The first table below looks at the demand for IC Design skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IC Design over the 3 months to 22 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
Rank 838 870 830
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -40
Permanent jobs citing IC Design 2 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% 0.002% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
Average salary £50,000 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +22.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77891 86068 85027
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.57% 74.71% 73.45%
Number of salaries quoted 64634 73676 71655
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
IC Design
UK

IC Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IC Design across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England IC Design Jobs Demand Trend

IC Design
Salary Trend

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

England IC Design Salary Trend

IC Design
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IC Design within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
North West - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £50,000 -
IC Design
UK

IC Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing IC Design 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 IC Design.

1 10 (55.56%) Electronics
2 9 (50.00%) Degree
3 8 (44.44%) Firmware
4 7 (38.89%) C++
5 6 (33.33%) Automotive
5 6 (33.33%) MPEG
5 6 (33.33%) C
5 6 (33.33%) Linux
5 6 (33.33%) Ethernet
5 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 6 (33.33%) Embedded C
5 6 (33.33%) Embedded C++
5 6 (33.33%) Assembly Language
6 5 (27.78%) Marketing
6 5 (27.78%) ASIC
6 5 (27.78%) VHDL
7 4 (22.22%) Wireless
8 3 (16.67%) Military
8 3 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 3 (16.67%) WLAN
8 3 (16.67%) ISO 9000
8 3 (16.67%) Validation
8 3 (16.67%) Verilog
8 3 (16.67%) Cadence
8 3 (16.67%) Project Management
8 3 (16.67%) LAN
9 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (11.11%) NFC
10 1 (5.556%) Actel
10 1 (5.556%) Electronic Design Automation

IC Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing IC Design 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 IC Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 4 (22.22%) Wireless
3 3 (16.67%) WLAN
3 3 (16.67%) LAN
4 2 (11.11%) NFC
5 1 (5.556%) RFID
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (55.56%) Electronics
2 6 (33.33%) Automotive
3 5 (27.78%) Marketing
4 3 (16.67%) Military
5 1 (5.556%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Design Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) IC Design Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Senior Design Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Digital Design Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Digital IC Design Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Designer
6 1 (5.556%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) FPGA Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Microwave Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Analogue Design Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior FPGA Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Development Manager
6 1 (5.556%) Principle Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) RF Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) RF Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Firmware
2 6 (33.33%) MPEG
3 5 (27.78%) ASIC
3 5 (27.78%) VHDL
4 3 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 3 (16.67%) Verilog
5 1 (5.556%) Physics
5 1 (5.556%) MMIC
5 1 (5.556%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Validation
1 3 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.556%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (5.556%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (5.556%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) C++
2 6 (33.33%) C
2 6 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 6 (33.33%) Embedded C++
2 6 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (5.556%) VB
3 1 (5.556%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) ISO 9000
2 1 (5.556%) DO-254
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Cadence
2 1 (5.556%) Actel
2 1 (5.556%) Agilent
2 1 (5.556%) Telcordia
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking 2 x Principal Electronics Design Engineer or 2 x Senior IC Design Enigneers for our market leading client based in the South West.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking a Senior IC Design Engineer for our market leading client based in the South West... Skills & Experience: Strong experience in Analog mix signal...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking 2 x Principal Electronics Design Engineer or 2 x Senior IC Design Enigneers for our market leading client based in the South West.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits - Pension, Bonus, Shares
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge
IC Design Engineer - Semiconductors; Digital; Scripting; EDA Tools; Verification... - Proven scripting skills in a Linux environment (ideally familiarity of Verilog, perl, TCL, shell scripts, MakeFiles and version control...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£50,000 + Extensive Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Wiltshire, South West
Summary: SoC, IC Design, RF and Analogue design and simulation, Wireless, Wiltshire, to £60k + benefits... Cadence Spectre. - Knowledge of simulation and mathematical tools such as MathCad, MATLAB and...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £60k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge
Analogue IC Design Engineer - SMPS, mixed signal, CMOS, 1st / 2.1 + MSc / PhD, ADC, DAC, Cadence / Mentor, DFM / DFT, ISO9000, Green... Key requirements: - Excellent academic background (1st / 2...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Junior to Principal
Posted: 3 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Specification: - Degree qualified (ideally to Master's level) in electronics / computer science or similar discipline. - Fully competent in analogue design and verification techniques, with extensive commercial experience using...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£65k + extensive benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: Participate in the design of part of our clients next-generation embedded power supply management and audio systems from system level through cell and transistor level...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: The role of a Principal Engineer, Analogue Design is to act as a key contributor to the design, implementation and verification of our client’s range...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Swindon, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking 2 x Principal Electronics Design Engineer or 2 x Senior IC Design Enigneers for our market leading client based in the South West.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £80000 - £81000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Shares
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking 2 x Principal Electronics Design Engineer or 2 x Senior IC Design Enigneers for our market leading client based in the South West.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Pension, Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013