NB-IoT Contract Job Trends in London

Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NB-IoT over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 388 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Contract jobs citing NB-IoT 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.037% 0.006% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.096% 0.018% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £472 - -
90th Percentile £474 - -
England median daily rate £500 £525 -
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 - -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,213 5,443 7,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.98% 34.03% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,340 3,491 5,244
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £443 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £695 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 70 91
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.48 £18.57
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £34.13 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.93% +14.82% +10.16%
75th Percentile £46.88 £57.13 £52.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.95 £72.50
England median hourly rate £28.13 £53.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -47.43% +16.61% +77.11%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NB-IoT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

NB-IoT job vacancy trend in London

NB-IoT
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NB-IoT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NB-IoT

NB-IoT
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Central London - 1 £475 - 1
NB-IoT
England

NB-IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) 2G
1 4 (80.00%) 4G
1 4 (80.00%) 5G
1 4 (80.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) 3GPP
2 1 (20.00%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) GIS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 3 (60.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ETL
1 3 (60.00%) Network Design
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR