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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 437 279
Rank change year-on-year +22 -158 +77
Permanent jobs citing IoT 371 244 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.54% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.55% 1.27% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 282 159 792
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,200 £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 £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 23,899 19,235 36,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.46% 42.89% 33.56%
Number of salaries quoted 15,206 9,109 23,631
10th Percentile £30,450 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,750
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 19 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 19 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 +27 310 £60,000 - 156
UK excluding London +11 272 £55,000 -8.33% 133
Work from Home +1 81 £70,000 +16.67% 78
South East -1 74 £55,000 -12.00% 48
London +6 72 £75,000 -9.09% 53
North of England +14 67 £52,500 -11.02% 20
South West -36 43 £52,500 -8.70% 17
Yorkshire -13 30 £60,000 - 6
Scotland +34 28 £60,000 -7.69% 10
Midlands -28 28 £46,250 -19.57% 21
North West +8 26 £52,500 -9.48% 13
East of England -11 22 £70,000 +21.74% 20
East Midlands -28 15 £42,500 -15.00% 6
West Midlands -18 13 £50,000 -25.93% 15
North East - 11 £50,500 - 1
Northern Ireland -22 10 £65,000 +30.00% 3

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 9 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.08%) CMS
3 4 (1.08%) Confluence
3 4 (1.08%) WordPress
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
Applications
1 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.08%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.54%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.54%) Windchill
5 1 (0.27%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) Maximo
2 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.59%) AWS
2 42 (11.32%) Azure
3 19 (5.12%) SaaS
4 15 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.77%) Serverless
6 11 (2.96%) GCP
7 6 (1.62%) AWS IoT
7 6 (1.62%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.35%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.35%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.08%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.08%) Canva
9 4 (1.08%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.54%) Amazon Kinesis
11 2 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.54%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.16%) Wireless
2 23 (6.20%) MQTT
3 20 (5.39%) Firewall
4 17 (4.58%) Bluetooth
5 16 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (4.04%) Internet
6 15 (4.04%) VPN
7 12 (3.23%) DNS
8 10 (2.70%) LoRaWAN
9 7 (1.89%) Modbus
10 6 (1.62%) DHCP
11 5 (1.35%) ZigBee
12 4 (1.08%) LTE
13 2 (0.54%) AMQP
13 2 (0.54%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.54%) VoIP
14 1 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.27%) Network Security
14 1 (0.27%) RTSP
14 1 (0.27%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.70%) NoSQL
1 10 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.16%) MySQL
2 8 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.62%) Neo4j
4 5 (1.35%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.08%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.81%) Big Data
6 3 (0.81%) Power BI
7 2 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.54%) GIS
7 2 (0.54%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.54%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.27%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 12 (3.23%) Git
2 5 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.35%) JIRA
3 4 (1.08%) GDB
3 4 (1.08%) GitLab
3 4 (1.08%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.27%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.27%) PetaLinux
4 1 (0.27%) Poetry
4 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (14.82%) Electronics
2 49 (13.21%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.36%) Manufacturing
4 26 (7.01%) Finance
5 19 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.58%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.31%) Automotive
8 13 (3.50%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.50%) Tech for Good
9 11 (2.96%) Wearables
10 10 (2.70%) Marketing
11 8 (2.16%) Health Technology
11 8 (2.16%) Local Government
11 8 (2.16%) Retail
12 7 (1.89%) Law
12 7 (1.89%) Social Housing
13 6 (1.62%) French Language
14 5 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.08%) Multimedia
15 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (19.95%) Software Engineer
2 48 (12.94%) Embedded Engineer
3 44 (11.86%) Senior
4 34 (9.16%) Developer
5 27 (7.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 26 (7.01%) Architect
6 26 (7.01%) Firmware Engineer
7 21 (5.66%) Sales Manager
7 21 (5.66%) Technical Engineer
8 16 (4.31%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 16 (4.31%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (4.04%) Electronics Engineer
9 15 (4.04%) Principal Engineer
9 15 (4.04%) Principal Software Engineer
10 13 (3.50%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.23%) Operations Engineer
12 11 (2.96%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (2.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 10 (2.70%) Technical Operations Engineer
13 10 (2.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.04%) Node.js
1 15 (4.04%) React
2 8 (2.16%) .NET
2 8 (2.16%) Yocto
3 4 (1.08%) pytest
3 4 (1.08%) REST
3 4 (1.08%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.81%) React Native
4 3 (0.81%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.54%) Blazor
5 2 (0.54%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.54%) Django
5 2 (0.54%) GStreamer
5 2 (0.54%) Kafka
5 2 (0.54%) pgvector
5 2 (0.54%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.27%) FFmpeg
6 1 (0.27%) OpenID
6 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.09%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (4.04%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.23%) Device Driver
3 12 (3.23%) Mobile App
3 12 (3.23%) Smart Energy
4 11 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.96%) Operational Technology
4 11 (2.96%) PropTech
5 10 (2.70%) SCADA
6 9 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.43%) Robotics
6 9 (2.43%) Smart Home
7 8 (2.16%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.62%) NB-IoT
10 5 (1.35%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.35%) Blog
10 5 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.59%) Linux
2 18 (4.85%) Windows
3 11 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.16%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.62%) Android
5 6 (1.62%) Unix
6 4 (1.08%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.08%) VMS
7 2 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.27%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (25.34%) Software Engineering
2 60 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (12.94%) AI
4 38 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (9.43%) Analytics
6 34 (9.16%) Collaborative Culture
7 30 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (8.09%) DevOps
7 30 (8.09%) Full-Stack Development
8 26 (7.01%) ERP
9 24 (6.47%) CRM
10 23 (6.20%) Energy Management
11 22 (5.93%) Mentoring
11 22 (5.93%) Roadmaps
12 21 (5.66%) CI/CD
13 20 (5.39%) Machine Learning
14 19 (5.12%) Asset Management
15 18 (4.85%) Agile
16 17 (4.58%) Tech Ops
17 16 (4.31%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.94%) Python
2 27 (7.28%) C++
3 20 (5.39%) C
4 19 (5.12%) SQL
5 16 (4.31%) Java
5 16 (4.31%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.04%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.77%) C#
7 14 (3.77%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.16%) Embedded C
9 7 (1.89%) Bash
10 5 (1.35%) PHP
11 4 (1.08%) Go
12 2 (0.54%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.54%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.54%) Rust
13 1 (0.27%) Groovy
13 1 (0.27%) Haskell
13 1 (0.27%) OCaml
13 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (14.29%) Degree
2 12 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 8 (2.16%) HND
5 7 (1.89%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.35%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.08%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.54%) CISM
9 2 (0.54%) CISSP
9 2 (0.54%) MBA
10 1 (0.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.27%) CISA
10 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.27%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.70%) QA
2 5 (1.35%) JTAG
3 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.08%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.54%) GDPR
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) ECSS
6 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (14.82%) Firmware
2 28 (7.55%) Embedded Firmware
3 17 (4.58%) Docker
4 11 (2.96%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.43%) vSphere
6 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.35%) SCCM
4 4 (1.08%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.08%) Terraform
4 4 (1.08%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.54%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.27%) MOM
Vendors
1 41 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.96%) VMware
3 8 (2.16%) Google
4 7 (1.89%) SAP
5 6 (1.62%) EMC
5 6 (1.62%) Oracle
6 5 (1.35%) Aruba
6 5 (1.35%) Cognizant
6 5 (1.35%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.08%) Adobe
8 3 (0.81%) Cisco
9 2 (0.54%) ConnectWise
9 2 (0.54%) dotdigital
9 2 (0.54%) Draytek
9 2 (0.54%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.54%) IFS
9 2 (0.54%) Meraki
9 2 (0.54%) Siemens
10 1 (0.27%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.27%) Zscaler