The first table below looks at the demand for Bluetooth skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Bluetooth over the 3 months to 23 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bluetooth
Rank 171 173 165
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Bluetooth 5 11 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.146% 0.286% 0.218%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.617% 1.279% 1.136%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 8
Average salary £27,000 £40,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.50% +10.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £37,500 £32,200
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+18.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
811 860 704
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.69% 22.39% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 649 758 572
Average salary £38,500 £41,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.09% +5.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Bluetooth
South East

Bluetooth
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Bluetooth Jobs Demand Trend

Bluetooth
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire Bluetooth Salary Trend

Bluetooth
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bluetooth within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Basingstoke -16 5 £27,000 -32.50%
Bluetooth
South East

Bluetooth
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Bluetooth.

1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
1 5 (100.00%) LTE
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
2 3 (60.00%) WCDMA
2 3 (60.00%) RFID
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) HNC
3 2 (40.00%) HND
3 2 (40.00%) GSM

Bluetooth
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Bluetooth. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LTE
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
2 3 (60.00%) WCDMA
2 3 (60.00%) RFID
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) GSM
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Radio Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Engineer
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) HNC
1 2 (40.00%) HND