ZigBee
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ZigBee skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ZigBee over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 871 961
Rank change year-on-year +196 +90 +229
Permanent jobs citing ZigBee 15 31 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.031% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.19% 0.23% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 12
10th Percentile £50,000 £35,225 £55,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £44,438 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £81,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -32.10% +54.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £87,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £73,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% +3.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,867 13,519 15,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.52% 13.64% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,307 9,433 8,018
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -2.64%

ZigBee
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ZigBee over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ZigBee in the UK

ZigBee
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ZigBee within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +167 14 £67,500 +22.73% 16
England +141 12 £67,500 +22.73% 14
Work from Home +138 11 £60,000 +9.09% 10
East of England +42 7 £60,000 -20.00% 2
Scotland - 3 £67,500 - 5
North of England +47 2 £75,000 +50.00% 5
London +112 1 £70,000 - 3
South East +90 1 £45,000 +16.88%
West Midlands +53 1 £67,500 +22.73% 2
Midlands +51 1 £67,500 +22.73% 3
North West +9 1 £67,500 +35.00%
Yorkshire - 1 £82,500 - 3

ZigBee
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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) Wireless
2 8 (53.33%) Bluetooth
2 8 (53.33%) RS-232
3 7 (46.67%) Modbus
3 7 (46.67%) Profibus
3 7 (46.67%) RS-485
4 1 (6.67%) HTTP
4 1 (6.67%) MQTT
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) GitLab
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Electronics
1 8 (53.33%) Manufacturing
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Wearables
4 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Software Engineer
3 8 (53.33%) Senior
3 8 (53.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 7 (46.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (46.67%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 5 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (33.33%) Smart Energy
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.67%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (6.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (53.33%) Unit Testing
3 7 (46.67%) TDD
4 5 (33.33%) Clean Code
4 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (33.33%) SDLC
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (6.67%) Product Management
6 1 (6.67%) System Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.67%) Test Management
6 1 (6.67%) Test Planning
6 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
6 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C
2 8 (53.33%) C++
3 5 (33.33%) Assembly Language
4 1 (6.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 14 (93.33%) Firmware
2 8 (53.33%) Embedded Firmware