The first table below looks at the demand for ZigBee skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ZigBee over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ZigBee
Rank 136 150 138
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -12
Permanent jobs citing ZigBee 6 4 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.230% 0.140% 0.471%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.296% 0.766% 2.151%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 14
Average salary £37,500 £52,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +28.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £48,500 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
463 522 651
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 17.74% 18.30% 21.88%
Number of salaries quoted 363 439 565
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
ZigBee
East of England

ZigBee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire ZigBee Jobs Demand Trend

ZigBee
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ZigBee across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire ZigBee Salary Trend

ZigBee
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ZigBee across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire ZigBee Salary Histogram

ZigBee
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ZigBee within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Peterborough -1 3 £33,500 -29.47%
Cambridge +5 2 £50,000 -4.76%
ZigBee
East of England

ZigBee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ZigBee.

1 12 (100.00%) C
2 11 (91.67%) C++
3 9 (75.00%) GPRS
4 7 (58.33%) GSM
4 7 (58.33%) TDD
5 6 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (41.67%) Project Management
6 5 (41.67%) Embedded C
7 4 (33.33%) OOD
7 4 (33.33%) OO
7 4 (33.33%) Python
7 4 (33.33%) Scrum
7 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
7 4 (33.33%) Pair Programming
7 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
8 3 (25.00%) Marketing
8 3 (25.00%) Refactoring
8 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (25.00%) Firmware
9 2 (16.67%) 3G
9 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
9 2 (16.67%) 2G
9 2 (16.67%) Windows
9 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
9 2 (16.67%) UMTS
9 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
9 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
9 2 (16.67%) Test Management
9 2 (16.67%) Smart Meter

ZigBee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ZigBee. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) GPRS
2 7 (58.33%) GSM
3 2 (16.67%) UMTS
3 2 (16.67%) 3G
3 2 (16.67%) 2G
4 1 (8.333%) Bluetooth
4 1 (8.333%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) LabVIEW
2 1 (8.333%) GCC
2 1 (8.333%) Ant
General
1 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (8.333%) Electronics
3 1 (8.333%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded C Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Firmware
2 2 (16.67%) Smart Meter
2 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) TDD
2 6 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (41.67%) Project Management
4 4 (33.33%) OO
4 4 (33.33%) OOD
4 4 (33.33%) Pair Programming
4 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) Refactoring
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Test Management
6 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C
2 11 (91.67%) C++
3 5 (41.67%) Embedded C
4 4 (33.33%) Python
5 1 (8.333%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Freescale
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Embedded Software Engineer will design and write low level software for complex electronics systems within a range of radio based Wireless applications including telecommunications, medical, engineering and...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £57000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
The technical experience that we are looking for with this role is as follows: Embedded C Linker scripts and makefiles... Understanding of processor architectures and some of following...
Proteus Europe
Posted: 15 May 2013