The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 20 June 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 General category for the Essex region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 74 71 87
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +16
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 18 37 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 1.684% 2.911% 1.563%
As % of the General category 4.265% 7.741% 3.268%
Number of salaries quoted 18 34 20
Average salary £40,750 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.87% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,850 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £43,500 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All of the General Category
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
422 478 612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 39.48% 37.61% 47.81%
Number of salaries quoted 349 417 497
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Automotive
East of England

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automotive across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Essex Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Salary Trend

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

Essex Automotive Salary Trend

Automotive
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automotive across the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Essex Automotive Salary Histogram

Automotive
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Colchester - 4 £38,500 -
Chelmsford +15 2 £38,000 -5.00%
Automotive
East of England

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 13 (52.00%) C
2 11 (44.00%) Linux
3 10 (40.00%) Electronics
4 9 (36.00%) Degree
5 7 (28.00%) Validation
5 7 (28.00%) CMMI
5 7 (28.00%) OO
5 7 (28.00%) C++
6 6 (24.00%) OOD
6 6 (24.00%) Configuration Management
6 6 (24.00%) TCP/IP
6 6 (24.00%) Subversion
6 6 (24.00%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (24.00%) Telematics
6 6 (24.00%) Qt
7 5 (20.00%) Change Control
8 4 (16.00%) Physics
8 4 (16.00%) Firmware
9 3 (12.00%) Embedded C
9 3 (12.00%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (12.00%) JTAG
10 2 (8.000%) Digital Media
10 2 (8.000%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (8.000%) CMS
10 2 (8.000%) Multimedia
10 2 (8.000%) Content Management
10 2 (8.000%) Windows
10 2 (8.000%) Software Engineering
10 2 (8.000%) CGI

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Automotive 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 Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (24.00%) Qt
2 2 (8.000%) CGI
2 2 (8.000%) HTML
2 2 (8.000%) CSS
3 1 (4.000%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.000%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.000%) GSM
2 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Subversion
General
1 10 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (8.000%) Multimedia
3 1 (4.000%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.000%) Billing
3 1 (4.000%) Finance
3 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Linux Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Junior
6 1 (4.000%) Developer
6 1 (4.000%) DBA
6 1 (4.000%) Software Design Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Oracle DBA
6 1 (4.000%) PLC Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Compliance Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Telematics
2 4 (16.00%) Physics
2 4 (16.00%) Firmware
3 2 (8.000%) Digital Media
3 2 (8.000%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.000%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.000%) FMCG
4 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Linux
2 6 (24.00%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (8.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Validation
1 7 (28.00%) CMMI
1 7 (28.00%) OO
2 6 (24.00%) OOD
2 6 (24.00%) Configuration Management
3 5 (20.00%) Change Control
4 3 (12.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Content Management
5 2 (8.000%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (4.000%) Logistics
6 1 (4.000%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) C
2 7 (28.00%) C++
3 3 (12.00%) Embedded C
4 2 (8.000%) SQL
5 1 (4.000%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.000%) C#
5 1 (4.000%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.000%) MCAD
2 1 (4.000%) HNC
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) JTAG
2 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle
1 1 (4.000%) EMC
1 1 (4.000%) Siemens
1 1 (4.000%) ION Trading
1 1 (4.000%) Allen-Bradley
Essex, South East
I am looking for a Application Software Engineer £34-38k Role: Software Requirements Analysis, Design, Implementation, Test and Releasing activities as part of a global software development team,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Essex, South East
I am looking for a Application Software Engineer £34-38k Role: Software Requirements Analysis, Design, Implementation, Test and Releasing activities as part of a global software development team,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Essex, South East
The role: Software Requirements Analysis, Design, Implementation, Test and Releasing activities as part of a global software development team, providing embedded software for automotive Driver Instrumentation and In-...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £38k + benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Essex, South East
I am looking for a software engineer £34-38k Role: Software Requirements Analysis, Integration, SW Development, Test and Releasing activities as part of a global software development team,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Essex, South East
The opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to take a technical lead role in the embedded software and firmware development team.With a good degree in Electronics, Physics,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £42k
Posted: 6 June 2013
Essex, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Essex, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Essex, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Essex
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £15.5k per year
Posted: 13 June 2013