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This section looks at the demand for Firmware skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirmware
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank628706
Rank change on same period last yearUp+78
Matching permanent IT job ads303295
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.158 %0.122 %
As % of the category below0.747 %0.509 %
Salaries quoted209202
Average minimum salary£33,554£32,686
Average salary£36,887£36,397
% change on same period last year+1.34 %
Average maximum salary£40,221£40,108
UK excluding London average salary£36,564£36,819
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Miscellaneous EnglandMiscellaneous
England
Matching permanent IT job ads4055157949
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled21.17 %23.91 %
Salaries quoted3313343995
Average minimum salary£44,498£48,679
Average salary£49,216£53,698
% change on same period last year-8.34 %
Average maximum salary£53,935£58,718
UK excluding London average salary£37,996£39,345
% change on same period last year-3.42 %
Firmware UKFirmware
UK

Firmware
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Firmware across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Firmware Demand Trend

Firmware
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Firmware across the England region.

England Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

England Firmware Salary Histogram

Firmware
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Firmware within the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+1696£37,011-1.92 %
East of EnglandDown-1561£34,663-0.20 %
South WestUp+552£37,591-0.73 %
LondonUp+5333£41,038+14.91 %
YorkshireUp+1121£34,125+15.67 %
West MidlandsDown-1015£37,458-2.70 %
East MidlandsUp+811£42,833+14.44 %
North EastUp+49£27,900+59.42 %
North WestNew entry-6£38,125-
MidlandsNew entry-2£45,000-
Firmware UKFirmware
UK

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1290 (46.40 %)C
2183 (29.28 %)Windows
3173 (27.68 %)C++
4152 (24.32 %)Electronics
5121 (19.36 %)Linux
6116 (18.56 %)Device Driver
7100 (16.00 %)Embedded C
881 (12.96 %)Degree
973 (11.68 %)Wireless
1071 (11.36 %)Assembly Language
1166 (10.56 %)UNIX
1257 (9.120 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1350 (8.000 %)Telecoms
1445 (7.200 %)Cisco
1541 (6.560 %)EMC
1541 (6.560 %)TCP/IP
1640 (6.400 %)Validation
1738 (6.080 %)Microsoft
1837 (5.920 %)VHDL
1936 (5.760 %)Manufacturing
2035 (5.600 %)SAN
2134 (5.440 %)Embedded C++
2134 (5.440 %)Active Directory
2233 (5.280 %)LAN
2331 (4.960 %)VxWorks
2429 (4.640 %)ASIC
2528 (4.480 %)Java
2528 (4.480 %)VB
2528 (4.480 %)Microsoft Certification
2627 (4.320 %)Internet

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
19 (1.440 %)XML
27 (1.120 %)Middleware
35 (0.800 %)COM
35 (0.800 %)XSLT
35 (0.800 %)HTML
44 (0.640 %).NET
44 (0.640 %)MFC
53 (0.480 %)ATL
62 (0.320 %)ASP
62 (0.320 %)OpenGL
62 (0.320 %)DirectX
71 (0.160 %)DCOM
71 (0.160 %)SOAP
71 (0.160 %)WDF
Application Platforms
114 (2.240 %)IIS
114 (2.240 %)Exchange Server 2003
212 (1.920 %)Exchange Server 2007
35 (0.800 %)Joomla!
35 (0.800 %)SAS
41 (0.160 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (0.160 %)MS Exchange
Applications
126 (4.160 %)MATLAB
211 (1.760 %)MS Office
36 (0.960 %)Simulink
43 (0.480 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
173 (11.68 %)Wireless
241 (6.560 %)TCP/IP
335 (5.600 %)SAN
433 (5.280 %)LAN
527 (4.320 %)Internet
626 (4.160 %)Bluetooth
724 (3.840 %)WAN
823 (3.680 %)iSCSI
921 (3.360 %)DHCP
1020 (3.200 %)3G
1020 (3.200 %)Firewall
1116 (2.560 %)DNS
1215 (2.400 %)GPRS
1314 (2.240 %)GSM
1314 (2.240 %)SMS
1314 (2.240 %)Ethernet
1412 (1.920 %)VoIP
1511 (1.760 %)ZigBee
1511 (1.760 %)UWB
1511 (1.760 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (0.640 %)RDBMS
21 (0.160 %)DTS
Development Applications
118 (2.880 %)LabVIEW
217 (2.720 %)ClearCase
36 (0.960 %)QuickTest Pro
45 (0.800 %)Visual Studio
54 (0.640 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.320 %)Flash
71 (0.160 %)PVCS
71 (0.160 %)Bugzilla
General
1152 (24.32 %)Electronics
250 (8.000 %)Telecoms
336 (5.760 %)Manufacturing
423 (3.680 %)Automotive
522 (3.520 %)Health
620 (3.200 %)Pensions
718 (2.880 %)Electric
814 (2.240 %)Aerospace
911 (1.760 %)Government
1010 (1.600 %)Finance
1010 (1.600 %)Retail
118 (1.280 %)Marketing
127 (1.120 %)Insurance
127 (1.120 %)Education
135 (0.800 %)Front Office
135 (0.800 %)Legal
135 (0.800 %)Banking
135 (0.800 %)Investment Banking
144 (0.640 %)Billing
144 (0.640 %)Law
Job Titles
1126 (20.16 %)Software Engineer
256 (8.960 %)Hardware Engineer
351 (8.160 %)Developer
446 (7.360 %)Support Engineer
540 (6.400 %)Design Engineer
634 (5.440 %)Senior Software Engineer
733 (5.280 %)Test Engineer
830 (4.800 %)Team Leader
830 (4.800 %)Electronics Engineer
926 (4.160 %)Embedded Software Engineer
926 (4.160 %)Analyst
1022 (3.520 %)Administrator
1022 (3.520 %)Hardware Design Engineer
1022 (3.520 %)Software Manager
1120 (3.200 %)Engineering Manager
1219 (3.040 %)Systems Administrator
1318 (2.880 %)Software Developer
1417 (2.720 %)Systems Engineer
1514 (2.240 %)Test Team Leader
1613 (2.080 %)Graduate
Miscellaneous
1116 (18.56 %)Device Driver
257 (9.120 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
337 (5.920 %)VHDL
429 (4.640 %)ASIC
525 (4.000 %)Handset
525 (4.000 %)Computer Science
618 (2.880 %)DTV
713 (2.080 %)Clustering
810 (1.600 %)Physics
810 (1.600 %)Multithreading
96 (0.960 %)Italian Language
96 (0.960 %)Asset Management
96 (0.960 %)STB
105 (0.800 %)Mathematics
105 (0.800 %)Statistics
105 (0.800 %)Streaming Video
105 (0.800 %)Spanish Language
105 (0.800 %)French Language
105 (0.800 %)German Language
114 (0.640 %)CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1183 (29.28 %)Windows
2121 (19.36 %)Linux
366 (10.56 %)UNIX
431 (4.960 %)VxWorks
524 (3.840 %)HPUX
620 (3.200 %)Windows CE
718 (2.880 %)Windows Server 2003
718 (2.880 %)Windows NT
814 (2.240 %)Solaris
814 (2.240 %)AIX
911 (1.760 %)Windows 2000
911 (1.760 %)Embedded Linux
108 (1.280 %)Windows XP
112 (0.320 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
140 (6.400 %)Validation
226 (4.160 %)Configuration Management
226 (4.160 %)Software Engineering
321 (3.360 %)ITIL
418 (2.880 %)Security Cleared
516 (2.560 %)UML
516 (2.560 %)Regression Testing
613 (2.080 %)Software Testing
712 (1.920 %)Network Load Balancing
712 (1.920 %)Resource Management
712 (1.920 %)Integration Testing
712 (1.920 %)Test Management
712 (1.920 %)CAD
712 (1.920 %)OO
89 (1.440 %)Disaster Recovery
89 (1.440 %)Network Design
98 (1.280 %)Automated Testing
98 (1.280 %)Test Scripting
98 (1.280 %)SC Cleared
107 (1.120 %)System Testing
Programming Languages
1290 (46.40 %)C
2173 (27.68 %)C++
3100 (16.00 %)Embedded C
471 (11.36 %)Assembly Language
534 (5.440 %)Embedded C++
628 (4.480 %)Java
628 (4.480 %)VB
721 (3.360 %)Perl
816 (2.560 %)PHP
915 (2.400 %)C#
1013 (2.080 %)SQL
1112 (1.920 %)VC++
1210 (1.600 %)Python
136 (0.960 %)Shell Script
143 (0.480 %)Delphi
152 (0.320 %)Tcl
152 (0.320 %)Korn
161 (0.160 %)JavaScript
161 (0.160 %)VBScript
Qualifications
181 (12.96 %)Degree
228 (4.480 %)Microsoft Certification
324 (3.840 %)MCSE
422 (3.520 %)Cisco Certification
520 (3.200 %)CCNP
616 (2.560 %)CCNA
714 (2.240 %)MCP
813 (2.080 %)ISEB
912 (1.920 %)HND
103 (0.480 %)CCA
103 (0.480 %)Citrix Certification
103 (0.480 %)CCEA
112 (0.320 %)MCSA
121 (0.160 %)PhD
121 (0.160 %)CCDA
121 (0.160 %)RHCE
121 (0.160 %)MOS
121 (0.160 %)ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
118 (2.880 %)SLA
26 (0.960 %)JTAG
34 (0.640 %)ISO9001
43 (0.480 %)ISO9000
51 (0.160 %)QA
System Software
134 (5.440 %)Active Directory
213 (2.080 %)Backup Exec
312 (1.920 %)Terminal Services
410 (1.600 %)NetBackup
59 (1.440 %)VMware Infrastructure
65 (0.800 %)VMware ESX
73 (0.480 %)NFS
81 (0.160 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.160 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
113 (2.080 %)MOM
212 (1.920 %)WSUS
36 (0.960 %)Nagios
45 (0.800 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
54 (0.640 %)Legato
63 (0.480 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
72 (0.320 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.160 %)ARCserve
81 (0.160 %)OpenView
Vendors
145 (7.200 %)Cisco
241 (6.560 %)EMC
338 (6.080 %)Microsoft
424 (3.840 %)Intel
518 (2.880 %)HP
518 (2.880 %)Symbian
518 (2.880 %)Xilinx
613 (2.080 %)VMware
613 (2.080 %)Citrix
712 (1.920 %)Dell
811 (1.760 %)QNX
99 (1.440 %)Nortel
108 (1.280 %)Juniper
108 (1.280 %)Blue Coat
108 (1.280 %)Symantec
117 (1.120 %)Brocade
125 (0.800 %)Interwoven
125 (0.800 %)Oracle
134 (0.640 %)Sun
134 (0.640 %)NetApp
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