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 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 316 365
Rank change year-on-year -105 +49 +11
Permanent jobs citing IoT 258 556 432
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.82% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 2.52% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 181 356 336
10th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £41,875
25th Percentile £39,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £79,375 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -9.97%

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 19,229 22,107 21,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 38.49% 32.49% 39.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10,406 10,820 15,972
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +1.85%

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025. 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 -79 230 £55,000 -8.33% 357
UK excluding London -79 207 £55,000 -4.35% 279
Work from Home -50 67 £55,000 -8.33% 122
East of England +12 63 £57,500 -4.17% 27
London +3 37 £75,000 +7.14% 167
North of England -23 34 £55,000 +25.71% 28
South East -41 33 £67,500 +12.50% 144
South West +23 31 £45,000 -21.74% 39
North West 0 30 £55,000 +37.50% 14
Midlands +9 28 £52,500 -12.50% 25
East Midlands -14 16 £55,000 -8.33% 12
West Midlands +28 12 £51,250 -16.67% 12
Wales -8 11 £51,500 +87.27% 7
Scotland -25 4 £57,250 +43.13% 5
Northern Ireland +1 3 £70,000 - 8
Yorkshire -9 3 £55,000 -21.43% 13
North East +11 1 £40,000 -20.79% 1

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 37 (14.34%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.98%) Confluence
3 3 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.16%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) nginx
4 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.39%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (3.49%) AutoCAD
1 9 (3.49%) Revit
2 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.16%) Blender
4 3 (1.16%) Civil 3D
4 3 (1.16%) Navisworks
4 3 (1.16%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.16%) SAP EWM
3 3 (1.16%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.78%) SAP APO
4 2 (0.78%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.78%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.78%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.39%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.39%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.39%) Shopify
5 1 (0.39%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 55 (21.32%) Azure
2 33 (12.79%) AWS
3 25 (9.69%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.30%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.36%) Power Automate
5 19 (7.36%) Serverless
6 18 (6.98%) PowerApps
7 12 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (4.65%) GCP
8 9 (3.49%) SaaS
9 8 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.55%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.16%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.16%) Firebase
11 3 (1.16%) GitHub
11 3 (1.16%) SurveyMonkey
12 2 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.78%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.05%) Internet
2 41 (15.89%) Network Security
3 31 (12.02%) Wireless
4 29 (11.24%) Modbus
5 24 (9.30%) MQTT
6 15 (5.81%) Ethernet
7 11 (4.26%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.88%) Firewall
8 10 (3.88%) WAN
9 8 (3.10%) VLAN
9 8 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.71%) 5G
10 7 (2.71%) LAN
10 7 (2.71%) LoRaWAN
11 6 (2.33%) Bluetooth
11 6 (2.33%) VoIP
12 4 (1.55%) 802.11
12 4 (1.55%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (1.55%) WLAN
12 4 (1.55%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.10%) MySQL
2 7 (2.71%) MongoDB
2 7 (2.71%) Power BI
3 6 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.94%) Big Data
5 4 (1.55%) ClickHouse
5 4 (1.55%) GIS
5 4 (1.55%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.16%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.16%) QGIS
7 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.78%) Hazelcast
7 2 (0.78%) Metadata
7 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (9.69%) JIRA
2 11 (4.26%) Git
3 4 (1.55%) GitLab
4 3 (1.16%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.16%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.78%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.78%) MLflow
5 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.39%) Postman
6 1 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.39%) Selenium
6 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 97 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.28%) Manufacturing
3 34 (13.18%) Finance
4 27 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.75%) Automotive
6 19 (7.36%) Electronics
6 19 (7.36%) Marketing
7 17 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (6.59%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (6.59%) Public Sector
8 15 (5.81%) Telecoms
9 13 (5.04%) Retail
10 11 (4.26%) Banking
11 8 (3.10%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.33%) Back Office
12 6 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.33%) Law
12 6 (2.33%) Tech for Good
13 5 (1.94%) Agriculture
13 5 (1.94%) Games
Job Titles
1 32 (12.40%) Senior
2 26 (10.08%) Developer
3 19 (7.36%) Architect
3 19 (7.36%) Lead
4 15 (5.81%) Software Engineer
5 14 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (4.26%) Automation Engineer
6 11 (4.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 10 (3.88%) Lecturer
8 9 (3.49%) Embedded Engineer
8 9 (3.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.10%) Backend Developer
9 8 (3.10%) Senior Developer
10 7 (2.71%) Head of Development
10 7 (2.71%) Sales Manager
11 6 (2.33%) Analyst
11 6 (2.33%) Business Manager
11 6 (2.33%) Consultant
11 6 (2.33%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.81%) .NET
2 9 (3.49%) React
3 8 (3.10%) CSS
4 6 (2.33%) AngularJS
4 6 (2.33%) Node.js
5 4 (1.55%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.55%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.55%) REST
6 3 (1.16%) HTML
6 3 (1.16%) Kafka
6 3 (1.16%) Leaflet
6 3 (1.16%) OpenAPI
6 3 (1.16%) PostGIS
6 3 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (1.16%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.16%) SAPUI5
6 3 (1.16%) Swagger
6 3 (1.16%) Yocto
7 2 (0.78%) Django
7 2 (0.78%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.53%) Management Information System
1 22 (8.53%) Operational Technology
2 20 (7.75%) SCADA
3 15 (5.81%) Industry 4.0
3 15 (5.81%) Renewable Energy
4 13 (5.04%) Biopharmaceutical
5 12 (4.65%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (3.88%) Driving Licence
7 10 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.71%) Home Automation
9 6 (2.33%) Device Driver
9 6 (2.33%) Digital Signage
9 6 (2.33%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.94%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.94%) Robotics
10 5 (1.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.59%) Linux
2 15 (5.81%) Windows
3 9 (3.49%) Unix
4 5 (1.94%) Android
4 5 (1.94%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.55%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (1.16%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.39%) Debian
7 1 (0.39%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.07%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (24.81%) Agile
3 48 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (14.73%) AI
4 38 (14.73%) Mentoring
5 33 (12.79%) DevOps
6 32 (12.40%) Machine Learning
6 32 (12.40%) Project Management
7 31 (12.02%) Project Delivery
8 30 (11.63%) Customer Service
9 29 (11.24%) Business Development
9 29 (11.24%) Software Engineering
10 28 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.08%) Computer Science
11 26 (10.08%) Roadmaps
12 24 (9.30%) Prototyping
13 23 (8.91%) Analytics
14 21 (8.14%) User Experience
15 20 (7.75%) Network Design
16 19 (7.36%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 53 (20.54%) Python
2 26 (10.08%) C#
2 26 (10.08%) C++
3 21 (8.14%) SQL
4 18 (6.98%) C
4 18 (6.98%) PowerShell
5 17 (6.59%) Java
6 14 (5.43%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.88%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.49%) PHP
8 9 (3.49%) Ruby
9 8 (3.10%) Elixir
9 8 (3.10%) Go
10 6 (2.33%) R
11 4 (1.55%) Bash
12 3 (1.16%) Embedded C
12 3 (1.16%) Rust
13 2 (0.78%) Bicep
13 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (24.81%) Degree
2 18 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.81%) HNC
3 15 (5.81%) HND
3 15 (5.81%) Master's Degree
4 13 (5.04%) Chartered Engineer
5 12 (4.65%) PhD
5 12 (4.65%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.26%) Postgraduate
7 10 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.55%) PMP
10 3 (1.16%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.78%) CISA
11 2 (0.78%) CISM
11 2 (0.78%) CISSP
11 2 (0.78%) MCP
12 1 (0.39%) CCNA
12 1 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.20%) QA
2 5 (1.94%) GDPR
3 4 (1.55%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.78%) JTAG
4 2 (0.78%) NIST
5 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.39%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (6.98%) Firmware
2 12 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (3.49%) Docker
5 4 (1.55%) Active Directory
6 3 (1.16%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.78%) NFS
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (8.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.04%) Functional Safety
3 10 (3.88%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.94%) Grafana
4 5 (1.94%) Terraform
5 3 (1.16%) Nessus
5 3 (1.16%) Nmap
6 2 (0.78%) Ansible
6 2 (0.78%) Argo
6 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.39%) Kibana
Vendors
1 58 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.59%) Atlassian
2 17 (6.59%) SAP
3 14 (5.43%) Siemens
4 13 (5.04%) AVEVA
4 13 (5.04%) Cisco
4 13 (5.04%) Rockwell
5 12 (4.65%) VMware
6 9 (3.49%) Autodesk
6 9 (3.49%) Google
7 6 (2.33%) NEC
7 6 (2.33%) Oracle
7 6 (2.33%) Panasonic
7 6 (2.33%) Polycom
7 6 (2.33%) Samsung
7 6 (2.33%) Sony
8 5 (1.94%) Epicor
8 5 (1.94%) Infor
8 5 (1.94%) Ruckus Wireless
9 4 (1.55%) Red Hat