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 remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited IoT over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 324 308
Rank change year-on-year +31 -16 -61
Permanent jobs citing IoT 368 352 919
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.04% 0.94% 1.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.97% 2.42% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 291 252 497
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,875 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -16.03% +20.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £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 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,386 14,549 35,885
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.84% 38.82% 47.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,322 10,904 17,354
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,364 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,977 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,531 £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 12 June 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 (1.63%) IIS
1 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.36%) nginx
3 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.27%) Confluence
3 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.82%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.54%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (20.92%) AWS
2 67 (18.21%) Azure
3 21 (5.71%) GitHub
3 21 (5.71%) Nutanix
4 20 (5.43%) GCP
4 20 (5.43%) IaaS
5 18 (4.89%) AWS IoT
6 16 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.45%) Serverless
8 7 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (1.63%) SaaS
10 5 (1.36%) Amazon ELB
10 5 (1.36%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.14%) Wireless
2 29 (7.88%) Internet
3 25 (6.79%) TCP/IP
4 21 (5.71%) DNS
5 20 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (5.16%) WAN
7 18 (4.89%) MQTT
8 15 (4.08%) Firewall
9 14 (3.80%) Bluetooth
10 13 (3.53%) RS-232
10 13 (3.53%) VoIP
11 12 (3.26%) Unified Communications
12 11 (2.99%) 4G
12 11 (2.99%) 5G
12 11 (2.99%) HTTP
12 11 (2.99%) ZigBee
13 10 (2.72%) RS-485
14 9 (2.45%) MPLS
15 8 (2.17%) NGN
15 8 (2.17%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.07%) MySQL
2 17 (4.62%) Oracle Database
3 14 (3.80%) NoSQL
4 11 (2.99%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.45%) DynamoDB
6 8 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.90%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.63%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.54%) Big Data
10 2 (0.54%) Power BI
11 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.27%) Metadata
11 1 (0.27%) Parquet
11 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (8.42%) Git
2 22 (5.98%) Oracle APEX
3 15 (4.08%) JIRA
4 14 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.90%) Subversion
6 6 (1.63%) Burp Suite
6 6 (1.63%) Metasploit
7 5 (1.36%) GitLab
8 4 (1.09%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.54%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.27%) Mockito
10 1 (0.27%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.13%) Finance
3 50 (13.59%) Electronics
4 38 (10.33%) Automotive
5 34 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (8.15%) Telecoms
7 27 (7.34%) Manufacturing
7 27 (7.34%) Marketing
8 21 (5.71%) Public Sector
9 18 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.26%) Games
10 12 (3.26%) Legal
11 9 (2.45%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.45%) Tech for Good
12 7 (1.90%) Health Technology
12 7 (1.90%) Law
12 7 (1.90%) Wearables
13 6 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.63%) Social Housing
14 5 (1.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 107 (29.08%) Developer
2 105 (28.53%) Senior
3 68 (18.48%) Software Engineer
4 44 (11.96%) Senior Developer
5 40 (10.87%) Consultant
6 37 (10.05%) Embedded Engineer
7 30 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (7.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 29 (7.88%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.52%) Architect
10 18 (4.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (4.62%) Electronics Engineer
11 17 (4.62%) Hardware Engineer
11 17 (4.62%) Lead
12 16 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.80%) Linux Consultant
14 13 (3.53%) Senior Software Engineer
15 12 (3.26%) Senior Electronics Engineer
15 12 (3.26%) Senior Hardware Engineer
15 12 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (15.76%) Node.js
2 41 (11.14%) HTML
3 31 (8.42%) CSS
4 26 (7.07%) JSON
5 21 (5.71%) .NET
6 20 (5.43%) REST
7 17 (4.62%) jQuery
7 17 (4.62%) React
8 10 (2.72%) .NET Core
8 10 (2.72%) Flask
8 10 (2.72%) LLVM
9 8 (2.17%) OpenAPI
10 7 (1.90%) JSON Schema
10 7 (1.90%) Swagger
11 6 (1.63%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.63%) Django
11 6 (1.63%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.63%) React Native
11 6 (1.63%) RESTful
11 6 (1.63%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.24%) Client/Server
2 24 (6.52%) Mobile App
3 23 (6.25%) Raspberry Pi
4 17 (4.62%) Blog
5 12 (3.26%) Smart Home
6 10 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.72%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.45%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.45%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.17%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.63%) Arduino
10 6 (1.63%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.36%) Blockchain
11 5 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.36%) RISC-V
12 4 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 85 (23.10%) Linux
2 40 (10.87%) Windows
3 34 (9.24%) Apple iOS
4 32 (8.70%) Android
5 12 (3.26%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (1.63%) Kali Linux
7 4 (1.09%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.54%) Unix
9 1 (0.27%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (25.27%) Software Engineering
2 74 (20.11%) Agile
3 71 (19.29%) DevOps
4 68 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (14.67%) Mentoring
6 53 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (11.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 39 (10.60%) Decision-Making
9 37 (10.05%) CI/CD
10 35 (9.51%) Microservices
11 34 (9.24%) Business Development
12 33 (8.97%) Artificial Intelligence
13 31 (8.42%) Computer Science
14 25 (6.79%) Technical Leadership
15 23 (6.25%) OWASP
16 22 (5.98%) Asset Management
16 22 (5.98%) Presales
17 21 (5.71%) Design Patterns
17 21 (5.71%) Project Management
17 21 (5.71%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 124 (33.70%) Python
2 75 (20.38%) C
3 60 (16.30%) JavaScript
4 49 (13.32%) TypeScript
5 45 (12.23%) SQL
6 28 (7.61%) C#
6 28 (7.61%) C++
6 28 (7.61%) Embedded C
7 27 (7.34%) Bash
8 21 (5.71%) Java
8 21 (5.71%) Perl
9 17 (4.62%) PL/SQL
10 15 (4.08%) PHP
11 10 (2.72%) Go
12 9 (2.45%) Rust
13 7 (1.90%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.63%) Embedded C++
15 5 (1.36%) JSX
15 5 (1.36%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 74 (20.11%) Degree
2 27 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.45%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.63%) CCNP
7 6 (1.63%) CREST Certified
7 6 (1.63%) OSCE
7 6 (1.63%) OSCP
8 5 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.09%) CCSE
10 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.27%) CCIE
11 1 (0.27%) CCNA
11 1 (0.27%) CISM
11 1 (0.27%) CISSP
11 1 (0.27%) CWNA
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.72%) QA
4 9 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.63%) NIST
6 5 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.36%) MISRA
7 2 (0.54%) GDPR
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.54%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 30 (8.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (7.88%) Active Directory
3 26 (7.07%) Docker
4 24 (6.52%) Firmware
5 20 (5.43%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (4.35%) Hyper-V
7 8 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (1.63%) Forefront TMG
8 6 (1.63%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (4.89%) Ansible
2 15 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.72%) Progress Chef
4 8 (2.17%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.63%) Nessus
5 6 (1.63%) Nmap
5 6 (1.63%) Opsgenie
5 6 (1.63%) SCOM
5 6 (1.63%) Terraform
5 6 (1.63%) WSUS
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.27%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (10.33%) VMware
2 27 (7.34%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.52%) Oracle
4 13 (3.53%) Cisco
5 12 (3.26%) BT
5 12 (3.26%) SAP
6 9 (2.45%) Aruba
6 9 (2.45%) Google
6 9 (2.45%) HP
7 8 (2.17%) Darktrace
7 8 (2.17%) NEC
7 8 (2.17%) Xamarin
8 7 (1.90%) NVIDIA
9 6 (1.63%) Qualys
10 4 (1.09%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.09%) Databricks
10 4 (1.09%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.82%) Intel
11 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.54%) QNX