In March this year alone, almost 23,000 IoT jobs were newly listed around the world, with companies recruiting for Senior Firmware Engineers, Systems Engineers, UI Developers and more. In that same month, 19,224 positions were closed, whilst there were 53,181 total active listings, signalling that IoT technologists were in high demand. Although new job listings dropped slightly throughout April of this year, the number of closed positions also declined slightly, meaning that the total active listings still saw a slight increase at 53,192. In comparison, May saw the highest number of positions closed, with 20,436 IoT roles filled within the month.
When taking a look at the most desirable IoT jobs, Engineer takes the top spot with 30.20% of jobs analysed including this title; most notably IoT Research Engineers and IoT Software Engineers. Research Engineers provide data-driven solutions, whilst developing products, processes or technology.
Automation accounted for 16.60% of jobs advertised, including the role of a Technical Automation Consultant. As specialised engineers, it is the responsibility of the Automation Consultant to see through the maintenance of industrial automation systems from design to installation.
In the third spot sits Software. Performing the work of building software, Software Engineers are responsible for the creation of desktop, mobile and web-based applications. The level of experience for this role can determine your annual salary ranging from $84,020 to $123,000.
Other prominent roles featured in our list include Developer, Consultant, Solution Architect, Sales, Account Manager, with Data, Cloud, UI, Project Manager, Full Stack, Analysts and Cybersecurity each taking up less than 5% of live vacancies.