 20,184 23,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.53% 40.94% 32.01%
Number of salaries quoted 19,339 10,096 12,055
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,423 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -12.38% -4.55%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IoT job vacancy trend in the UK

IoT
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IoT

IoT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in the UK

IoT
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +75 434 £55,000 -7.97% 602
UK excluding London +34 404 £55,000 -4.35% 400
Work from Home +18 151 £61,250 +8.89% 273
South East +11 108 £55,000 -8.33% 88
London -5 95 £57,500 -39.47% 247
North of England -2 91 £55,000 -8.33% 77
Scotland +69 56 £60,000 +4.80% 35
South West -41 55 £55,000 +22.22% 30
Midlands -31 52 £59,250 +7.73% 47
Yorkshire +2 41 £55,000 - 14
North West -18 34 £42,000 -30.00% 45
East of England -39 33 £85,000 +47.83% 79
West Midlands -27 26 £46,000 -22.72% 31
East Midlands -30 26 £67,500 +28.57% 16
North East -50 16 £50,000 +25.00% 18
Northern Ireland -81 10 £65,000 - 38

IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.19%) Apache
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
Applications
1 15 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.77%) Lightworks
2 4 (0.77%) Simulink
3 3 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.39%) CATIA
4 2 (0.39%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.39%) Windchill
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.77%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.58%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 62 (11.95%) AWS
2 45 (8.67%) Azure
3 24 (4.62%) SaaS
4 22 (4.24%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.12%) AWS IoT
6 11 (2.12%) Serverless
7 10 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.54%) GCP
9 5 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.96%) Entra ID
9 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (0.96%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.77%) Amazon CloudSearch
10 4 (0.77%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (0.77%) Amazon Kinesis
10 4 (0.77%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (0.77%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (0.77%) Azure Functions
10 4 (0.77%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.48%) Internet
1 44 (8.48%) Wireless
2 27 (5.20%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (5.01%) MQTT
4 18 (3.47%) DNS
4 18 (3.47%) Firewall
5 16 (3.08%) Bluetooth
5 16 (3.08%) VPN
6 15 (2.89%) 5G
7 12 (2.31%) DHCP
8 9 (1.73%) Ethernet
8 9 (1.73%) ZigBee
9 8 (1.54%) LoRaWAN
10 6 (1.16%) VLAN
11 5 (0.96%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.96%) SSH
11 5 (0.96%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.77%) Modbus
12 4 (0.77%) RS-232
12 4 (0.77%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.70%) Big Data
2 10 (1.93%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.54%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.96%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.96%) MySQL
8 4 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.58%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.58%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.58%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.39%) GIS
10 2 (0.39%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 35 (6.74%) Git
2 12 (2.31%) JIRA
3 7 (1.35%) GitLab
3 7 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.16%) GDB
5 4 (0.77%) PetaLinux
5 4 (0.77%) Robot Framework
5 4 (0.77%) Selenium
6 3 (0.58%) Postman
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Poetry
General
1 82 (15.80%) Social Skills
2 81 (15.61%) Electronics
3 45 (8.67%) Manufacturing
4 44 (8.48%) Finance
4 44 (8.48%) Telecoms
5 38 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.43%) Wearables
8 20 (3.85%) Automotive
9 19 (3.66%) Aerospace
10 17 (3.28%) Marketing
11 13 (2.50%) Legal
11 13 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 13 (2.50%) Retail
12 9 (1.73%) Banking
13 8 (1.54%) Law
13 8 (1.54%) Local Government
13 8 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (11.56%) Senior
2 59 (11.37%) Software Engineer
3 52 (10.02%) Design Engineer
4 51 (9.83%) Embedded Engineer
5 47 (9.06%) Developer
6 43 (8.29%) Sales Manager
7 36 (6.94%) Architect
8 35 (6.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 31 (5.97%) Hardware Engineer
9 31 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (5.20%) Electronics Engineer
11 19 (3.66%) Account Manager
11 19 (3.66%) Hardware Design Engineer
12 18 (3.47%) Technical Support
13 17 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (3.08%) Support Engineer
15 14 (2.70%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 14 (2.70%) Linux Engineer
15 14 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
15 14 (2.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.01%) Yocto
2 22 (4.24%) Terraform
3 21 (4.05%) REST
4 20 (3.85%) .NET
5 14 (2.70%) React
6 12 (2.31%) Node.js
7 9 (1.73%) Kafka
8 7 (1.35%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.16%) Blazor
10 5 (0.96%) Symfony
10 5 (0.96%) Vue
11 4 (0.77%) Django
11 4 (0.77%) HTML
11 4 (0.77%) NestJS
11 4 (0.77%) pytest
11 4 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (0.77%) Unity DI Container
12 3 (0.58%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 3 (0.58%) CarPlay
12 3 (0.58%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.21%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (5.01%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.62%) Mobile App
4 23 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.24%) Device Driver
6 20 (3.85%) Robotics
7 18 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (3.08%) Driving Licence
9 13 (2.50%) Cloud Native
9 13 (2.50%) Smart Home
10 12 (2.31%) ARM Cortex
10 12 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.12%) FPGA
11 11 (2.12%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.93%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.73%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.73%) Product Ownership
13 9 (1.73%) SCADA
14 8 (1.54%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 68 (13.10%) Linux
2 25 (4.82%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (3.66%) Windows
4 10 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.73%) Android
6 7 (1.35%) VMS
7 6 (1.16%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.77%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (18.88%) Software Engineering
3 96 (18.50%) AI
4 51 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (9.44%) CI/CD
6 48 (9.25%) Agile
7 45 (8.67%) Analytics
8 43 (8.29%) Machine Learning
8 43 (8.29%) Validation
9 40 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (7.71%) DevOps
10 39 (7.51%) Collaborative Culture
11 36 (6.94%) Roadmaps
12 35 (6.74%) Business Development
13 29 (5.59%) Computer Science
13 29 (5.59%) Decision-Making
14 27 (5.20%) Full-Stack Development
15 26 (5.01%) CRM
15 26 (5.01%) Tech Ops
16 25 (4.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (13.29%) Python
2 50 (9.63%) C++
3 41 (7.90%) C
4 26 (5.01%) SQL
5 25 (4.82%) C#
6 23 (4.43%) JavaScript
7 22 (4.24%) Embedded C
7 22 (4.24%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.28%) Go
9 13 (2.50%) Java
9 13 (2.50%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.93%) Embedded C++
11 6 (1.16%) Bash
11 6 (1.16%) PHP
11 6 (1.16%) Rust
12 5 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.96%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.39%) Bicep
14 1 (0.19%) Haskell
14 1 (0.19%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 121 (23.31%) Degree
2 31 (5.97%) DBS Check
3 24 (4.62%) Master's Degree
4 23 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.47%) HNC
6 16 (3.08%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.12%) SC Cleared
8 9 (1.73%) PhD
8 9 (1.73%) Postgraduate
9 7 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.16%) HND
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.39%) ACCA
12 2 (0.39%) CCNP
12 2 (0.39%) CIMA
12 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.43%) QA
2 9 (1.73%) JTAG
3 8 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.16%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.77%) ECSS
5 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (0.58%) NCSC
6 3 (0.58%) NIST
7 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.39%) GDPR
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
8 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (9.63%) Firmware
2 25 (4.82%) Docker
3 12 (2.31%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (1.93%) Active Directory
5 7 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.35%) vSphere
6 3 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.39%) iptables
8 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (5.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.35%) Grafana
3 5 (0.96%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.96%) SCCM
4 3 (0.58%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (0.39%) Galera Cluster
5 2 (0.39%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.19%) Ansible
6 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.19%) MOM
Vendors
1 49 (9.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (1.93%) EMC
3 9 (1.73%) Salesforce
4 8 (1.54%) Cisco
5 7 (1.35%) Oracle
5 7 (1.35%) SAP
5 7 (1.35%) VMware
6 6 (1.16%) Aruba
7 5 (0.96%) Cognizant
7 5 (0.96%) Databricks
7 5 (0.96%) Google
8 4 (0.77%) dotdigital
8 4 (0.77%) IFS
8 4 (0.77%) Xilinx
9 3 (0.58%) Adobe
9 3 (0.58%) Apple
9 3 (0.58%) BT
9 3 (0.58%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.39%) Planon
10 2 (0.39%) Thales