ZigBee
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ZigBee skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ZigBee over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 956 1187
Rank change year-on-year +91 +231 -328
Permanent jobs citing ZigBee 31 14 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.013% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% 0.087% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 20 14 18
10th Percentile £35,225 £51,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £44,438 £57,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £87,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,000 - £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.60% +5.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

ZigBee is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

ZigBee
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ZigBee over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ZigBee within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +131 31 £55,000 -26.67% 11
UK excluding London +34 30 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Work from Home +108 17 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Midlands - 13 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands - 7 £55,000 - 2
East Midlands - 6 £65,000 -
North of England +52 5 £50,000 -42.53%
South East +31 5 £38,500 -35.83% 3
North West +13 5 £50,000 -42.53%
South West - 5 £57,375 - 3
East of England - 2 £75,000 - 1
London +129 1 - - 1

ZigBee
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 4 (12.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.23%) OrCAD
1 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) GitHub
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (74.19%) Bluetooth
2 22 (70.97%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (51.61%) Wireless
4 11 (35.48%) TCP/IP
5 10 (32.26%) RS-232
5 10 (32.26%) RS-485
6 6 (19.35%) VoIP
7 4 (12.90%) Modbus
8 2 (6.45%) 802.11
8 2 (6.45%) Ethernet
8 2 (6.45%) LTE
8 2 (6.45%) MQTT
9 1 (3.23%) Broadband
9 1 (3.23%) DECT
9 1 (3.23%) Firewall
9 1 (3.23%) HTTP
9 1 (3.23%) MPLS
9 1 (3.23%) RFID
9 1 (3.23%) WAN
9 1 (3.23%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 10 (32.26%) JIRA
2 7 (22.58%) Git
3 5 (16.13%) Jenkins
4 3 (9.68%) Subversion
5 1 (3.23%) Eclipse
5 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (70.97%) Electronics
2 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.45%) Automotive
4 2 (6.45%) Cyber-Physical System
4 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Software Engineer
2 17 (54.84%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (54.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Senior
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Test Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Electronics Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Python Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Research Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Design Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Principal Software Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) Flask
2 2 (6.45%) 802.1X
3 1 (3.23%) Flutter
3 1 (3.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (3.23%) Qt
3 1 (3.23%) Vue
3 1 (3.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) IoT
2 8 (25.81%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (22.58%) ARM Cortex
4 5 (16.13%) CAN bus
4 5 (16.13%) Smart Home
5 4 (12.90%) Algorithms
5 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (9.68%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (6.45%) SCADA
8 1 (3.23%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (3.23%) Device Driver
8 1 (3.23%) NB-IoT
8 1 (3.23%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Linux
2 7 (22.58%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (19.35%) ThreadX
4 5 (16.13%) Windows
5 4 (12.90%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Software Engineering
2 15 (48.39%) Agile
3 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
4 6 (19.35%) Kalman Filter
4 6 (19.35%) SDLC
5 5 (16.13%) BDD
5 5 (16.13%) TDD
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (12.90%) Energy Management
6 4 (12.90%) Machine Learning
6 4 (12.90%) Test Management
6 4 (12.90%) Test Strategy
7 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (9.68%) Physics
7 3 (9.68%) Prototyping
7 3 (9.68%) Software Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.45%) Power Management
8 2 (6.45%) Schematic Capture
8 2 (6.45%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) C
2 8 (25.81%) Embedded C
3 5 (16.13%) Python
4 2 (6.45%) C#
5 1 (3.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) ISTQB
2 3 (9.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (6.45%) CEH
3 2 (6.45%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (6.45%) ECSA
3 2 (6.45%) GPEN
4 1 (3.23%) CCNP
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) CWNA
4 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) MISRA
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.23%) MISRA C
System Software
1 11 (35.48%) Firmware
2 2 (6.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) EMC
2 2 (6.45%) Renesas
3 1 (3.23%) Aruba
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Ekahau
3 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.23%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) Juniper
3 1 (3.23%) Meraki
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) MikroTik
3 1 (3.23%) Nokia
3 1 (3.23%) Ruckus Wireless
3 1 (3.23%) VMware