ZigBee
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ZigBee skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ZigBee over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 943 1203
Rank change year-on-year +60 +260 -322
Permanent jobs citing ZigBee 31 9 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.009% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% 0.058% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 19 9 9
10th Percentile £35,200 £52,750 -
25th Percentile £41,375 £57,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +172.73% -50.00%
75th Percentile £60,625 £87,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,500 - £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.59% +4.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

ZigBee is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

ZigBee
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ZigBee as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ZigBee.

Salary trend for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ZigBee over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ZigBee within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +95 31 £55,000 -26.67% 9
UK excluding London +3 30 £55,000 -8.33% 12
Work from Home +82 16 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Midlands - 13 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands - 7 £55,000 - 1
East Midlands - 6 £65,000 - 1
North of England +50 5 £50,000 -42.53%
North West +8 5 £50,000 -42.53%
South West - 5 £57,375 - 2
South East +3 4 £38,500 -35.83% 1
East of England - 3 £75,000 - 3
London +143 1 - -

ZigBee
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) GitHub
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (70.97%) Bluetooth
1 22 (70.97%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (51.61%) Wireless
3 11 (35.48%) TCP/IP
4 10 (32.26%) RS-232
4 10 (32.26%) RS-485
5 6 (19.35%) VoIP
6 4 (12.90%) Modbus
7 2 (6.45%) 802.11
7 2 (6.45%) DECT
7 2 (6.45%) MQTT
7 2 (6.45%) NFC
8 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
8 1 (3.23%) Firewall
8 1 (3.23%) HTTP
8 1 (3.23%) LAN
8 1 (3.23%) MPLS
8 1 (3.23%) RFID
8 1 (3.23%) WAN
8 1 (3.23%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 10 (32.26%) JIRA
2 7 (22.58%) Git
3 5 (16.13%) Jenkins
4 3 (9.68%) Subversion
5 1 (3.23%) Eclipse
5 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (70.97%) Electronics
2 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.45%) Automotive
4 2 (6.45%) Cyber-Physical System
4 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 19 (61.29%) Software Engineer
2 18 (58.06%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (58.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Senior
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Test Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Python Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Research Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Electronics Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Principal Software Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) Flask
2 2 (6.45%) 802.1X
3 1 (3.23%) Flutter
3 1 (3.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (3.23%) Qt
3 1 (3.23%) Vue
3 1 (3.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 20 (64.52%) IoT
2 8 (25.81%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (22.58%) ARM Cortex
4 5 (16.13%) CAN bus
4 5 (16.13%) Smart Home
5 4 (12.90%) Algorithms
5 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (9.68%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (6.45%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (6.45%) SCADA
8 1 (3.23%) Device Driver
8 1 (3.23%) NB-IoT
8 1 (3.23%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 13 (41.94%) Linux
2 7 (22.58%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (19.35%) ThreadX
4 5 (16.13%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (16.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Software Engineering
2 15 (48.39%) Agile
3 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
4 6 (19.35%) Kalman Filter
4 6 (19.35%) SDLC
5 5 (16.13%) BDD
5 5 (16.13%) Machine Learning
5 5 (16.13%) TDD
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.90%) Energy Management
6 4 (12.90%) Test Management
6 4 (12.90%) Test Strategy
7 3 (9.68%) Physics
7 3 (9.68%) Prototyping
7 3 (9.68%) Software Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.45%) Schematic Capture
8 2 (6.45%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) C
2 8 (25.81%) Embedded C
3 5 (16.13%) Python
4 2 (6.45%) C#
5 1 (3.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) ISTQB
2 3 (9.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (6.45%) CEH
3 2 (6.45%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (6.45%) ECSA
3 2 (6.45%) GPEN
4 1 (3.23%) CCNP
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) CWNA
4 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) MISRA
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.23%) MISRA C
System Software
1 11 (35.48%) Firmware
2 2 (6.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) EMC
1 2 (6.45%) Renesas
2 1 (3.23%) Aruba
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco
2 1 (3.23%) Ekahau
2 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.23%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) Juniper
2 1 (3.23%) Meraki
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) MikroTik
2 1 (3.23%) Nokia
2 1 (3.23%) Ruckus Wireless
2 1 (3.23%) VMware