Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NB-IoT in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NB-IoT over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 576 | 692 | 845 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +116 | +153 | -120 |
| Contract jobs citing NB-IoT | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.018% | 0.009% | 0.003% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.061% | 0.027% | 0.010% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £506 | - | £380 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £320 | £491 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £575 | £725 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | -20.69% | +38.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £539 | £625 | £794 |
| 90th Percentile | £733 | - | £813 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £533 | £600 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.25% | +92.00% | -40.48% |
All Generic Skills
UK
NB-IoT falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 13,045 | 18,435 | 29,015 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.87% | 33.19% | 33.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,307 | 12,697 | 20,403 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £310 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £446 | £440 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £678 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £800 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.56% | +11.43% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 939 | 605 | 684 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.25 | £9.80 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.39 | £10.63 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.65 | £22.26 | £27.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.15% | -17.56% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.40 | £58.75 | £50.77 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.88 | £75.00 | £65.76 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.25 | £22.00 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.23% | +2.33% | -4.44% |
NB-IoT
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing NB-IoT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
NB-IoT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NB-IoT.
NB-IoT
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NB-IoT over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.
NB-IoT
Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NB-IoT within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +91 | 7 | £525 | +54.87% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +31 | 5 | £533 | -11.25% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +117 | 3 | £850 | +41.67% | 2 |
| South East | - | 3 | £525 | - | 6 |
| London | +81 | 1 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +47 | 1 | £850 | +41.67% | 2 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - |
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||