The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 43 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 7 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 2.893% 0.739% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.195% 3.158% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
Average salary £39,250 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
113 95 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 46.69% 23.40% 24.42%
Number of salaries quoted 72 57 34
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £29,650 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £63,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Firmware
Gloucestershire

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester Firmware Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Gloucester Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) VHDL
3 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
3 5 (71.43%) Finance
3 5 (71.43%) C
3 5 (71.43%) Wireless
3 5 (71.43%) Signal Processing
3 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
3 5 (71.43%) Physics
4 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Project Management
4 3 (42.86%) C++
4 3 (42.86%) Java
4 3 (42.86%) JSP
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) MATLAB
5 2 (28.57%) LabVIEW
5 2 (28.57%) Agilent
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) V-Model
6 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
6 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
6 1 (14.29%) Electronics

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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
1 3 (42.86%) JSP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 6 (85.71%) VHDL
3 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
3 5 (71.43%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Signal Processing
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) V-Model
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
2 3 (42.86%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Agilent