ZigBee Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ZigBee
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ZigBee skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 558 567
Rank change year-on-year +55 +9 +178
Permanent jobs citing ZigBee 6 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.022% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.079% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £52,000 £46,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,125 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +4.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £60,750 £75,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.46% +4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

ZigBee 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,571 4,931 5,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.85% 13.73% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,822 2,461 4,336
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

ZigBee
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ZigBee job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ZigBee
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ZigBee.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ZigBee

ZigBee
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ZigBee in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ZigBee in the UK excluding London

ZigBee
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ZigBee within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Wales - 4 - -
West Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
ZigBee
UK

ZigBee
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Google Workspace
1 4 (66.67%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Bluetooth
2 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (66.67%) Modbus
2 4 (66.67%) Network Security
2 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (66.67%) VLAN
2 4 (66.67%) Wireshark
3 1 (16.67%) RS-232
3 1 (16.67%) RS-485
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Burp Suite
1 4 (66.67%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 4 (66.67%) Law
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) IoT
2 4 (66.67%) CAN bus
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 4 (66.67%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Android
1 4 (66.67%) Kali Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) AI
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 4 (66.67%) Cognitive Science
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (66.67%) Cryptography
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Data Science
1 4 (66.67%) Ergonomics
1 4 (66.67%) Human Factors
1 4 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
1 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 4 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 4 (66.67%) Psychology
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 4 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (66.67%) Smart Manufacturing
1 4 (66.67%) Statistics
1 4 (66.67%) User Experience
1 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C++
1 4 (66.67%) Java
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) R
1 4 (66.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Nessus
1 4 (66.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Google
1 4 (66.67%) Qualtrics
1 4 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 4 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) EMC