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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 360 295
Rank change year-on-year +327 -65 +85
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,418 300 876
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.33% 0.73% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.20% 1.88% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 274 196 691
10th Percentile £33,500 £43,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £47,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +1.77%

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 24,271 15,969 33,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.28% 39.06% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 12,458 9,051 22,686
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £43,750 £38,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%

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 9 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in the UK

IoT
Top 17 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 9 April 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 +356 4,345 £57,500 -4.17% 183
UK excluding London +273 3,913 £55,000 -8.33% 139
North of England +198 1,666 £52,500 -8.70% 26
North West +156 1,505 £53,750 -2.27% 10
Midlands +150 1,060 £42,500 -29.17% 19
West Midlands +131 927 £42,500 -29.17% 12
South East +181 664 £55,000 -10.20% 45
London +241 455 £75,000 +3.45% 59
East of England +119 407 £34,000 -38.18% 26
Yorkshire +68 161 £50,000 -16.67% 15
East Midlands +52 145 - - 7
South West -7 73 £58,750 -2.08% 16
Work from Home -45 58 £70,000 +16.67% 71
Wales -20 34 - - 3
Scotland -6 9 £72,500 +16.00% 8
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Northern Ireland -35 4 £70,000 +40.00% 2

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 22 (0.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.16%) Confluence
3 4 (0.091%) CMS
3 4 (0.091%) WordPress
4 2 (0.045%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.023%) Apache
5 1 (0.023%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.023%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.091%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.068%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.045%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.045%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.023%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.068%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.045%) Maximo
3 2 (0.045%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,062 (91.94%) Cloud Computing
2 46 (1.04%) AWS
3 44 (1.00%) Azure
4 24 (0.54%) Entra ID
5 16 (0.36%) SaaS
6 12 (0.27%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (0.23%) GCP
8 9 (0.20%) Power Platform
9 7 (0.16%) Serverless
10 5 (0.11%) Amazon S3
10 5 (0.11%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.091%) Canva
11 4 (0.091%) GitHub
11 4 (0.091%) IaaS
11 4 (0.091%) PaaS
12 3 (0.068%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.068%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.068%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.068%) Zapier
13 2 (0.045%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,050 (91.67%) Internet
2 31 (0.70%) Wireless
3 25 (0.57%) Network Security
4 19 (0.43%) Firewall
5 16 (0.36%) Bluetooth
6 13 (0.29%) MQTT
7 11 (0.25%) VPN
8 10 (0.23%) Modbus
9 7 (0.16%) DNS
10 6 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
10 6 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.091%) 5G
11 4 (0.091%) DHCP
11 4 (0.091%) WAN
12 3 (0.068%) LAN
12 3 (0.068%) LTE
12 3 (0.068%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.068%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.068%) VLAN
13 2 (0.045%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.54%) Big Data
2 11 (0.25%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.11%) Neo4j
5 5 (0.11%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.091%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.068%) GIS
7 3 (0.068%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.045%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.045%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.045%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.045%) Informix
8 2 (0.045%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.023%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.023%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.023%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 6 (0.14%) Git
1 6 (0.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.023%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.023%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.023%) GitLab
2 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.023%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.023%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.023%) Postman
2 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,138 (93.66%) Social Skills
2 4,068 (92.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,065 (92.01%) Banking
4 41 (0.93%) Manufacturing
5 37 (0.84%) Electronics
6 33 (0.75%) Finance
6 33 (0.75%) Marketing
7 20 (0.45%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (0.43%) Public Sector
9 17 (0.38%) Telecoms
10 16 (0.36%) Tech for Good
11 14 (0.32%) Automotive
11 14 (0.32%) Wearables
12 11 (0.25%) Law
13 8 (0.18%) Health Technology
13 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
14 7 (0.16%) Retail
15 6 (0.14%) French Language
16 5 (0.11%) Back Office
16 5 (0.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,155 (71.41%) Lecturer
2 59 (1.34%) Software Engineer
3 42 (0.95%) Embedded Engineer
4 37 (0.84%) Senior
5 36 (0.81%) Developer
6 32 (0.72%) Architect
7 24 (0.54%) Firmware Engineer
8 23 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 20 (0.45%) Principal Engineer
9 20 (0.45%) Principal Software Engineer
10 19 (0.43%) Sales Manager
11 17 (0.38%) React Developer
12 16 (0.36%) Mobile Developer
13 15 (0.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 14 (0.32%) Senior Software Engineer
15 12 (0.27%) 2nd Line Support
15 12 (0.27%) Analyst
15 12 (0.27%) IoT Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (0.50%) React
2 19 (0.43%) Node.js
3 18 (0.41%) React Native
4 9 (0.20%) REST
5 6 (0.14%) .NET
6 5 (0.11%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.091%) Kafka
8 3 (0.068%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.045%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.045%) Django
9 2 (0.045%) Next.js
9 2 (0.045%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.045%) pgvector
9 2 (0.045%) Swagger
9 2 (0.045%) WebSockets
10 1 (0.023%) GStreamer
10 1 (0.023%) Laravel
10 1 (0.023%) OAuth
10 1 (0.023%) OpenID
10 1 (0.023%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (0.45%) Mobile App
1 20 (0.45%) Smart Energy
2 15 (0.34%) SCADA
3 13 (0.29%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (0.27%) Operational Technology
5 11 (0.25%) Management Information System
5 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
6 9 (0.20%) Cloud Native
7 8 (0.18%) PropTech
8 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.14%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (0.14%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.14%) Robotics
10 5 (0.11%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.11%) Device Driver
10 5 (0.11%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (0.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 5 (0.11%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.11%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (0.59%) Linux
2 14 (0.32%) Windows
3 9 (0.20%) Android
4 8 (0.18%) Unix
5 5 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.091%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.045%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.045%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.023%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.023%) Solaris
8 1 (0.023%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,107 (92.96%) Cybersecurity
2 4,075 (92.24%) AI
3 4,060 (91.90%) Web Development
4 4,059 (91.87%) Machine Learning
5 4,049 (91.65%) User Experience
6 74 (1.67%) Software Engineering
7 54 (1.22%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (0.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (0.75%) Full-Stack Development
10 32 (0.72%) Agile
11 29 (0.66%) ERP
12 28 (0.63%) Analytics
12 28 (0.63%) Business Analysis
12 28 (0.63%) Customer Service
13 27 (0.61%) Digital Marketing
13 27 (0.61%) Energy Management
13 27 (0.61%) Roadmaps
14 25 (0.57%) DevOps
15 23 (0.52%) Project Management
16 22 (0.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (0.70%) Python
2 18 (0.41%) Java
2 18 (0.41%) SQL
3 13 (0.29%) TypeScript
4 10 (0.23%) C++
5 8 (0.18%) C
5 8 (0.18%) C#
5 8 (0.18%) PHP
6 6 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.091%) Bash
8 2 (0.045%) Go
8 2 (0.045%) Perl
8 2 (0.045%) VBA
9 1 (0.023%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.023%) Groovy
9 1 (0.023%) R
9 1 (0.023%) Rust
9 1 (0.023%) Scala
9 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,096 (92.71%) Degree
2 4,066 (92.03%) Master's Degree
3 4,043 (91.51%) PhD
4 4,040 (91.44%) Postgraduate
5 26 (0.59%) HND
6 8 (0.18%) Security Cleared
7 6 (0.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.091%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.068%) CISM
10 3 (0.068%) CISSP
11 2 (0.045%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.045%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.045%) CISA
11 2 (0.045%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.045%) MBA
11 2 (0.045%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.045%) PMP
11 2 (0.045%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.023%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (0.29%) QA
2 5 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.091%) GDPR
4 3 (0.068%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.068%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.068%) SLA
5 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.023%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.023%) GMP
5 1 (0.023%) JTAG
5 1 (0.023%) NIST
5 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (1.06%) Firmware
2 29 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (0.27%) Docker
4 10 (0.23%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.068%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.068%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.11%) Grafana
4 4 (0.091%) Terraform
5 3 (0.068%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (0.068%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.023%) Nessus
6 1 (0.023%) Nmap
Vendors
1 50 (1.13%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.23%) Google
2 10 (0.23%) SAP
3 7 (0.16%) EMC
4 6 (0.14%) Oracle
4 6 (0.14%) VMware
5 5 (0.11%) Cisco
5 5 (0.11%) Cognizant
6 4 (0.091%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.068%) ConnectWise
7 3 (0.068%) Draytek
7 3 (0.068%) Epicor
7 3 (0.068%) IBM
7 3 (0.068%) Infor
7 3 (0.068%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.045%) Apple
8 2 (0.045%) Meraki
8 2 (0.045%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.045%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.045%) Siemens