The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 19 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 87 99 94
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 3 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.344% 0.157% 0.162%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.965% 0.608% 0.633%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
Average salary £40,000 £44,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +25.71%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
311 329 316
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 35.67% 25.80% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 267 290 280
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,700 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firmware
South West

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Gloucestershire Firmware Salary Histogram

Firmware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 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
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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
Gloucester - 2 £39,250 - 1
Firmware
South West

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 7 (77.78%) VHDL
4 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
4 5 (55.56%) Physics
4 5 (55.56%) Wireless
4 5 (55.56%) C
4 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
4 5 (55.56%) Finance
4 5 (55.56%) Signal Processing
5 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) Project Management
6 3 (33.33%) C++
6 3 (33.33%) Java
6 3 (33.33%) JSP
7 2 (22.22%) Linux
7 2 (22.22%) Agilent
7 2 (22.22%) Electronics
7 2 (22.22%) MATLAB
7 2 (22.22%) LabVIEW
7 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (22.22%) V-Model
8 1 (11.11%) Altera
8 1 (11.11%) Cyber Security
8 1 (11.11%) Xilinx
8 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
8 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (11.11%) Degree
8 1 (11.11%) Network Security

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (33.33%) JSP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) LabVIEW
1 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Electronics Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Hardware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 7 (77.78%) VHDL
3 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
3 5 (55.56%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Signal Processing
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) V-Model
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Security
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C
2 3 (33.33%) C++
2 3 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) MATLAB
4 1 (11.11%) Tcl
4 1 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Agilent
2 1 (11.11%) Altera
2 1 (11.11%) Xilinx
Gloucestershire, South West
We are looking for engineer to work on complex FPGA, VHDL based solutions. The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas; Development and design of FPGA'...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
We are looking for engineer to work on complex FPGA, VHDL based solutions. The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas; Development and design of FPGA'...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £450000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
We are looking for engineer to work on complex FPGA, VHDL based solutions. The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas; Development and design of FPGA'...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
I am currently seeking a number of highly skilled Electronic Engineers for a Technology leader inNorth Gloucester.The company specialise in Electronic communication systems and have been leading...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Gloucester, South West
I am currently seeking a number of highly skilled Electronic Engineers for a Technology leader inNorth Gloucester.The company specialise in Electronic communication systems and have been leading...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013