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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 373 313
Rank change year-on-year +69 -60 +37
Permanent jobs citing IoT 951 909 2,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.90% 1.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.71% 2.11% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 745 507 915
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £37,250
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 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year - +3.14% +6.19%

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 35,065 43,146 75,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.71% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23,057 23,446 33,908
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,014 £34,513
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £108,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +90 871 £60,000 -4.00% 232
UK excluding London +48 739 £57,500 - 157
Work from Home +25 349 £60,000 -4.00% 98
South East +54 192 £60,000 -7.69% 49
London +89 173 £67,500 -12.90% 63
East of England +42 173 £55,000 -12.00% 20
North of England +35 171 £52,500 -2.33% 20
Midlands +38 98 £55,000 +15.79% 28
North West -3 94 £50,000 -16.67% 7
West Midlands +39 63 £60,000 +26.32% 14
South West -22 58 £57,500 -6.12% 28
Yorkshire +61 54 £57,500 +35.29% 10
East Midlands 0 35 £50,000 +5.26% 14
Scotland -45 35 £60,000 +4.35% 10
North East +13 23 £55,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 10 £70,000 - 3
Wales -1 2 £48,750 -18.75%

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 22 (2.31%) Confluence
2 18 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.58%) Apache
4 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.63%) IIS
5 6 (0.63%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.53%) nginx
7 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.32%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.63%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.42%) Misys Midas
2 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.32%) 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
4 2 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 154 (16.19%) AWS
2 147 (15.46%) Azure
3 46 (4.84%) Cloud Computing
3 46 (4.84%) GitHub
4 37 (3.89%) AWS IoT
5 29 (3.05%) GCP
6 26 (2.73%) Serverless
7 22 (2.31%) Power Platform
8 19 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.79%) IaaS
10 17 (1.79%) SaaS
11 13 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (1.37%) Nutanix
12 12 (1.26%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 83 (8.73%) Wireless
2 82 (8.62%) Internet
3 57 (5.99%) TCP/IP
4 49 (5.15%) Wi-Fi
5 44 (4.63%) MQTT
6 43 (4.52%) WAN
7 42 (4.42%) Bluetooth
8 39 (4.10%) Firewall
9 25 (2.63%) LAN
10 22 (2.31%) 4G
11 21 (2.21%) 5G
11 21 (2.21%) ZigBee
12 20 (2.10%) DNS
13 19 (2.00%) HTTP
14 15 (1.58%) MPLS
15 14 (1.47%) RS-232
16 13 (1.37%) Modbus
16 13 (1.37%) VoIP
17 12 (1.26%) LoRaWAN
17 12 (1.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.84%) MySQL
2 25 (2.63%) NoSQL
3 22 (2.31%) Big Data
4 20 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.10%) Power BI
5 19 (2.00%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.79%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.47%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.95%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.63%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.42%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.42%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.42%) Tableau
12 3 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.32%) Metadata
12 3 (0.32%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 84 (8.83%) Git
2 55 (5.78%) JIRA
3 27 (2.84%) Subversion
4 22 (2.31%) Oracle APEX
5 18 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.89%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.74%) Burp Suite
6 7 (0.74%) Metasploit
7 6 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.63%) GitLab
7 6 (0.63%) MSTest
7 6 (0.63%) PHPUnit
7 6 (0.63%) Selenium
8 5 (0.53%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.53%) Xcode
9 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.21%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Moq
11 1 (0.11%) Valgrind
General
1 275 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.77%) Electronics
3 125 (13.14%) Automotive
4 118 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (9.15%) Manufacturing
6 83 (8.73%) Finance
7 72 (7.57%) Marketing
8 54 (5.68%) Telecoms
9 53 (5.57%) Public Sector
10 42 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
11 33 (3.47%) Aerospace
11 33 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.94%) Law
13 25 (2.63%) Games
13 25 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 20 (2.10%) Tech for Good
15 18 (1.89%) Retail
16 17 (1.79%) Legal
17 15 (1.58%) Social Housing
18 12 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (23.66%) Senior
2 209 (21.98%) Developer
3 179 (18.82%) Software Engineer
4 112 (11.78%) Embedded Engineer
5 85 (8.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 80 (8.41%) Architect
7 74 (7.78%) Consultant
8 70 (7.36%) Senior Developer
9 54 (5.68%) Hardware Engineer
10 53 (5.57%) Software Developer
11 49 (5.15%) Lead
12 46 (4.84%) Senior Software Engineer
13 42 (4.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 40 (4.21%) Senior Hardware Engineer
14 40 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (3.26%) Analyst
15 31 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
16 27 (2.84%) Electronics Engineer
17 26 (2.73%) Data Engineer
17 26 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (8.41%) Node.js
2 56 (5.89%) HTML
3 45 (4.73%) CSS
4 42 (4.42%) .NET
5 31 (3.26%) React
6 30 (3.15%) JSON
7 24 (2.52%) jQuery
7 24 (2.52%) REST
8 23 (2.42%) Yocto
9 20 (2.10%) AngularJS
10 19 (2.00%) RESTful
11 15 (1.58%) Flask
12 14 (1.47%) GraphQL
13 13 (1.37%) .NET Core
14 12 (1.26%) .NET Framework
14 12 (1.26%) web3js
15 11 (1.16%) Laravel
15 11 (1.16%) Qt
16 10 (1.05%) LLVM
17 9 (0.95%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (4.63%) Mobile App
2 37 (3.89%) Raspberry Pi
3 35 (3.68%) Client/Server
3 35 (3.68%) Embedded Systems
4 27 (2.84%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.84%) Robotics
5 25 (2.63%) Driving Licence
6 23 (2.42%) Renewable Energy
7 21 (2.21%) Blog
7 21 (2.21%) Operational Technology
7 21 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (2.10%) Blockchain
9 19 (2.00%) Smart Home
10 16 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.68%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.58%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.58%) ARM Cortex
11 15 (1.58%) Augmented Reality
11 15 (1.58%) Virtual Reality
12 14 (1.47%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 206 (21.66%) Linux
2 57 (5.99%) Windows
3 52 (5.47%) Embedded Linux
4 40 (4.21%) Apple iOS
5 34 (3.58%) Android
6 17 (1.79%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.47%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.74%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.32%) Debian
10 3 (0.32%) Unix
10 3 (0.32%) VMS
10 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.11%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (28.71%) Software Engineering
2 181 (19.03%) Agile
3 158 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (13.77%) Cybersecurity
5 124 (13.04%) Artificial Intelligence
6 120 (12.62%) Mentoring
7 112 (11.78%) DevOps
8 86 (9.04%) Computer Science
9 75 (7.89%) Analytics
9 75 (7.89%) Project Management
10 73 (7.68%) Technical Leadership
11 71 (7.47%) CI/CD
12 65 (6.83%) Machine Learning
13 61 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
14 60 (6.31%) Microservices
15 53 (5.57%) Decision-Making
16 50 (5.26%) Software Testing
17 48 (5.05%) Business Development
18 46 (4.84%) Customer Requirements
19 42 (4.42%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 229 (24.08%) Python
2 162 (17.03%) C
3 102 (10.73%) C++
4 98 (10.30%) JavaScript
5 97 (10.20%) SQL
6 72 (7.57%) TypeScript
7 67 (7.05%) C#
8 56 (5.89%) Java
9 46 (4.84%) Embedded C
10 40 (4.21%) SystemVerilog
11 30 (3.15%) Bash
12 27 (2.84%) PHP
13 18 (1.89%) Perl
14 17 (1.79%) PL/SQL
15 15 (1.58%) Rust
16 12 (1.26%) PowerShell
17 11 (1.16%) Kotlin
17 11 (1.16%) Swift
18 9 (0.95%) Embedded C++
19 8 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 219 (23.03%) Degree
2 50 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 44 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (3.47%) Master's Degree
5 18 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.68%) CISSP
6 16 (1.68%) HND
7 13 (1.37%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.16%) HNC
8 11 (1.16%) PhD
9 10 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.95%) CTC Cleared
10 9 (0.95%) GIAC
10 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.84%) CISA
11 8 (0.84%) OSCP
12 7 (0.74%) OSCE
12 7 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.57%) QA
2 25 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (2.21%) GDPR
3 21 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.00%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.89%) SLA
6 17 (1.79%) ISO 13485
7 10 (1.05%) IEC 62304
7 10 (1.05%) ISO 9001
7 10 (1.05%) NIST
8 9 (0.95%) COSHH
9 8 (0.84%) JTAG
10 6 (0.63%) ISO 14001
10 6 (0.63%) MISRA
11 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.42%) IEC 61131
12 4 (0.42%) PMO
13 2 (0.21%) DO-178B
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 60 (6.31%) Firmware
2 33 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.36%) Docker
4 24 (2.52%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware
6 15 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.63%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.21%) Ansible
3 20 (2.10%) Terraform
4 14 (1.47%) FortiGate
4 14 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.16%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.74%) Nessus
6 7 (0.74%) Nmap
7 6 (0.63%) Opsgenie
7 6 (0.63%) SCOM
7 6 (0.63%) WSUS
8 5 (0.53%) Grafana
9 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.11%) MOM
11 1 (0.11%) Puppet
11 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (9.67%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.36%) VMware
3 31 (3.26%) Synopsys
4 30 (3.15%) SAP
5 29 (3.05%) Oracle
6 28 (2.94%) Cadence
7 25 (2.63%) Google
8 24 (2.52%) Cisco
9 15 (1.58%) HP
10 14 (1.47%) Darktrace
10 14 (1.47%) NEC
11 13 (1.37%) Aruba
12 12 (1.26%) EMC
13 11 (1.16%) BT
14 9 (0.95%) Databricks
14 9 (0.95%) Mitel
14 9 (0.95%) Ribbon
15 8 (0.84%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.84%) Qualys
15 8 (0.84%) Xamarin