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 have cited IoT over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 364 316
Rank change year-on-year +62 -48 +12
Permanent jobs citing IoT 971 858 2,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.90% 1.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.72% 2.09% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 752 498 899
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,898 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
UK

IoT is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,704 41,042 81,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.22% 43.07% 48.43%
Number of salaries quoted 23,159 22,548 34,282
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

IoT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IoT in the UK

IoT
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IoT.

Salary trend for IoT in the UK

IoT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IoT over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

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 31 May 2024. 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 +73 880 £57,500 -8.00% 289
UK excluding London +59 746 £55,000 -5.98% 206
Work from Home +27 349 £60,000 -4.00% 117
South East +51 192 £57,500 -17.86% 54
London +73 183 £67,500 -10.12% 82
North of England +46 172 £55,000 +4.76% 25
East of England +32 171 £56,250 -10.00% 38
Midlands +47 100 £55,000 +12.82% 49
North West -5 95 £50,000 -13.42% 16
West Midlands +28 59 £56,250 +25.00% 25
Yorkshire +62 55 £65,000 +52.94% 6
South West -34 55 £56,250 -10.00% 22
East Midlands +1 41 £51,500 +5.64% 24
Scotland -49 36 £60,000 -2.04% 17
North East +7 22 £56,250 +2.27% 3
Northern Ireland - 14 £70,000 - 2
Wales -1 6 £72,500 +20.83% 2

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (2.37%) Confluence
2 18 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.75%) Apache
4 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.62%) IIS
5 6 (0.62%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.51%) nginx
7 4 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.31%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
Applications
1 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.62%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.41%) Misys Midas
2 4 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.31%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.21%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 163 (16.79%) AWS
2 149 (15.35%) Azure
3 50 (5.15%) Cloud Computing
4 46 (4.74%) GitHub
5 35 (3.60%) AWS IoT
5 35 (3.60%) GCP
6 26 (2.68%) Serverless
7 22 (2.27%) Power Platform
8 20 (2.06%) SaaS
9 19 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (1.85%) IaaS
11 17 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.54%) Nutanix
13 13 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.03%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 87 (8.96%) Wireless
2 86 (8.86%) Internet
3 60 (6.18%) TCP/IP
4 48 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
5 47 (4.84%) MQTT
6 44 (4.53%) Firewall
6 44 (4.53%) WAN
7 41 (4.22%) Bluetooth
8 26 (2.68%) 4G
9 24 (2.47%) 5G
9 24 (2.47%) HTTP
10 23 (2.37%) LAN
11 21 (2.16%) DNS
11 21 (2.16%) ZigBee
12 18 (1.85%) MPLS
13 15 (1.54%) RS-232
14 14 (1.44%) Modbus
15 13 (1.34%) VoIP
16 12 (1.24%) Unified Communications
17 11 (1.13%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.74%) MySQL
2 30 (3.09%) NoSQL
3 21 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.06%) Big Data
4 20 (2.06%) Power BI
5 18 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.75%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.44%) DynamoDB
8 12 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.82%) SQL Server
11 4 (0.41%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.41%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.41%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.41%) Tableau
12 3 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.31%) Data Hub
13 2 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 79 (8.14%) Git
2 56 (5.77%) JIRA
3 25 (2.57%) Subversion
4 22 (2.27%) Oracle APEX
5 19 (1.96%) Jenkins
6 18 (1.85%) Visual Studio
7 7 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.72%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.72%) GitLab
7 7 (0.72%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.72%) Selenium
8 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.62%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.62%) MSTest
8 6 (0.62%) PHPUnit
8 6 (0.62%) Xcode
9 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.21%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.10%) Mockito
11 1 (0.10%) Moq
General
1 287 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 147 (15.14%) Electronics
3 129 (13.29%) Automotive
4 114 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
5 90 (9.27%) Manufacturing
6 83 (8.55%) Finance
7 72 (7.42%) Marketing
8 57 (5.87%) Telecoms
9 53 (5.46%) Public Sector
10 42 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (3.60%) Aerospace
12 34 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (3.30%) Games
14 30 (3.09%) Law
15 26 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 20 (2.06%) Tech for Good
17 18 (1.85%) Retail
18 16 (1.65%) Legal
19 15 (1.54%) Social Housing
20 12 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 230 (23.69%) Senior
2 217 (22.35%) Developer
3 183 (18.85%) Software Engineer
4 114 (11.74%) Embedded Engineer
5 87 (8.96%) Architect
5 87 (8.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 76 (7.83%) Consultant
7 73 (7.52%) Senior Developer
8 53 (5.46%) Hardware Engineer
9 49 (5.05%) Senior Software Engineer
9 49 (5.05%) Software Developer
10 48 (4.94%) Lead
11 43 (4.43%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 41 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
13 39 (4.02%) Senior Hardware Engineer
14 32 (3.30%) Systems Engineer
15 30 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 27 (2.78%) Analyst
16 27 (2.78%) Electronics Engineer
17 25 (2.57%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (8.75%) Node.js
2 55 (5.66%) HTML
3 44 (4.53%) CSS
4 41 (4.22%) .NET
5 34 (3.50%) React
6 30 (3.09%) JSON
7 24 (2.47%) AngularJS
7 24 (2.47%) jQuery
7 24 (2.47%) REST
7 24 (2.47%) RESTful
8 20 (2.06%) Yocto
9 18 (1.85%) web3js
10 16 (1.65%) GraphQL
11 14 (1.44%) Flask
12 13 (1.34%) Web Services
13 12 (1.24%) .NET Core
13 12 (1.24%) .NET Framework
13 12 (1.24%) Kafka
13 12 (1.24%) RabbitMQ
14 11 (1.13%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 46 (4.74%) Mobile App
2 36 (3.71%) Raspberry Pi
3 35 (3.60%) Client/Server
3 35 (3.60%) Embedded Systems
4 28 (2.88%) Driving Licence
5 26 (2.68%) Blockchain
5 26 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.68%) Robotics
6 24 (2.47%) Renewable Energy
7 23 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (2.16%) Blog
9 19 (1.96%) Operational Technology
10 18 (1.85%) Web3
11 17 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.75%) Smart Home
12 16 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.65%) ARM Cortex
12 16 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.65%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.54%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 203 (20.91%) Linux
2 58 (5.97%) Windows
3 48 (4.94%) Embedded Linux
4 41 (4.22%) Apple iOS
5 34 (3.50%) Android
6 17 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.44%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.72%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.41%) VMS
10 3 (0.31%) Debian
10 3 (0.31%) Unix
10 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.10%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.10%) Solaris
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (29.04%) Software Engineering
2 175 (18.02%) Agile
3 162 (16.68%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
5 131 (13.49%) Artificial Intelligence
6 124 (12.77%) Mentoring
7 109 (11.23%) DevOps
8 92 (9.47%) Computer Science
9 81 (8.34%) Analytics
10 74 (7.62%) Project Management
11 73 (7.52%) Technical Leadership
12 70 (7.21%) CI/CD
13 65 (6.69%) Microservices
14 64 (6.59%) Machine Learning
15 59 (6.08%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (5.66%) Decision-Making
17 50 (5.15%) Software Testing
18 49 (5.05%) Business Development
18 49 (5.05%) Customer Requirements
19 45 (4.63%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 230 (23.69%) Python
2 154 (15.86%) C
3 100 (10.30%) JavaScript
4 97 (9.99%) C++
5 94 (9.68%) SQL
6 70 (7.21%) TypeScript
7 65 (6.69%) C#
8 58 (5.97%) Java
9 47 (4.84%) Embedded C
10 40 (4.12%) SystemVerilog
11 30 (3.09%) Bash
12 26 (2.68%) PHP
13 19 (1.96%) Perl
14 17 (1.75%) PL/SQL
15 14 (1.44%) Rust
16 12 (1.24%) PowerShell
17 11 (1.13%) Embedded C++
17 11 (1.13%) Kotlin
17 11 (1.13%) Swift
18 9 (0.93%) Go
Qualifications
1 226 (23.27%) Degree
2 52 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 45 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (3.81%) Master's Degree
5 18 (1.85%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.65%) CISSP
6 16 (1.65%) HND
7 15 (1.54%) PhD
8 14 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.34%) SC Cleared
10 11 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.13%) HNC
11 10 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.93%) CTC Cleared
12 9 (0.93%) GIAC
12 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.82%) CISA
13 8 (0.82%) SANS
14 7 (0.72%) CREST Certified
14 7 (0.72%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (6.08%) QA
2 26 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (2.06%) GDPR
4 19 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 19 (1.96%) SLA
5 18 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.75%) ISO 13485
7 10 (1.03%) IEC 62304
7 10 (1.03%) ISO 9001
7 10 (1.03%) NIST
8 9 (0.93%) COSHH
8 9 (0.93%) MISRA
9 8 (0.82%) JTAG
10 6 (0.62%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.41%) IEC 61131
12 4 (0.41%) PMO
13 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.10%) GxP
System Software
1 54 (5.56%) Firmware
2 35 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 33 (3.40%) Docker
4 28 (2.88%) Hyper-V
5 26 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.62%) Forefront TMG
8 6 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.47%) Ansible
3 20 (2.06%) Terraform
4 17 (1.75%) FortiGate
5 12 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.13%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.72%) Nessus
7 7 (0.72%) Nmap
8 6 (0.62%) Opsgenie
8 6 (0.62%) SCOM
8 6 (0.62%) WSUS
9 5 (0.51%) Grafana
10 4 (0.41%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.10%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.10%) MOM
11 1 (0.10%) Puppet
11 1 (0.10%) SCCM
11 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (9.58%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.50%) VMware
3 31 (3.19%) Google
3 31 (3.19%) Synopsys
4 30 (3.09%) SAP
5 29 (2.99%) Oracle
6 28 (2.88%) Cadence
6 28 (2.88%) Cisco
7 19 (1.96%) HP
8 17 (1.75%) Darktrace
8 17 (1.75%) NEC
9 13 (1.34%) Aruba
10 12 (1.24%) EMC
11 11 (1.13%) BT
12 9 (0.93%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.93%) Mitel
12 9 (0.93%) Ribbon
13 8 (0.82%) NVIDIA
13 8 (0.82%) Xamarin
14 7 (0.72%) Qualys