NB-IoT Job Trends 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 permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NB-IoT over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 558 549
Rank change year-on-year +43 -9 +220
Permanent jobs citing NB-IoT 2 22 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.059% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.015% 0.17% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £45,375 £33,875
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,563 £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
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +8.33% +6.67% +60.71%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,778 12,677 10,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.85% 34.02% 35.66%
Number of salaries quoted 6,342 5,563 7,827
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,164 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,080 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% -0.91% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,184 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

NB-IoT job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

NB-IoT
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NB-IoT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NB-IoT

NB-IoT
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NB-IoT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
South East +10 2 £65,000 +8.33%
NB-IoT
UK

NB-IoT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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