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 in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NB-IoT over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 537 651
Rank change year-on-year +56 +114 +130
Contract jobs citing NB-IoT 4 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.013% 0.004%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.048% 0.044% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £334 £504 -
25th Percentile £376 £509 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £339
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +54.87% +8.48%
75th Percentile £669 £538 £359
90th Percentile £703 £539 -
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £457
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.88% +46.24%

All Generic Skills
England

NB-IoT falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NB-IoT in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 1 May 2025. 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 +44 2 £355 -32.38% 1
West Midlands - 2 £625 -
Midlands - 2 £625 -
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 4 (100.00%) 5G
2 2 (50.00%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) 2G
3 1 (25.00%) 4G
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Modbus
3 1 (25.00%) MQTT
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) IoT
2 2 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC