The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Software Development
Rank 83 91 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 3 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.282% 0.073% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.375% 0.100% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £45,000 £41,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.43% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,875 £41,000
% change year-on-year
+2.89% -5.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
799 1001 1252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 75.09% 73.23% 78.94%
Number of salaries quoted 468 697 879
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Embedded Software Development
Scotland

Embedded Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Embedded Software Development Salary Trend

Embedded Software Development
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 4 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (75.00%) Firmware
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (75.00%) Bluetooth
3 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) VxWorks
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) OOD

Embedded Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
1 3 (75.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior C Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
1 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (25.00%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared