The first table below looks at the demand for Bluetooth skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bluetooth over the 3 months to 21 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 South 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bluetooth
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Bluetooth 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.048% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.340% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
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 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-13.46% +4.00%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
294 546 374
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.11% 16.72% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 280 153
Average daily rate £350 £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 37 55
Average hourly rate £20.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.96 £20.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Bluetooth
England

Bluetooth
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bristol - 1 £400 -
Bluetooth
England

Bluetooth
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing

Bluetooth
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 1 (100.00%) HTTP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
South West England
My client is currently looking for an Electronics System Engineer, you will be involved in developing Electronic Hardware and Firmware architectures... -Technical investigation and promotion of product concepts...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £40 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013