IoT Job Trends

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 23 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 342 310
Rank change year-on-year +314 -32 +62
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,404 391 699
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.39% 0.81% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 19.92% 2.13% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 257 198 527
10th Percentile £32,800 £40,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,083
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% -

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 22,110 18,325 27,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.08% 38.08% 36.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,177 8,663 19,905
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -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 23 February 2026.

Salary histogram for IoT in the UK

IoT
Top 18 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 23 February 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 +330 4,331 £57,250 -4.58% 174
UK excluding London +269 3,912 £55,000 -8.33% 130
North of England +216 1,663 £52,500 +10.53% 28
North West +162 1,511 £52,500 +20.00% 13
Midlands +162 1,061 £50,000 -16.67% 20
West Midlands +134 931 £50,000 -16.67% 15
South East +161 653 £65,000 -7.14% 41
London +249 444 £75,000 +3.45% 58
East of England +120 411 £34,000 -38.18% 23
Yorkshire +81 151 £50,000 -20.00% 15
East Midlands +75 142 - - 5
South West +24 79 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Work from Home -24 63 £60,000 - 74
Wales +22 40 £50,500 -21.86% 2
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Scotland -8 5 £72,500 +16.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 4 £70,000 -
North East - 1 £40,000 -

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 23 (0.52%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.14%) Confluence
3 2 (0.045%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.045%) CMS
3 2 (0.045%) nginx
3 2 (0.045%) WordPress
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.091%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (0.091%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.091%) Revit
2 2 (0.045%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.045%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.045%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.045%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.045%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.023%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.023%) Maximo
4 1 (0.023%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.023%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.023%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.023%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.023%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.023%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.023%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,066 (92.33%) Cloud Computing
2 49 (1.11%) Azure
3 38 (0.86%) AWS
4 25 (0.57%) Entra ID
5 13 (0.30%) SaaS
6 12 (0.27%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (0.25%) GCP
7 11 (0.25%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.16%) GitHub
8 7 (0.16%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.11%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.091%) IaaS
10 4 (0.091%) PaaS
10 4 (0.091%) SurveyMonkey
10 4 (0.091%) Zapier
11 2 (0.045%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.045%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.045%) Firebase
11 2 (0.045%) Google Play
11 2 (0.045%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,063 (92.26%) Internet
2 37 (0.84%) Network Security
3 32 (0.73%) Wireless
4 17 (0.39%) Firewall
5 15 (0.34%) Bluetooth
6 14 (0.32%) Modbus
7 10 (0.23%) MQTT
7 10 (0.23%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.20%) VPN
9 8 (0.18%) VLAN
9 8 (0.18%) WAN
10 7 (0.16%) 5G
11 6 (0.14%) DNS
11 6 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.11%) LAN
12 5 (0.11%) ZigBee
13 4 (0.091%) LoRaWAN
13 4 (0.091%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.068%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.54%) Big Data
2 11 (0.25%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 7 (0.16%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.091%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.068%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.045%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.045%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.045%) Informix
7 2 (0.045%) Metadata
7 2 (0.045%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.045%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.023%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.023%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.023%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.023%) GIS
8 1 (0.023%) Redis
8 1 (0.023%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.023%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 5 (0.11%) Git
2 4 (0.091%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.091%) JIRA
2 4 (0.091%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.068%) GitLab
3 3 (0.068%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.045%) Jaeger
4 2 (0.045%) MLflow
4 2 (0.045%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.023%) Postman
5 1 (0.023%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
General
1 4,150 (94.23%) Social Skills
2 4,074 (92.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,069 (92.39%) Banking
4 45 (1.02%) Manufacturing
5 34 (0.77%) Electronics
5 34 (0.77%) Finance
6 33 (0.75%) Marketing
7 24 (0.54%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (0.45%) Public Sector
9 17 (0.39%) Tech for Good
10 15 (0.34%) Wearables
11 11 (0.25%) Law
11 11 (0.25%) Retail
12 10 (0.23%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.18%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.18%) Automotive
13 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
14 6 (0.14%) French Language
14 6 (0.14%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.11%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3,159 (71.73%) Lecturer
2 46 (1.04%) Software Engineer
3 44 (1.00%) Senior
4 42 (0.95%) Developer
5 30 (0.68%) Architect
6 27 (0.61%) Embedded Engineer
7 23 (0.52%) Firmware Engineer
8 21 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 17 (0.39%) React Developer
10 16 (0.36%) Mobile Developer
10 16 (0.36%) Principal Engineer
10 16 (0.36%) Principal Software Engineer
11 13 (0.30%) IoT Developer
11 13 (0.30%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (0.27%) Sales Manager
13 11 (0.25%) 2nd Line Support
13 11 (0.25%) Analyst
13 11 (0.25%) Applications Developer
13 11 (0.25%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (0.23%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.45%) Node.js
1 20 (0.45%) React
2 18 (0.41%) React Native
3 10 (0.23%) .NET
3 10 (0.23%) REST
4 5 (0.11%) AngularJS
4 5 (0.11%) OpenAPI
4 5 (0.11%) Spring Boot
4 5 (0.11%) Swagger
5 4 (0.091%) Kafka
6 3 (0.068%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.045%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.045%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.045%) Django
7 2 (0.045%) FastAPI
7 2 (0.045%) Keycloak
7 2 (0.045%) Next.js
7 2 (0.045%) RESTful
7 2 (0.045%) WebRTC
7 2 (0.045%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 21 (0.48%) Mobile App
2 18 (0.41%) Management Information System
3 16 (0.36%) SCADA
3 16 (0.36%) Smart Energy
4 14 (0.32%) Operational Technology
5 12 (0.27%) Smart Home
6 11 (0.25%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (0.18%) Cloud Native
7 8 (0.18%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (0.18%) Onboarding
7 8 (0.18%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.14%) Digital Signage
9 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 4 (0.091%) CAN bus
11 4 (0.091%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.091%) Home Automation
Operating Systems
1 22 (0.50%) Linux
2 16 (0.36%) Windows
3 14 (0.32%) Android
4 10 (0.23%) Unix
5 5 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.091%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.091%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.045%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.045%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.023%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,119 (93.53%) Cybersecurity
2 4,084 (92.73%) AI
3 4,066 (92.33%) Machine Learning
4 4,064 (92.28%) Web Development
5 4,058 (92.14%) User Experience
6 57 (1.29%) Software Engineering
7 48 (1.09%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (0.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (0.91%) Agile
10 30 (0.68%) Customer Service
10 30 (0.68%) ERP
10 30 (0.68%) Full-Stack Development
10 30 (0.68%) Project Management
11 29 (0.66%) DevOps
12 28 (0.64%) Roadmaps
13 27 (0.61%) Analytics
13 27 (0.61%) Decision-Making
14 25 (0.57%) Digital Marketing
15 22 (0.50%) Energy Management
16 20 (0.45%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (0.70%) Python
2 26 (0.59%) Java
3 22 (0.50%) C++
4 17 (0.39%) SQL
5 13 (0.30%) C#
5 13 (0.30%) TypeScript
6 10 (0.23%) C
7 7 (0.16%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.16%) PHP
8 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.091%) Bash
9 4 (0.091%) R
9 4 (0.091%) Rust
10 3 (0.068%) Perl
11 2 (0.045%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.045%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.045%) VBA
12 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.023%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4,105 (93.21%) Degree
2 4,070 (92.42%) Master's Degree
3 4,048 (91.92%) PhD
4 4,044 (91.83%) Postgraduate
5 26 (0.59%) HND
6 16 (0.36%) Security Cleared
7 10 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (0.23%) SC Cleared
8 9 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.068%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.068%) PMP
11 2 (0.045%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.045%) MBA
12 1 (0.023%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.023%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.023%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.023%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.023%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.023%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.23%) QA
2 5 (0.11%) GDPR
3 4 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.068%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.068%) SLA
5 2 (0.045%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.045%) NIST
6 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.023%) GMP
6 1 (0.023%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (0.89%) Firmware
2 22 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.20%) Docker
4 7 (0.16%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.068%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.068%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.045%) NFS
Systems Management
1 29 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.11%) Grafana
4 4 (0.091%) Nessus
4 4 (0.091%) Nmap
5 2 (0.045%) Ansible
5 2 (0.045%) Argo
5 2 (0.045%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.045%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (1.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (0.30%) Google
3 12 (0.27%) Cisco
4 10 (0.23%) SAP
5 9 (0.20%) EMC
6 5 (0.11%) Epicor
6 5 (0.11%) Infor
6 5 (0.11%) Oracle
6 5 (0.11%) Red Hat
6 5 (0.11%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (0.091%) Autodesk
7 4 (0.091%) Fortinet
7 4 (0.091%) IBM
7 4 (0.091%) NEC
7 4 (0.091%) Panasonic
7 4 (0.091%) Polycom
7 4 (0.091%) Qualtrics
7 4 (0.091%) Samsung
7 4 (0.091%) Sony
7 4 (0.091%) Splunk