IoT Developer Survey 2016

SURVEY INTRODUCTION
• The Eclipse IoT Working Group, IEEE IoT and AGILE IoT co-sponsored
an online survey to better understand how developers are building IoT
solutions.
• The survey was open from February 11 until March 25, 2016. A total of
528 individuals participated in the survey. Each partner promoted
the survey to their communities through social media and web sites.
• A similar survey was conducted in 2015 by the EclipseIoT Working
Group. Details are available at
http://www.slideshare.net/IanSkerrett/iot-developer-survey-2015
4/14/16 IoT Developer Survey 2016 - Copyright Eclipse Foundation 2

KEY FINDINGS

KEY FINDINGS
46% of respondents are
delivering IoT solutions today
An additional 29% have plans to
deliver an IoT solution in
the next 18 months.

KEY FINDINGS
Top 5 IoT Industries
IOT PLATFORMS HOME
AUTOMATION
INDUSTRIAL
AUTOMATION
ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
CONNECTED
CITIES

KEY FINDINGS
Top 3 concerns
SECURITY INTEROPERABILITY CONNECTIVITY

KEY FINDINGS
Top IoT
programming languages
Top IoT
messaging protocols
HTTP
C

KEY FINDINGS
Linux
Private cloud
Top IoT
cloud services
Top IoT
Operating System

KEY FINDINGS
52%
use
open hardware
for deployment or prototyping
58%
actively participate in
open source
projects for IoT
Open IoT

IOT EXPERIENCE

IOT EXPERIENCE
38%
18%
15%
18%
8%
3%
I develop IoT solutions for my company
I am researching IoT solutions for my company
I develop IoT solutions in my spare time
I am learning about IoT technology in my spare time
No experience
Other
What is your experiencewith building IoT solutions?

CURRENT TECHNOLOGY FOCUS
24.9%
11.9% 11.3% 11.1% 10.9%
9.4%
8.2%
6.3% 6.1%
Embedded
Software
Other Web
Development
Big data, data
analytics
Enterprise
Software
Cloud
Computing
Mobile Networking
Infrastructure
Hardware
Design
What is your personal current technology focus within your organization?

COMPANY PLANS FOR IOT
46%
14%
15%
14%
11%
My company develops and deploys IoT
solutions today
My company plans to develop and deploy
IoT solutions in the next 6 months
My company plans to develop and deploy
IoT solutions in the next 7-18 months
My company has no plans to develop IoT
solutions
I don't know
What is your company's plan for IoT solutions?

KEY INDUSTRIES
3.0%
3.6%
5.4%
5.8%
6.4%
6.6%
9.4%
9.6%
10.6%
12.4%
14.4%
14.8%
15.8%
16.8%
18.8%
20.8%
24.0%
24.6%
24.8%
38.6%
40.8%
Vending
Collaborative and sharing economy
Fitness
Banking/Financial/Fintech
Security/Defense
Retail
Security/Public Safety
Wearables
Public Utilities
Utilities
Transportation
Environment
Automotive
Agriculture
Healthcare
Building Automation
Connected Smart Cities
Industrial Automation
Energy Management
Home Automation
IoT Platform/Middleware
What industryor industriesbestdescribe(s)the typeof IoT solutions you have built
or will build?

TOP IOT CONCERNS
2.5%
2.5%
6.7%
11.3%
12.1%
13.2%
15.7%
16.3%
18.6%
20.9%
22.3%
29.4%
47.4%
I don't know
Other
Certification/Conformance
Data Analytics
Maintenance
Complexity
Privacy
Performance
Cost
Integration with Hardware
Connectivity
Interoperability
Security
What are your top 2 concerns for developingIoT solutions?

ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE IOT SOLUTIONS TODAY
16.3%
18.6%
20.9%
22.3%
29.4%
47.4%
21.0%
16.4%
19.3%
19.7%
31.9%
48.3%
Performance
Cost
Integration with
Hardware
Connectivity
Interoperability
Security
Organizations that have deployed an IoT solution Overall
Performance becomes #3 issue
What are your top 2 concerns for developingIoT solutions?

TECHNOLOGY USED FOR IOT

HOME AUTOMATION FRAMEWORKS
9%
5%
18%
13%
4%3%4%
16%
18%
10% Google Nest
Apple HomeKiT
OpenHAB
Eclipse SmartHome
Smarthings Hub
AllJoyn
OIC
Custom framework/platform
I don’t know
Other (please specify)
For your home automation solution, what framework/platform are you using
or plan to use?

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
51.9%
47.7%
41.8%
37.9%
33.6%
31.5%
11.7% 11.2%
7.2% 6.3% 6.1% 5.8% 4.7% 4.7%
Which programming languages,if any,do you use to build IoT solutions?

IOT OPERATING SYSTEMS
73.1%
23.1%
12.7% 11.1% 9.5%
7.4% 6.0% 6.0% 5.8% 5.6%
Linux No OS /
Bare-metal
FreeRTOS Other Windows
Embedded
mbed Contiki TinyOS Don’t know RIOT
Which operating system(s) do you use for your IoT devices?

CLOUD SERVICES FOR IOT
36.8%
34.9%
20.8%
16.9% 16.9% 16.9%
10.5%
8.7% 8.7%
Amazon
AWS
Private/ On-
premise
cloud
Microsoft
Azure
Google
Cloud
Platform
IBM
Bluemix
No cloud
service is
used
I don’t
know
RedHat
OpenShift
Other
Do you use, or plan to use, any of the following cloud service offerings for
implementing your IoT solution?

CLOUD SERVICES FOR IOT
36.8% 34.9%
20.8%
16.9% 16.9% 16.9%
44.1%
41.2%
25.6%
12.3%
17.1%
12.8%
Amazon AWS Private/ On-
premise cloud
Microsoft Azure Google Cloud
Platform
IBM Bluemix No cloud service
is used
Overall Organizations that have deployed an IoT solution
Do you use, or plan to use, any of the following cloud service offerings for
implementing your IoT solution?

CONNECTIVITY PROTOCOLS
3.2%
3.5%
4.8%
8.1%
8.5%
16.2%
17.3%
24.5%
25.4%
32.6%
40.9%
54.7%
67.0%
70.9%
Satellite
Don’t know
Thread
Other
UPnP
6LoWPAN
LPWAN (LoRa, Sigfox, LTE-M, etc.)
Serial RS-232/RS-485
Zigbee
Cellular
Bluetooth / Bluetooth Smart
Ethernet
Wi-Fi
TCP/IP
What connectivity protocol(s) do you use for your IoT solution?

MESSAGING STANDARDS
2.3%
3.5%
5.3%
6.2%
7.4%
13.2%
13.9%
15.5%
19.2%
21.2%
52.4%
61.2%
None
DDS
Other
Proprietary vendor protocol
I don’t know
XMPP
AMQP
In-house / proprietary
HTTP/2
CoAP
MQTT
HTTP
What messaging protocol(s) do you use for your IoT solution?

MESSAGING STANDARDS | IOT PLATFORM & SMART CITIES
61.2%
52.4%
21.2% 19.2%
73.9%
60.8%
32.4%
21.0%
73.0%
62.2%
35.1%
16.2%
HTTP MQTT CoAP HTTP/2
Overall IoT Platforms Smart Cities
What messaging protocol(s) do you use for your IoT solution?
CoAP usage increased for IoT
Platforms and Smart Cities

INDUSTRIAL PROTOCOLS
0.5%
1.5%
2.3%
3.1%
3.3%
3.3%
4.6%
5.4%
5.6%
8.4%
14.0%
15.3%
18.9%
26.0%
31.9%
Sercos
FOUNDATION fieldbus
DNP3
EtherCat
IEC 60870, 61850
Other
BACNet
Profibus, Profinet
KNX
OPC-UA (IEC 62541)
CAN
EtherNet/IP, ControlNet, DeviceNet
Modbus
Don’t Know
None
What industrial protocol(s) do you use in your IoT solution?

USAGE OF OPEN HARDWARE
19%
33%
32%
9%
7% Yes, my company deploys IoT solution
using an open hardware platform
Yes, my company prototypes IoT solutions
using an open hardware platform
Yes, I have experimented with open
harware in my spare time
No, but I intend to experiment with open
hardware in the next 6 months
Never used open hardware
Have you ever used any open hardware platforms like Raspberry Pi, Arduino,
BeagleBone,etc.?

IOT INDUSTRY PERCEPTIONS

OPEN SOURCE POLICY
3.0%
25.1%
16.6% 16.6%
24.9%
12.6%
Not allowed in any
part of our IoT
solution
Used but we do not
participate or
contribute to open
source projects
Used and we
contribute bug fixes
to open source
projects
Used and we have
developers who
work on open source
projects
Fundamental to our
business model
I don't know
What is your company’s policy about using open source technology for your
IoT solutions?

IOT CONSORTIUMS
Important Neutral
Not
Important
Don't
Know
Never heard of
them
Average
Rating
AllSeen Alliance 38 69 42 73 116 3.47
Eclipse IoT 166 89 29 49 26 2.11
IEC 38 82 37 80 89 3.31
IEEE 135 111 33 65 14 2.20
IETF 104 81 30 66 54 2.66
Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) 48 90 42 72 87 3.18
LoRa Alliance 70 74 35 71 89 3.10
OASIS 55 103 46 76 64 2.97
Open Interconnect Consortium
(OIC)
42 79 39 86 94 3.33
OMA 41 76 32 77 114 3.43
OneM2M 34 78 36 74 112 3.46
Thread 34 81 41 71 108 3.41
W3C 146 88 38 64 13 2.17
How would you rankyour organization’s perceivedimportance of the
following IoT Consortiums to your IoT strategy? ( 1=Important, 5=Never heard of them)

TOP IOT CORPORATE LEADERS

WHO RESPONDED?

JOB TITLE
30%
16%
12%
10%
8%
6%
5%
4%
9% Developer
Architect
Development Manager
Researcher
Independent Consultant
Executive
Product Manager
Student
Other (please specify)

ORGANIZATION SIZE
1 to 49 employees
50%
50 to 500
employees
22%
501 to 5000
employees
13%
More than 5000
employees
15%
How large is the organization you work for?

REGION
Europe
59%
Middle East, Africa
2%
Asia and Pacific
14%
North America
19%
South America
6%
Where do you live?

DIFFERENT RESPONDENT POOLS

DIFFERENT RESPONDENTS POOLS
The Survey was jointly sponsored by the Eclipse IoTWorking Group, IEEE IoTand the AGILE
IoT research project. Each sponsor group promoted the survey to their community.
A total of 528 individualsparticipated in the survey; 281 from Eclipse IoT, 130 from AGILE
IoT and 46 from IEEE IoT. The remaining response came from other organizations who
helped promote the survey.
Some differences emerged between the Eclipse IoT respondents and the other groups
(details on next page):
- Eclipse community was more focused on embedded technology
- C and Python weretop languages in the non-Eclipse respondents; Java and C being top
languages in Eclipse
- MQTT usage significantly higher in Eclipse; most likely due to Eclipse Paho and Eclipse
Mosquitto
- Eclipse respondents more likely to have already deployed an IoT solution today

KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ECLIPSE IOT
RESPONDENTS & THE OTHER GROUPS
Combined Eclipse IoT AGILE IoT, IEEE IoT, others
Embedded Technology Focus 24.9% 30% 19.1%
I develop IoT Solutions for my company 37.9% 46.3% 28.3%
My company develops and deploys IoT
solutions today
45.7% 53.1% 37.9%
Top Languages Java (51.9%)
C (47.7%)
JavaScript (41.8%)
Java (59.6%)
C (45.4%)
JavaScript (43.3%)
C (50.5%)
Python (47.9%)
Java (42%)
Message Protocols HTTP (61.2%)
MQTT (52.4%)
MQTT (61.8%)
HTTP (58.1%)
HTTP (65.1%)
MQTT (40.6%)
Key Roles Developer (30.1%)
Architect (16.1%)
Dev Mgr(12%)
Developer (34.1%)
Architect (19.4%)
Dev. Mgr (12.4%)
Developer (25.1%)
Researcher (16%)
Architect (12%)
Location Europe (58.6%)
NA (19.4%)
AP (14.1%)
Europe (56.2%)
NA (24.4%)
AP (13.8%)
Europe (61.5%)
AP (14.4%)
NA (13.2%)

CONTACT INFORMATION
https://iot.eclipse.org
@EclipseIoT
http://iot.ieee.org
@IEEEIoT
http://agile-iot.eu
@agile_iot

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