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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 441 290
Rank change year-on-year +27 -151 +61
Permanent jobs citing IoT 353 250 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.57% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 1.31% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 269 156 780
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £92,500 £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 23,044 19,060 36,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.12% 43.11% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 14,606 8,942 23,441
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +12 295 £60,000 - 178
UK excluding London +20 257 £55,000 -8.33% 143
Work from Home +9 76 £70,000 +16.67% 78
South East +5 73 £55,000 -8.33% 50
London +14 68 £75,000 -7.69% 66
North of England +4 61 £52,500 -9.48% 19
South West -37 42 £52,500 -10.64% 24
Yorkshire -17 31 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Scotland +37 26 £60,000 -7.69% 10
Midlands -25 25 £42,500 -29.17% 19
North West +8 23 £52,500 -9.48% 12
East of England -3 22 £70,000 +21.74% 21
East Midlands -26 13 £42,500 -15.00% 7
West Midlands -24 12 £56,250 -13.46% 12
Northern Ireland -26 8 £65,000 +30.00% 7
North East - 7 £51,000 - 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 5 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.13%) CMS
2 4 (1.13%) Confluence
2 4 (1.13%) WordPress
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
Applications
1 8 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.13%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.57%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) Maximo
2 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.90%) AWS
1 42 (11.90%) Azure
2 14 (3.97%) SaaS
3 12 (3.40%) GCP
3 12 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (3.40%) Serverless
4 5 (1.42%) Amazon S3
4 5 (1.42%) AWS IoT
4 5 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.13%) Canva
5 4 (1.13%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.13%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (0.85%) Azure Functions
6 3 (0.85%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.57%) GitHub
7 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.35%) Wireless
2 21 (5.95%) Firewall
2 21 (5.95%) MQTT
3 18 (5.10%) Bluetooth
4 16 (4.53%) VPN
5 15 (4.25%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (3.40%) Internet
7 11 (3.12%) DNS
8 10 (2.83%) LoRaWAN
9 7 (1.98%) Modbus
10 5 (1.42%) DHCP
10 5 (1.42%) ZigBee
11 4 (1.13%) LTE
12 2 (0.57%) AMQP
12 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.57%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.57%) VoIP
13 1 (0.28%) MVNO
13 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.28%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.55%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.27%) MySQL
3 8 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.70%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.70%) Neo4j
5 3 (0.85%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.85%) Power BI
6 2 (0.57%) Big Data
6 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.57%) GIS
6 2 (0.57%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.57%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.28%) Flink
7 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.12%) Git
2 5 (1.42%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.42%) JIRA
3 4 (1.13%) GDB
3 4 (1.13%) GitLab
3 4 (1.13%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.28%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.28%) Poetry
4 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (15.58%) Electronics
2 46 (13.03%) Social Skills
3 30 (8.50%) Manufacturing
4 29 (8.22%) Finance
5 17 (4.82%) Telecoms
6 16 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.53%) Automotive
7 14 (3.97%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.40%) Tech for Good
9 11 (3.12%) Marketing
9 11 (3.12%) Wearables
10 8 (2.27%) Health Technology
11 7 (1.98%) Law
12 6 (1.70%) French Language
12 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.70%) Local Government
12 6 (1.70%) Social Housing
13 5 (1.42%) Retail
14 4 (1.13%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.13%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 69 (19.55%) Software Engineer
2 45 (12.75%) Embedded Engineer
3 39 (11.05%) Senior
4 30 (8.50%) Developer
5 27 (7.65%) Firmware Engineer
6 24 (6.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 22 (6.23%) Architect
8 19 (5.38%) Sales Manager
8 19 (5.38%) Technical Engineer
9 17 (4.82%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 15 (4.25%) Principal Engineer
10 15 (4.25%) Principal Software Engineer
10 15 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
11 14 (3.97%) Electronics Engineer
12 13 (3.68%) Support Engineer
13 11 (3.12%) Operations Engineer
13 11 (3.12%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.83%) 2nd Line Support
14 10 (2.83%) Electronics Test Engineer
14 10 (2.83%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.53%) Node.js
2 15 (4.25%) React
3 7 (1.98%) .NET
4 6 (1.70%) Yocto
5 4 (1.13%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.13%) pytest
5 4 (1.13%) React Native
5 4 (1.13%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (0.85%) REST
7 2 (0.57%) GStreamer
7 2 (0.57%) Kafka
7 2 (0.57%) pgvector
7 2 (0.57%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.28%) Anaconda
8 1 (0.28%) Blazor
8 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
8 1 (0.28%) Vue
8 1 (0.28%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.52%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (3.97%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.40%) Mobile App
3 12 (3.40%) Smart Energy
4 11 (3.12%) Device Driver
4 11 (3.12%) PropTech
5 10 (2.83%) Operational Technology
5 10 (2.83%) SCADA
6 8 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.27%) Robotics
6 8 (2.27%) Smart Home
7 7 (1.98%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.70%) NB-IoT
9 5 (1.42%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.42%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (1.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.61%) Linux
2 16 (4.53%) Windows
3 9 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.98%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (1.98%) Unix
5 5 (1.42%) Android
6 4 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (24.65%) Software Engineering
2 57 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (12.46%) AI
4 33 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (8.78%) Analytics
5 31 (8.78%) Collaborative Culture
6 29 (8.22%) Full-Stack Development
7 28 (7.93%) DevOps
8 27 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (6.80%) ERP
10 23 (6.52%) CRM
10 23 (6.52%) Energy Management
11 22 (6.23%) Mentoring
12 21 (5.95%) Roadmaps
13 20 (5.67%) Agile
14 19 (5.38%) Asset Management
15 18 (5.10%) CI/CD
16 17 (4.82%) Machine Learning
16 17 (4.82%) Tech Ops
17 16 (4.53%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.46%) Python
2 24 (6.80%) C++
3 19 (5.38%) SQL
4 16 (4.53%) TypeScript
5 15 (4.25%) C
5 15 (4.25%) Java
6 14 (3.97%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.68%) C#
8 10 (2.83%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.98%) Bash
10 6 (1.70%) Embedded C
10 6 (1.70%) PHP
11 4 (1.13%) Go
12 2 (0.57%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.28%) Groovy
13 1 (0.28%) Haskell
13 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.28%) OCaml
13 1 (0.28%) Rust
13 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (13.60%) Degree
2 12 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.83%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.98%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.70%) HND
6 5 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.13%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.57%) CISM
9 2 (0.57%) CISSP
9 2 (0.57%) MBA
10 1 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CISA
10 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.28%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.83%) QA
2 5 (1.42%) JTAG
3 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.85%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (15.01%) Firmware
2 28 (7.93%) Embedded Firmware
3 18 (5.10%) Docker
4 10 (2.83%) Active Directory
5 9 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.98%) vSphere
7 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (5.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.13%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.13%) Terraform
3 4 (1.13%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.85%) SCCM
5 2 (0.57%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.28%) MOM
Vendors
1 36 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.55%) Google
2 9 (2.55%) VMware
3 7 (1.98%) SAP
4 6 (1.70%) EMC
5 5 (1.42%) Cognizant
5 5 (1.42%) Oracle
6 4 (1.13%) Adobe
6 4 (1.13%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.85%) Aruba
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco
8 2 (0.57%) ConnectWise
8 2 (0.57%) dotdigital
8 2 (0.57%) Draytek
8 2 (0.57%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.57%) IFS
8 2 (0.57%) Meraki
8 2 (0.57%) Siemens
9 1 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.28%) Zscaler