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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Rank 257 252 255
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +3
Permanent jobs citing ASIC 12 20 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.145% 0.230% 0.063%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.489% 0.769% 0.200%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 6
Average salary £55,000 £38,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.93% -3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £31,500 £36,250
10% offered a salary of more than £73,000 £42,400 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.43% +3.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2455 2600 2993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.69% 29.90% 31.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2130 2074 2553
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
ASIC
England

ASIC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England ASIC Jobs Demand Trend

ASIC
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ASIC across the East of England region.

East of England ASIC Salary Trend

ASIC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ASIC across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England ASIC Salary Histogram

ASIC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASIC within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire -2 9 £47,500 +50.79%
Cambridgeshire -1 3 £71,250 +67.64%
ASIC
England

ASIC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing ASIC 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 ASIC.

1 20 (68.97%) Degree
2 19 (65.52%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 13 (44.83%) Validation
4 12 (41.38%) Verilog
5 11 (37.93%) VHDL
5 11 (37.93%) Electronics
6 10 (34.48%) 3D Graphics
7 7 (24.14%) Multithreading
7 7 (24.14%) Time Management
8 6 (20.69%) Configuration Management
8 6 (20.69%) UNIX
8 6 (20.69%) CMMI
9 5 (17.24%) Perl
9 5 (17.24%) C-shell
10 4 (13.79%) Tcl
10 4 (13.79%) MATLAB
10 4 (13.79%) Linux
10 4 (13.79%) C
11 3 (10.34%) Multimedia
11 3 (10.34%) C++
12 2 (6.897%) WiMAX
12 2 (6.897%) OFDM
12 2 (6.897%) MIMO
12 2 (6.897%) LTE
12 2 (6.897%) Video Processing
12 2 (6.897%) Digital Signal Processing
12 2 (6.897%) Signal Processing
12 2 (6.897%) SystemC
12 2 (6.897%) 3G
12 2 (6.897%) 3GPP

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing ASIC 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 ASIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) 3GPP
1 2 (6.897%) WCDMA
1 2 (6.897%) 3G
1 2 (6.897%) Wireless
1 2 (6.897%) WiMAX
1 2 (6.897%) OFDM
1 2 (6.897%) MIMO
1 2 (6.897%) LTE
General
1 11 (37.93%) Electronics
2 3 (10.34%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.448%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.448%) Finance
3 1 (3.448%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.448%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Design Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) Software Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Physical Design Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Hardware Design Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Support
5 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Wireless Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Principal Architect
7 1 (3.448%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Digital Hardware Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) ASIC Design Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Digital Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (65.52%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 12 (41.38%) Verilog
3 11 (37.93%) VHDL
4 10 (34.48%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (6.897%) SystemC
6 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.448%) Firmware
6 1 (3.448%) ASIC Verification
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) UNIX
2 4 (13.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Validation
2 7 (24.14%) Multithreading
2 7 (24.14%) Time Management
3 6 (20.69%) Configuration Management
3 6 (20.69%) CMMI
4 2 (6.897%) Video Processing
4 2 (6.897%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (6.897%) Signal Processing
5 1 (3.448%) Electronic Design Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Perl
1 5 (17.24%) C-shell
2 4 (13.79%) Tcl
2 4 (13.79%) MATLAB
2 4 (13.79%) C
3 3 (10.34%) C++
4 1 (3.448%) Python
4 1 (3.448%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 20 (68.97%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (3.448%) Twitter
Cambridge, East Anglia
Experience or knowledge of FPGA or ASIC design, simulation and/or verification techniques, including RTL coding and simulation, in Verilog or VHDL. - Understanding of FPGA or ASIC implementation...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £market rate + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As part of the existing design team you will be working on the design and development of electronic wireless products from initial idea, through detailed design, to debug...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or ASIC... Requirements: An excellent first degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline... Knowledge of Digital...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You can expect to learn new skills in digital and analogue electronics, PCB and FPGA/ASIC design... - Verilog or VHDL coding for FPGA or ASIC. - Knowledge of Digital...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £60k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or ASIC... Requirements: An excellent first degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline... Knowledge of Digital...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Required: - Experience of large-scale commercial software development - Good knowledge of C++ and the STL - 2.1 or 1st from credible academic institution, ideally in Computer Science, Mathematics,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: Neg £50k + excellent package
Posted: 25 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Requirements: - 1st or 2:1 degree in Electrical Engineering from a leading university - Familiarity with schematic design tools (eg OrCAD) - Understanding of PCB layout design considerations (eg for...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: up to £50k DoE
Posted: 24 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Degree (or equivalent qualification) in maths/science/electronics... Experience of FPGA design for ASIC emulation... Experience on Protocols e.g.WLAN/BT... Keywords: Principal, Engineer, Digital, Design, RTL,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: - Image processing algorithms and coding - Excellent development of software written in C/C++ - Solid understanding of software/hardware interaction in embedded systems This is an excellent opportunity...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Image processing algorithms and coding. - Excellent development of software written in C/C++ - Solid understanding of software/hardware interaction in embedded systems... Keywords: DSP, signal processing, engineer, algorithms,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Contact us now for full details.Keywords: DSP, signal processing, engineer, algorithms, real-time, RTOS, embedded, C, C++, computer vision, touch, gesture systems, ARM NEON, OpenCL, GPU programming,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge
The efficient implementation of image processing algorithms on low-cost hardware is fundamental to the success of our client's products... The successful DSP Engineer will have a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + excellent benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013