NB-IoT Contracts in England

Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NB-IoT over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 653 783
Rank change year-on-year +116 +130 -158
Contract jobs citing NB-IoT 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.003% 0.004% 0.001%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.009% 0.012% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £320 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £339 £313
Median % change year-on-year - +8.48% -37.50%
75th Percentile - £359 £319
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £457 £313
% change year-on-year - +46.24% -37.50%

All Generic Skills
England

NB-IoT is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 16,983 24,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.76% 33.65% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,428 11,801 17,096
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 591 641
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing NB-IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for NB-IoT in England

NB-IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NB-IoT in England.

Daily rate trend for NB-IoT in England

NB-IoT
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NB-IoT within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 1 - - 3
NB-IoT
UK

NB-IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Meter
1 1 (100.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND