NB-IoT Contracts in the UK excluding London

Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NB-IoT over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 395 445
Rank change year-on-year +60 +50 +64
Contract jobs citing NB-IoT 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.019% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.094% 0.065% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £334 £503 £564
25th Percentile £376 £506 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -10.64% +88.00%
75th Percentile £669 £539 £616
90th Percentile £703 £540 £621
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £457
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.88% +46.24%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,246 6,122 7,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.19% 29.50% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,666 5,259
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £376 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 724 436
10th Percentile £16.81 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.28 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.42 £28.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +27.84% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.64 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NB-IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NB-IoT in the UK excluding London

NB-IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NB-IoT in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for NB-IoT in the UK excluding London

NB-IoT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NB-IoT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NB-IoT in the UK excluding London

NB-IoT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands - 2 £625 -
West Midlands - 2 £625 -
NB-IoT
UK

NB-IoT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 Design
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC