Wearable technology
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Wearables in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wearables over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 776 988
Rank change year-on-year -73 +212 -222
Permanent jobs citing Wearables 39 220 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.066% 0.32% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32 54 58
10th Percentile £31,500 £22,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,563 £47,500 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,563 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +55.56% -10.00%

All General Skills
UK

Wearables is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,289 69,287 100,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.78% 68.22% 64.09%
Number of salaries quoted 39,672 37,345 51,003
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Wearables
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wearables as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wearables in the UK

Wearables
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wearables.

Salary trend for Wearables in the UK

Wearables
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wearables over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wearables in the UK

Wearables
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wearables within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -68 39 £58,750 -16.07% 49
UK excluding London -184 24 £57,500 -17.86% 39
Work from Home +78 22 £75,000 -6.25% 24
South East -63 18 £62,500 -10.71% 13
London +121 15 £60,000 -25.00% 11
East of England -12 5 £55,000 - 14
South West -27 1 £75,000 +50.00% 2

Wearables
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (15.38%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Matillion
2 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 4 (10.26%) Serverless
2 4 (10.26%) Snowflake
3 3 (7.69%) GitHub
4 1 (2.56%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.56%) 4G
2 1 (2.56%) 5G
2 1 (2.56%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.56%) Internet
2 1 (2.56%) RFID
2 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.56%) Wireless
2 1 (2.56%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Data Lake
1 4 (10.26%) Metadata
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Git
2 3 (7.69%) Subversion
3 1 (2.56%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Electronics
4 5 (12.82%) Marketing
4 5 (12.82%) Telecoms
5 4 (10.26%) Billing
6 3 (7.69%) Health Technology
6 3 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Retail
7 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.56%) Automotive
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Pricing Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Senior
2 9 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Lead
4 4 (10.26%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Consultant
4 4 (10.26%) Data Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Lead Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Lead Data Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Lead Enterprise Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Mobile Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Mobile Software Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Implementation Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Java Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Pricing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) .NET
2 3 (7.69%) React
2 3 (7.69%) React Native
2 3 (7.69%) Spring
2 3 (7.69%) Spring Boot
2 3 (7.69%) XML
3 2 (5.13%) JSON
3 2 (5.13%) RESTful
4 1 (2.56%) SOAP
4 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) IoT
2 7 (17.95%) Smartphone
3 6 (15.38%) Mobile App
4 4 (10.26%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (10.26%) Robotics
5 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Android
1 5 (12.82%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.13%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Agile
2 10 (25.64%) Software Engineering
3 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
3 8 (20.51%) Data Management
4 7 (17.95%) User Experience
5 6 (15.38%) Customer Experience
5 6 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 6 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 6 (15.38%) Predictive Modelling
5 6 (15.38%) Statistics
6 5 (12.82%) Analytics
6 5 (12.82%) iOS Development
7 4 (10.26%) Data Privacy
7 4 (10.26%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (10.26%) DevOps
7 4 (10.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 4 (10.26%) Logical Data Model
7 4 (10.26%) Metadata Management
7 4 (10.26%) Qualitative Research
7 4 (10.26%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.77%) Python
2 10 (25.64%) SQL
3 5 (12.82%) Java
4 4 (10.26%) C
4 4 (10.26%) C#
4 4 (10.26%) C++
4 4 (10.26%) T-SQL
5 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.13%) R
6 2 (5.13%) Scala
7 1 (2.56%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (53.85%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) HIPAA
2 2 (5.13%) IEC 62304
2 2 (5.13%) ISO 13485
3 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Databricks
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Adobe
2 1 (2.56%) Apple
2 1 (2.56%) Google
2 1 (2.56%) Optimizely
2 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow