The first table below looks at the demand for ZigBee skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ZigBee over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ZigBee
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ZigBee 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.041% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.389% - -
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
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
257 328 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.53% 12.43% 9.453%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 134 75
Average daily rate £361 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.21% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £239 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £436 £420 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 31 26
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
ZigBee
UK

ZigBee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland ZigBee Jobs Demand Trend

ZigBee
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ZigBee within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Edinburgh - 1 - -
ZigBee
UK

ZigBee
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (100.00%) xDSL
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing

ZigBee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) xDSL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Communications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB