The first table below looks at the demand for Bluetooth skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 514 566 569
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +3
Contract jobs citing Bluetooth 15 18 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.032% 0.031% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.222% 0.197% 0.190%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 3
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £301 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £342 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 7
Average hourly rate £32.50 £39.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £29.10 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £39.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-13.46% +8.33%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6757 9144 7905
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.68% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3304 4153 3577
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 606 804
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%

Bluetooth
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Bluetooth Daily Rate Trend

Bluetooth
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bluetooth within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bluetooth Daily Rate Histogram

Bluetooth
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Bluetooth within the UK.

Bluetooth Hourly Rate Trend

Bluetooth
Top 14 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +40 12 £350 +7.69%
London +35 4 - -
East Midlands -1 3 £350 -
Nottingham - 3 £350 -
Nottinghamshire - 3 £350 -
Surrey +11 2 - -
South East +7 2 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
Cambridge - 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -
Scotland - 1 - -
South West - 1 £400 -
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £400 -

Bluetooth
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 25 (69.44%) C
1 25 (69.44%) Wi-Fi
2 24 (66.67%) C++
3 20 (55.56%) Linux
4 19 (52.78%) Device Driver
5 16 (44.44%) Android
6 13 (36.11%) Embedded Linux
6 13 (36.11%) JNI
6 13 (36.11%) Streaming Video
6 13 (36.11%) Java
7 10 (27.78%) Firmware
8 8 (22.22%) Handset
9 7 (19.44%) Wireless
9 7 (19.44%) Telecoms
10 6 (16.67%) ZigBee
10 6 (16.67%) 3G
10 6 (16.67%) GSM
11 5 (13.89%) WAP
11 5 (13.89%) WCDMA
11 5 (13.89%) Embedded C
11 5 (13.89%) TCP/IP
11 5 (13.89%) Performance Testing
11 5 (13.89%) Agilent
11 5 (13.89%) Degree
11 5 (13.89%) WiMAX
11 5 (13.89%) Validation
11 5 (13.89%) LTE
11 5 (13.89%) 4G
12 4 (11.11%) R
12 4 (11.11%) Mobile App

Bluetooth
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 13 (36.11%) JNI
2 5 (13.89%) WAP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (69.44%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (19.44%) Wireless
3 6 (16.67%) ZigBee
3 6 (16.67%) 3G
3 6 (16.67%) GSM
4 5 (13.89%) WCDMA
4 5 (13.89%) TCP/IP
4 5 (13.89%) WiMAX
4 5 (13.89%) LTE
4 5 (13.89%) 4G
5 4 (11.11%) SMS
6 3 (8.333%) Ethernet
6 3 (8.333%) HTTP
7 2 (5.556%) GPRS
8 1 (2.778%) HSPA
8 1 (2.778%) 3GPP
8 1 (2.778%) VoIP
8 1 (2.778%) WLAN
8 1 (2.778%) xDSL
8 1 (2.778%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.556%) MySQL
2 1 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (19.44%) Telecoms
2 4 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (2.778%) Electronics
3 1 (2.778%) Games
3 1 (2.778%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Developer
2 14 (38.89%) Android Developer
3 6 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Field Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (5.556%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.556%) Embedded Software Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Communications Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Programmer
7 1 (2.778%) Development Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Firmware Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Product Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (52.78%) Device Driver
2 13 (36.11%) Streaming Video
3 10 (27.78%) Firmware
4 8 (22.22%) Handset
5 4 (11.11%) Mobile App
6 2 (5.556%) STB
7 1 (2.778%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 1 (2.778%) Client/Server
7 1 (2.778%) Mainframe
7 1 (2.778%) Open Source
7 1 (2.778%) Smart Meter
7 1 (2.778%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 20 (55.56%) Linux
2 16 (44.44%) Android
3 13 (36.11%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (8.333%) VxWorks
5 2 (5.556%) Windows
5 2 (5.556%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.89%) Performance Testing
1 5 (13.89%) Validation
2 4 (11.11%) Logistics
3 3 (8.333%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (5.556%) Signal Processing
4 2 (5.556%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.556%) Project Management
4 2 (5.556%) OO
4 2 (5.556%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.778%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.778%) CRM
5 1 (2.778%) ERP
5 1 (2.778%) Mobile Commerce
5 1 (2.778%) B2B
5 1 (2.778%) B2C
5 1 (2.778%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 25 (69.44%) C
2 24 (66.67%) C++
3 13 (36.11%) Java
4 5 (13.89%) Embedded C
5 4 (11.11%) R
6 2 (5.556%) MATLAB
6 2 (5.556%) C#
6 2 (5.556%) Embedded C++
6 2 (5.556%) SQL
6 2 (5.556%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Agilent
2 2 (5.556%) Symbian
2 2 (5.556%) QNX
3 1 (2.778%) Anite
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