The first table below looks at the demand for ZigBee skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ZigBee over the 3 months to 17 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ZigBee
Rank 808 834 827
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -7
Permanent jobs citing ZigBee 22 29 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.026% 0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.111% 0.145% 0.173%
Number of salaries quoted 17 26 32
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -0.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,100 £35,000 £31,600
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £51,250 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19754 20019 18514
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.59% 17.62% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16094 16857 15453
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
ZigBee
UK

ZigBee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England ZigBee Salary Trend

ZigBee
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ZigBee across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 17 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
South East +3 7 £37,500 -6.25%
East of England +4 5 £37,500 -28.57%
Yorkshire -20 4 £35,000 -2.77%
North East - 2 £28,750 -
London +26 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £57,500 -
Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £62,500 -
ZigBee
UK

ZigBee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 36 (62.07%) C
2 29 (50.00%) GSM
3 27 (46.55%) C++
4 26 (44.83%) Embedded C
5 25 (43.10%) GPRS
6 21 (36.21%) Bluetooth
6 21 (36.21%) Wireless
6 21 (36.21%) Embedded Systems
7 18 (31.03%) Windows
8 17 (29.31%) Test Management
9 16 (27.59%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (27.59%) Electronics
10 15 (25.86%) Linux
10 15 (25.86%) 3G
11 14 (24.14%) ISEB
11 14 (24.14%) Degree
12 12 (20.69%) Project Management
13 11 (18.97%) SQL Server
13 11 (18.97%) Web Services
14 10 (17.24%) Assembly Language
15 9 (15.52%) Firmware
15 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
15 9 (15.52%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (15.52%) Computer Science
15 9 (15.52%) Advertising
16 8 (13.79%) Manufacturing
16 8 (13.79%) Regression Testing
16 8 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
16 8 (13.79%) QA
16 8 (13.79%) Software Engineering

ZigBee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 11 (18.97%) Web Services
2 7 (12.07%) .NET
3 4 (6.897%) SOAP
4 3 (5.172%) REST
5 2 (3.448%) JSON
5 2 (3.448%) HTML
5 2 (3.448%) ASP
5 2 (3.448%) XML
6 1 (1.724%) JMS
6 1 (1.724%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.724%) .NET Compact Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.724%) Apache
1 1 (1.724%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.724%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.724%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 29 (50.00%) GSM
2 25 (43.10%) GPRS
3 21 (36.21%) Bluetooth
3 21 (36.21%) Wireless
4 16 (27.59%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (25.86%) 3G
6 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
7 5 (8.621%) Modbus
8 4 (6.897%) Ethernet
9 3 (5.172%) HTTP
9 3 (5.172%) SNMP
10 2 (3.448%) UMTS
10 2 (3.448%) WAN
10 2 (3.448%) HSDPA
10 2 (3.448%) 2G
11 1 (1.724%) LTE
11 1 (1.724%) 4G
11 1 (1.724%) IPv4
11 1 (1.724%) Internet
11 1 (1.724%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.448%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.621%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.448%) LabVIEW
General
1 16 (27.59%) Electronics
2 9 (15.52%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (15.52%) Advertising
3 8 (13.79%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.897%) Back Office
5 3 (5.172%) Marketing
6 2 (3.448%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.448%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (36.21%) Software Engineer
2 19 (32.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (24.14%) Test Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Firmware Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (6.897%) Developer
6 4 (6.897%) Analyst
6 4 (6.897%) Test Analyst
6 4 (6.897%) Software Developer
7 3 (5.172%) Architect
7 3 (5.172%) Hardware Engineer
7 3 (5.172%) QA Engineer
7 3 (5.172%) Tester
8 2 (3.448%) Verification Engineer
8 2 (3.448%) Embedded Software Developer
8 2 (3.448%) Embedded C Engineer
8 2 (3.448%) Linux Support
8 2 (3.448%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (3.448%) Systems Architect
8 2 (3.448%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.21%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (15.52%) Firmware
2 9 (15.52%) Computer Science
3 7 (12.07%) Smart Meter
3 7 (12.07%) Device Driver
4 3 (5.172%) N-Tier
5 2 (3.448%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (31.03%) Windows
2 15 (25.86%) Linux
3 7 (12.07%) Windows CE
3 7 (12.07%) VxWorks
3 7 (12.07%) ThreadX
4 3 (5.172%) Android
4 3 (5.172%) UNIX
5 2 (3.448%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.448%) Fedora
5 2 (3.448%) Windows XP
5 2 (3.448%) VMS
6 1 (1.724%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Test Management
2 12 (20.69%) Project Management
3 8 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (13.79%) Regression Testing
3 8 (13.79%) Software Engineering
4 7 (12.07%) Software Testing
4 7 (12.07%) TDD
4 7 (12.07%) Quality Management
5 5 (8.621%) Service Delivery
5 5 (8.621%) Scrum
5 5 (8.621%) OO
6 4 (6.897%) OOD
6 4 (6.897%) Pair Programming
7 3 (5.172%) CRM
7 3 (5.172%) ERP
7 3 (5.172%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (5.172%) Project Planning
7 3 (5.172%) Web Development
7 3 (5.172%) Refactoring
7 3 (5.172%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (62.07%) C
2 27 (46.55%) C++
3 26 (44.83%) Embedded C
4 10 (17.24%) Assembly Language
5 7 (12.07%) Python
6 5 (8.621%) C#
7 2 (3.448%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.448%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.724%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.724%) Bash shell
8 1 (1.724%) SQL
8 1 (1.724%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.724%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) ISEB
1 14 (24.14%) Degree
2 2 (3.448%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) QA
2 5 (8.621%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.724%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.897%) Atmel
3 3 (5.172%) Symbian
3 3 (5.172%) EMC
4 2 (3.448%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.724%) Oracle
5 1 (1.724%) SAP
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
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Desirables include power line communications, ZigBee, Wi-fi, QA, test plans execution, bug tracking, test management systems, ISEB foundation level, software qualifications, validation, systems verification... Skills: Embedded, Assembly...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £33000 to £38000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 15 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
London
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a genuine leader who will present you with challenges to take your career forward to the next level.Project responsibilities will...
OCC Computing
Salary: £70k - 75k per year + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013