East of England ZigBee Contracts

This section looks at the demand for ZigBee skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ZigBee over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire East of England England High Wycombe North East South East UK Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	149	142
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.265 %	0.268 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.50	£38.75
% change on same period last year	-16.12 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	754	747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.994 %	0.792 %
Daily rates quoted	253	203
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£334
Average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	115	124
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.07	£26.92
Average hourly rate	£28.64	£29.15
% change on same period last year	-1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.20	£31.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
ZigBee England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ZigBee across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ZigBee within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	-9	2	-	-

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ZigBee also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ZigBee.

1 2 (100.00 %) Bluetooth 1 2 (100.00 %) Wireless 1 2 (100.00 %) Electronics 2 1 (50.00 %) Telecoms 2 1 (50.00 %) Health 2 1 (50.00 %) DECT

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ZigBee also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ZigBee. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 2 (100.00 %) Bluetooth 1 2 (100.00 %) Wireless 2 1 (50.00 %) DECT	General 1 2 (100.00 %) Electronics 2 1 (50.00 %) Telecoms 2 1 (50.00 %) Health
Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Software Engineer 1 1 (50.00 %) Consultant 1 1 (50.00 %) Embedded Software Engineer 1 1 (50.00 %) RF Engineer