IoT Jobs with Work from Home Options

IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Everything)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IoT in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IoT over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 320 296
Rank change year-on-year +39 -24 -39
Permanent jobs citing IoT 347 403 907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.03% 0.99% 1.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.87% 2.58% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 285 269 546
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £92,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,088 15,642 33,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.75% 38.55% 46.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,258 11,441 17,056
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,294 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,556 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £109,865 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

IoT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IoT trend for jobs with a WFH option

IoT
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IoT.

IoT salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IoT
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IoT over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

IoT salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (1.73%) IIS
1 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.44%) nginx
3 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.58%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.19%) AWS
2 59 (17.00%) Azure
3 21 (6.05%) AWS IoT
3 21 (6.05%) GitHub
4 17 (4.90%) Cloud Computing
5 15 (4.32%) IaaS
6 14 (4.03%) Nutanix
7 11 (3.17%) Serverless
8 10 (2.88%) GCP
9 7 (2.02%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.02%) SaaS
10 6 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.44%) Amazon ELB
11 5 (1.44%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.37%) Wireless
2 30 (8.65%) Internet
3 20 (5.76%) MQTT
3 20 (5.76%) TCP/IP
4 19 (5.48%) WAN
5 18 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (4.32%) DNS
7 14 (4.03%) Bluetooth
8 12 (3.46%) VoIP
9 11 (3.17%) Firewall
9 11 (3.17%) RS-232
9 11 (3.17%) Unified Communications
10 9 (2.59%) 4G
10 9 (2.59%) 5G
10 9 (2.59%) HTTP
10 9 (2.59%) LoRaWAN
10 9 (2.59%) ZigBee
11 8 (2.31%) NGN
11 8 (2.31%) RS-485
11 8 (2.31%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.78%) MySQL
2 17 (4.90%) Oracle Database
3 14 (4.03%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.17%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.59%) DynamoDB
6 8 (2.31%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.02%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.15%) Big Data
10 3 (0.86%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.86%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.86%) Metadata
10 3 (0.86%) Parquet
11 2 (0.58%) Power BI
12 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (9.51%) Git
2 22 (6.34%) Oracle APEX
3 15 (4.32%) JIRA
4 14 (4.03%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.31%) Subversion
6 4 (1.15%) GitLab
6 4 (1.15%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.86%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.86%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.58%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.29%) Mockito
9 1 (0.29%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 90 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.70%) Electronics
3 48 (13.83%) Finance
4 39 (11.24%) Automotive
5 30 (8.65%) Telecoms
6 29 (8.36%) Manufacturing
7 25 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (6.92%) Marketing
9 23 (6.63%) Public Sector
10 18 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (4.03%) Legal
12 13 (3.75%) Tech for Good
13 11 (3.17%) Games
14 9 (2.59%) Aerospace
15 8 (2.31%) Social Housing
16 7 (2.02%) Health Technology
16 7 (2.02%) Law
17 6 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.73%) Wearables
18 5 (1.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (30.26%) Developer
2 92 (26.51%) Senior
3 65 (18.73%) Software Engineer
4 44 (12.68%) Senior Developer
5 39 (11.24%) Consultant
6 33 (9.51%) Embedded Engineer
7 31 (8.93%) Software Developer
8 27 (7.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 22 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (6.05%) Architect
11 16 (4.61%) Electronics Engineer
11 16 (4.61%) Hardware Engineer
12 15 (4.32%) Linux Consultant
12 15 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (4.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.46%) Lead
15 11 (3.17%) Data Engineer
15 11 (3.17%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
15 11 (3.17%) Senior Electronics Engineer
15 11 (3.17%) Software Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (15.56%) Node.js
2 42 (12.10%) HTML
3 32 (9.22%) CSS
4 26 (7.49%) JSON
5 23 (6.63%) .NET
6 22 (6.34%) REST
7 17 (4.90%) jQuery
8 15 (4.32%) React
9 12 (3.46%) Flask
10 10 (2.88%) .NET Core
10 10 (2.88%) LLVM
11 8 (2.31%) OpenAPI
12 7 (2.02%) Django
12 7 (2.02%) JSON Schema
12 7 (2.02%) Swagger
13 6 (1.73%) AngularJS
13 6 (1.73%) GraphQL
13 6 (1.73%) React Native
13 6 (1.73%) RESTful
13 6 (1.73%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.09%) Client/Server
2 25 (7.20%) Raspberry Pi
3 21 (6.05%) Mobile App
4 18 (5.19%) Blog
5 14 (4.03%) Smart Home
6 12 (3.46%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.59%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.59%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.31%) Operational Technology
8 8 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (2.02%) Arduino
9 7 (2.02%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.73%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.44%) RISC-V
11 5 (1.44%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 86 (24.78%) Linux
2 36 (10.37%) Apple iOS
3 34 (9.80%) Android
4 31 (8.93%) Windows
5 12 (3.46%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.15%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.86%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (26.51%) Software Engineering
2 73 (21.04%) Agile
3 64 (18.44%) DevOps
4 59 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (15.27%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (14.70%) Mentoring
7 39 (11.24%) CI/CD
8 34 (9.80%) Business Development
8 34 (9.80%) Microservices
9 33 (9.51%) Artificial Intelligence
9 33 (9.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 32 (9.22%) Decision-Making
11 31 (8.93%) Computer Science
12 23 (6.63%) Project Management
13 22 (6.34%) Asset Management
14 21 (6.05%) Design Patterns
15 20 (5.76%) Analytics
15 20 (5.76%) Coaching
15 20 (5.76%) OWASP
15 20 (5.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 122 (35.16%) Python
2 69 (19.88%) C
3 59 (17.00%) JavaScript
4 51 (14.70%) TypeScript
5 46 (13.26%) SQL
6 31 (8.93%) C#
7 26 (7.49%) Embedded C
8 23 (6.63%) Bash
8 23 (6.63%) Java
9 22 (6.34%) C++
10 17 (4.90%) PL/SQL
11 15 (4.32%) Perl
12 12 (3.46%) PHP
13 7 (2.02%) Go
13 7 (2.02%) Rust
13 7 (2.02%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.73%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.73%) Swift
15 5 (1.44%) JSX
15 5 (1.44%) R
Qualifications
1 70 (20.17%) Degree
2 28 (8.07%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (4.61%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.88%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.15%) CCNP
8 4 (1.15%) OSCP
9 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.86%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.86%) OSCE
10 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.58%) CCNA
10 2 (0.58%) CCSE
10 2 (0.58%) CISM
10 2 (0.58%) CISSP
10 2 (0.58%) CWNA
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
1 15 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.88%) QA
4 6 (1.73%) NIST
5 5 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.44%) MISRA
6 2 (0.58%) GDPR
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.58%) SLA
7 1 (0.29%) GxP
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 23 (6.63%) Active Directory
1 23 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (6.05%) Firmware
3 19 (5.48%) Docker
4 14 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.75%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.73%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (1.73%) Forefront TMG
6 6 (1.73%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (5.19%) Ansible
2 14 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.88%) Progress Chef
4 6 (1.73%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.73%) Opsgenie
4 6 (1.73%) SCOM
4 6 (1.73%) WSUS
5 5 (1.44%) Terraform
6 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.86%) Nessus
7 3 (0.86%) Nmap
8 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (8.93%) VMware
2 28 (8.07%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.92%) Oracle
4 14 (4.03%) SAP
5 11 (3.17%) BT
6 9 (2.59%) Aruba
6 9 (2.59%) Cisco
7 8 (2.31%) Xamarin
8 7 (2.02%) NVIDIA
9 6 (1.73%) Darktrace
9 6 (1.73%) Databricks
9 6 (1.73%) HP
9 6 (1.73%) NEC
10 4 (1.15%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.86%) Google
11 3 (0.86%) Qualys
11 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.58%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.58%) QNX
12 2 (0.58%) YouTube