Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in contract job vacancies. 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 | 516 | 577 | 714 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +61 | +137 | +141 |
| Contract jobs citing NB-IoT | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.011% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.040% | 0.038% | 0.020% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £334 | £504 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £376 | £509 | £320 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £457 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +14.88% | +46.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | £538 | £597 |
| 90th Percentile | £703 | £539 | £614 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -10.64% | +88.00% |
All Generic Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 9,944 | 13,250 | 19,897 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.97% | 30.42% | 33.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,345 | 8,502 | 13,668 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £263 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -2.27% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £660 | £680 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £788 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £496 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.80% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 394 | 912 | 640 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.46 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £30.00 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.83% | +33.42% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.99 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £31.08 | £28.25 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.02% | +28.41% | +9.64% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing NB-IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NB-IoT.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NB-IoT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +63 | 4 | £500 | -4.76% | 3 |
| England | +56 | 4 | £500 | -4.76% | 3 |
| South East | +44 | 2 | £355 | -32.38% | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | £625 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £625 | - |
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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: