The first table below looks at the demand for the Embedded Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Software Engineer
Rank 119 123 108
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 1 8 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.056% 0.398% 0.494%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.417% 0.525%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 6
Average salary £40,000 £29,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.93% -3.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1724 1917 1524
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.72% 95.47% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1370 1682 1299
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Embedded Software Engineer
North West

Embedded Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Embedded Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Embedded Software Engineer Salary Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Chester -25 1 £40,000 +37.93%
Embedded Software Engineer
North West

Embedded Software Engineer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 14 (100.00%) C
2 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 9 (64.29%) Embedded Software Development
4 7 (50.00%) DO-178B
4 7 (50.00%) Aerospace
4 7 (50.00%) Linux
5 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
5 5 (35.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (35.71%) HND
5 5 (35.71%) Subversion
5 5 (35.71%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (35.71%) SCADA
5 5 (35.71%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 4 (28.57%) Finance
6 4 (28.57%) Military
7 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
7 3 (21.43%) Embedded C
7 3 (21.43%) Ethernet
7 3 (21.43%) BC Cleared
8 2 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (14.29%) C++
8 2 (14.29%) pSOS
9 1 (7.143%) Embedded C++

Embedded Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
2 3 (21.43%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 5 (35.71%) Subversion
General
1 7 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (35.71%) SCADA
1 5 (35.71%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (14.29%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C
2 3 (21.43%) Embedded C
3 2 (14.29%) C++
4 1 (7.143%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) HND
3 3 (21.43%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) DO-178B