The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 109 103 99
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 10 23 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.587% 1.135% 1.144%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.724% 2.861% 3.213%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 24
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +35.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
580 804 747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 34.02% 39.66% 35.61%
Number of salaries quoted 494 625 664
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firmware
Cambridgeshire

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridge Firmware Salary Histogram

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 16 (69.57%) C++
2 13 (56.52%) C
3 12 (52.17%) Degree
4 8 (34.78%) Embedded C
5 7 (30.43%) C#
5 7 (30.43%) Windows
6 6 (26.09%) OLE
6 6 (26.09%) MATLAB
6 6 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (26.09%) VBScript
6 6 (26.09%) .NET
6 6 (26.09%) MFC
6 6 (26.09%) Embedded C++
6 6 (26.09%) Bluetooth
6 6 (26.09%) WLAN
6 6 (26.09%) ActiveX
6 6 (26.09%) WPF
6 6 (26.09%) Signal Processing
7 3 (13.04%) QA
7 3 (13.04%) Python
7 3 (13.04%) Linux
8 2 (8.696%) Electronics
8 2 (8.696%) Finance
8 2 (8.696%) Device Driver
8 2 (8.696%) Verilog
8 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma
8 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (8.696%) ZigBee
8 2 (8.696%) Smart Meter
8 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma Green Belt

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
1 6 (26.09%) OLE
1 6 (26.09%) .NET
1 6 (26.09%) MFC
1 6 (26.09%) ActiveX
1 6 (26.09%) WPF
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (26.09%) Bluetooth
1 6 (26.09%) WLAN
2 2 (8.696%) ZigBee
3 1 (4.348%) Wireless
General
1 2 (8.696%) Electronics
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Marketing
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Financial Institution
2 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) C++/C# Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) .NET Developer
2 6 (26.09%) C++ Developer
2 6 (26.09%) C# Developer
2 6 (26.09%) C# .NET Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Design Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Quality Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Embedded C Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) C Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) QA Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Device Driver
1 2 (8.696%) Verilog
1 2 (8.696%) Smart Meter
1 2 (8.696%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (4.348%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.348%) ASIC Verification
2 1 (4.348%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.348%) Physics
2 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.348%) ASIC
2 1 (4.348%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Signal Processing
2 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma
2 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.348%) TDD
3 1 (4.348%) Software Architecture
3 1 (4.348%) Manual Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Scrum
3 1 (4.348%) OO
3 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) C++
2 13 (56.52%) C
3 8 (34.78%) Embedded C
4 7 (30.43%) C#
5 6 (26.09%) MATLAB
5 6 (26.09%) VBScript
5 6 (26.09%) Embedded C++
6 3 (13.04%) Python
7 1 (4.348%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (4.348%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.348%) EMC
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key skills: Embedded C, Firmware, scopes and software design techniques... Desirables: assembler, microprocessors, competency with laboratory and tracing equipment such as scopes, digital multimeters, a scripting language (e...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £42000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Engineer - Test, Characterisation, Validation, Scripting, Electronics, Wireless Protocols... Requirements: • Degree qualified in maths / science / electronics / software. • Proven commercial experience in one or more scripting or programming language -...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£45k + benefits
Posted: 15 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: Embedded, C, RTOS, Firmware, Linux, Cambridge, to £55k + benefits.Global company with UK based design centres focused on developing IC cores and associated software... This will have...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k
Posted: 7 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: DSP algorithms, C, Assembler, 3G, wireless, VoIP, multimedia, Cambridge, to £60k + benefits.Global company with UK based design centres focussed on developing IC cores. This is a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The ideal Embedded engineer will be highly skilled in C and will be joining a very strong technical team who are highly motivated and passionate about creating world...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £38000 to £62500 per annum - extensive - see ad
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £65k + Benefits + Bonuses
Posted: 29 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £51000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Networx Recruitment
Salary: £Competitive Salary
Posted: 6 June 2013