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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 318 395
Rank change year-on-year +249 +77 0
Permanent jobs citing IoT 1,879 541 375
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.54% 0.81% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.70% 2.44% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 198 332 297
10th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £40,300
25th Percentile £40,313 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £68,438 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.38%

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 19,376 22,133 19,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.51% 32.94% 38.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,739 10,682 14,883
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,770 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £101,500 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 +277 1,830 £55,000 -8.33% 376
UK excluding London +219 1,564 £55,000 - 232
North of England +228 660 £55,000 +37.50% 38
North West +174 605 £55,000 +46.67% 26
South East +148 431 £65,000 +8.33% 93
London +195 296 £65,000 - 162
East of England +103 296 £57,500 - 30
Midlands +76 85 £55,000 -8.33% 26
East Midlands +52 73 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Work from Home -39 64 £55,000 -8.33% 167
South West +45 56 £47,500 -17.39% 31
Yorkshire +44 54 £55,000 -21.43% 11
Wales +10 31 £51,500 +87.27% 7
West Midlands +24 12 £50,000 -17.70% 18
Channel Islands - 6 - -
Northern Ireland +5 4 £70,000 - 4
Scotland -12 3 £57,250 +25.82% 7
North East +7 1 £40,000 -20.79% 1

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 37 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.96%) Confluence
3 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.11%) nginx
3 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.053%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.053%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (0.37%) AutoCAD
1 7 (0.37%) Revit
2 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (0.32%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.053%) Blender
4 1 (0.053%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.053%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.053%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.053%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.16%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.16%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.11%) SAP APO
4 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.11%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.053%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.053%) Maximo
5 1 (0.053%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.053%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.053%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.053%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.053%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.053%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.053%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,609 (85.63%) Cloud Computing
2 58 (3.09%) Azure
3 33 (1.76%) AWS
4 26 (1.38%) Power Platform
5 24 (1.28%) Entra ID
6 20 (1.06%) Power Automate
7 19 (1.01%) Serverless
8 18 (0.96%) PowerApps
9 10 (0.53%) GCP
9 10 (0.53%) SaaS
10 6 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (0.27%) GitHub
12 4 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.21%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.21%) IaaS
12 4 (0.21%) PaaS
12 4 (0.21%) SurveyMonkey
13 3 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.16%) Azure Functions
13 3 (0.16%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1,632 (86.85%) Internet
2 42 (2.24%) Network Security
3 34 (1.81%) Wireless
4 30 (1.60%) Modbus
5 26 (1.38%) MQTT
6 14 (0.75%) Ethernet
7 13 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.64%) Firewall
9 11 (0.59%) Bluetooth
9 11 (0.59%) WAN
10 9 (0.48%) 5G
11 8 (0.43%) VLAN
12 7 (0.37%) LAN
13 6 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
13 6 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.27%) Broadband
14 5 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.27%) VoIP
14 5 (0.27%) ZigBee
15 4 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (0.69%) Big Data
2 10 (0.53%) MySQL
3 8 (0.43%) MongoDB
3 8 (0.43%) Power BI
4 6 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.32%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.21%) ClickHouse
5 4 (0.21%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.16%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.11%) GIS
7 2 (0.11%) Metadata
7 2 (0.11%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.053%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.053%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.053%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.053%) QGIS
8 1 (0.053%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (1.33%) JIRA
2 8 (0.43%) Git
3 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.16%) GitLab
5 2 (0.11%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.11%) MLflow
5 2 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.053%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.053%) Postman
6 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.053%) Selenium
6 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
General
1 1,689 (89.89%) Social Skills
2 1,614 (85.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,608 (85.58%) Banking
4 46 (2.45%) Manufacturing
5 30 (1.60%) Finance
6 26 (1.38%) Marketing
7 23 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (1.12%) Automotive
8 21 (1.12%) Electronics
9 17 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 16 (0.85%) Public Sector
11 14 (0.75%) Retail
12 12 (0.64%) Telecoms
13 9 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.43%) Law
15 6 (0.32%) Back Office
15 6 (0.32%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.32%) Wearables
16 5 (0.27%) Billing
16 5 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,300 (69.19%) Lecturer
2 35 (1.86%) Developer
3 34 (1.81%) Senior
4 21 (1.12%) Software Engineer
5 20 (1.06%) Architect
6 15 (0.80%) Lead
6 15 (0.80%) Systems Engineer
7 13 (0.69%) React Developer
8 11 (0.59%) Automation Engineer
8 11 (0.59%) Embedded Engineer
8 11 (0.59%) Mobile Developer
9 10 (0.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 10 (0.53%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (0.48%) Firmware Engineer
10 9 (0.48%) Sales Manager
10 9 (0.48%) Senior Developer
11 8 (0.43%) Applications Developer
11 8 (0.43%) Backend Developer
11 8 (0.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 8 (0.43%) IoT Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (0.85%) .NET
2 11 (0.59%) React Native
3 8 (0.43%) Node.js
3 8 (0.43%) React
4 7 (0.37%) CSS
5 6 (0.32%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.27%) REST
7 4 (0.21%) FastAPI
7 4 (0.21%) Kafka
7 4 (0.21%) OpenAPI
7 4 (0.21%) Swagger
8 3 (0.16%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.16%) Django
8 3 (0.16%) HTML
8 3 (0.16%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.16%) SAPUI5
8 3 (0.16%) Yocto
9 2 (0.11%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.11%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.11%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (1.28%) SCADA
2 23 (1.22%) Operational Technology
3 19 (1.01%) Management Information System
4 16 (0.85%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (0.80%) Mobile App
5 15 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
6 13 (0.69%) Biopharmaceutical
7 12 (0.64%) Data Centre
8 11 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
9 9 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.37%) Driving Licence
10 7 (0.37%) Home Automation
10 7 (0.37%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.32%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.32%) Device Driver
11 6 (0.32%) Digital Signage
11 6 (0.32%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (0.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.27%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.27%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.90%) Linux
1 17 (0.90%) Windows
2 9 (0.48%) Unix
3 8 (0.43%) Android
4 5 (0.27%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.053%) Solaris
8 1 (0.053%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,672 (88.98%) Cybersecurity
2 1,627 (86.59%) AI
3 1,619 (86.16%) Machine Learning
4 1,610 (85.68%) User Experience
5 1,607 (85.52%) Web Development
6 62 (3.30%) Agile
7 46 (2.45%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (1.92%) Mentoring
9 35 (1.86%) Software Engineering
10 34 (1.81%) DevOps
10 34 (1.81%) Project Management
11 31 (1.65%) Customer Service
12 30 (1.60%) Roadmaps
13 29 (1.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (1.49%) Business Development
15 26 (1.38%) Project Delivery
16 24 (1.28%) Prototyping
17 23 (1.22%) Computer Science
18 20 (1.06%) Analytics
18 20 (1.06%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 51 (2.71%) Python
2 25 (1.33%) C#
2 25 (1.33%) C++
3 24 (1.28%) SQL
4 18 (0.96%) PowerShell
5 17 (0.90%) Java
6 15 (0.80%) C
6 15 (0.80%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.59%) TypeScript
8 10 (0.53%) PHP
9 9 (0.48%) Ruby
10 8 (0.43%) Elixir
10 8 (0.43%) Go
11 5 (0.27%) R
12 4 (0.21%) Rust
13 3 (0.16%) Bash
14 2 (0.11%) Bicep
14 2 (0.11%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.11%) VBA
15 1 (0.053%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,659 (88.29%) Degree
2 1,611 (85.74%) Master's Degree
3 1,602 (85.26%) PhD
4 1,599 (85.10%) Postgraduate
5 23 (1.22%) HND
6 20 (1.06%) Security Cleared
7 15 (0.80%) HNC
8 13 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
8 13 (0.69%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.27%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.27%) PMP
11 3 (0.16%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.11%) CISA
12 2 (0.11%) CISM
12 2 (0.11%) CISSP
12 2 (0.11%) MCP
13 1 (0.053%) CCNA
13 1 (0.053%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (1.06%) QA
2 5 (0.27%) GDPR
3 4 (0.21%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.16%) SLA
5 2 (0.11%) NIST
6 1 (0.053%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.053%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.053%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.053%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.053%) JTAG
6 1 (0.053%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.053%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (1.17%) Firmware
2 12 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (0.48%) Docker
5 5 (0.27%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
7 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.69%) Functional Safety
3 9 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.27%) Grafana
5 4 (0.21%) Nessus
5 4 (0.21%) Nmap
5 4 (0.21%) Terraform
6 2 (0.11%) Ansible
6 2 (0.11%) Argo
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.053%) Kibana
Vendors
1 54 (2.87%) Microsoft
2 17 (0.90%) Atlassian
3 14 (0.75%) Cisco
3 14 (0.75%) Siemens
4 13 (0.69%) AVEVA
4 13 (0.69%) Rockwell
5 12 (0.64%) SAP
5 12 (0.64%) VMware
6 10 (0.53%) Google
7 7 (0.37%) Autodesk
7 7 (0.37%) Oracle
8 6 (0.32%) NEC
8 6 (0.32%) Panasonic
8 6 (0.32%) Polycom
8 6 (0.32%) Ruckus Wireless
8 6 (0.32%) Samsung
8 6 (0.32%) Sony
9 5 (0.27%) Epicor
9 5 (0.27%) Infor
9 5 (0.27%) Red Hat