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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 364 301
Rank change year-on-year +334 -63 +85
Permanent jobs citing IoT 4,413 307 851
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.63% 0.75% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.71% 1.92% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 272 202 669
10th Percentile £33,500 £44,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £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 23,589 15,957 32,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 38.73% 36.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12,083 8,966 22,327
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £44,355 £38,513
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,800 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £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 30 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 30 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 +332 4,344 £55,000 -8.33% 183
UK excluding London +268 3,917 £55,000 -8.33% 139
North of England +203 1,667 £50,000 -13.04% 26
North West +153 1,510 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Midlands +152 1,062 £42,500 -29.17% 19
West Midlands +133 930 £42,500 -29.17% 12
South East +168 662 £55,000 -21.43% 45
London +241 448 £75,000 +3.45% 59
East of England +119 408 £34,000 -38.18% 26
Yorkshire +68 157 £50,000 -16.67% 15
East Midlands +55 144 - - 7
South West -15 77 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Work from Home -45 60 £65,000 +8.33% 71
Wales -14 34 - - 3
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Scotland -27 7 £72,500 +16.00% 8
Northern Ireland -31 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 5 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.091%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.045%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.045%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.023%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.023%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.023%) Maximo
4 1 (0.023%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,066 (92.14%) Cloud Computing
2 44 (1.00%) AWS
3 41 (0.93%) Azure
4 25 (0.57%) Entra ID
5 15 (0.34%) SaaS
6 12 (0.27%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (0.23%) Power Platform
8 9 (0.20%) GCP
9 5 (0.11%) Amazon S3
9 5 (0.11%) GitHub
9 5 (0.11%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.11%) Serverless
10 4 (0.091%) Canva
10 4 (0.091%) IaaS
10 4 (0.091%) PaaS
10 4 (0.091%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.068%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.068%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.068%) Zapier
12 2 (0.045%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4,055 (91.89%) Internet
2 29 (0.66%) Wireless
3 26 (0.59%) Network Security
4 15 (0.34%) Firewall
5 14 (0.32%) Bluetooth
6 10 (0.23%) VPN
7 9 (0.20%) Modbus
7 9 (0.20%) MQTT
8 6 (0.14%) DNS
9 5 (0.11%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (0.091%) 5G
10 4 (0.091%) WAN
10 4 (0.091%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.068%) DHCP
11 3 (0.068%) LAN
11 3 (0.068%) LTE
11 3 (0.068%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.068%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.068%) VLAN
12 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 7 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.11%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.091%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.091%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.068%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.045%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.045%) Informix
9 1 (0.023%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.023%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.023%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.023%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.023%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.023%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.023%) GIS
9 1 (0.023%) Pinecone
9 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 4,146 (93.95%) Social Skills
2 4,072 (92.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,069 (92.20%) Banking
4 40 (0.91%) Manufacturing
5 35 (0.79%) Electronics
6 34 (0.77%) Marketing
7 31 (0.70%) Finance
8 21 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (0.45%) Public Sector
10 17 (0.39%) Telecoms
11 16 (0.36%) Tech for Good
12 14 (0.32%) Wearables
13 12 (0.27%) Automotive
14 10 (0.23%) Law
15 9 (0.20%) Retail
16 8 (0.18%) Social Housing
17 7 (0.16%) Health Technology
18 6 (0.14%) French Language
19 5 (0.11%) Back Office
19 5 (0.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,159 (71.58%) Lecturer
2 57 (1.29%) Software Engineer
3 39 (0.88%) Embedded Engineer
4 38 (0.86%) Developer
5 37 (0.84%) Senior
6 29 (0.66%) Architect
7 23 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 23 (0.52%) Firmware Engineer
8 20 (0.45%) Principal Engineer
8 20 (0.45%) Principal Software Engineer
8 20 (0.45%) Sales Manager
9 17 (0.39%) React Developer
10 16 (0.36%) Mobile Developer
11 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 14 (0.32%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 14 (0.32%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (0.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 12 (0.27%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (0.27%) Analyst
13 12 (0.27%) IoT Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (0.50%) React
2 20 (0.45%) Node.js
3 18 (0.41%) React Native
4 9 (0.20%) REST
5 7 (0.16%) .NET
6 5 (0.11%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.091%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.068%) Kafka
9 2 (0.045%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.045%) Django
9 2 (0.045%) Next.js
9 2 (0.045%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.045%) Swagger
9 2 (0.045%) WebSockets
10 1 (0.023%) GraphQL
10 1 (0.023%) GStreamer
10 1 (0.023%) Laravel
10 1 (0.023%) OAuth
10 1 (0.023%) pgvector
10 1 (0.023%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (0.45%) Mobile App
1 20 (0.45%) Smart Energy
2 17 (0.39%) Management Information System
3 13 (0.29%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (0.29%) SCADA
4 11 (0.25%) Operational Technology
4 11 (0.25%) Smart Home
5 9 (0.20%) Cloud Native
6 7 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (0.14%) Driving Licence
8 5 (0.11%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (0.11%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (0.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 5 (0.11%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.11%) Product Ownership
8 5 (0.11%) PropTech
8 5 (0.11%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.091%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.091%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (0.52%) Linux
2 13 (0.29%) Windows
3 9 (0.20%) Android
4 8 (0.18%) Unix
5 4 (0.091%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.091%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.091%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.045%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.045%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.023%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.023%) Solaris
7 1 (0.023%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,114 (93.22%) Cybersecurity
2 4,077 (92.39%) AI
3 4,064 (92.09%) Web Development
4 4,062 (92.05%) Machine Learning
5 4,053 (91.84%) User Experience
6 70 (1.59%) Software Engineering
7 51 (1.16%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (0.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (0.77%) Agile
10 33 (0.75%) Full-Stack Development
11 30 (0.68%) Customer Service
11 30 (0.68%) ERP
12 29 (0.66%) Project Management
13 27 (0.61%) Digital Marketing
14 26 (0.59%) Analytics
14 26 (0.59%) DevOps
14 26 (0.59%) Energy Management
15 25 (0.57%) Roadmaps
16 24 (0.54%) Business Analysis
17 21 (0.48%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (0.61%) Python
2 17 (0.39%) Java
3 16 (0.36%) SQL
4 14 (0.32%) TypeScript
5 12 (0.27%) C++
6 9 (0.20%) C#
6 9 (0.20%) PHP
7 8 (0.18%) C
8 7 (0.16%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.14%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.091%) Bash
11 2 (0.045%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.045%) Go
11 2 (0.045%) Perl
11 2 (0.045%) VBA
12 1 (0.023%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.023%) Groovy
12 1 (0.023%) R
12 1 (0.023%) Rust
12 1 (0.023%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,101 (92.93%) Degree
2 4,069 (92.20%) Master's Degree
3 4,047 (91.71%) PhD
4 4,044 (91.64%) 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%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.023%) Network+ Certification
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
7 1 (0.023%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (1.00%) Firmware
2 27 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.20%) Docker
4 5 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.068%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.068%) Grafana
4 2 (0.045%) Galera Cluster
4 2 (0.045%) Terraform
4 2 (0.045%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.023%) Nessus
5 1 (0.023%) Nmap
Vendors
1 48 (1.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (0.25%) SAP
3 10 (0.23%) Google
4 8 (0.18%) EMC
5 5 (0.11%) Epicor
5 5 (0.11%) Infor
5 5 (0.11%) Oracle
5 5 (0.11%) VMware
6 4 (0.091%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.068%) Cisco
7 3 (0.068%) ConnectWise
7 3 (0.068%) Draytek
7 3 (0.068%) IBM
7 3 (0.068%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.045%) Apple
8 2 (0.045%) HP
8 2 (0.045%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.045%) Siemens
9 1 (0.023%) Adobe
9 1 (0.023%) Atlassian