The first table below looks at the demand for Bluetooth skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bluetooth over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bluetooth
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Bluetooth 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £39.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-13.46% +8.33%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
298 563 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.78% 18.10% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 222 238
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £462 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.13% -38.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Bluetooth
England

Bluetooth
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Bluetooth Jobs Demand 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 North West region.

North West Bluetooth Hourly Rate Trend

Bluetooth
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) ZigBee
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Meter
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (50.00%) C++

Bluetooth
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) ZigBee
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++