NB-IoT Job Trends in the East of England

Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NB-IoT over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 - 199
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NB-IoT 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.019% - 0.037%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.066% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -12.50% +54.84% +40.91%

All Generic Skills
East of 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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,525 1,081 1,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 28.96% 38.50% 36.16%
Number of salaries quoted 714 493 1,412
10th Percentile £26,650 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

NB-IoT job vacancy trend in the East of England

NB-IoT
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NB-IoT within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire - 1 £55,000 - 2
NB-IoT
England

NB-IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) ThreadX
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware