The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 23 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 General category for the Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 73 93 80
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -13
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 20 11 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.262% 0.880% 1.339%
As % of the General category 7.782% 2.657% 3.883%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 6
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +6.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £20,700 £30,288
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £53,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,501 £35,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+5.63% -4.05%
All of the General Category
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
257 414 412
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 29.07% 33.12% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 220 345 337
Average salary £36,500 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.59% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £29,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Electronics
South West

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Salary Trend

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

Gloucestershire Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Electronics across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Electronics Salary Histogram

Electronics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Gloucester +19 10 £38,000 -1.29%
Stroud - 3 £33,000 -
Wotton-under-Edge - 3 £35,000 -
Cheltenham +12 2 £40,000 -3.03%
Electronics
South West

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 28 (63.64%) C
2 27 (61.36%) C++
3 23 (52.27%) Degree
4 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
5 16 (36.36%) Aerospace
5 16 (36.36%) Embedded C
6 14 (31.82%) Linux
6 14 (31.82%) C#
6 14 (31.82%) DO-178B
7 13 (29.55%) Software Engineering
7 13 (29.55%) Ethernet
8 12 (27.27%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 12 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
9 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
9 11 (25.00%) Computer Science
9 11 (25.00%) VHDL
9 11 (25.00%) UML
9 11 (25.00%) Windows
10 10 (22.73%) Military
11 9 (20.45%) TickIT
11 9 (20.45%) .NET
11 9 (20.45%) Manufacturing
11 9 (20.45%) SysML
11 9 (20.45%) IEC 61508
12 8 (18.18%) Requirements Engineering
12 8 (18.18%) Rational Rhapsody
12 8 (18.18%) Marketing
12 8 (18.18%) XML
12 8 (18.18%) Project Management
13 7 (15.91%) Borland

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (20.45%) .NET
2 8 (18.18%) XML
3 1 (2.273%) COM
3 1 (2.273%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.273%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.818%) Simulink
1 3 (6.818%) Stateflow
2 2 (4.545%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.273%) MS Office
3 1 (2.273%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.273%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Sage 50
1 2 (4.545%) Pegasus Opera
Communications & Networking
1 13 (29.55%) Ethernet
2 4 (9.091%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 4 (9.091%) SDH
2 4 (9.091%) SONET
3 2 (4.545%) HTTP
4 1 (2.273%) Intranet
4 1 (2.273%) Internet
4 1 (2.273%) WAN
4 1 (2.273%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.273%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.273%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Rational Rhapsody
2 7 (15.91%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (11.36%) PVCS
4 4 (9.091%) Visual Studio
5 3 (6.818%) Subversion
5 3 (6.818%) Hudson
6 1 (2.273%) C++Builder
General
1 16 (36.36%) Aerospace
2 10 (22.73%) Military
3 9 (20.45%) Manufacturing
4 8 (18.18%) Marketing
5 4 (9.091%) Avionics
5 4 (9.091%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.818%) Finance
7 2 (4.545%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (4.545%) Banking
8 1 (2.273%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (52.27%) Software Engineer
2 8 (18.18%) Electronics Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Developer
3 7 (15.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (9.091%) Test Engineer
4 4 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Design Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Software Developer
5 3 (6.818%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Software Test Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) C Software Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) FPGA Engineer
6 2 (4.545%) Digital Hardware Engineer
6 2 (4.545%) Graduate
6 2 (4.545%) Administrator
6 2 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.273%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.273%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.273%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.27%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 12 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 11 (25.00%) VHDL
3 6 (13.64%) CAN bus
3 6 (13.64%) Firmware
4 4 (9.091%) CUDA
4 4 (9.091%) ASIC
5 3 (6.818%) Physics
5 3 (6.818%) Open Source
6 1 (2.273%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.273%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 14 (31.82%) Linux
2 11 (25.00%) Windows
3 6 (13.64%) VxWorks
4 1 (2.273%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Software Engineering
2 11 (25.00%) UML
3 9 (20.45%) SysML
4 8 (18.18%) Requirements Engineering
4 8 (18.18%) Project Management
5 7 (15.91%) TDD
6 5 (11.36%) Cyber Security
7 3 (6.818%) Six Sigma
7 3 (6.818%) V-Model
8 2 (4.545%) Analytics
9 1 (2.273%) OOD
9 1 (2.273%) OO
9 1 (2.273%) Data Management
9 1 (2.273%) Multithreading
9 1 (2.273%) Change Control
9 1 (2.273%) Test Strategy
9 1 (2.273%) Signal Processing
9 1 (2.273%) Regression Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (63.64%) C
2 27 (61.36%) C++
3 16 (36.36%) Embedded C
4 14 (31.82%) C#
5 5 (11.36%) Assembly Language
6 4 (9.091%) Embedded C++
7 3 (6.818%) MATLAB
7 3 (6.818%) Ada
8 2 (4.545%) Perl
8 2 (4.545%) Tcl
9 1 (2.273%) SQL
9 1 (2.273%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (52.27%) Degree
2 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
3 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.273%) HNC
4 1 (2.273%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.82%) DO-178B
2 9 (20.45%) TickIT
2 9 (20.45%) IEC 61508
3 1 (2.273%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.273%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Borland
2 6 (13.64%) Altera
2 6 (13.64%) Xilinx
3 5 (11.36%) EMC
4 3 (6.818%) Intel
5 2 (4.545%) Pegasus
5 2 (4.545%) Sage
5 2 (4.545%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.273%) Cisco
6 1 (2.273%) Mentor Graphics
Gloucester, South West
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics Embedded systems C/C++ Embedded Systems Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics Embedded systems C/C++ Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cirencester, South West
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics Embedded systems C/C++ Embedded Systems Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cirencester, South West
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics Embedded systems C/C++ Embedded Systems Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cirencester, South West
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics C/C++ Embedded Systems Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Embedded C/C++ - Ability to take on existing and create new embedded software based on PIC microcontrollers. I have just received instruction from a key client of mine...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Skills & Experience RF / Microwave FPGA design Digital / Analog Electronic Design PCB Design, Layout & Schematics Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Skills & Experience RF / Microwave FPGA design Digital / Analog Electronic Design PCB Design, Layout & Schematics Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £46000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
The successful candidate will have as many of the following skills: Analogue & Digital circuit design Embedded systems experience PIC & ARM Microcontroller / Microprocessors PCB Design, Schematic capture EMC Testing...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 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
Gloucestershire, South West
I am currently looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Hardware Engineer paying up to £45,000 to join a global leading client in Gloucestershire. The company are a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
I am currently looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Hardware Engineer paying up to £50,000 to join a global leading client in Gloucestershire. The company are a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
I am currently looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Hardware Engineer paying up to £40,000 to join a global leading client in Gloucestershire. The company are a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013