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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 53 59 52
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 7 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.455% 1.068% 1.072%
As % of the General category 4.487% 3.550% 3.774%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 4
Average salary £36,000 £38,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £35,750 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.02%
All of the General Category
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
156 169 106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.43% 30.07% 28.42%
Number of salaries quoted 138 144 87
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £19,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,750 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Electronics
North West

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Electronics Salary Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Burnley -2 5 £36,000 -5.26%
Electronics
North West

Electronics
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 18 (78.26%) C
1 18 (78.26%) Embedded C
1 18 (78.26%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.696%) ISO 9001
2 2 (8.696%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (8.696%) Test Scripting
2 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.696%) Kindle
2 2 (8.696%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.348%) XPages
3 1 (4.348%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (4.348%) Software Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Degree
3 1 (4.348%) Automated Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
3 1 (4.348%) Cisco
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) Advertising
3 1 (4.348%) Military
3 1 (4.348%) Firewall
3 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.348%) MS Office
3 1 (4.348%) Web Services
3 1 (4.348%) Windows
3 1 (4.348%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.348%) ADSL

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (4.348%) Web Services
1 1 (4.348%) XPages
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (4.348%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Office
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) ADSL
1 1 (4.348%) Firewall
General
1 18 (78.26%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.348%) Advertising
2 1 (4.348%) Military
2 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Software Engineer
1 18 (78.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Test Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 2 (8.696%) Kindle
1 2 (8.696%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.696%) Test Scripting
2 1 (4.348%) Automated Testing
2 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
2 1 (4.348%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (78.26%) C
1 18 (78.26%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (4.348%) Cisco
1 1 (4.348%) Microsoft