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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 926 1074
Rank change year-on-year +169 +148 -267
Permanent jobs citing Bluetooth 147 67 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.065% 0.099%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% 0.42% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 84 56 60
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,375 £45,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -15.38% +20.93% -2.27%

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 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +97 140 £55,000 -15.38% 38
England +159 129 £55,000 -21.43% 36
South East +14 37 £55,000 -21.43% 9
East of England +42 33 £45,000 +95.65% 11
Work from Home +115 32 £55,000 -8.33% 19
Midlands +38 29 £62,500 +100.00% 1
West Midlands +32 20 £62,500 +100.00% 1
South West -5 19 £47,500 -26.92% 7
Scotland -62 11 £57,500 +8.49% 7
East Midlands - 9 £57,500 -
North of England +57 8 £50,000 -18.37% 4
North West +13 8 £50,000 -18.37% 4
London +116 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 (2.72%) Confluence
2 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.36%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.44%) AWS
2 5 (3.40%) GitHub
3 4 (2.72%) AWS IoT
3 4 (2.72%) Serverless
4 3 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.36%) Firebase
6 1 (0.68%) Google Play
6 1 (0.68%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 92 (62.59%) Wi-Fi
2 71 (48.30%) Wireless
3 36 (24.49%) LTE
4 34 (23.13%) GSM
5 27 (18.37%) 5G
6 23 (15.65%) ZigBee
7 22 (14.97%) ISDN
7 22 (14.97%) PSTN
7 22 (14.97%) UMTS
8 12 (8.16%) RS-232
8 12 (8.16%) TCP/IP
9 11 (7.48%) RS-485
10 10 (6.80%) Ethernet
10 10 (6.80%) LoRaWAN
11 9 (6.12%) 4G
12 8 (5.44%) 3G
12 8 (5.44%) GPRS
13 6 (4.08%) MQTT
14 5 (3.40%) VoIP
15 4 (2.72%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (14.97%) LabVIEW
2 14 (9.52%) Git
3 11 (7.48%) JIRA
4 7 (4.76%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.72%) Subversion
5 4 (2.72%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.04%) JHipster
7 2 (1.36%) CANoe
8 1 (0.68%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.68%) fastlane
General
1 60 (40.82%) Electronics
2 29 (19.73%) Telecoms
3 25 (17.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (12.93%) Social Skills
5 16 (10.88%) Automotive
5 16 (10.88%) Finance
5 16 (10.88%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.48%) Marketing
7 7 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.08%) Legal
9 5 (3.40%) Retail
10 4 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (2.04%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.04%) Back Office
11 3 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.36%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (1.36%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 47 (31.97%) Software Engineer
2 45 (30.61%) Embedded Engineer
3 39 (26.53%) Senior
4 32 (21.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 25 (17.01%) Hardware Engineer
6 21 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
7 18 (12.24%) Test Engineer
8 17 (11.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 14 (9.52%) Support Engineer
10 13 (8.84%) Developer
11 10 (6.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 10 (6.80%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (5.44%) Hardware Test Engineer
12 8 (5.44%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (5.44%) Technical Support
12 8 (5.44%) Technical Support Engineer
13 7 (4.76%) Design Engineer
13 7 (4.76%) Senior Developer
14 6 (4.08%) Mobile Developer
14 6 (4.08%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.40%) Vue
2 4 (2.72%) Flask
2 4 (2.72%) Node.js
3 3 (2.04%) .NET
3 3 (2.04%) COM
3 3 (2.04%) Hibernate
3 3 (2.04%) JDBC
3 3 (2.04%) JPA
3 3 (2.04%) Play Framework
3 3 (2.04%) Qt
3 3 (2.04%) RESTful
3 3 (2.04%) SignalR
3 3 (2.04%) SOAP
3 3 (2.04%) Spring
3 3 (2.04%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.04%) Web Services
3 3 (2.04%) WinForms
4 2 (1.36%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.36%) React Native
4 2 (1.36%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 41 (27.89%) IoT
2 22 (14.97%) Acoustics
2 22 (14.97%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (14.97%) Satnav
3 10 (6.80%) ARM Cortex
4 8 (5.44%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.76%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (4.08%) Algorithms
7 5 (3.40%) Smart Home
8 3 (2.04%) Kindle
8 3 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.36%) CAN bus
9 2 (1.36%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.36%) Infotainment
9 2 (1.36%) NB-IoT
9 2 (1.36%) SCADA
9 2 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.68%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 29 (19.73%) Linux
2 21 (14.29%) Windows
3 10 (6.80%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.12%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (4.76%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (4.08%) ThreadX
7 5 (3.40%) Android
8 3 (2.04%) Apple iOS
8 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.78%) Software Engineering
2 50 (34.01%) Agile
3 32 (21.77%) Test Automation
4 24 (16.33%) Coaching
5 22 (14.97%) Critical Thinking
5 22 (14.97%) Data Management
5 22 (14.97%) Test Scripting
6 17 (11.56%) Prototyping
7 14 (9.52%) SDLC
7 14 (9.52%) Validation
8 9 (6.12%) Computer Science
8 9 (6.12%) Embedded Software Development
8 9 (6.12%) Project Management
9 8 (5.44%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (5.44%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (5.44%) TDD
10 7 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (4.76%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (4.76%) Programme Management
10 7 (4.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 58 (39.46%) C
2 53 (36.05%) Python
3 34 (23.13%) Embedded C
4 18 (12.24%) C++
5 10 (6.80%) C#
6 8 (5.44%) Java
7 6 (4.08%) SQL
8 4 (2.72%) Embedded C++
8 4 (2.72%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.72%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.04%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.04%) VB
10 2 (1.36%) Swift
11 1 (0.68%) ANSI C
11 1 (0.68%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 51 (34.69%) Degree
2 12 (8.16%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.72%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.04%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (2.04%) MCSA
4 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.36%) CEH
5 2 (1.36%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (1.36%) ECSA
5 2 (1.36%) GPEN
6 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) IEC 62304
1 8 (5.44%) ISO 13485
2 6 (4.08%) AUTOSAR
2 6 (4.08%) MISRA
2 6 (4.08%) QA
3 4 (2.72%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (2.04%) GDPR
4 3 (2.04%) JTAG
5 2 (1.36%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.68%) MISRA C
System Software
1 30 (20.41%) Firmware
2 9 (6.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.36%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 11 (7.48%) EMC
2 10 (6.80%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.76%) SAP
4 3 (2.04%) Apple
4 3 (2.04%) Draytek
4 3 (2.04%) Lauterbach
4 3 (2.04%) Xamarin
5 2 (1.36%) QNX
5 2 (1.36%) Renesas
6 1 (0.68%) Atmel
6 1 (0.68%) Freescale
6 1 (0.68%) Google