The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Chester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.279% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.205% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +2.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
83 44 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 23.18% 27.16% 8.898%
Number of salaries quoted 47 41 17
Average salary £35,000 £28,750 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.73% -15.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £19,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £50,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
Cheshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Chester Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Chester region.

Chester Field-Programmable Gate Array Salary Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array.

1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 5 (100.00%) HND
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Subversion
1 5 (100.00%) SCADA
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Military
3 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) Embedded C
3 3 (60.00%) BC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 5 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) SCADA
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) HND
2 3 (60.00%) BC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared