The first table below looks at the demand for Bluetooth skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bluetooth over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bluetooth
Rank 503 552 552
Rank change year-on-year
+49 0
Contract jobs citing Bluetooth 11 18 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.026% 0.033% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.178% 0.211% 0.166%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 6
Average hourly rate £32.50 £39.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £29.10 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £39.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-13.46% +4.00%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6186 8529 7249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.65% 15.72% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3095 3986 3361
Average daily rate £350 £366 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.29% +4.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 518 577 738
Average hourly rate £22.25 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Bluetooth
UK

Bluetooth
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Bluetooth across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England Bluetooth Jobs Demand Trend

Bluetooth
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Bluetooth across the England region.

England Bluetooth Daily Rate Trend

Bluetooth
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Bluetooth across the England region.

England Bluetooth Hourly Rate Trend

Bluetooth
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bluetooth within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +27 3 - -
East Midlands +2 3 £350 -
South East +9 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -
South West - 1 £400 -
Bluetooth
UK

Bluetooth
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Bluetooth 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 Bluetooth.

1 24 (85.71%) C
2 22 (78.57%) C++
3 19 (67.86%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (64.29%) Device Driver
4 18 (64.29%) Linux
5 16 (57.14%) Android
6 13 (46.43%) JNI
6 13 (46.43%) Embedded Linux
6 13 (46.43%) Streaming Video
6 13 (46.43%) Java
7 5 (17.86%) Embedded C
8 4 (14.29%) Firmware
8 4 (14.29%) Wireless
8 4 (14.29%) ZigBee
9 3 (10.71%) Handset
9 3 (10.71%) Automotive
9 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
10 2 (7.143%) Embedded C++
10 2 (7.143%) Symbian
10 2 (7.143%) Ethernet
10 2 (7.143%) HTTP
10 2 (7.143%) 3G
10 2 (7.143%) VxWorks
10 2 (7.143%) Project Management
10 2 (7.143%) C#
10 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
10 2 (7.143%) Windows
10 2 (7.143%) Windows Mobile
10 2 (7.143%) Embedded Software Development
10 2 (7.143%) QNX

Bluetooth
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Bluetooth 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 Bluetooth. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (46.43%) JNI
2 1 (3.571%) WAP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (67.86%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (14.29%) Wireless
2 4 (14.29%) ZigBee
3 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
4 2 (7.143%) Ethernet
4 2 (7.143%) HTTP
4 2 (7.143%) 3G
5 1 (3.571%) Modbus
5 1 (3.571%) 4G
5 1 (3.571%) NFC
5 1 (3.571%) GPRS
5 1 (3.571%) GSM
5 1 (3.571%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) MySQL
1 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (10.71%) Automotive
2 1 (3.571%) Games
2 1 (3.571%) Marketing
2 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Developer
2 14 (50.00%) Android Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Software Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Test Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Embedded Software Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Product Development Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Development Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (64.29%) Device Driver
2 13 (46.43%) Streaming Video
3 4 (14.29%) Firmware
4 3 (10.71%) Handset
5 1 (3.571%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.571%) Smart Meter
5 1 (3.571%) Open Source
5 1 (3.571%) STB
5 1 (3.571%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.571%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (64.29%) Linux
2 16 (57.14%) Android
3 13 (46.43%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (7.143%) VxWorks
4 2 (7.143%) Windows
4 2 (7.143%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.143%) Project Management
1 2 (7.143%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (3.571%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (3.571%) Signal Processing
2 1 (3.571%) Test Automation
2 1 (3.571%) Test Scripting
2 1 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (3.571%) Validation
2 1 (3.571%) OO
2 1 (3.571%) CRM
2 1 (3.571%) ERP
2 1 (3.571%) Mobile Commerce
2 1 (3.571%) B2B
2 1 (3.571%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 24 (85.71%) C
2 22 (78.57%) C++
3 13 (46.43%) Java
4 5 (17.86%) Embedded C
5 2 (7.143%) Embedded C++
5 2 (7.143%) C#
6 1 (3.571%) Perl
6 1 (3.571%) SQL
6 1 (3.571%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (7.143%) Symbian
1 2 (7.143%) QNX
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