NB-IoT Job Trends in the South East

Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NB-IoT over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 288 267
Rank change year-on-year +14 -21 +152
Permanent jobs citing NB-IoT 2 19 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.019% 0.20% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.063% 0.58% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - - £33,875
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +6.67% +60.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £69,063
90th Percentile - - £75,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +8.33% +6.67% +60.71%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,181 3,272 2,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.67% 35.24% 31.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,615 1,423 1,692
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -0.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

NB-IoT job vacancy trend in the South East

NB-IoT
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing NB-IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing NB-IoT

NB-IoT
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NB-IoT within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Surrey -1 2 £65,000 +8.33%
NB-IoT
England

NB-IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) GPRS
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) GTM Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree