The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 0.797% - -
As % of the General category 8.333% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £36,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -3.35%
All of the General Category
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
24 47 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 9.562% 23.27% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 20 46 27
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +12.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £21,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,500 £55,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Electronics
Bedfordshire

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Electronics across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bedford Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Electronics across the Bedford region.

Bedford Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Electronics also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Electronics.

1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) QMS
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (33.33%) Firmware

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Electronics also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) QMS
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001