Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NB-IoT over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 899 998 1194
Rank change year-on-year +99 +196 -292
Permanent jobs citing NB-IoT 12 1 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.001% 0.012%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.034% 0.002% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 10
10th Percentile £28,750 - £42,525
25th Percentile £29,688 £26,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £27,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -42.11% +35.71%
75th Percentile £58,125 £28,750 £56,875
90th Percentile £82,500 - £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,750 £27,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +40.91% -40.54% +23.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,939 44,198 74,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 42.68% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 22,999 23,881 34,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NB-IoT in the UK

NB-IoT
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NB-IoT.

Salary trend for NB-IoT in the UK

NB-IoT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NB-IoT over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NB-IoT in the UK

NB-IoT
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NB-IoT within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +101 12 £38,750 +40.91% 4
UK excluding London +2 12 £38,750 +40.91% 3
South East +23 8 £32,500 +18.18% 3
East of England - 2 £75,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
North of England - 1 £40,000 -
Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
North West - 1 £40,000 -

NB-IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (41.67%) OrCAD
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Modbus
1 7 (58.33%) Wireless
2 6 (50.00%) 3G
2 6 (50.00%) GPRS
3 5 (41.67%) 4G
4 4 (33.33%) LTE
5 3 (25.00%) 5G
6 2 (16.67%) Bluetooth
6 2 (16.67%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
7 1 (8.33%) MQTT
7 1 (8.33%) RS-232
7 1 (8.33%) RS-485
7 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
7 1 (8.33%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) JIRA
2 5 (41.67%) Eclipse
2 5 (41.67%) Subversion
3 1 (8.33%) Git
3 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (66.67%) Electronics
1 8 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Marketing
2 7 (58.33%) Public Sector
2 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Graduate
4 2 (16.67%) Junior
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Business Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Development Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Flash
2 1 (8.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) IoT
2 4 (33.33%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (8.33%) GNSS
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Smart City
3 1 (8.33%) SystemC
3 1 (8.33%) Verilog
3 1 (8.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (8.33%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (8.33%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Digital Marketing
1 7 (58.33%) Programme Management
2 4 (33.33%) CAD
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 4 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (8.33%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) Build Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Business Development
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) Assembly Language
2 5 (41.67%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) C
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) IEC 61131
1 4 (33.33%) JTAG
2 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) SAP
2 6 (50.00%) EMC
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) Atmel
4 1 (8.33%) Autodesk
4 1 (8.33%) CA
4 1 (8.33%) Freescale
4 1 (8.33%) NCR
4 1 (8.33%) Renesas
4 1 (8.33%) Sigfox