The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 113 - 105
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 7 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.391% - 0.664%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.292% - 2.306%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 7
Average salary £37,500 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
542 589 477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 30.30% 30.57% 28.79%
Number of salaries quoted 431 527 396
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded Linux
North West

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cheshire Embedded Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Embedded Linux Salary Trend

Embedded Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northwich - 4 £37,500 -
Embedded Linux
North West

Embedded Linux
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Embedded Linux 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 Embedded Linux.

1 12 (100.00%) C
1 12 (100.00%) C++
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (91.67%) pSOS
3 8 (66.67%) STB
4 7 (58.33%) Embedded C++
5 6 (50.00%) Embedded C

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
3 6 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 5 (41.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 5 (41.67%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 5 (41.67%) Embedded C Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (8.333%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) STB
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
2 11 (91.67%) pSOS
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C
1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 7 (58.33%) Embedded C++
3 6 (50.00%) Embedded C