Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NB-IoT over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 894 946 1256
Rank change year-on-year +52 +310 -321
Permanent jobs citing NB-IoT 13 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.001% 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.036% 0.002% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £28,750 - £36,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £27,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -52.17% +53.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £28,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £27,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +36.36% -40.54% +23.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

NB-IoT is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,820 40,772 81,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.13% 43.08% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,199 22,412 34,284
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NB-IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NB-IoT in the UK

NB-IoT
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for NB-IoT in the UK

NB-IoT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NB-IoT over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NB-IoT in the UK

NB-IoT
Top 8 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
England +48 13 £37,500 +36.36% 6
UK excluding London -20 13 £37,500 +36.36% 8
South East +2 9 £32,500 +18.18% 6
East of England - 2 £75,000 -
North of England - 1 £40,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
North West - 1 £40,000 -

NB-IoT
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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) OrCAD
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Modbus
1 8 (61.54%) Wireless
2 7 (53.85%) 3G
2 7 (53.85%) GPRS
3 5 (38.46%) 4G
3 5 (38.46%) LTE
4 3 (23.08%) 5G
5 2 (15.38%) Bluetooth
5 2 (15.38%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (15.38%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
6 1 (7.69%) MQTT
6 1 (7.69%) RS-232
6 1 (7.69%) RS-485
6 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.69%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) JIRA
2 5 (38.46%) Eclipse
2 5 (38.46%) Subversion
3 1 (7.69%) Git
3 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (69.23%) Electronics
1 9 (69.23%) Manufacturing
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Marketing
2 8 (61.54%) Public Sector
2 8 (61.54%) Telecoms
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
5 1 (7.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Electronics Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Graduate
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Junior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Flash
2 1 (7.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) IoT
2 4 (30.77%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (7.69%) GNSS
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Smart City
3 1 (7.69%) SystemC
3 1 (7.69%) Verilog
3 1 (7.69%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (7.69%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (7.69%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Digital Marketing
1 8 (61.54%) Programme Management
2 4 (30.77%) CAD
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (30.77%) Prototyping
2 4 (30.77%) Schematic Capture
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Product Management
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) Business Development
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Time Management
4 1 (7.69%) Unit Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
2 5 (38.46%) Assembly Language
2 5 (38.46%) C++
3 2 (15.38%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) C
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) IEC 61131
1 4 (30.77%) JTAG
2 1 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Firmware
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) SAP
2 7 (53.85%) EMC
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Atmel
4 1 (7.69%) Autodesk
4 1 (7.69%) CA
4 1 (7.69%) Freescale
4 1 (7.69%) NCR
4 1 (7.69%) Renesas
4 1 (7.69%) Sigfox