Bluetooth Job Trends in the Midlands

Bluetooth
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Bluetooth skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 189 227
Rank change year-on-year -31 +38 +98
Permanent jobs citing Bluetooth 7 59 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.089% 0.92% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.44% 6.15% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 7
10th Percentile £50,600 £58,300 £57,050
25th Percentile £51,125 £59,125 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £73,875 £70,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £75,500 - £69,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% -2.40% -10.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,595 959 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.31% 15.00% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 427 403 879
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,100 £26,450
25th Percentile £27,825 £35,875 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £49,008 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.72% +8.91% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,900 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Bluetooth
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Bluetooth relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Bluetooth job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Bluetooth
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Bluetooth.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Bluetooth

Bluetooth
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bluetooth in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Bluetooth in the Midlands

Bluetooth
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bluetooth within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
West Midlands +8 6 £63,000 -3.08% 3
East Midlands -52 1 £54,000 -1.82%
Bluetooth
England

Bluetooth
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) UWB
1 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (14.29%) GSM
3 1 (14.29%) LTE
3 1 (14.29%) Modbus
3 1 (14.29%) RFID
3 1 (14.29%) RS-232
3 1 (14.29%) RS-485
3 1 (14.29%) Wideband
3 1 (14.29%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) Balsamiq
2 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
2 1 (14.29%) Subversion
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++ Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (42.86%) Raspberry Pi
3 2 (28.57%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (28.57%) Device Driver
3 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
4 1 (14.29%) 3D Printing
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (14.29%) Arduino
4 1 (14.29%) IoT
4 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) AI
4 1 (14.29%) BDD
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Hazard Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 1 (14.29%) Mechatronics
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) QMS
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) C
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) HND
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) EMC
2 1 (14.29%) Atmel