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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 455 280
Rank change year-on-year +43 -175 +85
Permanent jobs citing IoT 389 235 990
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.49% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.54% 1.18% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 289 169 766
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,200 £34,376
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £91,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 25,196 19,868 35,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.83% 41.35% 33.75%
Number of salaries quoted 16,123 9,750 22,651
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,619 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.24% - -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 7 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 7 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 +66 323 £60,000 - 222
UK excluding London +28 288 £55,000 -8.33% 207
Work from Home -1 102 £67,500 +16.38% 152
South East +7 75 £55,000 -12.00% 65
London +15 72 £75,000 -9.09% 74
North of England -7 63 £55,000 -5.17% 24
South West -39 49 £57,500 +2.22% 24
Midlands -13 36 £42,500 -29.17% 26
Scotland +31 31 £60,000 +2.13% 21
Yorkshire -4 26 £60,000 - 10
North West 0 25 £52,500 -9.48% 12
East of England -12 24 £62,500 +8.70% 30
West Midlands -11 18 £38,500 -45.00% 14
East Midlands -24 18 £47,500 -5.00% 12
North East - 12 £50,000 - 3
Northern Ireland -42 10 £65,000 +30.00% 14

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 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.03%) CMS
3 4 (1.03%) Confluence
3 4 (1.03%) 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 14 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.06%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.03%) 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 48 (12.34%) AWS
2 43 (11.05%) Azure
3 19 (4.88%) SaaS
4 17 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.60%) Serverless
6 12 (3.08%) GCP
7 7 (1.80%) AWS IoT
8 6 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.54%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.29%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.29%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.03%) Amazon Kinesis
10 4 (1.03%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.03%) Canva
10 4 (1.03%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon CloudSearch
11 3 (0.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.00%) Wireless
2 25 (6.43%) MQTT
3 20 (5.14%) Firewall
4 18 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (4.37%) Bluetooth
6 15 (3.86%) VPN
7 13 (3.34%) Internet
8 12 (3.08%) DNS
9 10 (2.57%) LoRaWAN
10 6 (1.54%) DHCP
10 6 (1.54%) Modbus
11 5 (1.29%) ZigBee
12 4 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (1.03%) LTE
13 3 (0.77%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.51%) 5G
14 2 (0.51%) AMQP
14 2 (0.51%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.51%) VoIP
15 1 (0.26%) MVNO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.57%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.06%) MySQL
3 8 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.80%) Big Data
5 6 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.54%) Neo4j
6 5 (1.29%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.03%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.51%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.51%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.51%) Power BI
9 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (4.88%) Git
2 6 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.29%) GitLab
3 5 (1.29%) JIRA
4 4 (1.03%) GDB
4 4 (1.03%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.77%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) Poetry
6 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (16.45%) Electronics
2 57 (14.65%) Social Skills
3 34 (8.74%) Manufacturing
4 27 (6.94%) Finance
5 24 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.63%) Telecoms
7 17 (4.37%) Automotive
8 15 (3.86%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.34%) Marketing
9 13 (3.34%) Tech for Good
10 11 (2.83%) Retail
11 8 (2.06%) Health Technology
11 8 (2.06%) Local Government
12 7 (1.80%) Law
12 7 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.80%) Social Housing
13 6 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.54%) French Language
13 6 (1.54%) Legal
13 6 (1.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 74 (19.02%) Software Engineer
2 55 (14.14%) Embedded Engineer
3 43 (11.05%) Senior
4 33 (8.48%) Developer
5 30 (7.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 28 (7.20%) Technical Engineer
7 26 (6.68%) Architect
8 25 (6.43%) Firmware Engineer
8 25 (6.43%) Sales Manager
9 16 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
9 16 (4.11%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.86%) Electronics Engineer
10 15 (3.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 12 (3.08%) Operations Engineer
11 12 (3.08%) Principal Engineer
11 12 (3.08%) Technical Support
11 12 (3.08%) Technical Support Engineer
12 11 (2.83%) Principal Architect
12 11 (2.83%) Principal Software Engineer
12 11 (2.83%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.11%) Node.js
2 15 (3.86%) React
2 15 (3.86%) Yocto
3 10 (2.57%) .NET
4 5 (1.29%) REST
5 4 (1.03%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.03%) pytest
5 4 (1.03%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (0.77%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.77%) Kafka
7 2 (0.51%) Blazor
7 2 (0.51%) Django
7 2 (0.51%) GStreamer
7 2 (0.51%) HTML
7 2 (0.51%) Laravel
7 2 (0.51%) pgvector
7 2 (0.51%) Vue
7 2 (0.51%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.26%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.28%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (4.11%) Device Driver
3 15 (3.86%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.83%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.83%) Operational Technology
6 11 (2.83%) PropTech
6 11 (2.83%) Robotics
7 10 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.31%) SCADA
8 9 (2.31%) Smart Home
9 8 (2.06%) ARM Cortex
9 8 (2.06%) Smart Energy
10 7 (1.80%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.80%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.54%) NB-IoT
12 5 (1.29%) Blog
12 5 (1.29%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (13.62%) Linux
2 21 (5.40%) Windows
3 13 (3.34%) Embedded Linux
4 12 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.06%) Android
6 6 (1.54%) Unix
7 5 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.03%) VMS
9 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (25.71%) Software Engineering
2 75 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (14.65%) AI
4 42 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (10.28%) Analytics
5 40 (10.28%) Collaborative Culture
6 30 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (7.46%) CI/CD
7 29 (7.46%) CRM
7 29 (7.46%) DevOps
7 29 (7.46%) Full-Stack Development
8 27 (6.94%) ERP
9 25 (6.43%) Roadmaps
10 23 (5.91%) Agile
10 23 (5.91%) Machine Learning
11 21 (5.40%) Mentoring
12 20 (5.14%) Validation
13 19 (4.88%) Asset Management
13 19 (4.88%) Energy Management
14 18 (4.63%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.14%) Python
2 35 (9.00%) C++
3 28 (7.20%) C
4 19 (4.88%) SQL
5 18 (4.63%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.37%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.86%) C#
8 14 (3.60%) PowerShell
9 13 (3.34%) Java
10 12 (3.08%) Embedded C
11 7 (1.80%) Bash
12 6 (1.54%) PHP
13 5 (1.29%) Go
14 4 (1.03%) Embedded C++
14 4 (1.03%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.03%) Rust
15 1 (0.26%) Haskell
15 1 (0.26%) OCaml
15 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (16.45%) Degree
2 14 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.08%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.31%) HND
4 9 (2.31%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.80%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.29%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.51%) CISM
9 2 (0.51%) CISSP
9 2 (0.51%) MBA
10 1 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.26%) CISA
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.26%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.26%) PhD
10 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.08%) QA
2 7 (1.80%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.54%) JTAG
4 4 (1.03%) 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 59 (15.17%) Firmware
2 28 (7.20%) Embedded Firmware
3 19 (4.88%) Docker
4 12 (3.08%) Active Directory
5 11 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (2.31%) vSphere
7 3 (0.77%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.29%) SCCM
3 5 (1.29%) Terraform
4 4 (1.03%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.03%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.77%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Ansible
6 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.26%) MOM
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (12.08%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.83%) VMware
3 9 (2.31%) Google
3 9 (2.31%) SAP
4 7 (1.80%) EMC
4 7 (1.80%) Oracle
5 6 (1.54%) Cisco
5 6 (1.54%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.29%) Aruba
6 5 (1.29%) Cognizant
7 4 (1.03%) Adobe
8 3 (0.77%) dotdigital
8 3 (0.77%) IFS
8 3 (0.77%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.51%) ConnectWise
9 2 (0.51%) Draytek
9 2 (0.51%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.51%) Meraki
9 2 (0.51%) Siemens
10 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto