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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 766 958
Rank change year-on-year -79 +192 -184
Permanent jobs citing Wearables 39 210 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.065% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 31 52 62
10th Percentile £31,500 £22,550 £40,250
25th Percentile £45,625 £46,813 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +6.12%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £84,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +55.56% -10.00%

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 59,592 67,843 105,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.64% 68.21% 64.61%
Number of salaries quoted 39,690 36,730 51,592
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,125 £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 £81,250 £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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wearables in the UK

Wearables
Top 7 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 20 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
England -52 39 £57,500 -17.86% 60
UK excluding London -173 25 £57,500 -17.86% 44
Work from Home +97 23 £75,000 -6.25% 26
South East -64 19 £62,500 -10.71% 12
London +106 14 £49,375 -38.28% 14
East of England -14 5 £55,000 - 20
South West -24 1 £75,000 +50.00% 3

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 (15.38%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Matillion
2 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 4 (10.26%) Serverless
2 4 (10.26%) Snowflake
3 3 (7.69%) GitHub
4 1 (2.56%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.56%) 4G
2 1 (2.56%) 5G
2 1 (2.56%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.56%) Internet
2 1 (2.56%) RFID
2 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.56%) Wireless
2 1 (2.56%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Data Lake
1 4 (10.26%) Metadata
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Git
2 3 (7.69%) Subversion
3 1 (2.56%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Electronics
5 4 (10.26%) Billing
5 4 (10.26%) Marketing
5 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.69%) Health Technology
6 3 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Retail
7 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.56%) Automotive
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Pricing Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Lead
3 8 (20.51%) Senior
4 4 (10.26%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Consultant
4 4 (10.26%) Data Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Lead Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Lead Data Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Lead Enterprise Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Mobile Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Mobile Software Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Implementation Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Java Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) .NET
2 3 (7.69%) React
2 3 (7.69%) React Native
2 3 (7.69%) Spring
2 3 (7.69%) Spring Boot
2 3 (7.69%) XML
3 2 (5.13%) JSON
3 2 (5.13%) RESTful
4 1 (2.56%) SOAP
4 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) IoT
2 7 (17.95%) Mobile App
3 6 (15.38%) Smartphone
4 4 (10.26%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (10.26%) Robotics
5 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Android
1 5 (12.82%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.13%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Agile
1 11 (28.21%) Software Engineering
2 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
2 8 (20.51%) Data Management
3 7 (17.95%) User Experience
4 6 (15.38%) Customer Experience
4 6 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 6 (15.38%) Mathematics
4 6 (15.38%) Predictive Modelling
4 6 (15.38%) Statistics
5 5 (12.82%) Analytics
5 5 (12.82%) iOS Development
6 4 (10.26%) Cross-Platform Development
6 4 (10.26%) Data Flow Diagram
6 4 (10.26%) Data Privacy
6 4 (10.26%) DevOps
6 4 (10.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 4 (10.26%) Logical Data Model
6 4 (10.26%) Metadata Management
6 4 (10.26%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.77%) Python
2 10 (25.64%) SQL
3 5 (12.82%) Java
4 4 (10.26%) C
4 4 (10.26%) C#
4 4 (10.26%) C++
4 4 (10.26%) T-SQL
5 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.13%) R
6 2 (5.13%) Scala
7 1 (2.56%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (51.28%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) HIPAA
2 2 (5.13%) IEC 62304
2 2 (5.13%) ISO 13485
3 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Databricks
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Adobe
2 1 (2.56%) Apple
2 1 (2.56%) Google
2 1 (2.56%) Optimizely
2 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow