The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware 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 County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 44 36 34
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 1 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 0.405% 1.435% 1.531%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.075% 4.054% 5.357%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 1
Average salary - £32,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -15.58%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
93 74 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 37.65% 35.41% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 50 37 32
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +27.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £44,550
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Firmware
Northern Ireland

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the County Antrim 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
Belfast -8 1 - -
Firmware
Northern Ireland

Firmware
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Broadband
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) IPTV
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Broadband
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IPTV
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree