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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 418 295
Rank change year-on-year +364 -123 +52
Permanent jobs citing IoT 2,815 260 954
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.05% 0.59% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.50% 1.39% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 276 176 744
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +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 £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% -5.58%

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 24,470 18,713 34,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.53% 42.61% 35.72%
Number of salaries quoted 13,862 9,069 23,011
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £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 £110,450 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,763 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -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 21 May 2026.

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 21 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 +388 2,749 £62,500 +4.17% 237
UK excluding London +312 2,575 £58,750 -2.08% 210
North of England +241 1,051 £60,000 +1.69% 32
Midlands +172 1,007 £42,500 -29.17% 24
North West +207 927 £60,000 +3.45% 18
West Midlands +121 925 £56,250 -13.46% 8
South East +147 272 £55,000 - 55
London +111 198 £75,000 -6.25% 70
East of England +105 153 £70,000 +27.27% 34
Yorkshire +66 120 £60,000 - 11
East Midlands +52 94 £42,500 -15.00% 16
Work from Home +2 72 £75,000 +25.00% 78
South West -44 52 £55,000 -8.33% 36
Scotland +16 22 £60,000 -7.69% 21
Wales -44 14 - - 3
Northern Ireland -34 6 £65,000 +30.00% 12
North East - 4 £51,000 - 3
Channel Islands - 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 (0.18%) Confluence
2 4 (0.14%) CMS
2 4 (0.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.14%) WordPress
3 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.036%) Apache
4 1 (0.036%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.036%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.036%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.036%) Mendix
Applications
1 8 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.14%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.071%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.036%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.071%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.071%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.036%) Maximo
2 1 (0.036%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,458 (87.32%) Cloud Computing
2 44 (1.56%) AWS
2 44 (1.56%) Azure
3 16 (0.57%) SaaS
4 13 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (0.43%) GCP
6 9 (0.32%) Serverless
7 5 (0.18%) Amazon S3
7 5 (0.18%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.14%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.14%) Canva
8 4 (0.14%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.11%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.11%) AWS IoT
9 3 (0.11%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.11%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.071%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.071%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.071%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.071%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2,459 (87.35%) Internet
2 33 (1.17%) Wireless
3 21 (0.75%) Firewall
4 18 (0.64%) Bluetooth
4 18 (0.64%) MQTT
5 15 (0.53%) VPN
6 14 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.43%) DNS
8 9 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
9 8 (0.28%) Modbus
10 5 (0.18%) DHCP
11 4 (0.14%) LTE
11 4 (0.14%) ZigBee
12 3 (0.11%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.071%) TCP/IP
14 1 (0.036%) 3GPP
14 1 (0.036%) LAN
14 1 (0.036%) RFID
14 1 (0.036%) VoIP
14 1 (0.036%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.53%) Big Data
2 10 (0.36%) MySQL
3 8 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.28%) NoSQL
3 8 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.28%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.21%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.18%) Neo4j
6 4 (0.14%) Power BI
7 3 (0.11%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.071%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.071%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.071%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.071%) GIS
8 2 (0.071%) Informix
8 2 (0.071%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.036%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.036%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.036%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (0.36%) Git
2 5 (0.18%) JIRA
3 4 (0.14%) GitLab
3 4 (0.14%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.11%) GDB
4 3 (0.11%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.036%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.036%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.036%) Poetry
5 1 (0.036%) Zephyr
General
1 2,506 (89.02%) Social Skills
2 2,465 (87.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,461 (87.42%) Banking
4 51 (1.81%) Electronics
5 31 (1.10%) Manufacturing
6 30 (1.07%) Finance
7 23 (0.82%) Marketing
8 18 (0.64%) Tech for Good
9 17 (0.60%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (0.57%) Automotive
10 16 (0.57%) Telecoms
11 14 (0.50%) Public Sector
12 11 (0.39%) Wearables
13 10 (0.36%) Social Housing
14 8 (0.28%) Health Technology
15 7 (0.25%) Law
16 6 (0.21%) French Language
17 5 (0.18%) Retail
18 4 (0.14%) Local Government
18 4 (0.14%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1,859 (66.04%) Lecturer
2 72 (2.56%) Software Engineer
3 48 (1.71%) Senior
4 47 (1.67%) Embedded Engineer
5 32 (1.14%) Developer
6 28 (0.99%) Firmware Engineer
7 27 (0.96%) Architect
8 23 (0.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 20 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 18 (0.64%) Principal Engineer
10 18 (0.64%) Principal Software Engineer
10 18 (0.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (0.60%) Sales Manager
12 14 (0.50%) Support Engineer
12 14 (0.50%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (0.43%) Electronics Engineer
14 11 (0.39%) 2nd Line Support
14 11 (0.39%) Systems Engineer
15 10 (0.36%) Senior Developer
15 10 (0.36%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (0.67%) React
2 17 (0.60%) Node.js
3 7 (0.25%) REST
4 6 (0.21%) .NET
4 6 (0.21%) React Native
5 5 (0.18%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.18%) Spring Boot
5 5 (0.18%) Yocto
6 3 (0.11%) Kafka
6 3 (0.11%) pytest
6 3 (0.11%) Unity DI Container
7 2 (0.071%) pgvector
8 1 (0.036%) Anaconda
8 1 (0.036%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.036%) Next.js
8 1 (0.036%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.036%) PostGIS
8 1 (0.036%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.036%) SAML
8 1 (0.036%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (0.53%) Smart Energy
3 14 (0.50%) Mobile App
4 12 (0.43%) Cloud Native
4 12 (0.43%) SCADA
4 12 (0.43%) Smart Home
5 11 (0.39%) PropTech
6 10 (0.36%) Device Driver
7 9 (0.32%) Operational Technology
8 8 (0.28%) Robotics
9 7 (0.25%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (0.25%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.21%) NB-IoT
11 5 (0.18%) e-Learning
11 5 (0.18%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.14%) Blog
12 4 (0.14%) Podcast
12 4 (0.14%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 41 (1.46%) Linux
2 17 (0.60%) Windows
3 10 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.32%) Unix
5 7 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (0.21%) Android
7 4 (0.14%) VMS
8 3 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.036%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.036%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.036%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,487 (88.35%) AI
2 2,482 (88.17%) Cybersecurity
3 2,464 (87.53%) Machine Learning
4 2,457 (87.28%) Web Development
5 2,451 (87.07%) User Experience
6 91 (3.23%) Software Engineering
7 55 (1.95%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (1.24%) Analytics
8 35 (1.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (0.99%) Full-Stack Development
10 26 (0.92%) Collaborative Culture
10 26 (0.92%) DevOps
10 26 (0.92%) Energy Management
11 25 (0.89%) Business Analysis
12 23 (0.82%) ERP
13 21 (0.75%) Mentoring
13 21 (0.75%) Roadmaps
14 20 (0.71%) Agile
15 19 (0.67%) Asset Management
15 19 (0.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 41 (1.46%) Python
2 20 (0.71%) C++
2 20 (0.71%) Java
3 17 (0.60%) SQL
3 17 (0.60%) TypeScript
4 14 (0.50%) C
4 14 (0.50%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.39%) C#
5 11 (0.39%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.21%) PHP
7 5 (0.18%) Bash
8 4 (0.14%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.11%) Go
10 2 (0.071%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.071%) Perl
11 1 (0.036%) Groovy
11 1 (0.036%) Haskell
11 1 (0.036%) OCaml
11 1 (0.036%) Scala
11 1 (0.036%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2,505 (88.99%) Degree
2 2,466 (87.60%) Master's Degree
3 2,447 (86.93%) PhD
4 2,445 (86.86%) Postgraduate
5 18 (0.64%) HND
6 11 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.25%) Security Cleared
8 5 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.14%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.11%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.071%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.071%) CISM
11 2 (0.071%) CISSP
11 2 (0.071%) MBA
12 1 (0.036%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.036%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.036%) CISA
12 1 (0.036%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.036%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (0.32%) QA
2 4 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (0.14%) JTAG
3 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.11%) GDPR
3 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.071%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.036%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.036%) GMP
5 1 (0.036%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (1.92%) Firmware
2 31 (1.10%) Embedded Firmware
3 16 (0.57%) Docker
4 10 (0.36%) Active Directory
5 9 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.21%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.036%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (0.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.14%) Terraform
4 3 (0.11%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (0.11%) SCCM
4 3 (0.11%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.071%) Grafana
6 1 (0.036%) MOM
Vendors
1 35 (1.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (0.32%) Google
2 9 (0.32%) VMware
3 7 (0.25%) EMC
3 7 (0.25%) SAP
4 5 (0.18%) Cognizant
4 5 (0.18%) Oracle
5 4 (0.14%) Adobe
6 3 (0.11%) Aruba
6 3 (0.11%) ConnectWise
6 3 (0.11%) Draytek
6 3 (0.11%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.071%) Cisco
7 2 (0.071%) HP
7 2 (0.071%) IBM
7 2 (0.071%) Meraki
7 2 (0.071%) Siemens
8 1 (0.036%) Mapbox
8 1 (0.036%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.036%) Salesforce