The first table below looks at the demand for ZigBee skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ZigBee over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ZigBee
Rank 529 569 585
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +16
Contract jobs citing ZigBee 12 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.025% 0.017% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.170% 0.112% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £285 £425 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.94% +30.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +20.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £33.25
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +35.33%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7041 8897 8099
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.40% 15.56% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3525 3976 3672
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £206 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 596 803
Average hourly rate £23.75 £25.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%

ZigBee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK.

ZigBee Hourly Rate Trend

ZigBee
Top 22 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +31 10 £285 -32.94% 5
East of England +25 9 £285 - 2
Cambridgeshire +9 5 £285 - 2
Cambridge - 5 £285 - 2
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Nottingham - 1 £385 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £385 -
East Midlands - 1 £385 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Birmingham - - - -
Bracknell - - - -
Midlands - - - -
North East - - - - 1
South East - - - - 1
Tyne and Wear - - - - 1
West Midlands - - - -
Peterborough - - - -
South Shields - - - -
Berkshire - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - - 1
London - - - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - - - - 1

ZigBee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 13 (86.67%) C
2 10 (66.67%) Embedded C
3 8 (53.33%) Firmware
4 6 (40.00%) C++
4 6 (40.00%) Python
5 5 (33.33%) 802.15
5 5 (33.33%) Wireless
5 5 (33.33%) Scrum
6 3 (20.00%) TDD
6 3 (20.00%) Embedded C++
6 3 (20.00%) Bluetooth
6 3 (20.00%) Java
6 3 (20.00%) UML
7 2 (13.33%) GPRS
7 2 (13.33%) OOD
7 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (13.33%) Linux
8 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (6.667%) xDSL
8 1 (6.667%) Waterfall
8 1 (6.667%) Signal Processing
8 1 (6.667%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 1 (6.667%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (6.667%) Lua
8 1 (6.667%) Use Case
8 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
8 1 (6.667%) Data Protection
8 1 (6.667%) Process Management
8 1 (6.667%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (6.667%) Automotive

ZigBee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 5 (33.33%) 802.15
1 5 (33.33%) Wireless
2 3 (20.00%) Bluetooth
3 2 (13.33%) GPRS
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.667%) xDSL
4 1 (6.667%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (6.667%) 3G
4 1 (6.667%) SSL
4 1 (6.667%) GSM
4 1 (6.667%) WLAN
4 1 (6.667%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (6.667%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) C Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Embedded C Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Communications Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Process Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Design Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Software Tester
6 1 (6.667%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Firmware
2 1 (6.667%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (6.667%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.667%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) VxWorks
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Scrum
2 3 (20.00%) TDD
2 3 (20.00%) UML
3 2 (13.33%) OOD
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Waterfall
4 1 (6.667%) Signal Processing
4 1 (6.667%) Use Case
4 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.667%) Process Management
4 1 (6.667%) OO
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C
2 10 (66.67%) Embedded C
3 6 (40.00%) C++
3 6 (40.00%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) Embedded C++
4 3 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (6.667%) Lua
5 1 (6.667%) MATLAB
5 1 (6.667%) C#
5 1 (6.667%) Perl
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