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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 360 301
Rank change year-on-year +327 -59 +71
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,420 302 887
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.29% 0.74% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.11% 1.89% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 276 197 699
10th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £47,500
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 24,405 15,964 33,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.20% 38.92% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12,534 9,072 22,728
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,358 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,400 £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 11 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 11 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 +339 4,347 £60,000 - 183
UK excluding London +270 3,914 £55,000 -8.33% 139
North of England +204 1,666 £52,500 -9.09% 26
North West +155 1,505 £53,750 -4.44% 10
Midlands +155 1,060 £42,500 -29.17% 19
West Midlands +133 927 £42,500 -29.17% 12
South East +171 666 £55,000 -8.33% 45
London +242 456 £75,000 -1.64% 59
East of England +115 406 £44,500 -19.09% 26
Yorkshire +65 161 £50,000 -16.67% 15
East Midlands +53 145 - - 7
South West -21 73 £58,750 -2.08% 16
Work from Home -50 60 £70,000 +16.67% 71
Wales -24 34 - - 3
Scotland -13 9 £72,500 +16.00% 8
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Northern Ireland -36 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 20 (0.45%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.16%) Confluence
3 4 (0.090%) CMS
3 4 (0.090%) 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 (0.090%) 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 (0.090%) 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 (91.90%) Cloud Computing
2 46 (1.04%) AWS
3 44 (1.00%) Azure
4 22 (0.50%) 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 (0.090%) Canva
11 4 (0.090%) GitHub
11 4 (0.090%) IaaS
11 4 (0.090%) 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%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4,050 (91.63%) Internet
2 31 (0.70%) Wireless
3 23 (0.52%) 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 (0.090%) 5G
11 4 (0.090%) DHCP
11 4 (0.090%) 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
4 6 (0.14%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.11%) Neo4j
6 4 (0.090%) 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%) Poetry
2 1 (0.023%) Postman
2 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,135 (93.55%) Social Skills
2 4,068 (92.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,065 (91.97%) 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 18 (0.41%) 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%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3,155 (71.38%) Lecturer
2 60 (1.36%) Software Engineer
3 42 (0.95%) Embedded Engineer
4 37 (0.84%) Developer
4 37 (0.84%) Senior
5 32 (0.72%) Architect
6 24 (0.54%) Firmware Engineer
7 23 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 21 (0.48%) Principal Engineer
8 21 (0.48%) Principal Software Engineer
9 20 (0.45%) Sales Manager
10 17 (0.38%) React Developer
11 16 (0.36%) Mobile Developer
12 15 (0.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 14 (0.32%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (0.27%) 2nd Line Support
14 12 (0.27%) Analyst
14 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 (0.090%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.090%) Kafka
8 2 (0.045%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.045%) Django
8 2 (0.045%) Next.js
8 2 (0.045%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.045%) pgvector
8 2 (0.045%) Swagger
8 2 (0.045%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.023%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.023%) Anaconda
9 1 (0.023%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.023%) PySpark
9 1 (0.023%) PyTorch
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 11 (0.25%) Management Information System
4 11 (0.25%) Operational Technology
4 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
5 9 (0.20%) Cloud Native
5 9 (0.20%) PropTech
6 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (0.16%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (0.14%) Robotics
8 5 (0.11%) Device Driver
8 5 (0.11%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (0.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 5 (0.11%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.11%) Product Ownership
8 5 (0.11%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.090%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (0.61%) 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 (0.090%) 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 4,104 (92.85%) Cybersecurity
2 4,076 (92.22%) AI
3 4,060 (91.86%) Machine Learning
3 4,060 (91.86%) Web Development
4 4,049 (91.61%) User Experience
5 76 (1.72%) Software Engineering
6 55 (1.24%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (0.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (0.75%) Full-Stack Development
9 32 (0.72%) Agile
10 30 (0.68%) Business Analysis
11 29 (0.66%) ERP
12 28 (0.63%) Analytics
13 27 (0.61%) Digital Marketing
13 27 (0.61%) Energy Management
13 27 (0.61%) Roadmaps
14 26 (0.59%) Customer Service
15 25 (0.57%) DevOps
16 23 (0.52%) Mentoring
16 23 (0.52%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (0.72%) Python
2 18 (0.41%) Java
2 18 (0.41%) SQL
3 14 (0.32%) TypeScript
4 11 (0.25%) C++
5 8 (0.18%) C
5 8 (0.18%) C#
5 8 (0.18%) JavaScript
5 8 (0.18%) PHP
6 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.090%) Bash
8 2 (0.045%) Go
8 2 (0.045%) Perl
8 2 (0.045%) Rust
8 2 (0.045%) VBA
9 1 (0.023%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.023%) Groovy
9 1 (0.023%) Haskell
9 1 (0.023%) OCaml
9 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,097 (92.69%) Degree
2 4,066 (91.99%) Master's Degree
3 4,043 (91.47%) PhD
4 4,040 (91.40%) 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 (0.090%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.045%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.045%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.045%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.045%) CISM
10 2 (0.045%) CISSP
10 2 (0.045%) MBA
10 2 (0.045%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.045%) PMP
10 2 (0.045%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.023%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.023%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (0.29%) QA
2 4 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (0.090%) GDPR
2 4 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.068%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.068%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.068%) SLA
4 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.023%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.023%) GMP
4 1 (0.023%) JTAG
4 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 27 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.11%) Grafana
4 4 (0.090%) 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 48 (1.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.23%) Google
2 10 (0.23%) SAP
3 7 (0.16%) EMC
3 7 (0.16%) Oracle
4 6 (0.14%) VMware
5 5 (0.11%) Cisco
5 5 (0.11%) Cognizant
6 4 (0.090%) 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