1. WANTED Analytics,
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Internet of Things Hiring
Demand Report
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2. 2
Contents
• Trends in hiring demand and competition for IoT talent
• Which industries are hiring for IoT talent
• What level of IoT hiring is “tech centric” vs. the rest of the economy
• Which non-tech companies are competing for IoT talent
What is included in this report …

3. 3
Hiring demand for positions and skills required to build the Internet of Things is at
an all-time high.
Hiring Demand for Positions Involved in the “Internet of Things”
Source: WANTED Analytics, October 2015

4. 4
Almost ¾ of IoT jobs currently advertised are within tech and telecoms, with
software leading the way.
Current Job Ads Mentioning IoT by Industry, October 2015
Software
16%
Systems Design
12%
Semis and components
8%
Telecoms
8%
Computer and peripherals
manufacturing
7%
Other Prof., Scientific, and
Tech Services
7%
Tech
Consulting
(incl.
science &
mgmt)
4%
Other info systems
4%
GPS, Measuring, Med
Devices and Control
Instruments
Manufacturing
2%
Wholesale Trade
10%
Retail
7%
Other (non tech)
manufacturing
5%
Admin, Support and Waste Mngmt
3%
Finance and Insurance
2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)
2%
Utilities
1%
Education
1%
Software
Systems Design
Semis and components
Telecoms
Computer and peripherals manufacturing
Other Prof., Scientific, and Tech Services
Tech Consulting (incl. science & mgmt)
Other info systems
GPS, Measuring, Med Devices and Control
Instruments Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail
Other (non tech) manufacturing
Admin, Support and Waste Mngmt
Finance and Insurance
Other Services (except Public
Administration)
Utilities
Education
Source: WANTED Analytics, accessed October 2015. Only includes jobs that were categorized by industry.

5. 5
IBM, Intel, Cisco and Verizon are the only companies hiring more aggressively than
Microsoft in “Internet of Things”.
Aggregate Job Ads Mentioning IoT in the US, Prior 2 Years
756
452
403 389
336
287
244 240
196 187
140
106 93 86 72 67 64 60 54 52 50 49 49 45
Intel is hiring aggressively in IoT, as is
ARM (note: numbers are US job ads;
ARM is UK based)
Jasper is the start up
hiring fastest for IoT
Amazon (incl. AWS)
has only hired 72 IoT
specialists
Despite the need for SI and
consulting, the Big 4 are
lagging in IoT hiring
Microsoft is hiring
heavily for IoT
Salesforce.com only had 11
job ads mentioning IoT.

6. 6
IoT hiring is expanding outside of tech Fortune 500s; non-tech companies are
hiring for IoT, demonstrating that competition is intensifying across industries.
Selected IoT Job Ads Among Non Technology Companies, Prior 2 Years
52
50
37
34
16
14 13 12 12 11 10 10
8 7 6 6 5 5 4
Source: WANTED Analytics, October 2015

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