The first table below looks at the demand for ZigBee skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ZigBee over the 3 months to 20 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 Lancashire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ZigBee
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ZigBee 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 - £320
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.35%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
29 61 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 14.43% 14.15% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 16
Average daily rate £325 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £490 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 20
Average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £29.75 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
ZigBee
North West

ZigBee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire ZigBee Jobs Demand Trend

ZigBee
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Meter
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (50.00%) C++

ZigBee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Meter
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (50.00%) C++