Cambridge Embedded Software Engineer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Embedded Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Cambridge region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Embedded Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Embedded Software Engineer
Location Aldershot Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Calne Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham Cirencester Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Droitwich Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Evesham Farnborough Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hastings Hertfordshire High Peak High Wycombe Hull Huntingdon Kent Leeds London Lymington Malmesbury Malvern Manchester Margate Melksham Middlesex Midlothian Milton Keynes Mitcheldean Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Penicuik Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Redditch Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stroud Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Tetbury Tewkesbury Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Winsford Woking Worcester Worcestershire Wotton-under-Edge York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	68	38
Rank change on same period last year	-30
Matching permanent IT job ads	84	147
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.061 %
As % of the category below	2.876 %	5.412 %
Salaries quoted	52	131
Average minimum salary	£36,385	£36,817
Average salary	£40,971	£41,099
% change on same period last year	-0.31 %
Average maximum salary	£45,558	£45,382
UK excluding London average salary	£38,185	£38,960
% change on same period last year	-1.99 %
Job Titles Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads	2921	2716
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.525 %	1.121 %
Salaries quoted	2538	2266
Average minimum salary	£32,695	£32,149
Average salary	£36,132	£35,489
% change on same period last year	+1.81 %
Average maximum salary	£39,570	£38,829
UK excluding London average salary	£38,227	£39,513
% change on same period last year	-3.25 %
Embedded Software Engineer Cambridgeshire

Embedded Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer across the Cambridge region.

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Embedded Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Embedded Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Embedded Software Engineer in their job title.

1 154 (85.08 %) C 2 84 (46.41 %) C++ 3 74 (40.88 %) Electronics 3 74 (40.88 %) Degree 4 71 (39.23 %) Embedded C 5 70 (38.67 %) Wireless 6 46 (25.41 %) Linux 7 40 (22.10 %) Embedded C++ 8 34 (18.78 %) Windows 9 32 (17.68 %) DTV 10 27 (14.92 %) Embedded Linux 11 22 (12.15 %) Computer Science 12 21 (11.60 %) STB 13 20 (11.05 %) Bluetooth 14 17 (9.392 %) Telecoms

15 15 (8.287 %) OO 16 12 (6.630 %) UML 17 11 (6.077 %) Health 18 10 (5.525 %) SQL 18 10 (5.525 %) Python 18 10 (5.525 %) Information Management 19 9 (4.972 %) Pensions 19 9 (4.972 %) Perl 19 9 (4.972 %) DVB 19 9 (4.972 %) MATLAB 19 9 (4.972 %) VxWorks 20 6 (3.315 %) Intel 20 6 (3.315 %) Assembly Language 20 6 (3.315 %) Manufacturing 20 6 (3.315 %) Automotive

Embedded Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Embedded Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Embedded Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (2.210 %) HTML 2 3 (1.657 %) DOM 2 3 (1.657 %) AJAX 3 2 (1.105 %) XML 3 2 (1.105 %) CSS 4 1 (0.552 %) SOAP 4 1 (0.552 %) WebServices 4 1 (0.552 %) RSS	Applications 1 9 (4.972 %) MATLAB 2 3 (1.657 %) MS Visio 3 2 (1.105 %) 3ds Max 4 1 (0.552 %) Maya
Communications & Networking 1 70 (38.67 %) Wireless 2 20 (11.05 %) Bluetooth 3 9 (4.972 %) DVB 4 5 (2.762 %) TCP/IP 4 5 (2.762 %) UWB 4 5 (2.762 %) DECT 5 3 (1.657 %) LAN 5 3 (1.657 %) UMTS 5 3 (1.657 %) WLAN 5 3 (1.657 %) ZigBee 6 2 (1.105 %) SSL 6 2 (1.105 %) 3G 6 2 (1.105 %) DAB 6 2 (1.105 %) WCDMA 6 2 (1.105 %) HTTP 6 2 (1.105 %) VoIP 7 1 (0.552 %) Broadband	Development Applications 1 3 (1.657 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 3 (1.657 %) ClearCase 1 3 (1.657 %) Subversion 2 1 (0.552 %) Rational Rose
General 1 74 (40.88 %) Electronics 2 17 (9.392 %) Telecoms 3 11 (6.077 %) Health 4 9 (4.972 %) Pensions 5 6 (3.315 %) Manufacturing 5 6 (3.315 %) Automotive 6 5 (2.762 %) Multimedia 7 3 (1.657 %) Retail 8 2 (1.105 %) 3D Graphics 8 2 (1.105 %) Finance 9 1 (0.552 %) Pharmaceutical 9 1 (0.552 %) Insurance	Miscellaneous 1 32 (17.68 %) DTV 2 22 (12.15 %) Computer Science 3 21 (11.60 %) STB 4 6 (3.315 %) IPTV 4 6 (3.315 %) MPEG 5 4 (2.210 %) ASIC 5 4 (2.210 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 6 3 (1.657 %) Device Driver 7 1 (0.552 %) Mathematics 7 1 (0.552 %) Biotechnology 7 1 (0.552 %) Life Science
Operating Systems 1 46 (25.41 %) Linux 2 34 (18.78 %) Windows 3 27 (14.92 %) Embedded Linux 4 9 (4.972 %) VxWorks 5 5 (2.762 %) Windows CE 6 4 (2.210 %) Windows Mobile 7 3 (1.657 %) UNIX 8 2 (1.105 %) ThreadX 8 2 (1.105 %) pSOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (8.287 %) OO 2 12 (6.630 %) UML 3 10 (5.525 %) Information Management 4 5 (2.762 %) OOD 5 4 (2.210 %) Project Management 5 4 (2.210 %) Software Engineering 6 3 (1.657 %) CMMI 6 3 (1.657 %) Agile Software Development 7 1 (0.552 %) Logistics 7 1 (0.552 %) Automated Testing 7 1 (0.552 %) Quality Management 7 1 (0.552 %) CRM 7 1 (0.552 %) Software Testing
Programming Languages 1 154 (85.08 %) C 2 84 (46.41 %) C++ 3 71 (39.23 %) Embedded C 4 40 (22.10 %) Embedded C++ 5 10 (5.525 %) SQL 5 10 (5.525 %) Python 6 9 (4.972 %) Perl 7 6 (3.315 %) Assembly Language 8 5 (2.762 %) Java 9 4 (2.210 %) C# 9 4 (2.210 %) VC++ 10 2 (1.105 %) JavaScript 11 1 (0.552 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 74 (40.88 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.657 %) ISO9001	Vendors 1 6 (3.315 %) Intel 2 4 (2.210 %) Symbian 3 1 (0.552 %) Mercator 3 1 (0.552 %) Perforce