The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 77 65 56
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -9
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 3 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.440% 0.990% 0.904%
As % of the General category 1.149% 3.017% 2.427%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 5
Average salary £35,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.31% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £35,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+8.45% -4.05%
All of the General Category
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
261 232 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 38.27% 32.81% 37.25%
Number of salaries quoted 232 194 169
Average salary £40,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Electronics
East Midlands

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicester -3 2 - -
Loughborough - 1 £35,000 -
Electronics
East Midlands

Electronics
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 8 (80.00%) Physics
2 7 (70.00%) LabVIEW
3 5 (50.00%) Twitter
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Device Driver
5 1 (10.00%) Perforce
5 1 (10.00%) NUnit
5 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) JIRA
5 1 (10.00%) Chemistry
5 1 (10.00%) Lean Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) CAPA
5 1 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (10.00%) C++
5 1 (10.00%) MFC
5 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
5 1 (10.00%) Windows
5 1 (10.00%) OO
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
5 1 (10.00%) TQM
5 1 (10.00%) Automotive

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (10.00%) MFC
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (10.00%) NUnit
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Graduate
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Physics
2 1 (10.00%) Chemistry
2 1 (10.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) OO
1 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (10.00%) TQM
1 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (10.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 1 (10.00%) CAPA
1 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Twitter
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Perforce
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