The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term ASIC in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ASIC 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 Miscellaneous category for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Rank 116 101 115
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +14
Permanent jobs citing ASIC 2 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.116% 0.694% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.285% 2.222% 0.172%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 0
Average salary £47,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.43% +3.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
702 540 583
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 40.72% 31.21% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 571 458 481
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
ASIC
South West

ASIC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol ASIC Jobs Demand Trend

ASIC
Salary Trend

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

Bristol ASIC Salary Trend

ASIC
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing ASIC 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 ASIC.

1 1 (33.33%) VHDL
1 1 (33.33%) Verilog
1 1 (33.33%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SystemC
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Tcl
1 1 (33.33%) Code Coverage

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing ASIC 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 ASIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) ASIC Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) VHDL
1 1 (33.33%) Verilog
1 1 (33.33%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (33.33%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Bristol, Avon
This involves RTL design and verification for FPGA/ASIC using appropriate tools... The role may involve close interaction with System Architects, Design, Validation and Firmware teams... Key Responsibilities:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013