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 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 353 298
Rank change year-on-year +323 -55 +90
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,407 336 799
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.87% 0.79% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 19.18% 2.03% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 268 206 620
10th Percentile £32,200 £42,625 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,313 £78,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,750
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 22,979 16,584 30,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.61% 39.00% 36.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,663 8,843 21,742
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,028 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +335 4,337 £55,000 -8.33% 169
UK excluding London +268 3,914 £55,000 -8.33% 129
North of England +204 1,666 £52,500 -8.70% 27
North West +156 1,511 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Midlands +154 1,060 £42,500 -29.17% 16
West Midlands +132 929 £42,500 -29.17% 8
South East +171 657 £57,500 -17.56% 44
London +237 444 £75,000 +3.45% 51
East of England +120 409 £34,000 -38.18% 26
Yorkshire +74 155 £50,000 -18.37% 16
East Midlands +52 143 - - 8
South West +9 81 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Work from Home -54 60 £64,169 +5.63% 71
Wales -5 35 £65,000 -14.75% 3
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Scotland -20 6 £72,500 +16.00% 6
Northern Ireland -28 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 23 (0.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.16%) Confluence
3 4 (0.091%) CMS
3 4 (0.091%) WordPress
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (0.091%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.091%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.045%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.045%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.023%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.023%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.023%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.023%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.023%) Maximo
3 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,066 (92.26%) Cloud Computing
2 44 (1.00%) Azure
3 43 (0.98%) AWS
4 25 (0.57%) Entra ID
5 16 (0.36%) SaaS
6 12 (0.27%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (0.23%) Power Platform
8 9 (0.20%) GCP
9 6 (0.14%) GitHub
10 5 (0.11%) Amazon S3
10 5 (0.11%) Google Workspace
10 5 (0.11%) Serverless
11 4 (0.091%) Canva
11 4 (0.091%) IaaS
11 4 (0.091%) PaaS
11 4 (0.091%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.068%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.068%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.068%) Zapier
13 2 (0.045%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,056 (92.04%) Internet
2 28 (0.64%) Wireless
3 27 (0.61%) Network Security
4 14 (0.32%) Firewall
5 13 (0.29%) Bluetooth
6 9 (0.20%) Modbus
6 9 (0.20%) VPN
7 7 (0.16%) MQTT
8 6 (0.14%) DNS
9 4 (0.091%) 5G
9 4 (0.091%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.091%) WAN
10 3 (0.068%) DHCP
10 3 (0.068%) LAN
10 3 (0.068%) LTE
10 3 (0.068%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.068%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.068%) VLAN
10 3 (0.068%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.045%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (0.52%) Big Data
2 11 (0.25%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Power BI
4 6 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.11%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.11%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.068%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.045%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.045%) Informix
8 1 (0.023%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.023%) Amazon Redshift
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%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.023%) Relational Database
8 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%) Postman
2 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,150 (94.17%) Social Skills
2 4,072 (92.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,069 (92.33%) Banking
4 39 (0.88%) Manufacturing
5 34 (0.77%) Electronics
5 34 (0.77%) Marketing
6 31 (0.70%) Finance
7 20 (0.45%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (0.45%) Public Sector
8 17 (0.39%) Tech for Good
9 15 (0.34%) Telecoms
10 14 (0.32%) Wearables
11 10 (0.23%) Automotive
11 10 (0.23%) Retail
12 9 (0.20%) Law
13 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
14 6 (0.14%) French Language
14 6 (0.14%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.11%) Back Office
15 5 (0.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,159 (71.68%) Lecturer
2 53 (1.20%) Software Engineer
3 40 (0.91%) Developer
4 37 (0.84%) Senior
5 35 (0.79%) Embedded Engineer
6 29 (0.66%) Architect
7 23 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 23 (0.52%) Firmware Engineer
8 18 (0.41%) Principal Engineer
8 18 (0.41%) Principal Software Engineer
9 17 (0.39%) React Developer
10 16 (0.36%) Mobile Developer
10 16 (0.36%) Sales Manager
11 14 (0.32%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (0.27%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (0.27%) Analyst
12 12 (0.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 12 (0.27%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 12 (0.27%) IoT Developer
13 10 (0.23%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (0.50%) Node.js
1 22 (0.50%) React
2 18 (0.41%) React Native
3 9 (0.20%) .NET
3 9 (0.20%) REST
4 5 (0.11%) AngularJS
4 5 (0.11%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.068%) Kafka
5 3 (0.068%) OpenAPI
5 3 (0.068%) Swagger
6 2 (0.045%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.045%) Django
6 2 (0.045%) Next.js
6 2 (0.045%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.023%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.023%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.023%) Laravel
7 1 (0.023%) Middleware
7 1 (0.023%) OAuth
7 1 (0.023%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (0.50%) Mobile App
2 18 (0.41%) Smart Energy
3 17 (0.39%) Management Information System
4 13 (0.29%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (0.29%) SCADA
5 11 (0.25%) Operational Technology
5 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
6 10 (0.23%) Cloud Native
7 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.14%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.11%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.11%) Industry 4.0
9 5 (0.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 5 (0.11%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.091%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.091%) Machine to Machine
10 4 (0.091%) Robotics
10 4 (0.091%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (0.52%) Linux
2 14 (0.32%) Windows
3 10 (0.23%) Android
4 9 (0.20%) Unix
5 4 (0.091%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.091%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.068%) Ubuntu
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 4,116 (93.40%) Cybersecurity
2 4,077 (92.51%) AI
3 4,064 (92.22%) Web Development
4 4,063 (92.19%) Machine Learning
5 4,053 (91.97%) User Experience
6 66 (1.50%) Software Engineering
7 47 (1.07%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (0.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (0.84%) Agile
10 32 (0.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 30 (0.68%) Customer Service
12 29 (0.66%) ERP
12 29 (0.66%) Project Management
13 28 (0.64%) DevOps
14 27 (0.61%) Analytics
14 27 (0.61%) Digital Marketing
15 25 (0.57%) Roadmaps
16 24 (0.54%) Energy Management
17 22 (0.50%) Mentoring
18 20 (0.45%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 27 (0.61%) Python
2 20 (0.45%) Java
3 17 (0.39%) SQL
4 15 (0.34%) TypeScript
5 13 (0.29%) C++
6 11 (0.25%) C#
7 10 (0.23%) PHP
8 8 (0.18%) C
9 7 (0.16%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.091%) Bash
12 2 (0.045%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.045%) Go
12 2 (0.045%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.045%) Perl
12 2 (0.045%) VBA
13 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.023%) Groovy
13 1 (0.023%) Rust
13 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,101 (93.06%) Degree
2 4,069 (92.33%) Master's Degree
3 4,047 (91.83%) PhD
4 4,044 (91.76%) Postgraduate
5 26 (0.59%) HND
6 9 (0.20%) Security Cleared
7 6 (0.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.091%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.068%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.045%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.045%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.045%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.045%) CISM
11 2 (0.045%) CISSP
11 2 (0.045%) MBA
11 2 (0.045%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.045%) PMP
12 1 (0.023%) CCNA
12 1 (0.023%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (0.29%) QA
2 6 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.091%) GDPR
5 3 (0.068%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.068%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.068%) SLA
6 2 (0.045%) NIST
7 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.023%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.023%) GMP
7 1 (0.023%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (0.98%) Firmware
2 26 (0.59%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.20%) Docker
4 8 (0.18%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.091%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.068%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.023%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.068%) Grafana
4 2 (0.045%) Terraform
5 1 (0.023%) Galera Cluster
5 1 (0.023%) Nessus
5 1 (0.023%) Nmap
5 1 (0.023%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (1.04%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.23%) Google
2 10 (0.23%) SAP
3 8 (0.18%) EMC
4 5 (0.11%) Epicor
4 5 (0.11%) Infor
4 5 (0.11%) Oracle
5 4 (0.091%) Cisco
5 4 (0.091%) Fortinet
5 4 (0.091%) VMware
6 3 (0.068%) ConnectWise
6 3 (0.068%) Draytek
6 3 (0.068%) IBM
6 3 (0.068%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (0.045%) Apple
7 2 (0.045%) HP
7 2 (0.045%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.045%) Siemens
8 1 (0.023%) Reuters
8 1 (0.023%) Salesforce