Bluetooth
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Bluetooth skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Bluetooth 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 752 902 1077
Rank change year-on-year +150 +175 -276
Permanent jobs citing Bluetooth 144 68 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.065% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 0.42% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 84 57 58
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £45,438
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,625 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% +28.57% -4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Bluetooth 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% - -

Bluetooth
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bluetooth in the UK

Bluetooth
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Bluetooth in the UK

Bluetooth
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Bluetooth in the UK

Bluetooth
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bluetooth 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
UK excluding London +90 136 £55,000 -18.52% 44
England +182 127 £55,000 -21.43% 41
South East +32 36 £55,000 -21.43% 11
East of England +39 33 £45,000 +95.65% 10
Work from Home +114 31 £55,000 -8.33% 22
Midlands +33 29 £62,500 +127.27% 2
West Midlands +43 21 £62,500 +127.27% 2
South West +15 18 £47,500 -26.92% 7
Scotland -64 9 £57,500 +8.49% 8
North of England +57 8 £50,000 -18.37% 7
North West +18 8 £50,000 -18.37% 6
East Midlands - 8 £65,000 -
London +127 3 £65,000 -13.33% 3
Wales - 3 £32,500 -

Bluetooth
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 (2.78%) Confluence
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.69%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.25%) AWS
2 5 (3.47%) GitHub
2 5 (3.47%) Serverless
3 4 (2.78%) AWS IoT
4 3 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.39%) Firebase
6 1 (0.69%) Google Play
6 1 (0.69%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 91 (63.19%) Wi-Fi
2 70 (48.61%) Wireless
3 36 (25.00%) LTE
4 34 (23.61%) GSM
5 26 (18.06%) 5G
6 23 (15.97%) ZigBee
7 22 (15.28%) ISDN
7 22 (15.28%) PSTN
7 22 (15.28%) UMTS
8 11 (7.64%) RS-232
8 11 (7.64%) TCP/IP
9 10 (6.94%) RS-485
10 9 (6.25%) Ethernet
10 9 (6.25%) LoRaWAN
11 8 (5.56%) 3G
11 8 (5.56%) 4G
11 8 (5.56%) GPRS
12 5 (3.47%) MQTT
12 5 (3.47%) VoIP
13 4 (2.78%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.08%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (15.28%) LabVIEW
2 14 (9.72%) Git
3 10 (6.94%) JIRA
4 6 (4.17%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.78%) Subversion
5 4 (2.78%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.08%) JHipster
7 2 (1.39%) CANoe
8 1 (0.69%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.69%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.69%) fastlane
General
1 58 (40.28%) Electronics
2 28 (19.44%) Telecoms
3 25 (17.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (13.19%) Social Skills
5 15 (10.42%) Finance
5 15 (10.42%) Manufacturing
6 14 (9.72%) Automotive
7 10 (6.94%) Marketing
8 6 (4.17%) Legal
8 6 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.47%) Retail
10 4 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (2.08%) Back Office
11 3 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.69%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 46 (31.94%) Software Engineer
2 44 (30.56%) Embedded Engineer
3 39 (27.08%) Senior
4 31 (21.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 24 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
6 20 (13.89%) Electronics Engineer
7 18 (12.50%) Test Engineer
8 16 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 14 (9.72%) Support Engineer
10 13 (9.03%) Developer
11 9 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (5.56%) Hardware Test Engineer
12 8 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (5.56%) Technical Support
12 8 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
13 7 (4.86%) Senior Developer
14 6 (4.17%) Design Engineer
14 6 (4.17%) Senior Hardware Engineer
15 5 (3.47%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.17%) Vue
2 5 (3.47%) Node.js
3 4 (2.78%) Flask
4 3 (2.08%) .NET
4 3 (2.08%) COM
4 3 (2.08%) Hibernate
4 3 (2.08%) JDBC
4 3 (2.08%) JPA
4 3 (2.08%) Play Framework
4 3 (2.08%) Qt
4 3 (2.08%) RESTful
4 3 (2.08%) SignalR
4 3 (2.08%) SOAP
4 3 (2.08%) Spring
4 3 (2.08%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.08%) Web Services
4 3 (2.08%) WinForms
5 2 (1.39%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.39%) Flutter
5 2 (1.39%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 38 (26.39%) IoT
2 22 (15.28%) Acoustics
2 22 (15.28%) Satnav
3 21 (14.58%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (6.94%) ARM Cortex
5 8 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.86%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (4.17%) Algorithms
8 5 (3.47%) Smart Home
9 3 (2.08%) Kindle
10 2 (1.39%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.39%) Device Driver
10 2 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.39%) Infotainment
10 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.39%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.39%) SCADA
10 2 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (0.69%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.14%) Linux
2 21 (14.58%) Windows
3 10 (6.94%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.25%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (4.86%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (4.17%) ThreadX
7 5 (3.47%) Android
8 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (39.58%) Software Engineering
2 49 (34.03%) Agile
3 32 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 24 (16.67%) Coaching
5 22 (15.28%) Critical Thinking
5 22 (15.28%) Data Management
5 22 (15.28%) Test Scripting
6 17 (11.81%) Prototyping
7 14 (9.72%) SDLC
7 14 (9.72%) Validation
8 9 (6.25%) Computer Science
8 9 (6.25%) Embedded Software Development
8 9 (6.25%) Project Management
9 8 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (5.56%) TDD
10 7 (4.86%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
11 6 (4.17%) Kalman Filter
11 6 (4.17%) Signal Processing
11 6 (4.17%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 58 (40.28%) C
2 53 (36.81%) Python
3 34 (23.61%) Embedded C
4 18 (12.50%) C++
5 9 (6.25%) C#
6 8 (5.56%) Java
7 6 (4.17%) SQL
8 5 (3.47%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.47%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.78%) Embedded C++
10 3 (2.08%) PowerShell
10 3 (2.08%) VB
11 2 (1.39%) Swift
12 1 (0.69%) ANSI C
12 1 (0.69%) Bash
12 1 (0.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 51 (35.42%) Degree
2 12 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.08%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (2.08%) MCSA
4 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.39%) CEH
5 2 (1.39%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (1.39%) ECSA
5 2 (1.39%) GPEN
6 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) IEC 62304
1 8 (5.56%) ISO 13485
2 6 (4.17%) AUTOSAR
2 6 (4.17%) MISRA
3 5 (3.47%) QA
4 4 (2.78%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (2.08%) GDPR
5 3 (2.08%) JTAG
6 2 (1.39%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.69%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.69%) MISRA C
System Software
1 28 (19.44%) Firmware
2 9 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (6.94%) EMC
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.17%) SAP
3 3 (2.08%) Apple
3 3 (2.08%) Draytek
3 3 (2.08%) Lauterbach
3 3 (2.08%) Xamarin
4 2 (1.39%) QNX
4 2 (1.39%) Renesas
5 1 (0.69%) Google