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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 460 289
Rank change year-on-year +34 -171 +71
Permanent jobs citing IoT 391 226 966
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.46% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 1.12% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 291 166 746
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.98%
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 £56,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -2.60%

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 25,522 20,141 34,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.84% 40.99% 33.76%
Number of salaries quoted 16,272 9,991 21,796
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £39,055
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -14.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £99,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +53 321 £56,000 -6.67% 180
UK excluding London +13 293 £55,000 -8.33% 162
Work from Home +10 109 £66,750 +15.09% 103
South East +18 72 £55,000 -12.00% 55
London +8 71 £75,000 -9.09% 79
North of England +3 60 £52,500 -9.48% 19
South West -31 50 £55,000 +7.32% 21
Midlands -8 39 £42,500 -29.17% 16
Scotland +45 37 £60,000 +2.13% 13
East of England -6 25 £62,500 +8.70% 19
Yorkshire -13 24 £60,000 - 8
North West 0 23 £52,500 -9.48% 8
East Midlands -34 21 £52,500 - 7
West Midlands -18 18 £38,500 -45.00% 9
North East - 13 £50,000 - 4
Northern Ireland -50 10 £65,000 +30.00% 20

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 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.02%) CMS
3 4 (1.02%) Confluence
3 4 (1.02%) WordPress
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.26%) GeoServer
Applications
1 15 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.05%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.02%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.77%) Lightworks
4 3 (0.77%) Simulink
5 2 (0.51%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.51%) Windchill
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Maximo
2 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 55 (14.07%) AWS
2 42 (10.74%) Azure
3 21 (5.37%) SaaS
4 16 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.09%) Serverless
5 12 (3.07%) GCP
6 11 (2.81%) AWS IoT
6 11 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.28%) Amazon Kinesis
8 5 (1.28%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.28%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.28%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon CloudSearch
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon EMR
9 4 (1.02%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.02%) Canva
9 4 (1.02%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.97%) Wireless
2 26 (6.65%) MQTT
3 20 (5.12%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (4.60%) Firewall
5 17 (4.35%) Bluetooth
5 17 (4.35%) Internet
6 14 (3.58%) VPN
7 12 (3.07%) LoRaWAN
8 11 (2.81%) DNS
9 7 (1.79%) ZigBee
10 6 (1.53%) 5G
10 6 (1.53%) DHCP
11 5 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.28%) Modbus
12 4 (1.02%) LTE
13 3 (0.77%) Ethernet
13 3 (0.77%) VoIP
14 2 (0.51%) AMQP
14 2 (0.51%) Unified Communications
15 1 (0.26%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.81%) NoSQL
1 11 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.56%) Big Data
3 8 (2.05%) MySQL
3 8 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.53%) DynamoDB
5 6 (1.53%) Neo4j
6 5 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.28%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.02%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.77%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.51%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.51%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (5.37%) Git
2 8 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.79%) GitLab
4 6 (1.53%) GDB
5 5 (1.28%) JIRA
6 4 (1.02%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.77%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.26%) Poetry
8 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 67 (17.14%) Electronics
2 58 (14.83%) Social Skills
3 32 (8.18%) Manufacturing
4 27 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.39%) Finance
6 21 (5.37%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.09%) Automotive
8 15 (3.84%) Marketing
8 15 (3.84%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.81%) Retail
9 11 (2.81%) Tech for Good
10 8 (2.05%) Legal
10 8 (2.05%) Local Government
10 8 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.79%) Law
11 7 (1.79%) Social Housing
12 6 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.53%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.28%) Military
14 4 (1.02%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 69 (17.65%) Software Engineer
2 50 (12.79%) Embedded Engineer
3 41 (10.49%) Senior
4 33 (8.44%) Developer
5 31 (7.93%) Architect
5 31 (7.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 31 (7.93%) Technical Engineer
6 26 (6.65%) Sales Manager
7 18 (4.60%) Firmware Engineer
8 17 (4.35%) Support Engineer
9 15 (3.84%) Electronics Engineer
10 14 (3.58%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (3.32%) Design Engineer
11 13 (3.32%) Technical Support
11 13 (3.32%) Technical Support Engineer
12 12 (3.07%) Hardware Engineer
12 12 (3.07%) Operations Engineer
12 12 (3.07%) Principal Architect
12 12 (3.07%) Principal Engineer
13 11 (2.81%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.60%) Yocto
2 15 (3.84%) Node.js
3 14 (3.58%) React
4 10 (2.56%) .NET
5 6 (1.53%) REST
6 5 (1.28%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.02%) Kafka
7 4 (1.02%) pytest
7 4 (1.02%) Unity DI Container
8 3 (0.77%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (0.77%) Vue
9 2 (0.51%) Blazor
9 2 (0.51%) Django
9 2 (0.51%) GStreamer
9 2 (0.51%) HTML
9 2 (0.51%) Laravel
9 2 (0.51%) pgvector
9 2 (0.51%) WebSockets
10 1 (0.26%) D3.js
10 1 (0.26%) FFmpeg
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.25%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (4.86%) Device Driver
2 19 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.32%) Operational Technology
6 12 (3.07%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.81%) PropTech
7 11 (2.81%) Robotics
8 10 (2.56%) ARM Cortex
8 10 (2.56%) Smart Home
9 8 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (2.05%) SCADA
10 7 (1.79%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.79%) Blog
10 7 (1.79%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.79%) Smart Energy
11 6 (1.53%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 51 (13.04%) Linux
2 17 (4.35%) Windows
3 16 (4.09%) Embedded Linux
4 11 (2.81%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.53%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (1.28%) Android
7 4 (1.02%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.02%) Unix
7 4 (1.02%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (25.06%) Software Engineering
2 78 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (16.62%) AI
4 46 (11.76%) Analytics
5 42 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (10.49%) Collaborative Culture
7 35 (8.95%) CI/CD
8 33 (8.44%) DevOps
9 30 (7.67%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (7.42%) CRM
11 28 (7.16%) Full-Stack Development
11 28 (7.16%) Machine Learning
12 27 (6.91%) Roadmaps
13 24 (6.14%) ERP
13 24 (6.14%) Validation
14 23 (5.88%) Computer Science
15 22 (5.63%) Agile
16 20 (5.12%) Business Development
17 19 (4.86%) Asset Management
17 19 (4.86%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 57 (14.58%) Python
2 38 (9.72%) C++
3 32 (8.18%) C
4 20 (5.12%) SQL
5 18 (4.60%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.60%) TypeScript
6 13 (3.32%) C#
6 13 (3.32%) Embedded C
6 13 (3.32%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.81%) Java
8 7 (1.79%) Bash
9 6 (1.53%) PHP
10 5 (1.28%) Go
11 4 (1.02%) Embedded C++
11 4 (1.02%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.02%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) OCaml
12 1 (0.26%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 72 (18.41%) Degree
2 17 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.58%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.30%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.79%) HND
5 7 (1.79%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.28%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.77%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.51%) CISM
8 2 (0.51%) CISSP
8 2 (0.51%) MBA
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CISA
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.26%) PhD
9 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.58%) QA
2 9 (2.30%) JTAG
3 8 (2.05%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.77%) ECSS
5 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) GDPR
7 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (14.32%) Firmware
2 21 (5.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 18 (4.60%) Docker
4 11 (2.81%) Active Directory
5 10 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (2.30%) vSphere
7 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.79%) Terraform
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.28%) SCCM
5 4 (1.02%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (1.02%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.77%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Ansible
7 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.26%) MOM
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (12.02%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.56%) SAP
2 10 (2.56%) VMware
3 9 (2.30%) EMC
3 9 (2.30%) Google
4 7 (1.79%) Cisco
4 7 (1.79%) Oracle
5 6 (1.53%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.28%) Aruba
6 5 (1.28%) Cognizant
7 4 (1.02%) Adobe
8 3 (0.77%) dotdigital
8 3 (0.77%) IFS
8 3 (0.77%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.51%) Databricks
9 2 (0.51%) Meraki
9 2 (0.51%) Siemens
10 1 (0.26%) BT
10 1 (0.26%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto