The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Systems 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 Miscellaneous category for the Essex region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Systems
Rank 91 107 91
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -16
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 1 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.094% 0.079% 1.250%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.310% 0.293% 4.000%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 16
Average salary £36,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
323 341 400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 30.22% 26.83% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 275 302 334
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,700 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Embedded Systems
East of England

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Embedded Systems Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend

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

Essex Embedded Systems Salary Trend

Embedded Systems
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems 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
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Job
Vacancies
Chelmsford - 1 £36,000 -
Embedded Systems
East of England

Embedded Systems
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (83.33%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) Firmware
2 4 (66.67%) UNIX
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 4 (66.67%) Device Driver
3 2 (33.33%) Automotive
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) ION Trading
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) GSM
4 1 (16.67%) EMC
4 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Electronics

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) GSM
General
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware
1 4 (66.67%) Device Driver
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) UNIX
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
1 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Change Control
1 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) ION Trading
1 1 (16.67%) EMC
Colchester, Essex
The ideal individual will be qualified to Masters level in Embedded Systems development or a similar Electronics related discipline and will have proven skills in C or C++...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £23,000 to £25,000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 19 June 2013