The first table below looks at the demand for ZigBee skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ZigBee 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 London 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
ZigBee
Rank - 417 431
Contract jobs citing ZigBee 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.004% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.027% 0.060%
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 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.35%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2871 3739 3333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.05% 13.68% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1749 2268 1921
Average daily rate £400 £399 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.25% +1.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 153 215
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.48 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
ZigBee
England

ZigBee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London ZigBee Jobs Demand Trend

ZigBee
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ZigBee Daily Rate Trend

ZigBee
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ZigBee Hourly Rate Trend

ZigBee
Top 1 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 1 (100.00%) Firmware

ZigBee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware