Wearable technology
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Wearables in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wearables over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 862 792 978
Rank change year-on-year -70 +186 -199
Permanent jobs citing Wearables 46 206 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.079% 0.28% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 40 55 57
10th Percentile £31,500 £22,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +20.93%
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £108,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +55.56% -5.26%

All General Skills
UK

Wearables is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,263 73,377 96,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.94% 68.89% 63.20%
Number of salaries quoted 39,453 39,313 51,241
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Wearables
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Wearables in the UK

Wearables
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Wearables in the UK

Wearables
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wearables over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Wearables in the UK

Wearables
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wearables within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +2 46 £60,000 -14.29% 37
London +158 25 £60,000 -25.00% 14
Work from Home +107 22 £78,750 -1.56% 20
UK excluding London -144 21 £57,500 -17.86% 26
South East -78 14 £60,000 -14.29% 4
East of England +12 5 £55,000 - 11
North of England +25 1 £65,000 +170.83% 1
North West +5 1 £65,000 +170.83%
South West -7 1 £75,000 +57.89% 4

Wearables
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 6 (13.04%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Azure
1 4 (8.70%) Matillion
1 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
1 4 (8.70%) Serverless
1 4 (8.70%) Snowflake
2 1 (2.17%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.17%) 4G
2 1 (2.17%) 5G
2 1 (2.17%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.17%) Internet
2 1 (2.17%) RFID
2 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.17%) Wireless
2 1 (2.17%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Data Lake
1 4 (8.70%) Metadata
1 4 (8.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Git
1 1 (2.17%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 15 (32.61%) Marketing
1 15 (32.61%) Telecoms
2 14 (30.43%) Finance
3 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
5 5 (10.87%) Electronics
6 4 (8.70%) Billing
6 4 (8.70%) French Language
6 4 (8.70%) German Language
6 4 (8.70%) Health Technology
6 4 (8.70%) Mandarin Language
6 4 (8.70%) Russian Language
6 4 (8.70%) Spanish Language
7 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Retail
8 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.17%) Automotive
9 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (32.61%) Senior
2 11 (23.91%) Consultant
3 10 (21.74%) Analyst
4 9 (19.57%) Pricing Analyst
4 9 (19.57%) Software Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Strategy Consultant
5 8 (17.39%) Lead
6 4 (8.70%) Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Data Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Developer
6 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Lead Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Lead Data Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Mobile Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Mobile Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Senior Strategy Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) .NET
2 3 (6.52%) React
2 3 (6.52%) React Native
2 3 (6.52%) XML
3 1 (2.17%) JSON
3 1 (2.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (36.96%) Smartphone
2 9 (19.57%) IoT
3 8 (17.39%) Marketing Technology
3 8 (17.39%) Robotics
4 5 (10.87%) Mobile App
5 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Android
1 5 (10.87%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Artificial Intelligence
2 10 (21.74%) Agile
2 10 (21.74%) Customer Experience
3 9 (19.57%) Software Engineering
4 8 (17.39%) Computer Science
4 8 (17.39%) Data Management
5 7 (15.22%) B2B
5 7 (15.22%) B2C
5 7 (15.22%) Marketing Strategy
5 7 (15.22%) Qualitative Research
5 7 (15.22%) User Experience
6 6 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
6 6 (13.04%) Mathematics
6 6 (13.04%) Predictive Modelling
6 6 (13.04%) Statistics
7 5 (10.87%) Analytics
7 5 (10.87%) iOS Development
8 4 (8.70%) Data Privacy
8 4 (8.70%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) Python
2 10 (21.74%) SQL
3 4 (8.70%) C
3 4 (8.70%) C#
3 4 (8.70%) C++
3 4 (8.70%) T-SQL
4 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.35%) Java
5 2 (4.35%) R
6 1 (2.17%) Embedded C
6 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (58.70%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) GDPR
2 2 (4.35%) HIPAA
2 2 (4.35%) IEC 62304
2 2 (4.35%) ISO 13485
3 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (6.52%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Databricks
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.17%) Adobe
3 1 (2.17%) Apple
3 1 (2.17%) Google
3 1 (2.17%) Optimizely
3 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow