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 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 393 302
Rank change year-on-year +359 -91 +50
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,401 284 929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.89% 0.67% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 17.36% 1.67% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 265 187 728
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £92,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 25,354 17,003 34,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.19% 40.20% 36.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,145 9,203 23,039
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +370 4,319 £60,000 - 210
UK excluding London +284 3,900 £60,000 - 185
North of England +214 1,667 £55,000 -5.17% 48
North West +168 1,503 £60,000 +4.35% 26
Midlands +157 1,059 £42,500 -32.00% 25
West Midlands +127 924 £43,750 -32.69% 10
South East +185 667 £55,000 - 39
London +232 451 £75,000 -6.25% 45
East of England +129 385 £60,000 +9.09% 33
Yorkshire +69 164 £52,500 -12.50% 17
East Midlands +62 147 £42,500 - 15
South West -22 72 £58,750 -2.08% 23
Work from Home -48 64 £70,000 +16.67% 67
Wales -24 33 - - 6
Scotland -17 16 £60,000 -4.00% 14
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Northern Ireland -35 5 £65,000 +30.00% 6

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 5 (0.11%) Confluence
2 4 (0.091%) CMS
2 4 (0.091%) WordPress
3 2 (0.045%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.023%) Apache
4 1 (0.023%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.023%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.023%) Mendix
Applications
1 8 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.091%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.045%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.023%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.045%) Maximo
2 2 (0.045%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,055 (92.14%) Cloud Computing
2 43 (0.98%) Azure
3 42 (0.95%) AWS
4 15 (0.34%) SaaS
5 11 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.23%) GCP
7 7 (0.16%) Power Platform
7 7 (0.16%) Serverless
8 5 (0.11%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.091%) Canva
9 4 (0.091%) GitHub
9 4 (0.091%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.091%) IaaS
9 4 (0.091%) PaaS
10 3 (0.068%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.068%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.045%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.045%) Google Play
11 2 (0.045%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.045%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4,043 (91.87%) Internet
2 32 (0.73%) Wireless
3 19 (0.43%) Bluetooth
3 19 (0.43%) Firewall
4 15 (0.34%) MQTT
5 13 (0.30%) VPN
6 10 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.20%) Modbus
8 8 (0.18%) DNS
9 6 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
10 3 (0.068%) 5G
10 3 (0.068%) DHCP
10 3 (0.068%) LTE
10 3 (0.068%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.068%) WAN
11 2 (0.045%) GSM
11 2 (0.045%) LAN
11 2 (0.045%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.023%) 3GPP
12 1 (0.023%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.55%) Big Data
2 12 (0.27%) MySQL
3 8 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.16%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.14%) Power BI
5 6 (0.14%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.11%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.11%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.091%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.091%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.045%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.045%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.045%) GIS
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 7 (0.16%) Git
2 5 (0.11%) JIRA
3 1 (0.023%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.023%) GitLab
3 1 (0.023%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.023%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.023%) Poetry
3 1 (0.023%) Zephyr
General
1 4,103 (93.23%) Social Skills
2 4,061 (92.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,058 (92.21%) Banking
4 46 (1.05%) Electronics
5 35 (0.80%) Manufacturing
6 32 (0.73%) Marketing
7 30 (0.68%) Finance
8 17 (0.39%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (0.39%) Automotive
9 16 (0.36%) Tech for Good
10 15 (0.34%) Public Sector
10 15 (0.34%) Telecoms
11 12 (0.27%) Wearables
12 11 (0.25%) Law
13 8 (0.18%) Health Technology
13 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
14 6 (0.14%) French Language
14 6 (0.14%) Retail
15 5 (0.11%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.091%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3,149 (71.55%) Lecturer
2 65 (1.48%) Software Engineer
3 45 (1.02%) Embedded Engineer
4 42 (0.95%) Senior
5 40 (0.91%) Developer
6 31 (0.70%) Architect
7 28 (0.64%) Firmware Engineer
8 23 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 22 (0.50%) Principal Engineer
9 22 (0.50%) Principal Software Engineer
10 19 (0.43%) Sales Manager
11 18 (0.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 16 (0.36%) Mobile Developer
13 15 (0.34%) React Developer
13 15 (0.34%) Senior Software Engineer
14 13 (0.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 13 (0.30%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 13 (0.30%) Support Engineer
15 12 (0.27%) 2nd Line Support
16 10 (0.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.45%) React
2 18 (0.41%) Node.js
2 18 (0.41%) React Native
3 9 (0.20%) REST
4 6 (0.14%) .NET
4 6 (0.14%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.11%) Spring Boot
6 4 (0.091%) Kafka
7 2 (0.045%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.045%) Django
7 2 (0.045%) Next.js
7 2 (0.045%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.045%) pgvector
7 2 (0.045%) Swagger
7 2 (0.045%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.023%) GStreamer
8 1 (0.023%) NumPy
8 1 (0.023%) OAuth
8 1 (0.023%) OpenID
8 1 (0.023%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (0.43%) Mobile App
1 19 (0.43%) Smart Energy
2 13 (0.30%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (0.30%) SCADA
3 12 (0.27%) PropTech
4 11 (0.25%) Cloud Native
5 10 (0.23%) Smart Home
6 9 (0.20%) Operational Technology
7 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.14%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (0.14%) Robotics
8 6 (0.14%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.11%) Device Driver
9 5 (0.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 5 (0.11%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.091%) Blog
10 4 (0.091%) Podcast
10 4 (0.091%) Social Media
10 4 (0.091%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 30 (0.68%) Linux
2 15 (0.34%) Windows
3 8 (0.18%) Android
3 8 (0.18%) Unix
4 5 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.11%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.068%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.045%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.045%) VMS
6 2 (0.045%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.023%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.023%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,072 (92.52%) Cybersecurity
2 4,070 (92.48%) AI
3 4,054 (92.12%) Web Development
4 4,050 (92.02%) Machine Learning
5 4,041 (91.82%) User Experience
6 80 (1.82%) Software Engineering
7 55 (1.25%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (0.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (0.75%) Business Analysis
10 32 (0.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 31 (0.70%) Analytics
12 27 (0.61%) Energy Management
12 27 (0.61%) ERP
13 26 (0.59%) Digital Marketing
14 25 (0.57%) Roadmaps
15 24 (0.55%) Agile
16 22 (0.50%) Collaborative Culture
16 22 (0.50%) Mentoring
17 21 (0.48%) DevOps
18 19 (0.43%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (0.68%) Python
2 18 (0.41%) SQL
3 17 (0.39%) Java
4 15 (0.34%) TypeScript
5 10 (0.23%) C++
5 10 (0.23%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.20%) C#
7 8 (0.18%) C
8 7 (0.16%) PHP
9 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.068%) Bash
11 2 (0.045%) Go
11 2 (0.045%) Perl
12 1 (0.023%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.023%) Groovy
12 1 (0.023%) Haskell
12 1 (0.023%) OCaml
12 1 (0.023%) Scala
12 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.023%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4,089 (92.91%) Degree
2 4,059 (92.23%) Master's Degree
3 4,037 (91.73%) PhD
4 4,034 (91.66%) Postgraduate
5 26 (0.59%) HND
6 7 (0.16%) Security Cleared
7 5 (0.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.091%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.045%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.045%) CISM
9 2 (0.045%) CISSP
9 2 (0.045%) MBA
10 1 (0.023%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.023%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.023%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.023%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.023%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.023%) PMP
10 1 (0.023%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.23%) QA
2 4 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.068%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.068%) GDPR
3 3 (0.068%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.045%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.045%) SLA
5 1 (0.023%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.023%) GMP
5 1 (0.023%) JTAG
5 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (1.20%) Firmware
2 32 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (0.30%) Docker
4 8 (0.18%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.068%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.068%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (0.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.091%) Terraform
4 3 (0.068%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (0.068%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.045%) Grafana
Vendors
1 29 (0.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.23%) Google
3 7 (0.16%) EMC
3 7 (0.16%) Oracle
4 6 (0.14%) SAP
4 6 (0.14%) VMware
5 5 (0.11%) Cognizant
6 4 (0.091%) Adobe
7 3 (0.068%) ConnectWise
7 3 (0.068%) Draytek
7 3 (0.068%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.068%) IBM
8 2 (0.045%) Apple
8 2 (0.045%) Cisco
8 2 (0.045%) HP
8 2 (0.045%) Meraki
8 2 (0.045%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.045%) Siemens
9 1 (0.023%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.023%) Salesforce