The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Software Development over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Chester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Software Development
Rank - 26 48
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 0 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - 5.128% 1.190%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 7.080% 1.685%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 3
Average salary - £29,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.45%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,875 £41,000
% change year-on-year
+2.89% -5.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
282 113 178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 83.68% 72.44% 70.63%
Number of salaries quoted 148 95 173
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Embedded Software Development
Cheshire

Embedded Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Chester Embedded Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend

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

Chester Embedded Software Development Salary Trend

Embedded Software Development
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Software Development.

1 9 (100.00%) C
2 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) DO-178B
2 7 (77.78%) Aerospace
3 2 (22.22%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (22.22%) HND
3 2 (22.22%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (22.22%) SCADA
3 2 (22.22%) Subversion
3 2 (22.22%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (11.11%) Military
4 1 (11.11%) Finance

Embedded Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (22.22%) Subversion
General
1 7 (77.78%) Aerospace
2 1 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (22.22%) SCADA
1 2 (22.22%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) DO-178B