NB-IoT Jobs in England

Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 631 810 950
Rank change year-on-year +179 +140 +171
Permanent jobs citing NB-IoT 17 12 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.014% 0.001%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.040% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 1
10th Percentile £44,500 £28,750 -
25th Percentile £49,375 £29,688 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £38,750 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +67.74% +40.91% -42.11%
75th Percentile £79,125 £58,125 £28,750
90th Percentile £83,100 £82,500 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £38,750 £27,500
% change year-on-year +48.39% +40.91% -42.11%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 16,037 29,755 40,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.82% 34.92% 44.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,791 20,890 21,646
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,483
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £98,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NB-IoT in England.

Salary trend for NB-IoT in England

NB-IoT
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for NB-IoT in England

NB-IoT
Job Locations in 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +113 12 - - 1
Midlands +85 4 £62,000 +24.00%
West Midlands +52 3 £62,000 +24.00%
London - 1 £65,000 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) AWS
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (82.35%) LTE
2 12 (70.59%) 5G
3 11 (64.71%) Bluetooth
3 11 (64.71%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (23.53%) Modbus
5 3 (17.65%) 3G
5 3 (17.65%) GPRS
5 3 (17.65%) LoRaWAN
5 3 (17.65%) Wireless
6 1 (5.88%) Internet
6 1 (5.88%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 14 (82.35%) Electronics
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 11 (64.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Marketing
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 11 (64.71%) Lead
1 11 (64.71%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Product Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Hardware Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (94.12%) IoT
2 1 (5.88%) Home Automation
2 1 (5.88%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Linux
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
1 11 (64.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Strategic Thinking
2 11 (64.71%) Asset Management
2 11 (64.71%) Infrastructure as Code
2 11 (64.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (64.71%) Penetration Testing
2 11 (64.71%) Project Planning
2 11 (64.71%) Software Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Product Management
3 4 (23.53%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (17.65%) Innovative Thinking
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
4 3 (17.65%) Scrum
4 3 (17.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Bash
1 11 (64.71%) PowerShell
1 11 (64.71%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) Degree
2 11 (64.71%) CompTIA Security+
2 11 (64.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (64.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (64.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) Ansible
1 11 (64.71%) Puppet
1 11 (64.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
1 11 (64.71%) VMware
2 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Arqiva