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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 456 308
Rank change year-on-year +43 -148 +42
Permanent jobs citing IoT 445 224 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.45% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 1.09% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 333 164 555
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,450 £33,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
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 28,306 20,621 27,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.88% 41.19% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 17,795 10,429 15,532
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,309
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.58% -8.53%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +63 372 £55,000 -8.33% 456
UK excluding London +27 350 £55,000 -4.35% 276
Work from Home -5 127 £65,000 +12.07% 225
South East +25 92 £55,000 -8.33% 96
London +1 80 £75,000 -21.05% 232
North of England +3 79 £55,000 -6.78% 39
Scotland +52 49 £60,000 +14.29% 18
South West -45 49 £55,000 +15.79% 26
Midlands -13 45 £44,250 -25.96% 39
Yorkshire +2 40 £55,000 +4.76% 15
North West -14 26 £50,000 -13.79% 21
East of England -34 26 £72,500 +26.09% 45
East Midlands -17 23 £67,500 +28.57% 13
West Midlands -19 22 £42,500 -34.62% 26
North East - 13 £50,000 - 3
Northern Ireland -70 10 £65,000 +30.00% 17

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 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.45%) CMS
3 2 (0.45%) Confluence
3 2 (0.45%) WordPress
4 1 (0.22%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
Applications
1 15 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.35%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.67%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.67%) Simulink
4 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.45%) Windchill
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.67%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.22%) Maximo
4 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.03%) AWS
2 40 (8.99%) Azure
3 27 (6.07%) SaaS
4 15 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.15%) Serverless
6 11 (2.47%) AWS IoT
6 11 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.02%) GCP
8 5 (1.12%) Amazon Kinesis
8 5 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.12%) OneDrive
9 4 (0.90%) Amazon CloudSearch
9 4 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
9 4 (0.90%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.90%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (0.90%) Azure Functions
9 4 (0.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.76%) Wireless
2 27 (6.07%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (5.84%) MQTT
4 21 (4.72%) Internet
5 19 (4.27%) Firewall
6 17 (3.82%) Bluetooth
7 16 (3.60%) VPN
8 15 (3.37%) DNS
9 10 (2.25%) LoRaWAN
9 10 (2.25%) ZigBee
10 9 (2.02%) DHCP
11 7 (1.57%) 5G
12 6 (1.35%) Ethernet
13 5 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (1.12%) VoIP
14 4 (0.90%) HTTP
14 4 (0.90%) LTE
15 3 (0.67%) GSM
15 3 (0.67%) SSH
15 3 (0.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.70%) Big Data
1 12 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.47%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.80%) MySQL
4 6 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.35%) Neo4j
5 5 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.12%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.67%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.67%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.67%) DocumentDB
8 2 (0.45%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.45%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 30 (6.74%) Git
2 10 (2.25%) JIRA
3 7 (1.57%) GitLab
3 7 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.35%) GDB
5 4 (0.90%) Robot Framework
5 4 (0.90%) Selenium
6 3 (0.67%) PetaLinux
6 3 (0.67%) Postman
7 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.22%) MLflow
7 1 (0.22%) Poetry
7 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 74 (16.63%) Electronics
2 62 (13.93%) Social Skills
3 35 (7.87%) Finance
4 34 (7.64%) Telecoms
5 32 (7.19%) Manufacturing
6 27 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (4.49%) Wearables
8 17 (3.82%) Automotive
9 16 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.37%) Marketing
11 12 (2.70%) Aerospace
11 12 (2.70%) Public Sector
12 10 (2.25%) Legal
12 10 (2.25%) Retail
13 8 (1.80%) Law
13 8 (1.80%) Local Government
14 7 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.12%) Social Housing
15 5 (1.12%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 66 (14.83%) Software Engineer
2 53 (11.91%) Embedded Engineer
3 51 (11.46%) Senior
4 41 (9.21%) Developer
5 39 (8.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 36 (8.09%) Design Engineer
7 32 (7.19%) Sales Manager
7 32 (7.19%) Technical Engineer
8 30 (6.74%) Architect
9 26 (5.84%) Hardware Engineer
10 19 (4.27%) Electronics Engineer
11 17 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.82%) Support Engineer
11 17 (3.82%) Technical Support
12 16 (3.60%) Hardware Design Engineer
13 14 (3.15%) Account Manager
13 14 (3.15%) Test Engineer
14 13 (2.92%) Technical Support Engineer
15 12 (2.70%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 12 (2.70%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.49%) Terraform
1 20 (4.49%) Yocto
2 16 (3.60%) .NET
3 15 (3.37%) REST
4 14 (3.15%) React
5 10 (2.25%) Node.js
6 7 (1.57%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.35%) Blazor
7 6 (1.35%) Kafka
8 5 (1.12%) Vue
9 4 (0.90%) HTML
9 4 (0.90%) pytest
9 4 (0.90%) Unity DI Container
10 3 (0.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (0.67%) CSS
10 3 (0.67%) Flash
10 3 (0.67%) PySpark
11 2 (0.45%) CSS3
11 2 (0.45%) HTML5
11 2 (0.45%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.56%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (4.72%) Device Driver
3 18 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.04%) Robotics
4 17 (3.82%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.60%) Cloud Native
5 16 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.15%) Mobile App
7 13 (2.92%) Driving Licence
8 12 (2.70%) PropTech
9 11 (2.47%) ARM Cortex
10 9 (2.02%) Smart Home
11 8 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.80%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.57%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.57%) CCTV
12 7 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.57%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 58 (13.03%) Linux
2 21 (4.72%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (3.60%) Windows
4 10 (2.25%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.57%) VMS
6 6 (1.35%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (1.12%) Android
8 4 (0.90%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.67%) Unix
10 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (22.92%) Software Engineering
2 88 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (17.08%) AI
4 42 (9.44%) CI/CD
4 42 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (9.21%) Analytics
6 39 (8.76%) Collaborative Culture
6 39 (8.76%) DevOps
7 36 (8.09%) Machine Learning
8 35 (7.87%) Agile
8 35 (7.87%) Validation
9 28 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (6.07%) CRM
10 27 (6.07%) Full-Stack Development
11 26 (5.84%) Computer Science
12 25 (5.62%) Business Development
12 25 (5.62%) Roadmaps
13 21 (4.72%) Mentoring
14 20 (4.49%) Customer Engagement
14 20 (4.49%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 66 (14.83%) Python
2 37 (8.31%) C++
3 32 (7.19%) C
4 22 (4.94%) SQL
5 21 (4.72%) JavaScript
6 20 (4.49%) TypeScript
7 19 (4.27%) C#
8 16 (3.60%) Embedded C
8 16 (3.60%) Go
9 12 (2.70%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.25%) Java
11 6 (1.35%) Bash
12 4 (0.90%) Embedded C++
12 4 (0.90%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.90%) PHP
12 4 (0.90%) Rust
13 3 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.22%) Bicep
14 1 (0.22%) Haskell
14 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (19.78%) Degree
2 21 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.15%) DBS Check
4 12 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 12 (2.70%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.02%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.35%) HNC
8 5 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.67%) HND
10 2 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.22%) CISA
11 1 (0.22%) CISM
11 1 (0.22%) CISSP
11 1 (0.22%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
11 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.60%) QA
2 10 (2.25%) JTAG
3 9 (2.02%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.67%) ECSS
4 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.45%) GDPR
5 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (0.45%) NCSC
6 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (11.69%) Firmware
2 26 (5.84%) Docker
3 15 (3.37%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (2.25%) Active Directory
5 9 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.02%) vSphere
6 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.45%) iptables
8 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (6.74%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.35%) Grafana
3 5 (1.12%) SCCM
4 4 (0.90%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.90%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.45%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.22%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.22%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.22%) MOM
Vendors
1 47 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.02%) Salesforce
2 9 (2.02%) VMware
3 8 (1.80%) SAP
4 7 (1.57%) Cisco
4 7 (1.57%) Oracle
5 6 (1.35%) EMC
5 6 (1.35%) Google
6 5 (1.12%) Aruba
6 5 (1.12%) Cognizant
7 4 (0.90%) Adobe
7 4 (0.90%) Databricks
7 4 (0.90%) dotdigital
7 4 (0.90%) IFS
8 3 (0.67%) BT
8 3 (0.67%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.45%) MEDITECH
9 2 (0.45%) Meraki
9 2 (0.45%) Planon
9 2 (0.45%) ServiceNow