The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 17 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 Miscellaneous category for the Brighton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 79 78 63
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -15
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 2 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 0.261% 0.132% 0.415%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.719% 0.366% 1.905%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £40,500 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.25% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
278 273 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 36.25% 36.11% 21.78%
Number of salaries quoted 259 249 93
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Firmware
East Sussex

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firmware across the Brighton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Brighton Firmware Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Brighton Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton region citing Firmware 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 Firmware.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (50.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Degree

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton region citing Firmware 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 Firmware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree