The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 22 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 Miscellaneous category for the Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 41 57 68
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +11
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 17 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 3.244% 0.196% 1.143%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.763% 0.529% 3.089%
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 1
Average salary £37,500 £52,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +34.61%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
194 189 259
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 37.02% 36.99% 37.00%
Number of salaries quoted 153 153 194
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,000 £28,650
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Middlesex Firmware Salary Histogram

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 34 (94.44%) Security Cleared
2 27 (75.00%) V-Model
2 27 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
3 18 (50.00%) Electronics
3 18 (50.00%) Military
4 16 (44.44%) MS Excel
5 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 10 (27.78%) Altera
6 10 (27.78%) Actel
6 10 (27.78%) EMC
6 10 (27.78%) Configuration Management
6 10 (27.78%) Management Information System
6 10 (27.78%) VHDL
6 10 (27.78%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 10 (27.78%) Xilinx
6 10 (27.78%) Cryptography
7 8 (22.22%) Aerospace
8 7 (19.44%) Degree
8 7 (19.44%) C
8 7 (19.44%) C++
9 6 (16.67%) Linux
9 6 (16.67%) Embedded C
9 6 (16.67%) Embedded C++
9 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 2 (5.556%) Requirements Management
11 1 (2.778%) Requirements Analysis
11 1 (2.778%) Software Engineering
11 1 (2.778%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
11 1 (2.778%) Validation

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Applications
1 16 (44.44%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 27 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.778%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (50.00%) Electronics
1 18 (50.00%) Military
2 8 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.778%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) Team Leader
3 7 (19.44%) Software Engineer
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Requirements Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Systems Architect
5 1 (2.778%) Architect
5 1 (2.778%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.78%) Management Information System
1 10 (27.78%) VHDL
1 10 (27.78%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 10 (27.78%) Cryptography
2 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (75.00%) V-Model
2 10 (27.78%) Configuration Management
3 2 (5.556%) Requirements Management
4 1 (2.778%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (2.778%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.778%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (2.778%) Validation
4 1 (2.778%) Quality Management
4 1 (2.778%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.778%) ERP
4 1 (2.778%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) C
1 7 (19.44%) C++
2 6 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 6 (16.67%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 34 (94.44%) Security Cleared
2 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (19.44%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Altera
1 10 (27.78%) Actel
1 10 (27.78%) EMC
1 10 (27.78%) Xilinx
2 1 (2.778%) Twitter
Middlesex
Production of verification and validation test plans and procedures. *Ensuring the validation and verification criteria are accurately captured... *Experience of integrating and testing software, firmware and hardware in...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013