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This section looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEmbedded Linux
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank183181
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads229
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.222 %2.132 %
Salaries quoted229
Average minimum salary£28,000£36,379
Average salary£35,250£41,862
% change on same period last year-15.79 %
Average maximum salary£42,500£47,345
UK excluding London average salary£40,119£40,585
% change on same period last year-1.14 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads9011360
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.492 %0.571 %
Salaries quoted7421217
Average minimum salary£26,525£30,515
Average salary£28,916£33,580
% change on same period last year-13.88 %
Average maximum salary£31,308£36,645
UK excluding London average salary£34,018£34,611
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Embedded Linux North WestEmbedded Linux
North West

Embedded Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Manchester Embedded Linux Demand Trend

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Manchester region.

Manchester Embedded Linux Salary Trend

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Manchester Embedded Linux Salary Histogram

Embedded Linux
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Embedded Linux 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 Embedded Linux.

16 (100.00 %)C
16 (100.00 %)Linux
23 (50.00 %)Electronics
23 (50.00 %)VxWorks
23 (50.00 %)DTV
23 (50.00 %)DVB
23 (50.00 %)STB
23 (50.00 %)MPEG
23 (50.00 %)Embedded C
23 (50.00 %)C++
32 (33.33 %)Device Driver
32 (33.33 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)HSUPA
41 (16.67 %)HSDPA
41 (16.67 %)XML
41 (16.67 %)UNIX
41 (16.67 %)3G
41 (16.67 %)GPRS
41 (16.67 %)GSM

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Embedded Linux 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 Embedded Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)XML
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)DVB
21 (16.67 %)HSDPA
21 (16.67 %)HSUPA
21 (16.67 %)GPRS
21 (16.67 %)GSM
21 (16.67 %)3G
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Electronics
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Software Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Embedded Software Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Communications Engineer
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)MPEG
13 (50.00 %)DTV
13 (50.00 %)STB
22 (33.33 %)Device Driver
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Linux
23 (50.00 %)VxWorks
32 (33.33 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)UNIX
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)C
23 (50.00 %)C++
23 (50.00 %)Embedded C