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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 377 320
Rank change year-on-year +82 -57 +10
Permanent jobs citing IoT 1,008 821 2,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.88% 1.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.75% 2.05% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 776 485 885
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 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +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 36,675 40,106 83,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.82% 43.08% 48.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23,359 22,226 34,621
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,570 £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 £85,000 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +81 908 £60,000 -4.00% 247
UK excluding London +62 776 £57,500 - 186
Work from Home +41 359 £60,000 -1.44% 97
South East +59 200 £57,500 -17.86% 52
London +55 188 £66,250 -11.67% 65
North of England +41 176 £55,000 +4.76% 23
East of England +29 176 £57,500 -4.17% 22
Midlands +26 106 £58,750 +20.51% 53
North West 0 97 £50,000 -13.04% 13
West Midlands +30 61 £58,750 +23.68% 29
Yorkshire +60 57 £65,000 +52.94% 7
South West -25 56 £57,500 -8.00% 18
East Midlands -13 45 £56,250 +15.38% 24
Scotland -48 38 £60,000 +4.35% 16
North East +3 22 £56,250 +2.27% 3
Northern Ireland - 15 £70,000 - 3
Wales +8 9 £70,000 +16.67% 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 (2.28%) Confluence
2 18 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.69%) Apache
4 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.60%) IIS
5 6 (0.60%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.50%) nginx
7 4 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.30%) Drupal
8 3 (0.30%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.099%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.099%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.099%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 15 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.69%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.40%) Misys Midas
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.20%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.099%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 167 (16.57%) AWS
2 156 (15.48%) Azure
3 49 (4.86%) Cloud Computing
4 46 (4.56%) GitHub
5 38 (3.77%) GCP
6 34 (3.37%) AWS IoT
7 27 (2.68%) Serverless
8 22 (2.18%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.98%) IaaS
9 20 (1.98%) SaaS
10 19 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (1.79%) Nutanix
12 17 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (0.99%) Amazon S3
15 10 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (0.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 93 (9.23%) Wireless
2 86 (8.53%) Internet
3 63 (6.25%) TCP/IP
4 49 (4.86%) Wi-Fi
5 46 (4.56%) MQTT
6 45 (4.46%) Firewall
7 44 (4.37%) WAN
8 41 (4.07%) Bluetooth
9 26 (2.58%) 4G
10 25 (2.48%) HTTP
11 24 (2.38%) 5G
11 24 (2.38%) DNS
12 23 (2.28%) LAN
13 22 (2.18%) ZigBee
14 18 (1.79%) MPLS
15 16 (1.59%) RS-232
16 15 (1.49%) Modbus
17 13 (1.29%) VoIP
18 12 (1.19%) GPRS
18 12 (1.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.56%) MySQL
2 30 (2.98%) NoSQL
3 22 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (2.08%) Big Data
5 20 (1.98%) Power BI
6 18 (1.79%) MongoDB
7 17 (1.69%) Oracle Database
8 14 (1.39%) DynamoDB
9 13 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.89%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.79%) SQL Server
12 4 (0.40%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.40%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.40%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.40%) Tableau
13 3 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.30%) Data Hub
13 3 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 80 (7.94%) Git
2 57 (5.65%) JIRA
3 27 (2.68%) Subversion
4 22 (2.18%) Oracle APEX
5 20 (1.98%) Visual Studio
6 19 (1.88%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.89%) Burp Suite
7 9 (0.89%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.69%) GitLab
8 7 (0.69%) Selenium
9 6 (0.60%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.60%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.60%) MSTest
9 6 (0.60%) PHPUnit
9 6 (0.60%) Xcode
10 4 (0.40%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.20%) Android Studio
12 1 (0.099%) Moq
12 1 (0.099%) Valgrind
General
1 293 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 149 (14.78%) Electronics
3 130 (12.90%) Automotive
4 120 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 90 (8.93%) Manufacturing
6 86 (8.53%) Finance
7 75 (7.44%) Marketing
8 56 (5.56%) Telecoms
9 53 (5.26%) Public Sector
10 45 (4.46%) Games
11 42 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (3.47%) Aerospace
13 34 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.98%) Law
15 26 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (1.79%) Retail
16 18 (1.79%) Tech for Good
17 16 (1.59%) Legal
18 14 (1.39%) Social Housing
19 12 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 239 (23.71%) Senior
2 232 (23.02%) Developer
3 188 (18.65%) Software Engineer
4 121 (12.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 89 (8.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 88 (8.73%) Architect
7 77 (7.64%) Consultant
8 75 (7.44%) Senior Developer
9 53 (5.26%) Hardware Engineer
10 52 (5.16%) Lead
11 50 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
12 49 (4.86%) Software Developer
13 47 (4.66%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 41 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (3.87%) Senior Hardware Engineer
16 33 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (3.27%) Systems Engineer
17 30 (2.98%) Blockchain Developer
18 27 (2.68%) Analyst
18 27 (2.68%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (8.43%) Node.js
2 55 (5.46%) HTML
3 43 (4.27%) CSS
4 42 (4.17%) .NET
5 35 (3.47%) React
6 31 (3.08%) JSON
7 30 (2.98%) web3js
8 25 (2.48%) RESTful
9 24 (2.38%) AngularJS
9 24 (2.38%) jQuery
10 23 (2.28%) REST
11 20 (1.98%) Yocto
12 17 (1.69%) GraphQL
13 14 (1.39%) .NET Framework
13 14 (1.39%) Web Services
14 13 (1.29%) Flask
14 13 (1.29%) Qt
15 12 (1.19%) .NET Core
15 12 (1.19%) Kafka
15 12 (1.19%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 38 (3.77%) Blockchain
3 36 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
4 35 (3.47%) Client/Server
4 35 (3.47%) Raspberry Pi
5 30 (2.98%) Web3
6 28 (2.78%) Driving Licence
6 28 (2.78%) Robotics
7 25 (2.48%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
9 23 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.08%) Blog
11 20 (1.98%) Operational Technology
12 18 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.69%) Public Cloud
14 16 (1.59%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.59%) ARM Cortex
14 16 (1.59%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.59%) Smart Home
14 16 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 207 (20.54%) Linux
2 65 (6.45%) Windows
3 48 (4.76%) Embedded Linux
4 41 (4.07%) Apple iOS
5 35 (3.47%) Android
6 19 (1.88%) Ubuntu
7 16 (1.59%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.89%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.40%) VMS
11 3 (0.30%) Debian
11 3 (0.30%) Unix
11 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.099%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.099%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.099%) Solaris
12 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 183 (18.15%) Agile
3 170 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
4 143 (14.19%) Artificial Intelligence
5 134 (13.29%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 114 (11.31%) DevOps
8 93 (9.23%) Computer Science
9 82 (8.13%) Analytics
10 76 (7.54%) Technical Leadership
11 74 (7.34%) Project Management
12 69 (6.85%) CI/CD
13 67 (6.65%) Microservices
14 64 (6.35%) Machine Learning
15 59 (5.85%) Business Intelligence
16 58 (5.75%) Decision-Making
17 51 (5.06%) Customer Requirements
18 50 (4.96%) Software Testing
19 49 (4.86%) Business Development
20 46 (4.56%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 235 (23.31%) Python
2 161 (15.97%) C
3 105 (10.42%) C++
4 102 (10.12%) JavaScript
5 94 (9.33%) SQL
6 70 (6.94%) TypeScript
7 65 (6.45%) C#
8 59 (5.85%) Java
9 48 (4.76%) Embedded C
10 40 (3.97%) SystemVerilog
11 32 (3.17%) Bash
12 28 (2.78%) PHP
13 22 (2.18%) Perl
14 17 (1.69%) PL/SQL
15 16 (1.59%) Rust
16 12 (1.19%) Embedded C++
17 11 (1.09%) Kotlin
17 11 (1.09%) PowerShell
17 11 (1.09%) Swift
18 10 (0.99%) Go
Qualifications
1 230 (22.82%) Degree
2 51 (5.06%) Security Cleared
3 43 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (3.67%) Master's Degree
5 18 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (1.59%) CISSP
7 16 (1.59%) HND
8 15 (1.49%) PhD
9 12 (1.19%) SC Cleared
10 11 (1.09%) HNC
11 10 (0.99%) Azure Certification
11 10 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.89%) CCNA
12 9 (0.89%) CREST Certified
12 9 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
12 9 (0.89%) GIAC
12 9 (0.89%) OSCE
12 9 (0.89%) OSCP
13 8 (0.79%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.85%) QA
2 26 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.98%) GDPR
5 19 (1.88%) SLA
6 18 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.69%) ISO 13485
8 12 (1.19%) MISRA
9 10 (0.99%) IEC 62304
9 10 (0.99%) ISO 9001
9 10 (0.99%) NIST
10 9 (0.89%) COSHH
11 8 (0.79%) JTAG
12 6 (0.60%) ISO 14001
13 5 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.40%) IEC 61131
14 4 (0.40%) PMO
15 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
16 1 (0.099%) GxP
System Software
1 55 (5.46%) Firmware
2 38 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 36 (3.57%) Docker
4 29 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 28 (2.78%) Hyper-V
6 19 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (1.49%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.60%) Forefront TMG
8 6 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.099%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.48%) Ansible
3 20 (1.98%) Terraform
4 17 (1.69%) FortiGate
5 12 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.09%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.89%) Nessus
7 9 (0.89%) Nmap
8 6 (0.60%) Opsgenie
8 6 (0.60%) SCOM
8 6 (0.60%) WSUS
9 5 (0.50%) Grafana
10 4 (0.40%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.099%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.099%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.099%) MOM
11 1 (0.099%) Puppet
11 1 (0.099%) SCCM
11 1 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 37 (3.67%) VMware
3 34 (3.37%) Google
4 31 (3.08%) Synopsys
5 30 (2.98%) SAP
6 29 (2.88%) Cisco
6 29 (2.88%) Oracle
7 28 (2.78%) Cadence
8 19 (1.88%) HP
9 17 (1.69%) Darktrace
9 17 (1.69%) NEC
10 13 (1.29%) Aruba
11 12 (1.19%) EMC
12 11 (1.09%) BT
13 9 (0.89%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.89%) Mitel
13 9 (0.89%) Qualys
13 9 (0.89%) Ribbon
14 8 (0.79%) Xamarin
15 7 (0.69%) NVIDIA