Bluetooth Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Bluetooth
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Bluetooth skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 350 387
Rank change year-on-year -39 +37 +107
Contract jobs citing Bluetooth 3 2 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.013% 0.067%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% 0.084% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £386
25th Percentile £720 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £740 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.30%
75th Percentile £760 - £550
90th Percentile - - £573
UK median daily rate £633 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +39.32% -4.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £41.25
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £83.75
UK median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +74.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Bluetooth falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,257 2,376 3,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.35% 16.00% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,501 1,341 2,066
10th Percentile £200 £188 £205
25th Percentile £300 £313 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £564 £575 £599
90th Percentile £650 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 119 269
10th Percentile £15.33 £15.22 £17.63
25th Percentile £16.93 £21.36 £24.34
Median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -38.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £67.92 £63.13 £65.98
90th Percentile £83.75 £72.75 £75.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +37.68%

Bluetooth
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bluetooth relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Bluetooth job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Bluetooth
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bluetooth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bluetooth

Bluetooth
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bluetooth.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bluetooth

Bluetooth
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bluetooth within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -10 2 £740 - 4
East of England - 1 - - 2
Bluetooth
UK

Bluetooth
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) MQTT
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
1 1 (33.33%) UWB
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Android Studio
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
1 2 (66.67%) Gradle
1 2 (66.67%) WiX
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Android Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) PCB Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Flask
1 2 (66.67%) JavaFX
1 2 (66.67%) Nuxt
1 2 (66.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Android Development
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Power Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware